Monday, 24 September 2012

Review – Queen and Adam Lambert – HMV Hammersmith Apollo – Thursday 12th July 2012


So . . . night two of the Queen and Lambert fix takes place in the exact same venue the following night, although this night spent in the stalls/standing area, rather than in the first few rows of the balcony.

It is effectively the same show, a slight setlist variation seeing May take on Somebody To Love in part acoustically, and letting Lambert smash The Show Must Go On to a full band performance à la the MTV EMA performance in 2011. With my mind still officially blown from the night before, tonight’s showing is just as exciting and captivating as the first night’s performance.

There is hardly anything else to say in respect of this show other than . . . WOW.

Following these two performances (with one final one in this country to bring the three night residency to an end), Taylor and May need to get Lambert on board for more shows – it would be a crime to end this run after this most triumphant of runs  – Lambert has completely smashed it night after night. There is no one else who could take his place, making him truly indispensable to the Queen cause right now.

He is the heir apparent to the iconic Freddie Mercury crown, and we can only hope we see this inspired collaboration again sometime soon . . .

Where words fail me, hopefully the photos below can show the brilliance of what has happened here in the Hammersmith Apollo these past two nights.

Setlist – Flash – Intro / Seven Seas of Rhye / Keep Yourself Alive / We Will Rock You
(Fast) / Fat Bottomed Girls / Don't Stop Me Now / Under Pressure / I Want It All /
Who Wants to Live Forever / A Kind of Magic / These Are the Days of Our Lives / Somebody To Love (part) / Love of My Life / '39 / Dragon Attack / Drum Battle / Guitar Solo / I Want to Break Free / Another One Bites the Dust / Radio Ga Ga / Crazy Little Thing Called Love / The Show Must Go On / Bohemian Rhapsody / Tie Your Mother Down / We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions

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