QUEEN today announced that they will add a third London concert with Adam Lambert at HMV Hammersmith Apollo in July.
The band’s two dates at the venue – July 11 and 12 – hastily added after the cancellation of Sonisphere, sold out instantly.

Promoter Paul Roberts confirmed the two earlier London shows sold out ‘within minutes’.

Queen and Adam Lambert’s third date will take place Saturday July 14. Tickets go on sale on at 9.00am on Monday, May 14.

The added London date will be the final show of five dates Queen and Adam Lambert will play together this summer.
In addition to the Hammersmith shows, Queen + Lambert will also appear at Moscow Sports Arena (July 3) and at The Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw, Poland (July 7).

Speaking at the time of making the announcement, Brian May said: “Adam has an extraordinary voice – no two ways about it. So we’ll be exploring new ways to do things. So it will be exciting!”. Roger Taylor last week described the collaboration with Lambert as “fireworks”.

Queen + Adam Lambert, HMV Hammersmith Apollo, Saturday July 14.
Doors 6.30pm – Show Time 8.00pm. Box Office: 0843 221 0100
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AND THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ALBUM ‘TRESPASSING’ – THE SPECIAL UK EDITION OF WHICH WILL HAVE 2 EXTRA SONGS JULY 2ND

“Lambert is a natural successor to Robbie Williams” – Sunday Times Culture
“Adam Lambert’s pipes are undeniably impressive’ – NME

American superstar Adam Lambert announces that his highly anticipated album ‘Trespassing’ is released in the UK on July 2nd, and the first UK single to be released from it will be ‘Never Close Our Eyes’, on June 24th.
‘Never Close Our Eyes’ is an upbeat dancefloor smash written by Bruno Mars that will get even the most reluctant on the dance floor. With it’s high energy chorus, and Lambert’s impressive vocals, it’s sure to be a summer smash.
As well as executively producing ‘Trespassing’, Adam has collaborated with an all-star list of award winning artists, producers and songwriters on the record; including Pharrell Williams, Dr. Luke, Claude Kelly (who produced the new single), Benny Blanco, Bonnie McKee, Nile Rogers, Sam Sparro, Bruno Mars, Nikka Costa and BC Jean.
First look track ‘Better Than I Know Myself’ has already made an impact- when Adam released the video, it got more than a million hits in 2 days. Those who have heard further tracks from the album have been raving about them:
“This album’s of a pretty high standard to say the least” – Popjustice
“What we heard was nothing short of brilliant” – Digital Spy
“We’ve not had this good a feeling about an album since we heard an advance copy of 21 by Adele” – MSN”
Adam continues to enjoy a huge amount of support from his army of loyal fans worldwide, also known as ‘Glamberts’. He is currently gracing the cover of UK high style magazine ‘Fault’. When the magazine released the pictures, not only did the story spread across the media, but the cover line ‘It’s Adam’s Fault’ was trending at number 1 worldwide and in the US, and at number 6 in the UK.
Anticipation for Adam’s new material was heightened in November of last year following his show-stopping performance with Queen at the MTV EMA Awards in Belfast, which saw Adam Lambert trending on Twitter in the UK. Adam will be performing with Queen at Hammersmith Apollo on July 11th and 12th.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO “NEVER CLOSE OUR EYES”

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@adamlambert

TRACK LISTING:

1 – Trespassing
2 – Cuckoo
3 – Shady
4 – Never Close Our Eyes
5 – Kickin’ In
6 – Naked Love
7 – Pop That Lock
8 – Better Than I Know Myself
9 – Broken English
10 – Underneath
11 – Chokehold
12 – Outlaws Of Love
13 – Runnin’
14 – Take Back
15 – Nirvana
16 – By The Rules *
17 – Map *

Just two weeks after the shock cancellation of Sonisphere 2012 where they were due to headline with singer Adam Lambert, rock band Queen has announced they are to go ahead with a UK concert appearance this summer after all.

The band today announced that the highly anticipated pairing of Queen and Lambert will instead take place at London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo over two nights, July 11 and 12.

In the announcement the band also promised to endeavour to give priority booking to those who had held tickets for their Knebworth concert.

Tickets will go on sale next week, first to Queen fans and Sonisphere ticket holders and then on general sale.

Says a band spokesperson, “Queen acted immediately in looking for an alternative venue in an aim to avoid disappointing all those fans who had so desperately looked forward to seeing them at Knebworth. Coming in the lead into the Olympics, most of the venues they first approached were unavailable, being taken as official London Games 2012 venues. As the setting of some of the band’s best remembered concerts, the idea of returning to this historic Hammersmith venue really appealed to them.”

Said Brian May: ” Somehow this feels right – The Odeon is a big part of our history, and its atmosphere is second to none. It’s the perfect place to acknowledge our faithful fans, and will be a fitting return to our roots !”

Roger Taylor adds: “We had made up our minds to play in the UK this year, so play we will ! Following the collapse of the Sonisphere organisation we didn’t want to let down all those people expecting to see us live!”

Speaking from the US, Adam Lambert said: “I’m so thrilled that Queen found a way to ensure that the fans will get to see this event this summer. I can’t wait to be in London to perform with Queen for these incredibly special shows!”

Originally known as the Hammersmith Odeon, the venue was the scene of four sold-out Queen concerts in late November/early December 1975, as well as a special Christmas Eve show; and the band returned for a triumphant end-of-tour show in December 1979, playing the opening night of a series of UNICEF concerts for the people of Kampuchea. Amongst fans, the Hammersmith shows continue to be regarded as some of Queen’s most exceptional. Broadcast live on national radio and TV, the Christmas show has become one of the most heavily bootlegged in the band’s career, and an edited version of the show has been recently shown by the BBC. But a high quality official release DVD is now planned, unedited, which will include the audio of all of the songs which were not originally transmitted on TV.

Tickets for Queen + Adam Lambert concerts at HMV Hammersmith Apollo on Wednesday July 11 and Thursday July 12 will first be available on a 24-hour presale to Queen Online subscribers, Queen Fan Club members and Sonisphere ticket holders from 9am on Tuesday April 17. Pre-sale details will be sent on to these communities separately via e-mail.

General sales start Wednesday 18th April at 9am at www.hmvapollo.net and through Ticketmaster. Caller lines: . HMV Tickets 08432 221 0100 / Ticketmaster 08448 444 748. Tickets are priced at £65.00, £70.00 and £75.00 plus £6 booking fee on all prices. For tickets by post an additional charge will apply.

AND THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ALBUM ‘TRESPASSING’ JULY 2ND

“Lambert is a natural successor to Robbie Williams” – Sunday Times Culture

“Adam Lambert’s pipes are undeniably impressive’ – NME

American superstar Adam Lambert announces that his highly anticipated album ‘Trespassing’ is released in the UK on July 2nd, and the first UK single to be released from it will be ‘Never Close Our Eyes’, on June 24th.

‘Never Close Our Eyes’ is an upbeat dancefloor smash written by Bruno Mars that will get even the most reluctant on the dance floor. With it’s high energy chorus, and Lambert’s impressive vocals, it’s sure to be a summer smash.

As well as executively producing ‘Trespassing’, Adam has collaborated with an all-star list of award winning artists, producers and songwriters on the record; including Pharrell Williams, Dr. Luke, Claude Kelly, Benny Blanco, Bonnie McKee, Nile Rogers, Sam Sparro, Bruno Mars, Nikka Costa and BC Jean.

First look track ‘Better Than I Know Myself’ has already made an impact- when Adam released the video, it got more than a million hits in 2 days. Those who have heard further tracks from the album have been raving about them:

“This album’s of a pretty high standard to say the least” – Popjustice

“What we heard was nothing short of brilliant” – Digital Spy

“We’ve not had this good a feeling about an album since we heard an advance copy of 21 by Adele” – MSN

Adam continues to enjoy a huge amount of support from his army of loyal fans worldwide, also known as ‘Glamberts’. He is currently gracing the cover of UK high style magazine ‘Fault’. When the magazine released the pictures, not only did the story spread across the media, but the cover line ‘It’s Adam’s Fault’ was trending at number 1 worldwide and in the US, and at number 6 in the UK.

Anticipation for Adam’s new material was heightened in November of last year following his show-stopping performance with Queen at the MTV EMA Awards in Belfast, which saw Adam Lambert trending on Twitter in the UK. Adam will be performing with Queen at Hammersmith Apollo on July 11th and 12th.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO “NEVER CLOSE OUR EYES”

www.adamofficial.com
@adamlambert

TRACK LISTING:

STANDARD VERSION

01 Trespassing
02 Cuckoo
03 Shady
04 Never Close Our Eyes
05 Kickin’ In
06 Naked Love
07 Pop That Lock
08 Better Than I Know Myself
09 Broken English
10 Underneath
11 Chokehold
12 Outlaws Of Love

DELUXE VERSION

01 Trespassing
02 Cuckoo
03 Shady
04 Never Close Our Eyes
05 Kickin’ In
06 Naked Love
07 Pop That Lock
08 Better Than I Know Myself
09 Broken English
10 Underneath
11 Chokehold
12 Outlaws Of Love
DELUXE EDITION TRACKS
13 Runnin’
14 Take Back
15 Nirvana

NEW ALBUM TRESPASSING OUT IN SPRING

“Lambert is a natural successor to Robbie Williams” – Sunday Times Culture

“Adam Lambert’s pipes are undeniably impressive’ – NME

American superstar Adam Lambert graces the cover of UK high style magazine ‘Fault’ released today. Styled by Avo Yermagyan and shot by Miguel Starcevich, it shows Adam how you have never seen him!

Adam’s second album ‘Trespassing’ will be released in spring, along with his first single in the UK, which will be announced in the coming weeks. First look track ‘Better Than I Know Myself’ has already made an impact- when Adam released the video, it got more than a million hits in 2 days. Those who have heard further tracks from the album have been raving about them:

“This album’s of a pretty high standard to say the least” – Popjustice

“What we heard was brilliant” – Digital Spy

“We’ve not had this good a feeling about an album since we heard and advance copy of 21 by Adele” – MSN”

As well as executively producing the album, Adam has collaborated with an all-star list of award winning artists, producers and songwriters on the record; including Pharrell Williams, Dr. Luke, Claude Kelly (who produced the new single), Benny Blanco, Bonnie McKee, Nile Rogers, Sam Sparro, Bruno Mars, Nikka Costa and BC Jean. Just this week Adam and Bruno Mars spent a day in the studio together, before Adam set out on an 18 city promo tour in the US, gearing up for the album.

Adam continues to enjoy a huge amount of support from his army of loyal fans worldwide. The release of the single artwork alone caused a storm on Twitter, trending both in the UK and around the world. Anticipation for Adam’s new material was heightened in November of last year following his show-stopping performance with Queen at the MTV EMA Awards in Belfast, which saw Adam Lambert trending on Twitter in the UK.

Since then, it has been announced that Adam will perform with Queen at this years Sonisphere festival on July 7th. He says: “The intention is to pay tribute to Freddie and the band by singing some great songs. It’s to keep the music alive for the fans and give it an energy that Freddie would have been proud of. There’s no intention in my mind of replacing Freddie. That’s impossible. The way I’m choosing to view it is that it’s a great honour and one I’m in no way going to shirk … Being asked to appear with Queen is the best thing that can possibly happen”.

On his last tour in the UK Adam sold out Shepherds Bush Empire twice while touring his debut album ‘For Your Entertainment’ which has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Lambert was nominated for a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for ‘Whataya Want From Me’ in 2010.

JOINED BY ADAM LAMBERT FOR UNIQUE ONE-OFF CONCERT

“Earlier on there were rumours of us splitting up, but I mean – f*** ‘em – how can you split up when you have an audience like this.” Freddie Mercury. Knebworth Park, August 9, 1986

With a quarter of a century having since passed, rock legends Queen are to return to play a second concert at the venue that provided them with the setting for one of their biggest and most historic concerts.

Queen’ Brian May and Roger Taylor today confirmed the band will headline the second day of this year’s Sonisphere Festival appearing at the festival home ground Knebworth Park, Stevenage, on Saturday July 7.

Knebworth was the setting for Queen’s final concert with Freddie Mercury in August 1986.

May and Taylor also confirmed that for this special one-off concert –the band’s only UK concert appearance in 2012 – they will be joined by US singer-songwriter Adam Lambert.

Since first encountering each other during American Idol Season 8 in May 2009 where Lambert joined the band to perform We Are the Champions the two have repeatedly hinted at a future collaboration, most recently with Taylor telling Billboard Magazine “”He (Adam)has grown into a really great performer with an astonishing voice with a range that’s great. We would like to work with him again. There’s nothing signed just yet but …it could be very exciting.”

After their brief meeting on American Idol, the potent chemistry between Queen and Lambert finally broke the surface when at the invitation of Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor Lambert joined them for the closing showcase at the recent MTV Europe Awards where Queen were present to collect their Global Icon award.

Their eight minute MTVE set ignited an immediate reaction across the internet with social network sites buzzing with excitement and campaigning for a more formal union between Queen and Lambert. The Sonisphere 2012 Knebworth stage will at last provide an eager public the opportunity to see May, Taylor and Lambert delve deeper into exploring their very evident artistic appreciation of one another.

Says Brian May : “Judging by my incoming mail, this decision will make a lot of people very happy. It’s a worthy challenge for us, and I’m sure Adam would meet with Freddie’s approval! And what better place to revisit, and walk those emotional paths than Knebworth ? It will be a rush.”

Lambert adds: “I’m completely in awe of the Queen phenomenon. The thought of sharing the stage for a full set is so beautifully surreal. I’m honoured to be able to pay my respects to Freddie’s memory. He’s a personal hero of mine and I am deeply grateful for the chance to sing such powerful music for fans of this legendary band. I know the evening will be a huge milestone for me, and with the support of Brian, Roger and the rest of the band I know magic will be on display.”

Queen’s previous performance at Knebworth Park, close on twenty-six years ago , August 9, 1986, was set up to be the glorious last stop for the band’s monstrously successful Magic Tour which had spread out across Europe over eight weeks of that summer. Over a million people had already paid to see them.

Now riding one of the highest crests in their career, Queen drew a record crowd of 120,000, their biggest ever UK audience. Coming on the back of two stunning shows at Wembley Stadium – to this day regarded as among their finest performances – anticipation was high.

Queen delivered the goods, winding up the crowd by arriving above their heads in a custom decorated helicopter, and then going on to perform a Queen textbook set to a deliriously enthusiastic audience, winding up with an emotional ‘God Save the Queen’ and Freddie wishing his audience ‘sweet dreams’.

A baby was born during the show and departing fans created one of the biggest traffic jams in British recorded history.

What no-one in that Knebworth Park audience, and as far as we know , not even the band could anticipate that day, was that a new chapter in Queen’s history was being written: after more than 700 concerts together, what was taking place was the very last live concert of Freddie Mercury with Queen.

With the exception of an appearance in 1988 with Spanish operatic soprano Montserrat Caballe to launch Barcelona’s successful bid for the 1992 Olympic Games performing their duet ‘Barcelona’, Mercury would never again be seen performing to a public audience.

On what will undoubtedly rate as one of this summer’s most highly anticipated and emotionally charged concerts Queen’s Roger Taylor says: “I remember Knebworth as being the most incredible gig, with the most amazing audience and the sound on stage was utterly perfect. It was a fitting last stand before a live audience for Freddie. It will be a real challenge to complete the circle by returning with Adam.”

FIRST SINGLE ‘BETTER THAN I KNOW MYSELF’ RELEASED ON MARCH 12TH

“Lambert is a natural successor to Robbie Williams” – Sunday Times Culture

“It actually is brilliant” – Popjustice on ‘Better Than I Know Myself’

“Insanely great – good luck to whoever picks the singles” – Digital Spy on ‘Trespassing’

American superstar Adam Lambert has announced that his second album ‘Trespassing’ will be released in the UK on March 19th, following the release the new single ‘Better Than I Know Myself’ on March 12th.

As well as executively producing the album, Adam collaborated with an all-star list of award winning artists, producers and songwriters on the record; including Pharrell Williams, Dr. Luke, Claude Kelly (who produced the new single), Benny Blanco, Bonnie McKee, Nile Rogers, Sam Sparro, Bruno Mars, Nikka Costa and BC Jean.

Adam continues to enjoy a huge amount of support from his army of loyal fans worldwide. The release of the single artwork alone caused a storm on Twitter, trending both in the UK and around the world. Anticipation for Adam’s new material was heightened in November of last year following his show-stopping performance with Queen at the MTV EMA Awards in Belfast, which saw Adam Lambert trending on Twitter in the UK.

Lambert describes ‘Trespassing’ as “an exciting journey through the past two years of my life.  It’s been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I’ve experienced.  All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.”

On his last tour in the UK Adam sold out Shepherds Bush Empire twice while touring his debut album ‘For Your Entertainment’ which has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Lambert was nominated for a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for ‘Whataya Want From Me’ in 2010.

Adam Lambert joined the legendary Queen on stage last night for a breathtaking finale of Queen classics at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast.

Surprise guest Adam provided his towering and powerful lyrics for hits ‘The Show Must Go On,’ ‘We Will Rock You,’ and ‘We Are The Champions,’ walking out to greet the roaring crowd as the band rocked out on stage.

Adam was asked to perform in honour of the band, which won the Global Icon Award at the prestigious ceremony last night. He has spoken in the past of his great admiration of the band and named Freddie Mercury as one of his biggest idols. Adam told MTV last year that Mercury was “completely over the top in the best possible way”.

Flecking Records described the performance as “flawless,” saying: “Adam looked great, he looked natural on stage with Brian and Roger, you just couldn’t fault him.”

Hollywood Reporter said: “To the delight and surprise (of the audience), Lambert appeared.”

Popstar.com said: “Such a task would no doubt be daunting for many a singer, but not for Lambert,” adding that he “infused his own brand of genius to the arrangement”.

Adam Tweeted after the show: “What an enormous honour to sing with QUEEN! I could feel the spirit of Freddie Mercury alive on stage tonight! Thank u Brian and Roger and crew. LOVE.”