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American Idols

Elisa DiStefano

Quote :: Then came Adam Lambert full of energy. I loved him. He was very humble. A fan asked me to smell his hair (I’m not kidding), but his trademark locks were under a hat. He did have a flawless manicure with black polish. We chatted about the show. He said he didn’t think he would get as far as he did because he thought people would think he was too weird. I brought up his celebrity nickname “Glambert”- and he said he liked it and thinks it’s very appropriate. He joked (or maybe not) that he should call his next album “Glambert.” I told him he should have his own Eyeliner product called “Glambert”– and he said it’s already being talked about! I always wondered how he gets that liner to stay put. He told me his secret. You have to put powder on top of it to make it stick. I’ll try it and let you know!

We talked about being on tour. He said , “I am physically kind of worn out but every time I get on stage I feel like I am plugging in, like I am recharging the battery. The energy coming at me is amazing, the audience is like – every audience we have has been super supportive, there are signs out in the audience, there are bras being thrown at me on stage which is hilarious.” I asked if he throws the bras back. … “yeah, if there is something on the stage you have to acknowledge it. Sometimes it gets overwhelming. There’s litter all over the stage so I have to pick and choose what I play with. There’s been a whip, handcuffs.” I told him that’s dangerous and to be careful! Adam said he has family on Long Island and has visited before. He remembers going to a deli and trying a tongue sandwich that he didn’t like… but says “but now I will remember Long Island as Nassau Coliseum, party on, dope night, everybody had a good time”.

As far as his new album, expect it in November and a single in October. Here’s how he described it. “Its going to be a blend of the great things about 70s and 80s rock music and pop music mixed with today’s current dance floor type sounds, some of the stuff you can shake your butt to, feel sexy, empowered, most of message on songs are positive and uplifting, then you’ll have your emotional ballad in there too to feel something, there’s going to be some funky stuff on there. It’s going to really run the gamut on everything. ”

He pinky sweared me that he would come back to perform after his album drops. Before he gave me a big hug and kiss goodbye, I asked him Kenny Cholosky’s question. Kenny wanted to know if Michael Jackson influenced Adam. Here you go, Kenny.

“He was definitely one of the big influences. Yeah, as a kid that was one of the people–him and Madonna were like the two pop stars that I was like wow, the king and queen you know. His music was so incredible…..I was obsessed with it (Thriller video) He just took it there to that fantasy place and I’m inspired by people like that.”

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Quote :: AMERICA was right -- kinda.

Judging from Tuesday's Nassau Coliseum concert, Kris Allen, not Adam Lambert, is in fact the rightful winner of the 2009 "American Idol" contest.

Lambert, who many believed was robbed of the "Idol" title, came on strong with a sledgehammer cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love."

Looking like an Elvis Presley mannequin, he was all wails and bombast, but that drearily fizzled as he slogged his way through Muse's "Starlight" and the Gary Jules/Michael Andrews "Donnie Darko" version of "Mad World."

He was at his worst in a cringe-inducing David Bowie medley that Simon Cowell surely would have deemed below cruise ship entertainment.

Besides "Whole Lotta Love," the only other time in Lambert's set where he mined gold was when he sang a duet of Foghat's "Slow Ride" with Allison Iraheta -- and she was the one who made it rock.

Kris Allen isn't a performance wiz either, but his set was unforced and had the kind of honesty needed to rescue a cover of The Beatles' "Hey Jude" and Matchbox 20's "Bright Lights" from elevator wreckage. He had heart throughout his set and even injected some blue-eye soul into Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine."

Surprisingly, everyone sounded pretty good live. Maybe it's how sound gets compressed when sent over the airwaves, or maybe it's the crappy little speakers on most TVs, but for sure, there's never been a single "American Idol" broadcast that had the clarity or sonic depth that this live show had.

That said, the tour could really use some work. The production lazily uses a countdown format, opening with this year's 10th-place finisher and working its way to top man Allen. Michael Sarver's "Love With a Girl" was like starting with a bathroom break. A wiser sequencing would have had Lambert, Allen or Iraheta sparking some fireworks upfront.

The show also needs to rethink its geezer set list from classic rock and the power-ballad songbooks. The excess of moldy oldies made the event seem dated.

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