Adam Lambert Is Queen's New Singer
Diehard fan was backed by Queen members in his 'Idol' finale

By Rolling Stone
February 3, 2012 2:20 PM ET

Adam Lambert is apparently the new singer for Queen, replacing the American Idol winner's own late idol, Freddie Mercury. Lambert broke the news to the U.K.'s Daily Star.

"The intention is to pay tribute to Freddie and the band by singing some fucking great songs," he said. "It's to keep the music alive for the fans and give it an energy that Freddie would've been proud of." Queen previously toured with former Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers taking Mercury's place.

Speculation has been high since Lambert was joined by surviving Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor during his Idol finals appearance in 2009. In November, they performed together at the MTV EMAs in Belfast.

Lambert said he had no intention of replacing Mercury, who died in 1991. "That's impossible," he said. "The way I'm choosing to view it is that it's a great honor and one I'm in no way going to shirk." Lambert's second solo album, Trespassing, is due in March.

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How fitting.

post-Freddie Mercury Queen aka

He's a talented vocalist who should do well with the source material.

he's gay, that's a start

Freddie wasn't even gay. He was bi. A flaming bi. But bi.

asstronaut

well they managed to fiind someone even gayer than freddie

what are the odds of a band having 2 different lead singers die of aids??

Hahaha wow holy shit dude.

Pretty high if Cube keeps hanging out with Magic.

Just a superb post.

agreed, if the picture worked. I still get it though, which speaks to the quality of the post itself.

Pic works for me. Perhaps your ISP is run by Jerry Heller.

SOPA'd

80s..

i bet eazy n magic banged the same hoodrat..

Jesus Christ man.