How strange to be Adam Lambert. Here he is, a global pop star in his own right, now touring the world playing understudy to a ghost.
In 2009, Lambert was runner-up on American Idol. He has since topped the US singles charts, and made two albums that sold a couple of million copies. His solo career has taken root in unexpected places: in 2012, he was the only Westerner invited to sing on China's most popular TV show, his performance beamed out to 520 million viewers. But for the past few years, he has become best known for slipping into a dead man's leather pants and heading out on the road as frontman with Queen.
In many ways, it makes perfect sense. As a flamboyant gay man with abundant charm, a killer voice and a penchant for glam theatrics, he is three-quarters of the way there. But he is not Freddie Mercury.
"No, that's true," agrees Lambert, who is backstage in a Toronto dressing room getting ready for a sold-out Queen show.........read more
Adam Lambert On Freddie Mercury's Reluctance To Come Out
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Out singer Adam Lambert says he understands why the late Freddie Mercury kept silent about his sexuality. The 32-year-old Lambert called touring the world with Queen the “summer gig of a lifetime.” By varying accounts, Mercury, Queen's late frontman, was either gay or bisexual.........read more on On Top Magazine