Adam Lambert will once again tour Europe with Queen next year!
"We are delighted to welcome Queen back following a six year absence and with an incredible new front man in American Idol's Adam Lambert. This is royally going to kick off 2015 in style," Paul Tappenden, the Metro Radio Arena general manager, announced the two gigs in the venue.
After wrapping up successful shows in North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan, the group will have a short hiatus (Queen will release their new album, 'Queen Forever' on November 10) before moving on to their European dates in 2015. The Grammy award nominee has been touring with the legendary rock group as frontman, impressing fans of all generation with his theatricality and impressive vocal range.
The tour was met with some resistance at first. Queen purists thought Lambert wouldn't be able to give justice to the late Freddie Mercury's songs.
However, the American Idol alum proved them wrong. He didn't try to be Mercury and he didn't try to change the songs as well. He sang Queen's songs in his own style while still respecting the original frontman.
With his theatricality that blended well with Queen's, Adam Lambert was able to earn the respect and awe of fans as well as Brian May and Roger Taylor.
"Each time we've worked with Adam with our music, he's just the most incredible front man," Roger Taylor said about the Grammy-nominated singer.
He added, "He's sensational. He has this amazing range, Freddie had a great range. Adam can really cover it. He's an extraordinary singer and a real talent. I feel he fits into our sort of theatricality. It is very comfortable."
They have already wowed European Queen and Lambert fans during their brief tour together two years ago, but this year will be different.
"On the technical side, it's definitely more of a production than two years ago," Lambert said about the 21-date 2015 tour. They will also be visiting more cities than their last tour in Europe.
May added, "We have a very interesting set design. It's big and daring. We're going to do it to the max"
The Queen and Adam Lambert tour at the Metro Radio Arena will be on January 13, 2015, reported Chronicle Live. Tickets for the shows will be available on Friday.
