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INTERVIEW: Adam Lambert: "After Queen success I trust myself to anything!"
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He replaced Freddie Mercury and now starts with solo album, The Original High, Adam Lambert talks in WEGOTIT about his double life between Queen and solo career, the planned Robbie Williams duet and future Queen.
In February he rocked with Queen in the sold-out Stadthalle, the concert of the year. Now starts Adam Lambert by solo. With the dancefloor hit Ghost Town and the trend-CD The Original High he tops the charts - despite the fact that he was again touring with Queen in South America.
Here is the WEGOTIT interview.Are you surprised by the solo success?
Yes, because I did not know what to expect. When the album was finally finished, I had a very good feeling, because it has become really great. Great music, great songs and an honest status quo where I just stand in life. I am pleased with how the fans reacted.
How much of your new solo songs were inspired by the work with Queen?
Most of these songs I wrote before this Queen tour. So these are really two totally different projects.
How would the album have sounded differently if you had not previously been with Queen on tour?
That is hard to say. But my job as Queen singer has given me much more confidence. I trust myself now much more and am much more relaxed.
For this purpose they could now have Brain May as a guest musician for the song Lucy...
Of course, also.
On tour with Queen, then the solo album, now a Queen tour ...
That's not so schizophrenic as it sounds (laughs) Those are two totally different pair of shoes. A good song is a good song - no matter who has written it.
How much do you make your solo plans to suit Queen's plans?
For Queen I must take three weeks off, then it's back to solo work - so that's not that big a deal.
They say they dare because Queen has been going so long. What effect did this have in the studio? Assuming you are now a serious artist?
This is all secondary. The Queen tour showed me especially how much I love to be on stage. It was a pleasure to sing in front of thousands of people with this huge bombastic show and these songs that the whole world knows. It was natural to be in these footsteps, a murderous challenge. Because there is only one Freddie Mercury.
But who can replace Freddie Mercury, who can do anything, right?
That was already a triumph. I feel thus grown much stronger with each task. I now trust myself with everything.
Now even wants Robbie Williams duet with you?
This is great, his quotation flattered me very much. I'll be right there. We have tweeted a few times back and forth. We now have just look how we get everything under one roof.
Initially there was a lot of criticism for you as the new Queen singer.
Yes there was. But I have taught many that I'm the right guy for this job. A good feeling (laughs).
What about having a solo tour?
I will probably no longer play in the greatest halls, but rather in clubs. But even that is fun - because that is actually much more difficult than in front of thousands of people, to play every song and sing by heart.
Are you would also play Queen songs?
This could well be! Those are magnificent songs - and now I know them by heart, too.
Brian May plays the song Lucy - how did it happen?
I've played the demo for him on tour. He was very excited and asked me if he should contribute as a solo. We were then one afternoon in the studio and after two takes the matter was in the box.
A true professional just ...
Yes (laughs). I really think he has mastered how to play guitar (laughs)
And Roger? Do they have him confirmed for a song?
The did not have time. (laughs)
When then a Queen + Adam Lambert CD?
I don't know. With us everything is possible, but at the time we see all three as tour project.
Are there any further plans after this tour in South America? Rufus Taylor said in an interview WEGOTIT 2016 there could be more US concerts?
I'll be right there (laughs). There are no concrete plans, but whenever Brian and Roger want me, then I sing every tour. This project is not over yet.
What new Queen songs would you like to sing?
I think we have all the important songs in the setlist already - at least those in which I sing. It is already a very long show.
How often they are actually in contact? Every month, every week, every day?
We are constantly email back and forth - and the closer a tour, the more the emails. (laughs). Each of us three has his own plans, that's good and makes life exciting. But Queen is the most important for the two.
Do you look at all Freddie videos viewed for tour preparation?
Not only for tour preparation (laughs), but since then another. I wanted to know what exactly he and Queen wanted to bring to the stage over. I've looked at everything - but at some point you have to stop it, so that one is not merely to approve copy but brings his own style. Otherwise it does not work.
With Killer Queen, you appeared on stage almost more extravagant than Freddie.
That was my idea - I wanted as much drama as possible. Even the crown to the final, that was my very special tribute to Freddie. A tribute, not a copy.
What is for you the hardest as a singer Queen song?
The most difficult are sure Who Wants To Live Forever or The Show Must Go On.
Are there still Queen songs they would like to sing?
We have here all the hits that fits that way. The show is in any case a very long time. But Save Me was important to me.
In February, you rocked Vienna. Your Austria memories?
I was already there for the Life Ball in Vienna - a wonderful city and I had a lot of fun. A wild party. But now I had little time for sightseeing, but I will come back soon. For a solo concert.
Are there any plans for this?
I want to play in the spring a small European tour and Austria will be definitely part of it! I hope so much that the fans want to see me in Vienna.
You have taken a live DVD with Queen last year in Sydney. What happened to it?
The will come yet - we are only waiting for the right time (laughs).
For whom was Queen + Adam Lambert the greater risk for Queen or for them?
Safe for Roger and Brian, because their reputation and legacy is of course much larger than mine. I had something to lose, but I'm glad that Roger and Brian have given me this confidence.
Gab's never the idea also one of her solo songs to play at the Queen concerts?
Reizen would me already and that would with some songs this album already possible. But I do not know if it would work.
Ghost Town would fit, that has a bit of the Hot Space Feeling ...
Maybe. To me that is a 90s house track. I do not know how Queen would adapt to their style. But it is certainly possible, for they are talented musicians. (Laughs)
Ps. In Tour Home in Sao Paolo Queen chose to perform Ghost Town.
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