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Post by skaschep on Apr 24, 2019 15:49:34 GMT -5
twitter.com/GoldDerby/status/1121142006573670400Gold Derby @goldderby ‘American Idol’ flashback: It’s the 10-year anniversary of Adam Lambert’s ‘Mad World’ and we’re still weeping [WATCH] www.goldderby.com/article/2019/american-idol-10-year-anniversary-adam-lambert-mad-world/ … www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfR0JGWX62ETen years ago Adam Lambert took the stage during Top 8 week of “American Idol” and gave a haunting performance of “Mad World” that’s still making fans cry to this day. Adam’s stripped-down rendition of the Tears for Fears song from the April 7, 2009 episode is considered by many to be one of the best in the history of the reality TV show. It helped propel the wide-eyed 27-year-old all the way to second place, where he ultimately lost to Kris Allen. Watch the “American Idol” flashback video above. Even though he lost the title of “American Idol,” the past decade has been quite kind to Adam with killer record sales and many acting gigs (including a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in “Bohemian Rhapsody”). Oh, and did we mention he’s now the front-man of Queen? On Sunday’s all-new episode, Adam will return to “American Idol” to mentor the current Top 8 of Season 17: Laine Hardy, Madison VanDenburg, Alejandro Aranda, Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, Laci Kaye Booth, Walker Burroughs, Alyssa Raghu and Wade Cota. He’s also tapped to perform a classic Queen song live coast-to-coast. Following his “Mad World” performance, then-judges Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson correctly recognized it as a proper “Idol” moment. Gold Derby’s senior editor Susan Wloszczyna even recently called it “one for the ages.” “Adam, um, the bad news is we’re running out of time,” declared normally grumpy judge Simon, who had to shout to be heard over the boisterous crowd. “The good news is I’m the only one who’s gonna be talking. I think words are unnecessary, but I want to give you a standing ovation.” Be sure to make your predictions to influence our reality TV racetrack odds. You can keep changing your predictions until just before the next episode airs on ABC. You’ll compete to win a spot on our leaderboard and a $100 Amazon gift card. See our contest rules and sound off with other fans in our reality TV forum. Read more Gold Derby entertainment news.
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Post by skaschep on Apr 24, 2019 15:54:29 GMT -5
Entertainment Weekly @ew American Idol contestants to perform Queen songs, classic movie duets share.ew.com/onOYf9hThe American Idol top 8 will be under pressure on Sunday’s episode as they take on the songs on Queen. Alejandro Aranda, Laci Kaye Booth, Walker Burroughs, Wade Cota, Laine Hardy, Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, Alyssa Raghu, and Madison VanDenburg will perform from the legendary band’s catalogue, mentored by none other than American Idol alum and current Queen frontman Adam Lambert. (He and the band will also be the focus of an ABC special, The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story, airing Monday, April 29 at 8 p.m.) Following their Queen performances — and critiques from judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan — the top 8 will pair up to perform classic movie duets. Tune in to Sunday’s American Idol — 8 p.m. on ABC — to see who bites the dust and who emerges as somebody to love.
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Post by lurleene on Apr 24, 2019 15:55:06 GMT -5
Two nights of Adam on Idol and ABC is wonderful exposure. I know he has nothing on the radio but I wonder if it will put "Feel Something" back on the itunes chart. Or maybe that would only happen if he were performing the song. But even if it does not, it is hard to beat the two punch package Adam is getting. I would not be surprised if the Idol portion shows a little of QAL's Oscar performance in his introduction. This is all very exciting. And what a way to return to Idol with all his star power. I would be surprised if they didn't show Adam's QAL Oscar performance in his intro. It solidifies his undeniable success as legendary Queen's frontman and it would tie in perfectly with the documentary next day. I really can't wait to see Adam on Idol this Sunday, see his face again and listen to him talk. I missed him, despite the many high level tv performances he has had within the past six months. LOL! I am more excited to see Adam's introduction package than I am to see the actual mentoring session. Priorities.
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Post by skaschep on Apr 24, 2019 15:55:48 GMT -5
Angel_nDisguise @angel_nDisguise 🎉👑🎉 Here's an updated concert schedule list if anyone needs one...with the new 2020 dates added for Japan, New Zealand, and Australia!
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Post by skaschep on Apr 24, 2019 15:56:50 GMT -5
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Post by sizzling63 on Apr 24, 2019 15:58:15 GMT -5
I would be surprised if they didn't show Adam's QAL Oscar performance in his intro. It solidifies his undeniable success as legendary Queen's frontman and it would tie in perfectly with the documentary next day. I really can't wait to see Adam on Idol this Sunday, see his face again and listen to him talk. I missed him, despite the many high level tv performances he has had within the past six months. LOL! I am more excited to see Adam's introduction package than I am to see the actual mentoring session. Priorities. I am excited about all of it, but I have always enjoyed listening to him talk.
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Post by nightowl on Apr 24, 2019 16:13:11 GMT -5
LOL! I am more excited to see Adam's introduction package than I am to see the actual mentoring session. Priorities. I am excited about all of it, but I have always enjoyed listening to him talk. I‘m wondering, how I will be able to watch it? I see all you Americans are pretty excited. 😁 I hope someone will think of all of us „outlandish“ glamberts, who will neither get Idol nor the QAL documentary on our TVs? We will be forever thankful!
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Post by skaschep on Apr 24, 2019 16:16:51 GMT -5
twitter.com/UltClassicRock/status/1121115602490413056UltimateClassicRock @ultclassicrock Will Queen Ever Make an Album With Adam Lambert? ultimateclassicrock.com/queen-adam-lambert-album/ … It’s nearly 10 years since Adam Lambert made his first appearance alongside Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen during the finale of American Idol’s eighth season. That moment formed a relationship that’s seen Queen + Adam Lambert delivering a series of tours, appearing at the Oscars ceremony and, later this month, starring in documentary The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story. It’s a purple period for the British rock icons, following the $900 million box office success plus the four-Oscar triumph of biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. With so much achieved alongside Lambert – who frequently states he’s representing Freddie Mercury, rather than trying to replace him, and helping to keep the music alive – the band are often asked the obvious question: are you going to record an album together? The answer remains elusive. The doubt on May’s part stems from the failure of The Cosmos Rocks, the album released under the Queen + Paul Rodgers banner in 2008 while the Free and Bad Company frontman was working with the band. “[W]e spent a big part of our lives doing that with Paul… on which there was some good material and we worked damn hard for months on end,” May told Rolling Stone in 2017. “He’s great, there’s no doubt about it, but nobody cared. It just disappeared. We sort of got the message, rightly or wrongly, that people just wanted to hear Queen with Freddie on record. The evidence is totally the opposite in regards to live – they love what we’re doing now, there’s no question, so we gravitated towards the live stuff.” There’s no saying whether the success of Bohemian Rhapsody has changed minds. It seems a sequel was considered, probably just as a way of banking on its success – but suggesting that the industry believes there’s a place for major-league Queen product. Surely if any time was the right time to take a risk on Lambert, it would be about now? Taylor, for one, wasn’t always against the idea. In 2016 he said: “If we do anything in the future, I’d like it to be something new… I don’t know how new it would sound, but I think if Brian could come up with a song or two which we felt, sort of fitted, you know…” Obviously new music that fits Queen, but written without Mercury, is enough of a challenge; but if anyone can do it surely May and Taylor can. (And perhaps bassist John Deacon might be persuaded to come out of retirement to ensure the recordings feel right?) The amount of touring Queen and Lambert have done together proves there’s an audience for what they do; but in order to address the problem experienced with the Rodgers album, they’d have to ensure mainstream interest. Perhaps the documentary is aimed as a step towards filling in the gaps, so fans might better understand and support the relationship. Arguing that Mercury would “love and hate” Lambert, May told Yahoo last year: “In no way does he imitate Freddie but he provides that piece of the jigsaw puzzle. It’s stupendous… we would never be doing this now if it weren’t for Adam.” If a wider audience can get behind that concept, perhaps an album becomes a surer success. Lambert himself has more to bring to the table than ever before, going by recent comments he made while announcing his new solo record. Reporting that he’d gone through a “dark period” of suffering artistic compromise and finally rediscovered his love for music, he explained: “I love making and performing music, but there have been many times where I’ve had to compromise on my artistic vision, with executives making decisions based on money and not art.” The experience left him “second-guessing my own artistry and having my mental health suffer because of it,” but after professional and social support, he said he was returning with a new attitude. “The tracks will chronicle the journey of taking responsibility for my own happiness and strength, and searching for intimacy,” he added. “I’ve found the joy I was missing and I’m back in my power.” Those who have seen Bohemian Rhapsody will recognize his life experience appears to match Mercury’s own – which could mean he’s now an even better candidate for representing the iconic singer in the studio. If that can be agreed upon, it only comes down to whether Queen + Adam Lambert can write the kind of music Queen fans want to hear, despite Mercury’s absence. twitter.com/K1017fm/status/1121155121889652737
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Post by nica575 on Apr 24, 2019 16:22:54 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Apr 24, 2019 16:24:42 GMT -5
+15,906 today! 🎉 #NowPlaying #FeelSomething 🖤 by @adamlambert Now 1,703,089 streams on @spotify! 🎧 (24 April 2019)
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