Queen will officially hit the road with Adam Lambert filling in for vocals for the departing Paul Rodgers. Longtime guitarist Brian May confirmed the news to BBC Radio 2.
"We've been talking to Adam Lambert. You know, we've already done some gigs with Adam, who is amazing," he began.
"We are ongoing, we can't help it. I think we all protested too much in the sense when Freddie (Mercury) went and we didn't want to talk about it and didn't want to be Queen for a while. But after a while, you realize that people wanna hear the songs and see us do things."
Lambert and Queen will appear as part of this year's Sonisphere festival on July 6-8 in Knebworth, United Kingdom. They join fellow headliners KISS and Faith No More.
I'm really delighted they hooked up with Adam again. Queen at Knebworth? hell yeah! :)
A Word In Your Ear · Member since
I am sure that is the news for the 2012 cancelled Sonisphere gig.
I think "The Prodigy", "Iron Maiden" & "Metalica" are headlining this year. 4th-6th July
rocknrolllover · Member since
It's pity that most fans turned away from Freddie and support this pop parvenu.
Bad Seed · Member since
You really need to read things a little more carefully before posting this stuff!
ANAGRAMER · Member since
The 2014 line up does not include queen
That's news from 2012!
The show was cancelled
Marknow · Member since
Yeah although the article was updated yesterday it is the old news repeated again. Silly site, and I thought this place was bad...
Vocal harmony · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]rocknrolllover wrote:[/b]
It's pity that most fans turned away from Freddie and support this pop parvenu.[/QUOTE]
How can you turn away from someone who is no longer present.
Time moves on. Anyone who wants to experience something of what Queen live was, has to do so by accepting that Freddie is not part of what happens now. I doubt there are any fans who have turned there backs on what Freddie did.
To do as you suggest would mean throwing away every recording with Freddie on it and replacing everything with a Queen and Adam Lambert ticket..
It is pissible to like something yet still be a fan of what's gone before..
Maybe you think that those who bought The Game and Hot Space turned there backs on Queen and Queen 2?
Ivo-1976 · Member since
Not my cup of tea, but i hope they put in a couple of surprises.
Hangman_96 · Member since
Nothing really special to get excited about.
the dude 1366 · Member since
No Adam Lambert is not amazing. He screeches in higher notes and falls out of tune at times. I thought he would be great at first and defended him. I was wrong! Paul Rogers was professional. Marc Martel is amazing. Bring him if you want to end your career with credibility instead of a one hit wonder on a glorified karaoke tv show. For the record, I defend the action of Brian and Roger on here, but they're just settling with Adam Lambert for the sake of not getting yet another vocalist.
andyb1968 · Member since
Whatever anyone says Queen started to gain credibility again with Paul Rodgers, a one off with Glambo would have been fine, but seriously they should have set their sights higher.l would love to see a collaboration between Queen+Taylor Hawkins/foo Fighters, anyone who heard the tracks on Red Light Fever would agree.
philip storey · Member since
I thought that AL and Queen produced a very good show at Hammersmith last year,Dragon Attack was a highlight of the show and AL is much more a showman type singer than PR.I love all my queen stuff with Freddie but i am a Queen fan and until Brian and Roger call time i will continue to buyQueen stuff and continue to buy tickets for shows and thats my choice.
rocknrolllover · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]philip storey wrote:[/b]
I thought that AL and Queen produced a very good show at Hammersmith last year,Dragon Attack was a highlight of the show and AL is much more a showman type singer than PR.I love all my queen stuff with Freddie but i am a Queen fan and until Brian and Roger call time i will continue to buyQueen stuff and continue to buy tickets for shows and thats my choice.[/QUOTE]
compare parvenu with the singer, who has long been on the scene is idiotism . Paul Rogers may be not a showman, but his vocal better than vocal Al.
