Here’s to 2020! Adam’s 2019 was jam packed with a QAL tour, Oscar opening, TV appearances, a movie and lots of new music! But it looks like Adam is ready to run into the new year too. He kicks it off in January with The Rhapsody Tour in Japan, Korea, NZ and Australia. Then in May the show continues in Europe and the UK. Between tour legs, he is set to release Velvet: Side B and the full Velvet album. What else for 2020? Perhaps a few more solo shows and then a full tour later in the year? Can not wait!
Enjoy the chat!
Photos: Credit to photographers. Click to enlarge or to go to chat threads from 2019.
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Dr. Brian May
@DrBrianMay
Wow !! I didn’t know we were in the Telly !! Cool – hopefully this visibility will help a little, to transform this great link with the past into a major inspiration for future astronomers ! Bri https://instagram.com/p/B72ZHfoh_6-/
lol
Dr. Brian May
@DrBrianMay
An old friend revisited … Bri https://instagram.com/p/B72bqEchYep/
Dr. Brian May
@DrBrianMay
Am I over-IG’ing ?? Probably. It’s probably an after-effect from that epiphany I experienced on Stage in Tokyo Second Night. Driven by anger at myself (only) for allowing myself to skip into a paralysing perception… https://instagram.com/p/B72ikffBxVT/
GELLY
@4Gelly
I ADORE Lap Of The Gods and the BEST outfit for this song is when he was wearing this and singing it
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPXQUnpXUAAipOS?format=jpg&name=small
GELLY
@4Gelly
VIDEO Adrian Świderski make-up artist/ he also did the Rollacoaster make up for Adam ” My dear @adamlambert
using murimuribeauty brush “three”
https://twitter.com/4Gelly/status/1222076142036762624
Didn’t happen in last night’s show. Maybe in Nagoya.
Shazza
@SharonScurr
Really really hope they can pull this off tonight.
It would be awesome for Adam
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPW2quIU0AAktrV?format=jpg&name=small
PattiHum
@PattiHum
OMG!! LMAO!! I could not tell from the IG that this @adamlambert
costume was a woman!! Awesome!!
https://twitter.com/PattiHum/status/1221978384873295872
GELLY
@4Gelly
It’s midnight in Japan , so the tweets have started for Adam’s bday
Adam has 2.5 million twitter followers. His foundation has only a little over 700 followers. Kind of odd I think. Maybe it’s not a known fact that it’s on twitter.
https://twitter.com/FSFoundation_
bani
@bani_
Roger called Adam “Addy”
#QALOsaka
https://twitter.com/bani_/status/1222184551234932737
ADAM LAMBERT DAILY
@AdamL_Daily
VIDEO|Don’t miss this moment between @AdamLambert
and @DrBrianMay
during Roger’s drum solo in Osaka!
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https://twitter.com/AdamL_Daily/status/1222293244400279552
Queen
@QueenWillRock
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2m
Birmingham!
Queen + @AdamLambert
have added Two Shows at @ArenaBirmingham
on 14th & 15th June 2020 to their hugely anticipated “Rhapsody” Tour!
Available now at
➡️
http://ticketmaster.co.uk
Whatever
@BombDizzled
Happy Birthday to the beautiful Glittery Alien from Planet Fierce @adamlambert
I love and adore you with all my heart and soul and am grateful for every second you have been part of my life
May this year continue to bring you all the happiness you deserve
I posted this translation of a lovely review of the Tokyo concerts on Tokyo 2, but here it is. Lots of love for Adam. I love how he says to doubters to go, because in the arena you will realize that Freddie and Deacon are there in spirit.
“ Lovely review of the two Tokyo concerts. By Google Translate, but very understandable. From a music news site.
BARKS @barks_news
https://twitter.com/barks_news/status/1222094607623700480?s=21
Can a queen without Freddie Mercury and John Deacon be a queen? No, neither Freddie nor John are on stage, just invisible. Queen + Adam Lambert (hereinafter QAL) came to the audience at a performance in Japan at the Saitama Super Arena on January 25 and 26, 2020.
When the Rhapsody Tour began in 2019, many old fans were amazed at the set list. Compared to the tours so far, the width of the songs played has become extremely wide. There is a song that I thought never entered. This is a song selection that has served old fans as the number of new fans has increased due to the hit of the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody”. After all it was good to be a fan of Her Majesty. I thought so.
But at the same time, many fans thought, “It would be hard to come to Japan on this set list.” There are “hold hands” and “born to love you” that are not played elsewhere in Japan. To put this in, I expected that my favorite Ano song and the second favorite Kono song would be cut off. What about that? When you opened the lid, you did almost all the songs. After all it was good to be a fan of Her Majesty the Queen. I thought so.
By the way, please keep in mind that this column contains a lot of spoilers.
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It is difficult to narrow down the highlights of this tour to one, but dare to mention the beauty of the stage equipment using the latest technology. Before the start, it appears that there is only a giant crown on the stage, but it is magical as the overture sounds and the stage set is assembled, revealing the whole picture. The back screen has super-high image quality and almost no time lag, so the immersion is terrible. The theme selection of “Opera” was also good, and I was impressed with the appearance of even the special seating audience placed on the stage with the image of “bar seat”. It was a very natural audience because I was thinking that “Recent CG is three-dimensional.” It may be time to replace the glasses.
Even so, the beginning of “Inuendo” is quite a shock. To be honest, it was a song I didn’t expect to hear at QAL (or rather live). And this is a flashy orchestra arrangement. I was really surprised when I heard the miscellaneous tuning sounds of the orchestra and the sound of the baton hitting the music stand.
Why was this opening song “Inu Endo”? It may be because the orchestra simply shines and fits the theme of “opera”. Or perhaps he brought the title song from Freddie’s last album, Inuendo (1991), to make him more aware of his existence. By not using the original song version, it seems to be directing “Queen after Freddie’s death”. At any rate, the appearance of the “Opera” with a majestic Arabic march is so cool that it loses its language.
The story that started with Now I’m Here was just a flood of music and light. Adam Lambert’s throat, “New man,” is in great shape. Perfect eye make-up and glamorous fashion are all about the crunch. The sound of the band centered on Brian May and Roger Taylor is also in good shape, and there are a number of hit songs such as “ Driving to Hell ”, “ Don’t Stop Me Now ”, “ The Desire of Love ” There is no reason not to get excited. The order of the songs was different on the first day and the second day, but both felt a deep commitment to the connection between the songs, and the whole performance seemed to be a single opera work.
The queen’s dynamism with dazzling lighting and gimmicks feels more like a 2020 state-of-the-art band than a “band hit in the 1970s”. Brian, who looks more energetic than he was when he was young, and Roger, who wears the astringency appropriate for his age and has increased his coolness, are unabated. Adam is full of youthful (but arafo) energy, and support members such as Neil Fairclaw (B), Spike Edney (Key), and Tyler Warren (Per) have skillful choruses. While doing, it strongly supports the back.
Adam’s theatrical performance was not “feeling for all ages” than the 2016 performance in Japan, but it was still sexy. In “Killer Queen”, he sits on a grand piano and plays a melodrama while flapping a fancy fan, and in a tragic “All in Love”, he smiles and expresses deep loneliness. In “Bicycle Race,” which appeared in a Rob Halford-style outfit, even riding on a “bike” is sexy. Well, Adam, isn’t it a “bike”, right? You have an engine, right?
Adam sings “Live Forever” is one of QAL’s biggest highlights. Adam, who has perfect range, voice volume and voice quality, is a very good ballad with rich expression. Among them, “Live Forever” is finished as rumored by old fans that “Is it beyond Freddy?” The audience, who forgot to cheer and listen to the singing voice, will be the artist’s greatest tribute.
By the way, in this live, before “Live Forever”, the sound source of “Take My Breath Away” recorded in “Splendid Race” (1977) was inserted. The song was not used in the movie, and the impression of the tie-up was light, so many people would not know it. For fans of the past, the use of this song, which echoed Freddie’s singing voice, was a surprise like “Inuendo”.
However, the use of the song was not only a surprise but also a tearing production. “Take My Breath Away” is not originally a song that has any special meaning to the band. However, when thinking of “Freddie’s death, the queen left, the one who left the stage, the two who keep walking”, the words “Take me all” are too painful.
In response, Adam stood alone and sang “Live Forever,” saying, “You have touched my world and we can live forever.” This was a respect and love for Freddie, as well as the swearing of Adam carrying Queen.
In this performance, surprises were prepared in addition to “Inuendo” and “Take My Breath Away”. “I’m in love with my car” sung by Roger in “Dragon Attack” with the introduction of band members. The “cars” were loud and cheerful, but many were overwhelmed by the husky singing power. Even so, Roger Taylor, who just says “Hai” and removes his sunglasses and screams yellow, is amazing. No, I said, “Choo!”
However, the first surprise may have been “39” sung by Brian at the acoustic corner. In recent years he sings one or two songs including “Love of My Life”. In Japan, I play “hold hands”, so I can’t listen to other songs. Many people thought so. So when the above two songs were over and Brian asked, “Would you like to sing another song?” I was able to understand why overseas fans are saying, “It’s all about Japan.”
“’39” started in that way. The song used to be a simple but bright and lively song sung by four queens in a row. But by 2020, Brian is singing alone at the end of the flower path. The scene seemed lonely, but the crowd illuminating the stage with the light of a smartphone seemed to be the scenery of the “milky sea” described in the lyrics of “’39”.
From the old fans, the performances, performances, and setlists are all the best ever, and the new fans are said to be the best in their life so far in Tokyo (Saitama). It was a luxury time. Any controversy that occurred before it began disappears before the loud strumming music. At the time of Angkor, everyone would have been a fan of “Queen + Adam Lambert”.
Brian and Roger, who continue to be “queens” after Freddie’s death, are sometimes criticized. Many fans have rejected Adam, who did not resemble Freddie. Well, that’s what “critics are rightly”. Some Japanese do not like rice and some British do not like tea.
But QAL’s live isn’t “Freddie and John’s live without John” in the first place. Their live is a “festival” to convey the memory and soul of the artist contained in the song itself to people all over the world and to praise its glory. Adam always speaks of his love and respect for Freddie on the stage, stating that he is not a “substitute for Freddie.” Everywhere in the production, there is a mechanism that connects the “past queen” and the “present queen”, so that John who has left the front stage will not be kept away. Rather, they still feel the illusion of being there and playing together.
“Two people, who should not be there, feel like they are there,” seemed stale and lie. But you know when you go. In the stadium, you will be convinced that “the Freddie’s soul is still present in this world” if you are illuminated by the light leaking from the stage and immersed in the falling music. And Queen loves Adam Lambert. Continue to Osaka and Nagoya performances. I want you to meet your own “queen”.
Statement ◎ Sayaka Ando (BARKS editorial department)”
STUNNING foto
@4gelly
https://twitter.com/4gelly/status/1222190482488545281?s=21
What a review, riskylady!!!!
Roger…more new dates
https://www.instagram.com/p/B74jQNbJVmQ/
QUEEN NewsFlash
@wwry_jp
☆ Metricon’s Queen concert set to be bigger than the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony – Gold Coast Bulletin
https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/metricons-queen-concert-set-to-be-bigger-than-the-commonwealth-games-opening-ceremony/news-story/3abc5bae09c20ccae4afeb7138f124e1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
ADAM LAMBERT
@adamlambert
ROSES ft @NileRodgers – Feb 4th
pre-save:
https://empi.re/campaigns/?c=Adamroses
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Queen and Adam Lambert Full Video
270 views•Jan 28, 2020
Nainai Mercury – Music Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-1uw0sEm5w
brianmayforreal
Verified
It is a pleasure to announce …. !!!! Bri
https://www.instagram.com/p/B75DxUuhfBx/?igshid=o0zza0l0wsq7
Looks like the new song Roses is from 2 years ago when he & Nile were in the studio but never completed the song.
GELLY
@4Gelly
FEBRUARY 15 2017
Adam was in the studio with Nile in NYC at Alicia Key’s studio
These are the photos and tweets from that session
“THE BASIC IS #FUNKY!!!!!!” I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/4Gelly/status/1222383042590912512
Seems that they stayed in Osaka. Nagoya is about 100 miles away.
Dr. Brian May
@DrBrianMay
A big thank you to you beautiful Osaka folks last night in the DOME !!! Here I am reaching out – feeling a need to connect as much as possible. Amazing – almost too much for my small brain to compute !! BRI https://instagram.com/p/B75EQsVBSi_/
Dr. Brian May
@DrBrianMay
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM !!! Yeeeeeay !!! BRI https://instagram.com/p/B75NR6oBjTv
Dr. Brian May
@DrBrianMay
After Gym and Spa (that’s why I’m so wet), a Vegan delight ! Breakfast up in the clouds looking out over the spectacular skyline of Osaka. Even I have to admit life doesn’t totally suck. Yes – I’m getting better… https://instagram.com/p/B75OKkjhZ0Q/
Dr. Brian May
@DrBrianMay
But there is a price to pay ! I play as much with my nails as the pick (coin) and after two and a half hours of a night, playing with maximum adrenaline, the damage accumulates quite fast. In the old days my right… https://instagram.com/p/B75PFEUh4ZC/
Rescue !! Emergency rebuilding of nails by Kumi and her Powder Gel process. She’s expert (she teaches this technique) and enchanting. I’m feeling very lucky. Ready to rock NAGOYA without pain !! Thanks Kumi-San !!! Bri https://instagram.com/p/B75TAhNhOPG/
Dr. Brian May
@DrBrianMay
I can see the beautiful dome@where we played last night to 38,000 warm and generous fans. An awesome experience. I wanted to be closer ! But this is something for me to ponder today as I gaze out on this… https://instagram.com/p/B75UCm3hgb-/
Share my view, as the Sun sets in Osaka, on my recharging day. Bri https://instagram.com/p/B75UtTKBect/
Tyler wishes Adam happy bd
https://www.instagram.com/p/B76GVBmhW2C/?igshid=lme0smwdhmp7Z
Brian at a museum.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B76IV8UhUmZ/?igshid=8bu41hr00lbf
Nile Rodgers
@nilerodgers
True artistic, spiritual, and humanly love. Whenever one of us calls the other, we’ve always got each other’s back!
Good luck with the new cut. And Happy,Happy Birthday
Miles Tougeaux
@milestougeaux
.@adamlambert
Happy Birthday Ad! Keep hitting the high notes. The Dream is chasing you now. Safe travels!
GELLY
@4Gelly
From Javi’s ig story
NEW/OLD PHOTO
Wishing Happy Birthday to Adam
“Happy birthday to my one and only Adam”
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPcTiP_WsAAB0AA?format=jpg&name=medium
GELLY
@4Gelly
VIDEO FROM @thecharlbrown
stories
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM! A true and loyal friend @adamlambert
”
❤️
https://twitter.com/4Gelly/status/1222466070189158402
LilyBop
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@OoftaBop
3m
Sarina Taylor’s igs. Roger Taylor 1/29. rogertaylorofficial: Happy birthday Adam!
https://instagram.com/p/B741X8-p0WC/
Feel Something Foundation
@FSFoundation_
Wishing @adamlambert
a very Happy Birthday today.
A huge thank you to everyone donating to the #FeelSomethingFoundation to celebrate Adam’s birthday. Seeing all of your incredibly generous tweets and messages.
https://feelsomethingfoundation.org
Jovan Carrington
@JovanCarrington
My jam!!!! Wait until you guys hear it, I’m obsessed! Love when I get a text from a Adam like…check this out…and it’s that ridiculous voice singing new music in my ears
#FriendShipBenefits #EarlyListening #Roses
Backstage and ready
https://www.instagram.com/p/B76RwAAB9FY/?igshid=zloj2bysrood
Dr. Brian May
@DrBrianMay
Teo Torriate in Osaka yesterday night. Can still hear those lovely voices. Backstage vid by Pete. Bri https://instagram.com/p/B76MuwHhttC/
Dr. Brian May
@DrBrianMay
Thanks guys !!! My Cyborg – or Briborg is happy. Yokatta desu. Should he come again ? Bri https://instagram.com/p/B76N0qyhd-o/
Dr. Brian May
@DrBrianMay
The perfect way to climax a delicious Vegan Chinese meal !!! Jasmin tea with dry ice. Yes – we invented it ! I’m sure it will catch on. Bri https://instagram.com/p/B76Ok8YBjvs/
ELLY
@4Gelly
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12m
NEW EVENT!
MEET @adamlambert
IN NEW YORK CITY!
meet music sensation Adam Lambert and attend the live taping of his March 19th appearance on Newsweek Conversations”
https://newsweek.com/sponsored/cont
https://twitter.com/4Gelly/status/1222562202886070273
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPdp1mfWkAUMTV4?format=png&name=small
GELLY
@4Gelly
. @adamlambert
Celebrates His Birthday by Announcing His Next Collab & It’s a Good One
as he turns 38 today,Adam is turning the tables and celebrating by giving something to his fans.
new upcoming single,titled “Roses” ft legendary guitarist @nilerodgers
https://billboard.com/articles/news/
The Kennedy Center
@kencen
Today, we’re wishing a very happy birthday to @adamlambert
!
Look back on his stunning performance of “Believe” in honor of @cher
at 2018’s #KCHonors
▶
https://youtu.be/5PzQHZLiUPs
Before I forget. Some Feb nominations
1. https://twitter.com/adamlambert/status/1217824959424126976/photo/2
2. https://twitter.com/ma_ro_smm/status/1218868833059930113
3. https://twitter.com/adamlambert/status/1219127949296721921
4. https://twitter.com/adamlambert/status/1219265877775765505
5. https://twitter.com/timewrp/status/1220866165297373185
6. https://www.instagram.com/p/B76RwAAB9FY/
7. https://twitter.com/marisa_965/status/1213474855997313025
Hana Frisons
@HanaFris
Leecherry ig story ‘happy birthday Riff Cherry and Adam Lambert’
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPd2y8BX4AI-nxr?format=jpg&name=medium
adamlambert
ROSES ft Nile Rodgers – Feb 4th pre-save link in Bio @nilerodgers
https://www.instagram.com/p/B745NWahCJD/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8549527/adam-lambert-teases-new-single-roses
LOvin’ this –
I love # 2 luval
Also 3 and 7
Well, in the spirit of being no help at all, I love 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7.
I would add the gorgeous artwork for Roses too. 
OMG full circle lol!!! Too cute. “The boy is still in the man” and thank goodness for that!
@EMES79
https://twitter.com/emes79/status/1222431033200644097?s=21
Haha risky I thought of the flaming headdress too when I saw the birthday video