2.4.15 Classic Rock Poll Results, QAL in Berlin
Feb 4, 2015 0:11:18 GMT -5
Post by tinafea on Feb 4, 2015 0:11:18 GMT -5
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Please put all concert related info and links in that thread and news here
Queen Win Tour, Live Album + Commercial of the Year Ultimate Classic Rock Awards
by Dave Lifton February 3, 2015
Jim Dyson, Getty Images
The polls are closed, the results are in and our readers have spoken. Queen is the winner of three 2015 Ultimate Classic Rock Awards, taking the Tour, Live Album/Video and Commercial of the Year categories. You can see the results below.
For Tour of the Year, Queen + Adam Lambert’s trip across North America ended up with 57 percent of the vote. Not even the combined firepower of Foreigner, Styx and former Eagles guitarist Don Felder on their ‘Soundtrack of Summer’ tour (29 percent) could touch Queen. None of the other nominees had as much as five percent.
Queen faced their biggest challenge in the Live Album or Video of the Year category. Their ‘Live at the Rainbow ’74‘ release, which gave fans a glimpse at the band just as they were about to break through, had nearly 41 percent. At 30 percent, Toto’s ‘35th Anniversary Tour: Live in Poland’ was good enough for second, with Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Appetite for Democracy 3D’ (almost 10 percent) taking third place.
But it was for Commercial of the Year where Queen proved its muscle. Just as the film studios will save their Oscar-worthy films for Christmastime, the Verizon commercial which used ‘I Want It All’ that aired throughout the holiday season won the prize. It took 64 percent of the vote, with its nearest competitor, Motley Crue’s spot for Dodge Charger, got only six percent of the votes. Surprisingly, only one percent of our readers voted for the long-lost ad that Paul Stanley made for Folgers Coffee that became a viral sensation.
Congratulations to Queen on their three 2015 Ultimate Classic Rock Awards!
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Amsterdam
(thanks to nic42 for her help with these reviews)
Dutch review (translated with some help from Google):
It is worth it to click on the link (even if you don't understand Dutch), because they have a really nice photograph with the review.
lflmagazine.nl/concertrecensies/queen-adam-lambert-ziggo-dome
Queen + Adam Lambert in the Ziggo Dome
When the first notes of One Vision sound through the Ziggo Dome, one thing is immediately clear: Freddie or no Freddie, Queen still lives in the hearts of the thousands of fans who came to Amsterdam. The first Dutch concert with current singer Adam Lambert should therefore primarily be a musical feast.
George Michael, Paul Rodgers, Robbie Williams ... in recent decades many have tried to take on the almost impossible task of being Queen frontman. Since 2011, the Adam Lambert may inhabit the songs of the legendary rock band, and he does this very well. Although for some the camp content will go way over their threshold, at the Ziggo Dome he is received with enthusiasm by the vast majority of the audience. And this is something that visibly touches him.
Adam Lambert
No, no one can ever replace Freddie Mercury, so let's just not compare the two. But compared with Paul Rodgers Adam Lambert is a relief. Both are in their own way just fine singers, but Lambert has so much more charisma and stage presence. The fun he has with Brian May and Roger Taylor is very obvious.
Visually, the contrast between jumping-jack in the field [this translation is too funny to correct, so I’ll leave it] Lambert and the other Queen members who are getting old is very large. At each visit to the Netherlands Brian May's hair looks as if it becomes a shade whiter and Roger Taylor with his long beard seems like a cross between Vader Abraham and Santa Claus. [and please google vader Abraham, it really is a funny comparison] All evening, he looks remarkably stiff, although not at the expense of his drumming. But he lets his son Rufus play Tie Your Mother Down, perhaps because he can not handle that number? Rufus takes care of the percussion for the rest of the show and thus gives a beautiful addition to the sound.
Freddie Mercury
And that sound is of course very solid. Whether it comes to pop hits such as I Want To Break Free or rockers like Fat Bottomed Girls: every song on the setlist guarantees recognition and celebration. Especially the old fans celebrate when Seven Seas Of Rhye starts and Brian May addicts can enjoy his guitar solo Last Horizon. Big singalong moments come in the form of Who Wants To Live Forever, Radio Ga Ga, and of course the encore that always is from We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions.
One of the highlights is performed acoustically by May Love Of My Life. Not because that number is executed so strong (since early this week the guitarist is struggling with a strong flu and that has an effect on his vocal qualities, which have already been declining these last years), but because Freddie Mercury takes over halfway through the song through archive footage. And yes, then a shudder of excitement, emotion and admiration runs through the audience.
www.veronicamagazine.nl/films-celebs/nieuws/6479-adam-lambert-geeft-queen-tweede-jeugd-in-ziggo-dome
ADAM LAMBERT GIVES QUEEN A SECOND YOUTH
Spectacular performance in the Ziggo Dome
Queen without Freddie Mercury is of course not really Queen, but if someone has to take the place of Freddie, it should be Adam Lambert.The gig at the Ziggo Dome Friday night, with the American Idol finalist as lead singer, was a good opportunity for Queen fans who haven’t been able to see the band live with Freddie as frontman. This concert came closer to that magical time than ever before!
New frontman
Adam Lambert followed Paul Rodgers as the new frontman of Queen, which proved to be a good choice. Rodgers was trying too hard to make the songs his own and didn’t have the vocal range of Freddie at all. Lambert is not only the showman that Queen needs, but also the singer who can sing the high notes of Freddie with ease.
Hits and recognition
Queen gave the Ziggo Dome what the fans want: hits and recognition with a lot of nostalgia. Aside from a few moments that I could have done without, the show consisted solely of highlights. The audience gave a standing ovation for the temporary leader of Queen. The pleasure was dripping from the show so you would almost hope for a new album of the band with Lambert on vocals. That is probably not something that the young man is waiting for, since after this tour he will bring out a new album of his own. He has too much talent to commit himself exclusively to this band.One thing is sure: this show was on to cherish forever for the Queen fans. Queen once more in its purest top shape, the people who stayed home have missed a legendary evening!
Queen | Adam Lambert
Source Link ~ tinyurl.com/ngft5eg
Photography Credit ~ ©Ron Gessel
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Adamtopia CalendarQUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT – 2015 UK and EUROPE TOUR
CONCERTS START AT 20:00 LOCAL TIME
Tue 13 January NEWCASTLE Arena SOLD OUT Attendance: 9,500
Wed 14 January GLASGOW Hydro SOLD OUT Attendance:
Sat 17 January LONDON O2 Arena Close to SOLD OUT
Sun 18 January LONDON O2 Arena Close to SOLD OUT
Attendance to the two London O2 shows: Queen + Adam Lambert O2 Arena London, U.K. Jan. 17-18, 2015 $3,300,140 33,003 /34,093 2 / 0 $1,365.68, $74.35
Tue 20 January LEEDS Arena Very close to SOLD OUT, tickets for a few seats were not sold.
Wed 21 January MANCHESTER Arena SOLD OUT
Friday 23 January BIRMINGHAM NIA SOLD OUT
Sat 24 January NOTTINGHAM Arena SOLD OUT
Mon 26 January PARIS Zenith Close to Sold Out.
Thu 29 January COLOGNE Lanxess Arena SOLD OUT attendance around 15,500 (press report)
Fri 30 January AMSTERDAM, Ziggo Dome SOLD OUT
Sun 1 February VIENNA Stadhalle Close to sold out, attendence 10,500 (press report)
Mon 2 February MUNICH Olympiahalle Very close to sold out, attendence over 12,000 (press report)
Wed 4 February BERLIN O2
Thu 5 February HAMBURG O2
Sat 7 February FRANKFURT Festhalle
Sun 8 February BRUSSELS Palais 12 SOLD OUT
Tue 10 February MILAN Forum SOLD OUT
Fri 13 February STUTTGART Schleyerhalle
Sun 15 February HERNING Jyske Bank Boxen SOLD OUT
Tue 17 February PRAGUE O2 - very limited
Thu 19 February ZURICH Hallenstadion
Sat 21 February KRAKOW Kraków Arena
Tues 24 February LONDON Wembley SSE Arena SOLD OUT
Thurs 26 February LIVERPOOL Echo Arena SOLD OUT
Fri 27 February SHEFFIELD Motorpoint Arena SOLD OUT
April 2015: Adam first THO single will be released.
Summer 2015: Adam's Third Studio Album, "The Original High" will be released.
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