Two-Hour Documentary ‘The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story’

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Press Release: The Show Must Go On - The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
Two-Hour Documentary ‘The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story’ Airs Monday, April 29 (8:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET) on ABC in the USA.

On the heels of Queen and Adam Lambert’s show-stopping opening performance at the Oscars on Sunday, February 24, Lincoln Square Productions has acquired the U.S. television rights to a documentary from Miracle Productions on the iconic band and their new regular frontman, Adam Lambert. Produced by Jim Beach and acclaimed writer and filmmaker Simon Lupton, “The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story” airs MONDAY, APRIL 29 (8:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET) on the ABC Television Network, prior to Queen and Lambert’s already sold-out July/August 2019 U.S. “Rhapsody” tour.

With rare concert footage and exclusive, revealing portraits of the band members off-stage, “The Show Must Go On” chronicles Queen and Lambert’s incredible journey since they first shared the stage together on “American Idol” in 2009. From his humble beginnings and meteoric rise on reality TV to now standing center stage as lead singer of Queen + Adam Lambert, the documentary features brand new interviews with Lambert, his parents Leila and Eber and Queen founding members Brian May and Roger Taylor, as well as “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell, Golden Globe and Oscar winner for Best Actor, “Bohemian Rhapsody”’s Rami Malek and Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins.

Queen remain vanguards of rock in the 21st century. They scored their first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980 and soared through that decade performing in stadiums, including their landmark 1985 performance at Live Aid which was seen by 3 billion people worldwide. Freddie Mercury died of AIDS in 1991 and a star-studded tribute concert the following year was thought to be the conclusion of Queen live.

“The Show Must Go On” simultaneously follows the ensuing 17 years. Lambert, starting at the age of 10, is beginning to come of age, discovers his love of music and finds a voice of his own while, across the pond, the surviving members of Queen see their songs remain staples with DJ’s, in clubs, in theatres around the globe with their hit musical “We Will Rock You” and in movies. Lambert and Queen intersected in spectacular fashion when Lambert first performs with the band, singing “We Are the Champions” as one of only two finalists on Season 8 of “American Idol.” The public reaction was remarkable and first seeded the idea that perhaps Lambert might become a permanent fixture in the Queen family. In 2012 Queen + Adam Lambert was born. To date, Queen + Adam Lambert have performed together in nearly 200 sold-out shows in arenas and stadiums across the world.

“The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story” is produced by Simon Lupton and Jim Beach for Miracle Productions and Matt Lombardi is executive producer for Lincoln Square Productions.

I think we got the answer for the next Queen full feature blockbuster cinema movie...
As was the case for "Bohemian Rhapsody" a movie which was born out the documentary "Days of our lives"
so will be the case for the forthcoming movie "The Show Must Go On" based on the 2019 documentary with the same name.

[QUOTE] [b]bucsateflon wrote:[/b]

I think we got the answer for the next Queen full feature blockbuster cinema movie...
As was the case for "Bohemian Rhapsody" a movie which was born out the documentary "Days of our lives"
so will be the case for the forthcoming movie "The Show Must Go On" based on the 2019 documentary with the same name.
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I am afraid you might be right. As sad as that is. SBC was right after all

Like many bands, they are taking advantage of every opportunity they have to make bank and cash in. They don't need the $$$ (not Beach or May or Taylor, anyway), but people are more than willing to throw $$$$ at them and plenty of it. With BoRhap quickly closing in on $1B in ticket sales and receiving 4 Oscars, the fire is hot and they are using a rolling thunder strategy that is common in marketing to keep the fire stoked for as long as possible.

This could go for another 6 to 9 months by my estimation, possibly even as long as another 12 months. It provides new relevancy in an otherwise crowded space and who (besides Deacon) could forgo the lure of additional attention, admiration, and devotion from a new generation of fans? And even Deacon (along with Austin and Freddie's sister) and the Queen corporation all financially profit from all the projects.

[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]bucsateflon wrote:[/b]

I think we got the answer for the next Queen full feature blockbuster cinema movie...
As was the case for "Bohemian Rhapsody" a movie which was born out the documentary "Days of our lives"
so will be the case for the forthcoming movie "The Show Must Go On" based on the 2019 documentary with the same name.
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I am afraid you might be right. As sad as that is. SBC was right after all[/QUOTE]

No Sacha wasn't right, he was talking about the movie about Freddie and they didn't have him die halfway through. This is a documentary, not the same thing and who knows if it will ever be a film but it's still a separate thing and nothing to do with Bo Rhap.

Am I the only one here who's looking forward to the documentary? And I'm not even an AL fan

Definitely looking forward, as any true Queen fan would.

But a true Freddie fan would not ;)

true, but its established by nature that Freddie fans, MJ and ALfans are way inferior to Queen fans.

Never ceases to amaze me how a band that stood for diversity, musical exploration and inventiveness attracted so many blinkered bigoted one dimentional follwers, I say followers because a fan understands what the band was all about, but commenst like "But a true Freddie fan would not ;)" clearly miss the point 100%.... way to go

Well I'm looking forward to it, it's being done by the same guy who did Days of our Lives and other Queen docs and it will be interesting to see behind the scenes, I always love that type of thing.

Apparently they want Gary Glitter to play Lambert.

Fucking laughable.

The wheels have truly come off.......

Yes!

^ you forgot to have a blank first post. Your standards are slipping.