With his bewitching good looks, perfectly coiffed jet black hair and blessed pipes, Lambert came out with the first of his five outlandish get-ups, a golden tapestry suit that looked like it was stitched out of the sofa cushions from Liberace’s bachelor pad with a black puffy, pirate shirt that would have made Jerry Seinfeld envious. Thirty-three years after Mercury’s last performance with Queen, nearly 28 years since Mercury’s death (at the age 45 due to complications from AIDS) and 18 years since Queen’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Lambert has emerged as the worthy successor to the Mercury throne, as evident by Queen + Adam Lambert's very entertaining, crowd-pleasing, two-hour and 27-song performance Sunday night at the Xfinity Center.

It’s even a greater time to be “American Idol” Season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert, who is very much alive.Īfter the soaring success of last year’s Academy Award-winning, blockbuster biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Queen is more popular than ever.Īnd cashing in on this latest wave of Freddie-mania is Lambert, plus Queen’s original guitarist (and guitar god) Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, both of whom have been with Queen since the very beginning. If that’s the case, Adam Lambert is certainly ready for his close-up. MANSFIELD - Singer Freddie Mercury once declared Queen as being 'The Cecil B.

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