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Adam Lambert talks tattoo, tour in Kentucky interview Matt Carter - Quote :
Adam Lambert is continuing to publicize the Glam Nation Tour at pretty much every stop around the country, and on Monday that meant paying a visit to radio station Q102 in Kentucky. Many of the questions asked were ones we have heard before, but on this occasion the radio station manages made a smart choice with the "American Idol" singer -- putting the entire interview in the hands of the fans. - Quote :
COVINGTON - Standing in a corner of the Madison Theater, at the opposite end of the room from the stage, it was hard to get a good look at Adam Lambert, the main attraction of Monday night’s sold-out show.
The Madison’s sightlines aren’t the best when the club is filled to capacity. So, if a concertgoer is of a certain height, Lambert could only be seen in glimpses.
He looked like a different person each time, thanks to several wardrobe changes that revolved around the color black, the material of leather, and various feathery and glittery accessories. One time, Lambert – the runner-up in American Idol's eighth season – looked like a dead-ringer for MTV-era Adam Ant. Later, he was a black-leather-clad early-‘70s Lou Reed.
That particular pop-music tradition of androgyny was at the center of what was a concise 13-song performance. Whether he was covering T.Rex and matching the energy of – if not rocking harder than – Marc Bolan, or singing a song called “Sure Fire Winners” that could be the third installment of a trilogy that would begin with Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions,” Lambert was channeling any number of glam and androgynous rockers along the way.
In that regard, there’s not much in Lambert’s act that can be likened to breaking new ground. He’s not as interesting a performer as any of the fellows mentioned above. But his music benefits from up-to-the-minute modern-pop craftsmanship and a four-piece band that cranked its guitar and its drums. Lambert’s repertoire sounds bigger, though certainly not better, than, say, an album like Lou Reed’s “Transformer” or a song like Adam and the Ants’ “Nine Plan Failed.”
But old Lou Reed didn’t have primetime network television in his corner when his career was launched. A crowd of 1,650 “Glambert” fans shoehorned itself into the Covington club. Lambert appears to be the winner in the long run, even though he finished second to Kris Allen. Like many of the shows on his successful Glam Nation tour, this one could have been moved to a bigger venue.
But since Lambert’s act teeters between rock dynamics and Broadway dramatics, playing in a smaller, steamier space in from of a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd gave the show a bit of an edge. That’s not to say it was not without its middling theatrical elements. Four backup dancers prowled the stage, and Lambert cleared the dancers and the band away – except for keyboard player Camila Grey – for “Soaked,” a piano ballad that sounded more suited for musical theater than a rock show.
“It’s hot up in here,” Lambert observed, after completing the song, which he then quoted: “I’m soaked to the bone.”
Most of the selections came from Lambert’s CD “For Your Entertainment,” like “Fever,” “Sleepwalker,” “Whataya Want from Me,” “Aftermath,” “Strut” and his latest hit “If I Had You.” He closed the show with a one-song encore of T.Rex’s “20th Century Boy.”
Fellow Season Eight alum Allison Iraheta, the fourth-place finisher, opened the concert for Lambert. The centerpiece of her 35-minute set was the type of song selection suited for “American Idol”: a cover of Pat Benatar’s “Heartbreaker.”
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