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Lambert came in second but got a start on his pop recording career. Lambert in a 2009 appearance on “American Idol,” where Mr. His vocal range extends from baritone on up, and he is openly gay and willing to be campy, as Mercury was.

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Lambert is this decade’s touring replacement for Mercury in 2005-2006, Queen toured and recorded with Paul Rodgers, the singer from the bands Free and Bad Company. The band’s songs merged hard rock with music-hall, blues-rooted guitar drive and oompah absurdity, along with a streak of Gilbert & Sullivan.

May and a gathering melodrama in each song that was inseparable from the way Mercury’s voice could rise through octaves without thinning out. Queen piled on everything it could: umpteen vocal overdubs by Mercury, umpteen-plus guitar layers by Mr. Modesty was never part of Queen’s appeal. Lambert - singing to replace Queen’s leader, Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991 - is a modest accessory, on and off the stage, as he changes into various costumes of leather, lace, studs, animal-skin patterns and shiny fringe. May and the drummer Roger Taylor - dominate this tour, sometimes too much. Queen’s songs and original band members - Mr. It was also, as a show of fealty, a preview of the rest of the concert. Lambert bent back until he was nearly horizontal. It was an acrobatic move once on his knees, Mr. Lambert dropped to his knees, as if worshiping Brian May, who was playing one of the show’s many lead guitar solos. Queen + Adam Lambert were only two songs into their concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night when Mr.

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