Last Saturday we had the opportunity to enjoy Queen + Adam Lambert show at the O2 Arena,the first thing we have to mention is that Queen where Mercury, Deacon, Taylor and May, hence as two former members unfortunately were not there, we had the chance to enjoy a Tribute Show to Queen, probably the best one worldwide but a tribute show performed by Adam Lambert and 2 former Queen members, May and Taylor.
Replacing a lead singer in a band like Queen is difficult and incredibly risky and the audience will never be happy as he will be always in a constant comparison with the legendary Mercury.
Forgetting about previous points and we just talk about the show, we must recognize that we went to the O2 arena not quite sure about what we could expect, doors opened 6.30pm and despite some chaotic organization in the queue, security was quite good and all went quite quickly. So… there we were, 8.30, O2 Arena, London, enjoying a cold beer while we started listening to the legendary One vision strings introduction followed by May’s big shadow behind the curtain to let the show start.
From the beginning it was quite obvious that Lambert had no interest in even pretending that he could actually be Freddie, the band performed a high level and electrifying rock and roll concert with massive hits such as One vision / Stone Cold Crazy / Another one bites the dust / Fat Bottomed girls / Lap of the Gods / Seven Seas of Rhye / Killer Queen / I want to break free / Somebody to Love, that part of the show just before the acoustic break was probably our favourite part, with an amazing performance and incredible sound and lighting show (above all in another one bites the dust), being fair we have to mention that there were some annoying latency problems with the massive screen behind Taylor but fortunately they were sorted out quite quickly.
After somebody to love we had the “acoustic break” that in our opinion brought the entertainment down, May was with his famous “selfie stick” talking and talking, such a long time for us that we wanted more energy and more rock and roll… but at least a good opportunity to go to the loo and get another beer. May performed I’m a Londoner, Love of my life and 39, creating a lovely atmosphere and nice tribute to the former members but with quite a weak voice and most of the time out of tune, then Taylor performed these are the days of our lives with an emotive snapshots that tribute 4 formed members of the band, followed by the musical interlude, quite a good bass solo by Neil and a drum batter, Taylor vs Taylor, Roger vs Rufus.
So last part of the show, after that non desired break where the intensity decreased and the band could rest and have some oxygen (Taylor needed it he looked like he was going to have a heart attack and could not breath) Lambert was back singing Under Pressure with Taylor, Save me (such an unexpected surprise) who wants to live forever, May’s guitar solo (mix of Tremolo bar, last horizon and Brighton Rock, in our opinion not his best guitar solo performance as the tremolo bar bit was extremely boring), Tie your mother down (with Rufus on the drums and Taylor on percussion, sounding simply amazing), I want it all, Radio Gaga, Crazy little thing called love and Bohemian Rhapsody… it may sound cheeky but we were so disappointed when we saw that May was using recorded guitars for the last guitar solos “run” bits.
The show was nearly over but not without an amazing encore, we will rock you and we are the champions. Such a shame the didn’t perform the show must go on, love kills and/or Don’t stop me now.
As a summary we could say that was a good show, recommended to everyone who wants to enjoy an amazing spectacle without comparisons, Lambert is "not to bad" frontman and singer and the band is simply amazing, obviously they are on their 60s so that affects and we cannot expect “Live at Wembley” level but they performed such a concert that we will be pleased to see again.
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El sábado tuvimos la oportunidad de disfrutar de QUEEN + Adam Lambert en el O2 Arena de Londres, lo primero que quiero mencionar es que, Queen son: Mercury, May, Deacon y Taylor, y por la ausencia de dos de sus miembros, tuvimos el placer de disfrutar de un Tributo a Queen. Probablemente el mejor del mundo, pero un tributo formado por Lamber y 2 de los miembro de Queen.
Reemplazar a un cantante como Mercury es un riesgo muy grande, y la audiencia nunca estará contenta, siempre tendrá criticas de comparación con el legendario Mercury. Bueno aclarado el punto anterior y centrándonos en el show, tenemos que reconocer que llegamos al O2 Arena sin saber muy bien que nos encontraríamos allí, las puertas se abrieron a las 6:30pm algunos problemas en la organización de la cola, la seguridad fue buena y todo quedó en un rato de espera.
Bueno… a las 8:30 estábamos en el O2 Arena tomándonos una birra fresca, y el show empezó con el legendario One Vision tras una lona con la sombra de May y la guitarra a pelo. Desde el principio Lambert quiso mostrar que no pretende sustituir a Freddie, la banda empezó el show con gran nivel eléctrico y puro rock&roll con One vision / Stone Cold Crazy / Another one bites the dust / Fat Bottomed girls / Lap of the Gods / Seven Seas of Rhye / Killer Queen / I want to break free / Somebody to Love, esta parte del show antes "del parØn" acústico fue nuestra favorita, buena actuación arropados con el mejor sonido y luz posible, tenemos que mencionar que tuvieron un problema de latencia con la pantalla pero que solucionaron rápidamente.
Después de Somebody to love empezó el “ParÖn Acústico” que en nuestra opinión pego un bajón el show bastante llamativo. May presentando su “Selfie” sin parar de hablar por mucho tiempo, nosotros queríamos más Rock&roll, pero utilizamos este descanso para ir a mear y pillar otras birras. May cantó I´m a Londoner, love of my life y 39, creando un ambiente lleno de sentimiento, recordando a los compañeros de banda, con una voz pobre y algunas veces fuera de tono, luego Taylor cantó these are the days our lives con fotografías tributo a los cuatro miembros de la banda, seguido de un solo de bajo por Neil y una batalla de baterías entre Roger y su hijo Rufus.
La última parte del show, después de reponer fuerzas con el descanso interminable (Taylor lo necesitaba porque no podía ni respirar), Lambert volvió cantando Under Pressure con Taylor, Save me (una sorpresa), Who want to live forever, Luego May se marcó un solo insoportable, Tie your mother down (con el hijo de Taylor a la batera), I want it all, Radio gaga, Crazy little thing called love and Bohemian rhapsody….. con partes del solo disparadas en Playback y May haciendo como que las toca. El show estaba terminando pero no sin los himnos, We will rock you y We are the champions. Se dejaron en el tintero Show must go on, Love kills y Don´t stop me now.
Podemos decir que fue un show bueno, recomendado para todos aquellos que le gustan los grandes shows sin comparaciones, Lambert, es un cantante más y la banda es impresionante, obviamente ya tienen sus 60 tacos y eso se nota, no podemos esperar un “Live at Wembley” pero hicieron un buen concierto y esperamos volver a ver a estos máquinas pronto.
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