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Morning Meme: Adam Lambert Asks "Wanna Touch My Snake?," Chris Colfer Does His Best Snooki, and James Van Der Beek Has a Sex Tape! Posted by Ed Kennedy on May 15, 2012 www.afterelton.com/meme-05-15-2012?page=last%2C1
Chris Colfer and Adam Lambert both appeared on VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live on Monday, causing most of the gay universe to implode. Here they are with the host.
Adam's hair gives him a height advantage
And here's the greatest hug in the world
vh1 VIDEO Just like the last page, we're going to start with Adam Lambert on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live. Adam talks about the new album, his shoes, Bruno Mars, marriage equality, and performing with Queen. www.afterelton.com/meme-05-15-2012?page=last
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NEW YORK -- Adam Lambert's new album, "Trespassing," drops on Tuesday, and the "glambassador" of pop appeared on the eve of its release to perform seven songs with his band during the MLB Fan Cave Concert Series. Look for the artist feature in coming days on MLBFanCave.com, including exclusive videos from the concert, which included the title song along with the singles "Kickin In," "Shady," "Broken English," "Cuckoo," "Never Close Our Eyes" and his first hit, "Whataya Want from Me."
Lambert, 20, rose to fame during the 2009 season of "American Idol," and on Monday night he was introduced to the intimate crowd at the Fan Cave by dweller Ricardo Marquez. It was the third performance of the day for Lambert, who was running on fumes after being up since 3:45 a.m., but you wouldn't have known it from the powerful performance. Then he soothed his throat with hot tea and met each of the Cave Dwellers as they watched live Major League games.
Following are some highlights of Lambert's pre-concert interview with MLB.com host Jeremy Briesel.
On his inspiration for the music: "I wrote about things I know, things that are real to me and my life. I wanted to give fans a little more insight into who I was as a real person. At times in the writing process, I kind of challenged myself to go back to a time before 'American Idol' and imagine, 'OK, where was I before all this craziness? Where was I? What made me want to become a singer? What makes me, as a listener, go, That's a good song.' I noticed that was the stuff that kept pulling me into songs, that kind of funky swagger."
On the difference between "Trespassing" and his debut album, "For Your Entertainment": "I have the luxury of time. The first album, which I am very proud of as well, was completed in about two months, while I was on a stadium tour. It was very fast, very fly by the seat of your pants, and I didn't really have time to think about it. I also didn't have a lot of time to live with the material, and to kind of experiment. It was like, 'OK, that's a good song, let's record it.' We did a good job. With this album I got to get in the studio, explore and work with a ton of different people. Slowly but surely, over the course of a couple of months, I noticed the ones I kept wanting to listen to and kept going back to were the funk songs. So funk was the centerpiece of all this."
On what people will get out of "Trespassing": "I think the album has two sides to it. From the first side -- the upbeat, dance side of the album -- I hope people get strength, confidence, encouragement to be who they are, to do what they want to do in life, and connect with other people and find love, joy and freedom. The back half of the album is more for those moments when you need to commiserate, where you need to get through something and face your own demons in the mirror, when your heart is broken by somebody. There is a lot of support from both ends.
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[url=http://idolator.com/6469751/adam-lambert-performs-trespassing-tracks-at-mlb-fan-caveAdam Lambert Performs ‘Trespassing’ Tracks At MLB Fan Cave
Adam Lambert‘s sophomore album Trespassing was finally released today, and the “Never Close Our Eyes” singer can feel completely justified in celebrating, since he currently has the #1 LP on iTunes. “Wow!! #Trespassing is sitting nice and high on the itunes chart! What a great sight to wake-up to! Thank you all for checking it out!!” tweeted the pop star this morning (May 15). Can he sustain this success and keep Garbage‘s Not Your Kind Of People or his fellow Idol alum Carrie Underwood‘s Blown Away from reaching the top spot on the Billboard 200 next week? Fingers crossed, Glamberts!
To ring in his album release, Adam performed several new tunes at the MLB Fan Cave in New York last night. Watch the glam one perform his album’s title track, then head below for a handfull of other Trespassing tunes given the live treatment.
The "American Idol" alum will release his sophomore album on May 15 before taking off on a summer tour with Queen.
After the glam rocker skyrocketed to fame as a runner-up on American Idol in 2009, Adam Lambert quickly released his hugely successful debut album, For Your Entertainment. The release debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard charts, and Lambert has continued on to earn a slew nominations and awards.
On Tuesday, Lambert will release his highly-anticipated sophomore album, Trespassing, on which he served as executive producer and co-wrote many of the songs.
Reviews for Trespassing have been mostly positive, with many claiming a vast improvement over his first effort.
Billboard: While it is rare for an artist to executive-produce his or her own release, Lambert, the flamboyant season eight American Idol runner-up, insisted on having full creative control of what he admits could be the decisive album of his career, his moment to prove himself as more than a TV-fueled seasonal sensation. (Billboard also hosted a live Q & A session with Lambert on May 14.)
L.A. Times: Lambert moves away from the guitar-heavy ‘For Your Entertainment’ (which he called "my version of glam rock") toward a sleeker electro-disco sound in keeping with dance music's takeover of mainstream pop.
Associated Press: Trespassing is evenly divided between club-ready rhythmic pop tracks and a collection of moody melodic showcases for the vocal acrobatics that made Lambert a front-runner on the eighth season of Idol.
USA Today: Trespassing (*** out of four) is the album that fans of the former American Idol runner-up have been wanting from him. More cohesive and personal than 2010's For Your Entertainment, it finds Lambert drawn to the beats and sounds of EDM, combining over-the-top dance grooves with multi-tracked vocal marvels.
NY Daily News: As serviceably catchy as most of the songs may be, it’s only Lambert’s performance that raises them above radio fodder. His vocal attack remains a dizzying mix of the awesome and the absurd. For “Kickin’ In,” — whose lyrics provide Lambert’s only semi-gay allusion, involving a proposed three-way — he shrieks like someone just dropped a TV set on his toe. In “Underneath,” the album’s sole ballad, Lambert belts the notes with a rock-operatic flourish, like some demented mix of Freddie Mercury, Ian Gillan and Ethel Merman.
HitFix: Every so often an artist makes an album that brims over with not so much confidence as the feeling that he has left absolutely nothing on the studio floor. Trespassing is one of those efforts. It feels like every bit of Lambert’s heart, soul, ambition and sweat went into its creation. Such efforts can be a mess of too much of everything, and restraint has never been Lambert’s strong suit, but his tendency toward excess serves him well here.
“I do feel that sonically, lyrically and emotionally, this album is a surprise for people - and myself,” he told AP in an interview.
The singer is scheduled to perform on American Idol May 17. Then play five shows with Queen in July. It is even rumored that Freddie Mercury will appear on stage similar to the Tupac hollogram at the Coachella music festival.
For more from THR's Adam Lambert Week, click over to the Idol Worship blog..
So here's the great pop album everybody was hoping Adam Lambert would make, ever since he ran wild on American Idol three years ago. It wasn't just Glambert's dynamite-with-a-laser-beam voice that got him into our national knickers: It was his warmth, his humor, his burlesque bravado. His 2010 debut, For Your Entertainment, was a typical Idol quickie – decent, but it needed more personality. Trespassing delivers, with a mix of tinsel disco-club sleaze and leather-boy love ballads. While he excels in a radio cheddar bomb like "Naked Love," he gets deeper in slow jams like "Underneath" and "Outlaws of Love." But all over Trespassing, Glambert sings everything like Zeus in a thong.
Setlist 1. Trespassing 2. Kickin' In 3. Shady 4. Whataya Want From Me 5. Broken English 6. Chokehold 7. Naked Love (with bridge) 8. Cuckoo 9. Never Close Our Eyes
Adam Lambert I Heart Radio 05/15/2012 Trespassing and Kickin In Published on May 15, 2012 by squeeni01
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Adam Lambert LIVE NYC 5/15/12 Trespassing Published on May 15, 2012 by muzicfix Adam Lambert performing 'Trespassing' for iHeartRadio LIVE on May 15, 2012 @ the PC Richard & Son Theater in TriBeca, NYC.
Adam Lambert LIVE NYC 5/15/12 Kickin' In Published on May 15, 2012 by muzicfix Adam Lambert performing 'Kickin' In' for iHeartRadio LIVE on May 15, 2012 @ the PC Richard & Son Theater in TriBeca, NYC.
Adam Lambert LIVE NYC 5/15/12 Shady Published on May 15, 2012 by muzicfix Adam Lambert performing 'Shady' for iHeartRadio LIVE on May 15, 2012 @ the PC Richard & Son Theater in TriBeca, NYC.
Adam Lambert LIVE NYC 5/15/12 Cuckoo Published on May 15, 2012 by muzicfix Adam Lambert performing 'Cuckoo' for iHeartRadio LIVE on May 15, 2012 @ the PC Richard & Son Theater in TriBeca, NYC.
Adam Lambert LIVE NYC 5/15/12 Chokehold Published on May 15, 2012 by muzicfix Adam Lambert performing 'Chokehold' for iHeartRadio LIVE on May 15, 2012 @ the PC Richard & Son Theater in TriBeca, NYC.
Adam Lambert LIVE NYC 5/15/12 Never Close Our Eyes Published on May 15, 2012 by muzicfix Adam Lambert performing 'Never Close Our Eyes' for iHeartRadio LIVE on May 15, 2012 @ the PC Richard & Son Theater in TriBeca, NYC.
This thread is LOOOONNNNNNGGGG dead, but I've been so busy packing up for the big move back from NYC to Austin that I haven't had a second to post a IHEARTRADIO concert recap until now. But I felt, having been lucky enough to go to this amazing concert, that I owed a recap to posterity, such as it is. So I'm posting it here, as this seems the appropriate thread, and I'll post a link in today's thread. I know you've all seen the vids so I focused more on my own emotional response to the concert. I didn't have time to read ANY of the board flailing, so sorry if this is very redundant. Still, peeps seem to like eye-witness recaps so here's mind. (LOL i don't even have to warn people to scroll through the inevitably excessive lengths that follow, as no one is here to scroll anyway!).
RECAP OF IHEARTRADIO CONCERT, 5/15/12:
Despite starting out the morning in Boston, MA with plenty of other responsibilities, I made it to the concert in time, and as you'll know by now it was fantabulous. I'm even more in love, and I kinda think my husband is a little bit in love too now (he was my plus one) which just makes me all kinds of giddy. ;D ;D
I drove through a massive rain storm down I95 to get there in time (why am I always negotiating deadly tropical storms to see Adam?). During the drive I played Trespassing for my husband on the car stereo for the first time (I'd nobly avoided the deadly over-berting hazard before then) and he loved it, and sang along to the songs as he got to know them, happily mangling the high notes in NCOE ;D ;D. During OOL he muttered wow he's got a really lovely voice. (FYI, he like FYE and enjoyed the Houston GNT concert he attended with me, but I wouldn't call him a stan. However, he likes big, theatrical performances and (other people's) dancing Objective A: accomplished--hubby primed for concert.
When we got to NYC we had to pull off an almost impossible manouver--find parking in NYC in very little time, throw the dog (who had come with us on our Massachuessetts gambol)--by the way, I'm throwing spelling out the door on this summary, I give up on all 3+ syllable words starting with "m"--through the door of my in-laws apartment, and take the subway all the way downtown to the theater. But we got there in time, as I say, and joined the already quite long line. Objective B: accomplished.
It was very diverse--more women than men, but all ages, and a good representation of gay couples, for what it's worth. Everyone in a good mood, natch. At one point a fan came down the line holding up her I-phone and shouting "#1 on I-tunes!" which raised a goodly cheer, as you can imagine. I got briefly over excited when I saw some fans were winning surprise meet-and-greets, but I didn't get one which was probs for the best given how sweaty I was after dancing my ass off during the concert. (objective C: definitely accomplished: ) #itsadamsfault ;D
Around 4.40 or so we file into the theater and I'm thrilled to find that I'm just about 25 ft away from Adam's mike, with a great view over a swarm of short women's heads ;D ;D ;D (yay for a mostly female fanbase!). My husband, who is 6'3", was quite abashed by how good his view was, and a little worried that Adam would have too good a view of him, our mad dash from Boston having left him a little sweaty and disheveled. ;D I told him not to worry, and that Adam was probably thrilled to see guys in the audience. I just made him promise to dance, which he duly did.
Every one was on great form. When FYE (the song) came on the speakers before the concert the whole crowd cheered and sang along, and a very nice, very short, jolly glambert girl next to me and I shouted the chorus gleefully at each other "I'm hear for your ENTERTAINMENT!" The only down moment was that the idiots at IHeartRadio (whom I nevertheless love for giving me free Adam concerts) managed to play BFM #singleFAIL >:(. Which didn't go over too well in that crowd, but oh well. Nothing could harsh my happy at that moment.
When Adam came on stage (to HUGE cheers, natch) I had that odd thrill that I've felt previous times seeing him live--that feeling when someone you know from television-fantasy-land turns out to be solid flesh and blood, and looks as familiar to you in person as an old friend, and yet of course like a total, fabulous, rock-star stranger at the same time. He seemed so close to us. Very tall. Very skinny (in a totally good way--and I have a ridiculous thing for lanky men, lol). He radiated charisma and confidence and happiness and professional grace, which is what everyone seems to be saying about this era. Must feel good to have such a good product to sell now. And one you made yourself, no less. He's got everything to smile about. Looking at him made real that old chesnut: "He looks like a million bucks." He really does. And he was right there in front of me. Squee.
I loved the outfit--I won't hear any shirt-hate, it was fab, it looked somehow old-school and young at the same time--the silk fluttered and clung in all the right ways. I maintain, with apologies to Mika, that he's rockin' a sexy Lyle Lovett look at the moment that just *does* things to me. ;D The whole band looked incredibly sexy. My husband commented on it from behind me. What a great-looking band. And then Adam started performing...
I suspect Adam's people called my people sometime in the day leading up to the concert and asked, "so, which songs, and it what order, would MWP most like him to perform," and then they obliged me like the good people they are. Sweet of them, really. IT was such a fabulous set. I won't go into the songs one by one because you've seen the vids, but the energy built perfectly in the room, wonderfully ignited by the opening of Trespassing. From a personal perspective, my favorite thing about the concert was watching Adam's face. I've said this before, I think...there were moments early in the process as album 2 was coming together where all the talk of organic realness and "less camp" and "less glam" and "less glitter," etc, etc, made me worried, not for Adam and his career, but for my own interests as a fan. I love ridiculous Adam. But I needn't have worried, of course. That charming, humorous stage persona is as real a part of Adam as his bright blue eyes. And Adam was happily ridiculous that afternoon at IHeartRadio. He rolled his eyes and smiled and sneered and wiggled his head and was all and all a fabulously entertaining performer. My husband loved that too. Adam's just so fucking funny and charming on stage while still bringing that serious mf talent and honest emotion every time.
LOVED Trespassing, Kickin In, Naked Love, BE, and Cuckoo the most, but loved them all. Loved hearing my husband whoop his approval of Adam's bluesy runs during BE. Crowd ate up NCOE, which was, as I had suspected, wonderfully atmospheric live. My husband tapped my shoulder and I could hear him aiming for the high notes and gleefully missing just as he had in the car. ;D It was 5pm in a not particularly nice space but it felt like midnight in a deep dark club. I loved that Adam seems so happy during Naked Love that he can barely keep from bursting out laughing. Love the fist pumping crowd during Cuckoo. Shady was sexy as fuck.
I have to laugh, a little, and shake my head at Adam's insistence that "glitter is dead." As peeps have pointed out, reviewer after reviewer has celebrated the return of glitter and glam with this album. It's not about a little face-paint, or a few sequins. It's about that charismatic sparkling persona that comes out even in the recorded music. You can take the boy out of the glitter, but you can't take the glitter out of the boy. And when Adam is on stage he shines like he's made out of solid diamond. Poor kid can't help it. Sorry Adam. ;D
The concert seemed quick because it was so fantastic, but people were totally satisfied. I left feeling so thrilled for what is to come. How wonderful to feel that solidity of quality beneath the wave of promo that is coming now. And then the whole QUEEN thing on top of it all. It is all tremendously excellent.
That night, as we were going to sleep, a pro pro nothing, my husband threw an arm around me and mumbled into my back "man, Adam sure has an amazing stage presence." ;D Glad to see he was thinking of the same thing I was thinking about as we were going to sleep.
I feel so lucky to have gone to see those songs in that small venue. So so lucky.
Adam Lambert Trespassing RCA Release Date: May 15, 2012 www.metacritic.com/music/trespassing/critic-reviews Metascore 80 Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critics Critic score distribution: Positive: 5 out of 5 | Mixed:0 | Negative:0
86 Billboard.com May 15, 2012 Trespassing continues the work of the underrated "For Your Entertainment" and allows the singer to keep unveiling his character in broad, colorful strokes. Read full review
80 Rolling Stone May 15, 2012 Trespassing delivers, with a mix of tinsel disco-club sleaze and leather-boy love ballads. Read full review
80 All Music Guide May 14, 2012 Even if these songs never grace the charts, they sound like inevitable hits and prove that Lambert is a genuine pop star who has now left American Idol far behind. Read full review
70 Slant Magazine May 14, 2012 Trespassing marks a strutting step forward for Lambert. Read full review
67 Entertainment Weekly May 11, 2012 Trespassing's first half is a study in fabulosity....Too bad the ballad-heavy second half is so laughably over-the-top. Read full review
Objective A: accomplished--hubby primed for concert.
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It was 5pm in a not particularly nice space but it felt like midnight in a deep dark club. I loved that Adam seems so happy during Naked Love that he can barely keep from bursting out laughing. Love the fist pumping crowd during Cuckoo. Shady was sexy as fuck.
