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[b]A Word In Your Ear wrote: [/b] I'm a long term Queen Fan, (36 years) & would not buy any Adam Lambert solo Project, or go to any solo gig.
But the reality of this situation is:- If it was not for Adam Lambert, Brian & Roger would be sat on their backsides at home doing nothing. So I say go with the flow, Go and see Queen+ for what will most likely be the Very Last Time, be thankful that Adam has inspired them to go on the road again. Besides the 2 Hammersmith gigs that I did in 2012, if I am truly honest, 90% of the time, my head was turned watching Brian & Roger anyway, but the 10% of the time that I was focused on Adam, Personally I thought he was a great entertainer, but either Love or Hate Adam, don't get worked up about nothing, Just go to the gigs & watch what is important to the Individual.[/QUOTE]
So true. I was aware of Queen during their rise to fame, but I was too young to go to any concerts, even if they'd toured near me. Those were the days before parents brought their tween and younger kids to see boy-band artists like Bieber in concerts, never-mind a true rock band like Queen. In fact I can't even imagine my own folks ever considering putting out good money to pay for such a thing for their children.
I never went to a real concert until I was in college as a matter of fact, and by then Queen had no real presence in the US, outside of minimal radio play and stadium anthems at football games. One of my clearest and earliest recollections of Queen was listening to Bohrap during the movie Wayne's World (which I paid for using baby-sitting money). That's pretty sad, but at the time I thought it was great!
I would have loved to see Queen with Freddie, but never got the chance. I'm going to love seeing QAL, especially since this might be the last opportunity I get to see Queen. I definitely closely follow Adam's solo career, so this opportunity is all the sweeter for me.
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