Queen and Adam take the stage very near Adam’s hometown tonight, at the Forum in Inglewood, CA. A limited number of tickets were still available on ticketmaster as of mid afternoon, but the show is very close to sold out. We have OFFICIAL streams available tonight (see links below)! Numerous ALLers will be in attendance, so we’ll be looking for those recaps!
Tonight’s wonderful poster from mlg features a photo brought to her attention by our own milwlovesadam. Enjoy the concert and the chat!
World Clock: Queen + Adam Lambert – Inglewood, CA – 7:30 PM PDT (actual stage time around 815 PM PDT)
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/adam_events/lists/july-03-los-angeles-ca
Dinner: OFFICIAL STREAM was here!
Set List (Don’t Stop Me Now dropped tonight): Intro, Now I’m Here, Stone Cold Crazy, Another One Bites The Dust, Fat Bottomed Girls, In The Lap Of The Gods, Seven Seas of Rhye, Killer Queen, Somebody To Love, I Want It All, Love Of My Life, ’39, These Are the Days of Our Lives, Under Pressure, Love Kills, Who Wants To Live Forever, Guitar Solo, Tie Your Mother Down, Don’t Stop Me Now, Radio Gaga, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, The Show Must Go On, Bohemian Rhapsody. Encore: We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, God Save The Queen
Reviews/Articles/Interviews:
Pasadena Star-News review
K-Earth 101 review
Great review from Lyndsey Parker (Yahoo Music)
Very positive review from a long-time Queen fan
LA Times review (warning – somewhat negative)
BlogThisMom – The Show Must Go On
Photos:
Vimeo album from Kevin Winter, professional photographer – 131 photos
Pro photoset from Pressline Photos
Professional photos from Pasadena Star-News
Small set of great photos
Great crowd shots (second one with glitter from our own cwm!):
Audio:
Videos:
Inglewood Playlist – Jadelle11
‘Intro/Now I’m Here’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – cos2mwiz
‘Stone Cold Crazy’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Another One Bites the Dust’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘In The Lap of the Gods/Seven Seas of Ryhe/Killer Queen’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Somebody to Love’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘I Want It All’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Love of My Life’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘`39’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘These Are the Days of Our Lives’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Bass Solo/Drum Battle/Under Pressure’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Love Kills’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Who Wants to Live Forever’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Guitar Solo’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Tie Your Mother Down’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Radio Gaga’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘The Show Must Go On’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
‘We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions/God Save the Queen’ (Inglewood, CA) 7/3/14 – TALCvids
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past midnight here… watching worldcup soccer…reading all your great comments on ALL… way past my bed time… sigh…
@luval… fun couch camp !
nice RT @spreckles: Front page of the Calendar section! (Adam Lambert + Queen) LA Times July 5 twitpic.com/e7liry
http://twitpic.com/e7liry
RT @spreckles: Second page of LA Times review… Another pic! (Adam Lambert + Queen) twitpic.com/e7lizy
http://twitpic.com/e7lizy
Absolutely had the time of my life!
That new headline gives me a slightly different take on that semi-good LA Times review.
That’s terrific, Reese – love hearing that!
Can you speak more about that, mils?
Gelly @14gelly
Ahahahaha so he’s from KA home town then?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrzfkwhCEAAYbVn.jpg:large
Looks like he’s going to levitate again —
The headline is Freddie is Freddie, Let Adam Be Adam.
This just highlights to me how much the reviewer doesn’t get it. This set Adam off on his little rant. The concert is Queen. It pays homage and respect to Freddie. Adam gives it some of his flourishes to be sure, but, it isn’t an Adam Lambert concert. ( Well, to me it is, LOL).
The reviewer in a back-handed way IS supporting Adam, however, I wonder how old he is, if he can remember Freddie and Queen, if he gets the long history of Queen in rock and roll. I guess I’m puzzled by this review and headlines.
It’s interesting that the most troubling review is in Adam’s hometown, where the audience ate him up with a spoon, where he was quite free on stage. Where Brian was clearly enjoying himself in a way I have never seen.
Gah.
Gelly @14gelly
THIS IS FOR THE CRITIC ADAM twitpic.com/e7ijq0
http://twitpic.com/e7ijq0
Hahahaha – pick me off the floor – lol
http://youtu.be/bzCAG0aWPzg
What he says at the end –
https://twitter.com/InLoveWithADAM2/status/485488062261395457/photo/1
Let’s scream some more – lol!
https://twitter.com/asherly89/status/485458154184900608/photo/1
Calendar section of LATimes
This is a great find by someone on twitter and extremely interesting…
First, a write up about Queen and a review of their concert in Argentina, in Rolling Stone, from 1981:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/queen-holds-court-in-south-america-19810611
Interesting how each of the band members is portrayed, with their different personalities, priorities, and interests. Some of it seems so decadent now! LOL And note that the writer was very negative about their music and their performance.
In response, Roger wrote a scathing retort, which I find very amusing. Go Roger!
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/07/i-pity-you.html
So, obviously, the audiences have always been enamored and devoted, but it is not a new experience for the members of Queen for critics to not “get” them or their music or their showmanship.
OMG this is the BEST PHOTO EVER!
http://s1125.photobucket.com/user/gelly414/media/QUEEN%20LOS%20ANGELES%20PRESS%20LINE/Queen070314-068_zpsa8a279b0.jpg.html
I can’t even find the words to describe how awesome that photo is on so many levels. LOL!
If you think Mikael Wood’s review was unpleasant, you sure won’t like his tweet:
Second tweet says “Way worse.”
I couldn’t help it. I replied. “Kind of like your reviews”.
Which could be taken two ways, right?
Nice little review from a singer who’s is not a fan of either Queen or Adam
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203118805189798
LOL Chunkeymonkey
Hahaha Hang on Las Vegas, who knows what may happen tonight!
cwm that is an awesome photo, only missing the TIGHT pants. lol
Just look at the straight stream of Champagne(water?) such talent and the look on Brian’s face
Hoopla Magnet @hooplamagnet
LA vids going up now youtube.com/user/Artistsup…
https://www.youtube.com/user/Artistsupporter/videos
https://twitter.com/briauna_love/status/485246595647418368/photo/1
Cover of “Neon” in Las Vegas –
Great and interesting to read that article/letter, cwm – some things never change – particularly performers and their critics.
https://twitter.com/Brobbinsroost/status/485547979520999424/photo/1
Hahaha – poster’s right – look at Adam’s face –
You might enjoy reading through the comments on the LA Times review. Really really great comments – the vast majority from Queen fans and those who have seen the show, who are loving the collaboration and the shows, and articulately and intelligently call this critic out on his bullshit:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-queen-adam-lambert-the-forum-review-20140704-story.html#panel=comments
And I think I see a little comment from turquoisewaters in there – you go girl!
Thanks for posting that critic’s tweet, Calgary. I couldn’t help myself either and responded to him on twitter.
Great gifs from the LA show:
Killer Queen with Brian: http://lambertted.tumblr.com/post/90778966470
I love so much the way they play off each other here. Brian is the perfect straight man to Adam’s decadent camp!
Another Killer Queen with Brian (Adam’s expression!): http://lilybop.smugmug.com/Other-31/LA-Forum-July-3/i-kVK9DXS/0/M/GIF%20KQ%2014%20luv2laugh77%20lilybop-M.gif
The Killer Queen fanning himself: http://lilybop.smugmug.com/Other-31/LA-Forum-July-3/42655506_Wmp48c#!i=3363940916&k=Z672VXJ&lb=1&s=A
Killer Queen backwards champagne shower: http://lilybop.smugmug.com/Other-31/LA-Forum-July-3/42655506_Wmp48c#!i=3364130287&k=TjfQN6W&lb=1&s=A
Twirling in Somebody to Love: http://lilybop.smugmug.com/Other-31/LA-Forum-July-3/i-6vZ4BMT/0/O/GIF%20STL%20Forum%20talc%20lilybop.gif
Princely wave at the end: http://lilybop.smugmug.com/Other-31/LA-Forum-July-3/i-s7BPFKQ/0/M/GIF%20BOWS%207%20luv2laugh77%20lilybop-M.gif
The bow with Brian and Roger (chest!): http://lilybop.smugmug.com/Other-31/LA-Forum-July-3/i-gn7nngb/0/M/GIF%20BOWS%205%20luv2laugh77%20lilybop-M.gif
All of lilybop’s LA gifs are here: http://lilybop.smugmug.com/Other-31/LA-Forum-July-3/42655506_Wmp48c#!i=3363910973&k=FDPdwxD
Ok, here’s my recap from the LA show.
Part 1.
First, I have to start off with a pre-show activities.
I am staying at my mom’s house here in LA, and cocoglam’s parents also live in LA not too far from my mom (on the north side of LA), so she came up to visit them, and she and I decided to drive down to the concert in Inglewood (on the south side of LA) together. After I picked her up at her parent’s house, it was a hop, skip, and a jump down Sunset Blvd. into West Hollywood, so we decided to go for a little driving tour and had a blast.
We spotted Bootsy Bellows and Hooray Henry’s. They are both quite discreet, with no signs outside (only the address, so you have to know what you’re looking for). Both were closed at the time, although the door to Bootsy Bellows was open so we peaked inside (it was empty save for one guy who worked for the caterer and let me use the restroom while cocoglam peaked around.
). Cool place! We also saw the large high-rise apartment building where Adam lived last year, which is very prominently situated just off Sunset Blvd, and interestingly just around the corner from Bootsy Bellows. Anyway we had a blast driving around spotting a few of Adam’s various hangouts, and I promise that we weren’t creepy or stalkerish!
We had originally planned to have lunch together then make the drive down to Inglewood to join everyone for dinner at the Sizzler across from the Forum. But we were running low on time and realized we would not have time for lunch. I was worried about cocoglam because she had had nothing to eat all day and it was getting towards 3:00pm, so she directed me to an famous old bakery in Hollywood (Hansen’s Cakes), where the rich and famous get their wedding cakes, children’s birthday cakes, etc., (as well as cocoglam!) and we treated ourselves to some decadent cupcakes to hold us over until we got to Inglewood. Yum!
All the while, cocoglam and I were sharing stories about our Adam encounters and shows we had seen. She has me beat by a mile! Living in the LA area and having a daughter in show business, she has been at all of Adam’s LA-based TV appearances and a bazillion concerts, as well as gotten access to be in the green room for the Jimmy Kimmel show and to be a fly on the wall for one of Adam’s photoshoots (you may remember her posts about this a long time ago). It was great to hear her stories!
Part 2 – the Pre-Show Dinner and Time at the Venue
After cupcakes, cocoglam and I braved the LA traffic down to Inglewood. Although formidable, it wasn’t awful and we got to the Sizzler on time. Lots of wonderful ALLers were there, as well as additional glamberts from IdolForums. We all had enough time to relax and chat over dinner. It was great to meet some new ALLers like rachiel and TexasWannaHoldEm, and to see people I hadn’t seen since last year like cher and aely!
After dinner, off to the venue! A storied venue, LA’s “Fabulous Forum” has been completely refurbished and only recently re-opened. It was really beautiful!
Cocoglam, ladybugs, and I sat together in the first section up from the floor (105). Reese bought our group of four tickets and had originally planned to sit with us, but tchrsd had an extra floor ticket, so Reese knew this was her chance for a close-up experience and grabbed it, with our blessing. Then, right before the show, cher called me and told me that the box office was selling close-up floor tickets that had just been released, which threw cocoglam, ladybugs, and me into fits of last-minute confusion and ambivalence about whether to go for purchasing the floor seats or stay where we were. Well, I discovered the decision was made for us because once we were inside, I couldn’t go back outside to the box office to even check on whether they were still available and still be able to get back in. Ok, decision made! Although not close up, we had a great gestalt view of the stage and good sound, and our seats were great (thanks Reese!).
Part 3 – The Show!
Well, as you know, the show was epic. Adam was on fire (again), and he, Brian, Roger, and everyone in the band performed with all their hearts. I focused more on the show this time, less on taking pictures and video. It was so obvious how happy both Adam and Brian were to be playing to the LA crowd at the Forum, and Brian’s remarks about this were particularly touching. When Brian introduced Adam (“how do you like the new boy?”), the applause and cheering was long and thunderous, and I was soooo happy for Adam in that moment. He looked very touched and grateful.
Adam sang for the rafters once again, and was flawless. Somebody to Love, Who Wants To Live Forever, and The Show Must Go On were just incredible. He was perfectly delicious again in Killer Queen and his interaction with Brian was perfect. I would say that his performances in San Jose and LA were on about the same par in terms of quality of the performances, but he was just a little sassier and naughtier with the crowd in LA. Which was fun. The audience loved him and embraced him wholeheartedly. There was a great deal of love evident for Brian and for Freddie at every turn, so I knew that this was primarily a Queen crowd, so their enthusiastic response to Adam was wonderful.
Lots of laughs and appreciation for his banter, his jokes (“I like it when love sucks!”), his wonderful sassiness (e.g. chiding the audience in the All Your Love Tonight call and response), and his fabulous theatrics (Killer Queen).
The crowd was extremely enthusiastic and LOUD. They didn’t really know the hand claps for Radio Gaga, though! The North American audiences need some lessons in this regard, especially compared to the London audiences! Everyone in the upper sections pretty much stayed seated until the encore, although everyone on the floor stood for the whole show. I can’t wait to get down on the floor for future shows so I can stand up and dance without worrying about the people behind me!
After the show, cher shared her funny stories with us, we all had a good laugh, flailed about in the awesome afterglow, and said our goodbyes. I drove cocoglam, Reese, and ladybugs back to their parents’ house and hotel respectively, giving us lots more opportunity debrief and flail. After dropping off cocoglam, on the way to their hotel in Hollywood, I drove Reese and ladybugs by Bootsy Bellows and Adam’s old apartment building, and we happened to spot Chateau Marmont on Sunset Blvd too, which was cool.
In summary, a fabulous time with new and old ALL friends, and a fabulous, awesome, amazing, spectacular show that was a tremendous hit with the audience. I feel so privileged and delighted to be taking part in this piece of Queen and Adam history-making.
My God. JLo, Rick Ross, Neil Diamond….I think this critic was seriously mismatched with Queen lol. Partial blame goes to the clueless editor.
cwm awesome recap, sounds like a blast. Loved you looking up Adam’s haunts.
LOLOL this from Adam’s Instagram (not tweeted by him)
http://instagram.com/p/qC4vLMONGO/
great review from LA
http://maxsounds.tumblr.com/post/90891340990/queen-adam-lambert-at-the-la-forum-july-3
I just went back to the LATimes review to read the comments…on the whole 99% of them are well written, many by Queen fans, and many from people who have seen the show. No one agreed with the reviewer.
Tonight’s concert thread has been posted:
http://www.adamlambertlive.org/2014/live-queen-adam-lambert-las-vegas-nv-7514
It’s great reading all the recaps! Seems like everyone is having the time of their lives, which certainly was the case for twilightmagic8 and me as well.
And now the ones going to Vegas will have their turn! Have a blast everyone!
https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/reality-rocks/queen—adam-lambert-bring-fabulosity–freddie-reverence-to-l-a–s-fabulous-forum-000241778.html
Added a nice review from Lyndsey Parker up top, and the review HK Fan linked recently. That second review is from a long-time (since the early ’70s) Queen fan.
r0313
This is why your on stage entertaining and performing for thousands, while somebody sits in a cubicle writing articles with no office view. Rock on Adam..and thank you for awesome memories and entertainment. We love you!
(Comment on that “Camp” IG, riskylady -)
GREAT recap, cwm!! So jelly – sounds like you all had waaaay too much fun! I do miss not getting to see some of the West Coasters this tour. Maybe for Album 3!
riskylady – do you know when that editor intro of Wood to the staff was written?
https://twitter.com/BonnieMcKee/status/485594855666503682/photo/1
With Bonnie
Lyndsey Parker’s review
https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/reality-rocks/queen—adam-lambert-bring-fabulosity–freddie-reverence-to-l-a–s-fabulous-forum-000241778.html
Love Lyndsey. She gets it right. She has the details, she knows what she’s talking about. And, she looooves our boy!!
ulti, the intro of Mikael Wood is from Sept. 6, 2012.
I thought sure Katy Perry would be at Adam’s LA concert, but she is here in Miami for a couple of concerts, one on this past Wednesday July 2nd and I think the other is tonight or tomorrow.
Also, thought Kelly Osbourne would go…
Thanks, riskylady – mulling stuff over here –
gif will make you weep
BriansDrunkSpider @chunkeymonkey81 1m
“@devenlane: I CANT DEAL RN RT @Netmeg99_: OMG this gif is making me weep!!!! Awwwwwww http://lilybop.smugmug.com/Other-31/LA-Forum-July-3/i-3FrdtHf/0/O/GIF%20WWTLF%20END%203%20wide%20luv2laugh77%20lilybop.gif …” AAAAAHHHHhHh FEELS
The ending of TALC’s WWTLF, with Brian and Adam touching heads really moved me. I asked @lilybop if she could make a gif of it. It’s beautiful here it is
http://lilybop.smugmug.com/Other-31/LA-Forum-July-3/i-3FrdtHf/0/O/GIF%20WWTLF%20END%203%20wide%20luv2laugh77%20lilybop.gif
ah, you beat me to it, luval
@feraltwirler
Adam Lambert’s such a gentleman. Rarely addresses critics of himself but he got it that Times review was attacking Bri & ROg so he spoke out
BarTGila @BarTGila
@feraltwirler “What do I think about critics? I think they’re a bunch of shits.” — Freddie Mercury.