San Diego fans! (and others coming to San Diego):
We will be hosting an informal pre-concert party this coming Friday July 30. I live in the Vantage Pointe Building right in front of the Symphony Hall (that is literally across the street) in downtown San Diego. We can get together at the lobby of my building between 5:30pm and 6:00pm. After that we will head to the 3rd floor where we will have a bar area with big screen TVs and also a lounge area with a pool table available to us in the building (pictures below).
Whether 2 people show up or 50 it will be fun! We can hang out, talk about Adam, play pool and have some drinks while we wait for the concert. Around 7:15pm we will walk across the street and get in line for the event at the Symphony Hall.
If you are of age, please BYOB and drinks. You will not have to drive until after the concert. If you plan on attending RSVP on the comments below. We also have the option to go in the rooftop swimming pool of the building starting at 4pm. There are lockers available for you to get changed. Let us know if this would be something you are interested in doing and we will take it from there.
NOTE: If you still don’t have tickets, there are last minute tickets available starting at $10!!! Check the link below :
July 30, 2010
San Diego, CA, Symphony Hall
Glam Nation Tour
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Map of the location below (look for the V). The address is: 1281 9th Avenue, San Diego CA 92101
Please park in the Symphony Hall paid parking lot, they have 2400 spaces available and walk to the entrance of the Vantage Pointe Building (can’t miss it! 
). You will see us hanging out outside until 6pm.
(After 6pm I will need someone’s help to open the door for people arriving late and walking them to the ammenities on the 3rd floor. Please let me know if you can help and we can take turns doing this.)
We look forward to hear from you!
Fernando (Dreamsound) GLAMB #1
Join the forum discussion on this post - (9) PostsHello everyone, this will be the official page for the Glam Nation Tour.
Below are the dates with its respective event/venue and we will update with any changes. We have included links to purchase tickets from different providers for most events, below its description (link will take you directly to that particular event). If the event does not have a link tickets might not be on sale yet so check this page for updates.
Grab a spot while you can, seatings go quick and prices go up, don’t wait until the last minute to get your tickets! If anything comes up you can always sell your tickets (including E-Tickets) here.
**For hard to get tickets try here.**
Trailer:
July 27, 2010
Costa Mesa, CA, OC Fair - Pacific Ampitheatre
Glam Nation Tour
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July 28, 2010
Costa Mesa, CA, OC Fair - Pacific Ampitheatre
Glam Nation Tour
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July 30, 2010
San Diego, CA, Symphony Hall
Glam Nation Tour
*We will host a Glambs party before the show. Party will be hosted in the Vantage Pointe building right in front of the Symphony Hall - (More details on July 15th).
** Tickets on sale now!
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Saturday, July 31, 2010 at [Time TBA] Mandalay Bay - Beach, Las Vegas, Nevada
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August 2, 2010
Charlotte, NC, The Fillmore
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Tower Theatre - PA, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
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Friday, August 13, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Sands Riverplace (Formerly Straub Chrysler Jeep Riverplace), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Musikfest
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August 17, 2010Providence, RI, Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
Glam Nation Tour
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Cape Cod Melody Tent, Hyannis, Massachusetts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 at 8:00 PM
South Shore Music Circus, Cohasset, Massachusetts
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Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton, New Hampshire
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Northern Lights, Clifton Park, NY
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August 26, 2010
Staten Island, NY, George Theatre
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Friday, August 27, 2010 at 8:00 PM
The National, Richmond, Virginia
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August 28, 2010
Raleigh, NC, Memorial Auditorium
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August 31, 2010
Indianapolis, IN, Clowes Hall
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September 1, 2010
Evansville, IN, Victory Theater
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Saturday, September 04, 2010 at 11:30 AM
On the Waterfront Festival Grounds, Rockford, Illinois
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September 18, 2010
St. Petersburg, FL, Tropicana Field
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We will hold a pre-concert event for the July 30 concert in Adam’s hometown (San Diego). We encourage fans from other states/countries to post in the comments below the events they are hosting/organizing. However big or small the pre-concert event, is always more fun to go out to see Adam with a bunch of fans!!
Are there things you’ve been anxious to discuss about Adam Lambert that haven’t been related to one of the articles we’ve posted? Do you want to list concert tickets you have for sale, or maybe find tickets for a certain venue? This is the perfect place to do that!
Many times Sue and I have seen discussions start on an article that have nothing to do with the topic. While these discussions sometimes take off and get lots of interest, they sort of hijack the topic, and readers who want to see comments related to the article don’t find them, and check out.
Maybe you didn’t know we have a FORUM section on this Glambsite. We haven’t promoted it before, and for that we’re sorry. There are many topics that were started, but since people didn’t know about the FORUM, never took off. But let’s see it take off now! In the FORUM, you can start your own discussions, join other discussions, or just let everyone know something you feel is important to know about Adam.
Here’s how:
1. Go to the top of this site and click on FORUM. The first box that comes up is Most Recent Topics. Keep scrolling down – bypass this list.
2. You’ll then see some boxes with the headings of Adam Lambert, American Idol, Community, and Announcements & Information. (Fernando created those headings when he originated this site and for right now, those are the ones we have to go by.)
3. Click one of these BLUE headings. Discussions already in progress will appear. You can contribute to one of these.
*** If you were a user of the forums on the American Idol website, you’ll feel right at home now!
4. If you want to start your own discussion, click on any discussion in the main heading you want it to appear in. then click the Add Topic button. I would imagine most things will go under Adam Lambert or Announcements & Information.
5. Name your topic in the title box, type your comments in the text box, and click Post New Topic below the text box.
I just started a topic under Announcements for concert tickets called Adam’s Concerts – Who has extra tickets? Who’s looking for tickets? Let’s use this one heading all summer for Concert Tickets. If everyone who has a different city to post for starts a new topic, the info will be too hard to find and the Forum will get muddied up with multiple ticket listings.
Help your discussion succeed by commenting about it on Twitter and Facebook. Remember to give the Heading/Title so people can find it!
I’m really excited to see this succeed and hope you will enjoy it. We really can do a lot of good with an active FORUM! But please Glambs, let’s keep it clean! We know about all of Adam’s “gifts” and what we’d like to do if we had a moment or three alone with him! But here’s a required warning: If topics are posted that are found to be inappropriate, they will be deleted.
Can’t wait to hear back from you and see your input!
~ Carol, Glamb #7 ~
I saw this article and thought we could have some fun with it. Reading through these gave me an idea…
I want to hear YOUR favorite Adam Lambert moment OF ALL TIMES!!!! Even if you have posted it here a thousand times, or better yet, have never posted it here at all, I want to know what your ALL TIME FAVORITE MOMENT IS!!!!
Was it an interview, a song on Idol, one of his videos, or a picture that means something to you? Think about it and then decide, then just tell us about your favorite Adam Lambert moment/moments. Let’s see how many special moments there are out there and maybe we can get HIM to see why we love him so much!! I want EVERYONE TO JOIN IN ON THIS ARTICLE, the more there are, the more love we will pass on to Adam. Have fun with this, I can’t wait to see…
**Remember, if you receive our posts on Twitter, make sure to ALWAYS Re-Tweet them. This way it goes out to even more people.**
ENJOY:
latimesblogs.latimes.com:
April 14, 2010
‘Idol’s’ Top 9 share their favorite Adam Lambert moments
April 14, 2010 | 9:39 pm
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After Tuesday’s performance show, we asked most of season 9’s Top 9 (Tim Urban eluded the question somehow) for their favorite Adam Lambert moment, be it from last year’s “American Idol,” his career since or their Vegas experience with the season 8 runner-up as their mentor. Read on for some major Adam adoration…
Siobhan Magnus: “Just meeting him was incredible; his presence is really big and he’s just so positive and genuinely kind. He said he would figuratively be throwing glitter at me, and I felt it up there.”
Lee DeWyze: “Last season, he was amazing. There’s too many [performances] to pick, but when he was mentoring us, he was really honest, which is really good for me. He told me exactly what he thought about my song, and what he thought I should do with it. It was really cool for me to hear him be that honest.”
Crystal Bowersox: “Having Adam tell me that he wouldn’t change anything about the song, that was really, really cool coming from someone who’s a great entertainer, and then we talked about lighting and presentation. I got some good info out of him.”
Katie Stevens: “I loved when Adam sang ‘Feeling Good’ last year. That was one of my favorite songs. He came down the stairs and all cool, and with the light in the background and it got bigger and he did his whole riffing crazy ridiculous chops thing. Having him as a mentor was just incredible, because he knows what we’re going through, so he’s able to give us the best feedback.”
Casey James: “He was a great mentor, he had a good vibe. Immediately when I met him, he had a good energy, I was comfortable, I didn’t feel awkward singing him the song, and then when he gave me the feedback, it was actually really hands-on constructive feedback. It was really great.”
Andrew Garcia: “My favorite is when he mentored me; he knows what we went through, because he’s been through the same thing. He’s really on our level. When he was a contestant, he was never scared, he had all this confidence. He’s a really cool guy.”
Aaron Kelly: “Adam Lambert is such a great performer. Last year, on every single performance, he was consistent. And having him as a mentor was really cool because he’s been through this before, and he pretty much knows what’s right and wrong, what we should do. I mean, he’s got the experience.”
Michael Lynch: “My favorite Adam Lambert moment is hearing about his reputation from the crew and from our handlers. He was always prepared, a super good kid; he’s just one of the people they talk the highest about. To me, that’s something that’s important. I always want my reputation with the people I work with to be good, and to see that about him, that he’s one of the people they talk about out of all the seasons, that’s my favorite thing about him.”
– Shirley Halperin
XO~SUE~GLAMB#10
Alright, set your alarms and get your questions ready! It seems that Adam will be conducting a live chat from England early tomorrow morning! Read on for the details.
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He wears more make-up than Jodie Marsh (almost) and has hair like Newt from Hollyoaks in his less sane days – but we still think Adam Lambert is one of the best people EVER to take part in American Idol. Tomorrow he is paying a visit to this very heat office to take part in an exclusive web chat with all you lovely people. Is there something you’ve always wanted to ask Adam? Do you have the urge to sing to him? Blow him a kiss? Give him some live make-up tips (or get him to give you some)? Tomorrow, from 10am, he will be sitting in the chair heat geek is sitting in now (moaning about his lunchtime personal trainer session, the bore) ready to answer YOUR questions. Register right now by clicking here – you know you want to! The chat will take place at 10AM UK time, which is 3 AM Pacific/6 AM Eastern. |
Hey Glambs! It’s Time to Party in Canada!! I’m sure you’re all counting down the days to Adam’s Canadian concerts, right? You’re going to have this now-confirmed world star right in front of you! I’m still out of breath when I think about the epic Fantasy Springs concert that Glamb website leaders Lila, Sue and I saw. We also had a great time at our own pre-concert party getting to meet over 40 of you who came to share your time with us, divulge Adam-stories in safety, eat and relax before the mind-blowing concert we were all attending later that evening. I’m really happy to reveal that a pre-party has been planned for you too!
Glambs party at Mimi’s Cafe before Fantasy Springs
One of the fabulous Glambs that Lila, Sue & I met at our pre-party was Maureen. And being a great Glamb, Maureen is carrying with our tradition and is organizing another pre-concert party, this time for Richmond’s River Rock concert. Here are the details:
When: April 9, 2010
Time: 5:30 PM
Where: Lulu’s Lounge, Main Floor at River Rock Casino, Richmond
Details: Meet up before the show with other Glambs and Adam fans at Lulu’s Lounge on the Main Floor. There is no cover charge for this “no host” party. You only pay for what you order. It will be an excellent chance to have dinner, drinks and lots of “Adam Chatter” before all the excitement starts. See here for menu.
In case anyone is still feeling like partying it up after the concert, the Incredibles who specialize in music from the 60s and 70s, will be playing at Lulu’s.
Please email Maureen and let her know that you’re coming. She will stay in touch with you and give you any details and changes for the pre-party. Email her at maureenm@intergate.ca with your name, Glamb # (if you have one!), screen name, cell phone number, and how many people will be in your group.
Have a great time!! And remember, we want to hear all about it!!
If anyone is organizing a party for Adam’s concert on April 8th at the Red Robinson Show Theatre in Coquitlam, please let us know and we’ll post the information about it too!
~ Carol ~
Damien (who frequents our website often) from SRP records asked us to feature their new addition, 15 year old Vita Chambers, covering WWFM. ‘Vita’ is a huge Adam Lambert fan. Check out her cover! :
To get all the news about Adam Lambert as soon as it comes out: his travels, his appearances, his songs, his videos, his fashions; follow us on Twitter. We’ll tweet you the second we know!
It’s so easy to do. Look at the column on your right. Scroll down to Follow Me on Twitter and click the title link adamlambertidol . From there, click the Follow Me button. You’ll be “tweeted” about new articles on our site seconds after they’re published. If you don’t have a Twitter account, sign up now. What are you waiting for? I’ll admit, I resisted signing up for one too. Because when it first came out, I only heard the negative. That it was just people saying things like “I’m sitting on my couch watching TV.” I didn’t have time in my life to read mundane things like that. But the good news is, you only hear from the people you sign up for - like us!
Personally, if it weren’t for Twitter, I would have never heard about Adam’s Fantasy Springs concert in time to get tickets. It’s become one of the top communication sources being used today. How many of you didn’t get an iPod until this past year, so you could keep recordings and videos of Adam with you at all times? I know, that was me too! Well, time to modernize. Don’t wait too long!
~ Carol, Glamb #7 ~
We’re sure all of the Glambs who are going to Fantasy Springs this weekend are looking forward to meeting up with each other. We certainly are looking forward to meeting each and every one of you. In fact, Sue, Lila and I are so excited about meeting all of you and seeing Adam Lambert in one of his first solo concerts that we can hardly sleep! If you’re going, post it here in the comment section. We’re encouraging you to use this format to make any plans, arrange for carpooling, etc. Sorry this is so late, but we’re beginners at this and we just thought of it!
Our Glamb Family pre-party is happening from 3 – 5 PM on Saturday, February 27th at Mimi’s Café, 79-765 Hwy 111 in La Quinta, just 5 ½ miles from Fantasy Springs Resort. We’ve had over 70 people say they’re coming, so it’s going to be a great celebration! Remember, there is NO COST for our party. Everyone will have the opportunity to order whatever they’d like, whether it’s a full meal, an appetizer, or just a drink from Mimi’s full menu. Each person is responsible for their own purchase. You don’t have to order anything, if you don’t want. We just wanted to give you the opportunity to meet up with each other, before the show gets into action. We’ll have name tags for everyone there so you’ll immediately spot some familiar friends. We know that many of you are also going to the Fantasy Springs pre-party. (We’re going too!) We hope you’ll keep your Glamb name tag on, and spread the word about this web site. If you have a lariat or pin-on nametag holder, the type you get from business conferences, please feel free to bring them. Our nametags are adhesive and may not transfer if you want to change clothes.
Again, we can’t wait to meet you!
Sincerely,
Carol, Lila & Sue
We’ve received such positive responses from so many of you and we know how excited you are to join up before the show. We can’t wait to meet you too!! We heard that many of you wanted to come to our meeting and get to know your Glamb “sistas” PLUS you want to attend the Fantasy Springs pre-concert gathering. Now, you can do both! Lila and I have changed our event time to an earlier 3 PM - 4:30 PM to accommodate you. We’ll be meeting at a near-by restaurant and they will be serving from their full menu. You only pay for the food and drinks you wish to order. Remember, there is NO COVER CHARGE to attend our event. Too excited to eat or not on the Pacific time zone yet? No worries, just come and meet your friends! We know that many of you are traveling to the area that day, so stop in and nourish yourself, get charged up for the concert (you don’t want to be like the girl that fainted in New York, do you?!) meet us and the people you’ve been visiting with on this site, and still enjoy all the fesitvities going on at the Resort.
We know our group is a smaller, more intimate group. We hope you’ll take advantage of this time and share with us your ideas of what you’d like to see on this web site. Maybe you’re also a part of another larger group that will be at the concert. Please feel free to invite those friends too, but just let us know how many are coming with you. We need to let the restaurant know how many to plan for. This is going to be a wonderful chance to get to really know the people behind the screen names you’ve been exchanging comments with for almost a year now. A great way to buddy-up and form some relationships to take with you that day as you continue on to either the Fantasy Springs party or into the concert. We’ve heard that many of you are coming alone to this concert. Wouldn’t you love to have a new “BFF” to share the experience with? The Fantasy Springs pre-party will be filled with 600 women (mostly!) who ALL think they are Adam’s greatest fan. There will be so much estrogen circulating through the room that it might be overwhelming. Don’t go into it alone. Meet up with your Glamb friends and take your strong connections with you!
If you’re coming, please email us at: lila@glambs.org and let us know your real name, screen name, Glamb # (if you have one), how many are in your group, and if you are willing to give a ride to someone who may not have a car with them. You will be emailed privately with all the details.
Can’t wait to see you there!
~ Carol ~
It is Adam’s birthday week, so we are going to start celebrating a little earlier than his official birthday on Friday, January 29th. The video below was compiled from all the photos sent in for our “Happy Glambirthday” project…along with a few others submitted to us from the American Idol Summer Tour. There is a ton of love here…from the detailed posters, to the beaming smiles, to the heartfelt messages, to the actual creation of the video. People from all over the globe participated…and all of this makes for one giant, video E-card to Adam from Glambs International!
Happy Glambirthday, Adam!
Feel free to use this blog post link or the following YouTube link in Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, etc…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SzH4Z6xwmE
-Dana, Glamb #6
Hi everyone, this is Fernando, we just got back from attending the concert live with our fans. We got to see Adam from up close! I got there and met up with Lila, Carol, Julie, Glenda and two other fans.
The live atmosphere was INCREDIBLE. They did an amazing job in pumping the audience up by bringing a comedian before the show. We were all laughing histerically. They also had the band playing and a singer keeping us ‘pumped’ during the breaks.
I use to not really like Jay all that much until today. When he spoke to the audience before the show, you could tell he actually has a lot of charisma and that he looks way different and better on ‘real life.’
Adam sounded great live and thankfully that translated well on TV.
Well… enjoy the videos:
This is the original community website, forum and chat of American Idol Adam Lambert. Here you will find daily updates on everything related to Adam with high quality videos, music, picture library, articles, merch and live events.
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We have officially started the international Adam Lambert fan club community: The Global Lambs or GLAMBS for short. Membership is free but you must follow the instructions STEP BY STEP to get your number below.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO GET YOUR OFFICIAL GLAMB FAN CLUB NUMBER
STEP 1: Subscribe to the newsletter on the top right hand corner. This is the way we will communicate with you in the future. If you have already subcribed in the past then move on to step 2.
STEP 2: If you have not had at least one approved comment on the fansite, go ahead and comment on any post EXCEPT this one and wait several hours until your comment is reviewed and approved. Once your comment is approved move to step 3. DO NOT APPLY FOR YOUR GLAMB NUMBER UNTIL YOUR COMMENT IS APPROVED.
STEP 3: Your number will be determined in a first come, first serve basis after you have passed steps 1 and 2.
To get your official Glamb number comment on this post with the format below:
GLAMB # (Leave it blank, we will assign this number for you)
First Name (Nickname) from Your Current Location
You must follow the format or your comment will be deleted.
Look at the examples below.
We will review and assign a number for you within 7-10 days (usually on Wednesday, schedule permitting).
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FAQ
Question: I don’t see my comment with my number posted, what am I doing wrong?
Answer:
a) You have not previously commented on the fansite before . You have to comment in another section of this fansite and wait until that comment is approved before you comment here.
or
b) You have not joined the newsletter yet.
or
c) You did not follow the format described above. You have to follow the format: Glamb #, first name, nickname, from your location.
Question: How do I know if my number was processed or not?
Answer: If your number is on any of the posts below then it has been officially processed. Since there will be hundreds of comments do a search for your nickname with CTRL + F on this page.
Questions: My comment is showing and it says Glamb # but there’s no number?
Answer: That’s how it works. It means your number is waiting in line to be assigned to you. Keep checking back and it will display soon. There’s nothing else you need to do at this point.
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*** DO NOT COMMENT ON THIS POST UNLESS IT IS TO GET YOUR OFFICIAL GLAMB NUMBER ***
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It’s late at night and I can’t sleep. So, I wanted to share some photos of enthusiastic Glamb fans from around the world, and update a few miscellaneous items.
First up is Lisa, Glamb #485 from GlambsFlorida, receiving her “For Your Entertainment” CD. With this loaded smile, I think it made her want to listen to music again!
I’ve had this vision of Adam-fans all around the world opening their CDs, giving them something to shout about.
Second is Ellen, Janet, and Sue from GlambsIllinois on their outing to see the movie 2012 a few days ago. Rumor had it that Adam’s voice in the theater made them wanna scream out and need a second to breathe, but they contained themselves, and went to lunch in the aftermath.
Finally, a few new groups want to start a revolution in their area. Introducing:
GlambsColorado - Led by La Fronne, Glamb #551
GlambsNewHampshire - Led by Deb, Glamb #39
GlambsOregon - Led by Vicki, Glamb #555
Or, let it all hang out with another group in your area. Take a trip and fall into the glitter here. Just keep coming around, we’re here for your entertainment!
Now I’m not asleep, but I’m not awake…time to turn out the lights anyway. Maybe I’ll be a sleepwalker. Can you tell Adam is on continuous play at my house?
Dana, Glamb #6
Thank you to everyone who has already submitted their poster/picture for the project we’re creating for Adam’s birthday. I’ve heard they are really fantastic. With everything going on this week and over the last month, we know our list of followers has grown. We have many new friends on this web site who may not know about our Glambtastic birthday project. We’re inviting everyone who hasn’t submitted their birthday poster/picture to please get busy this Thanksgiving weekend. As we give thanks for all we have, including having Adam in our lives, please remember we want to do something extra creative to show him how much he means to us. Don’t let the Allen-ites outdo us!! Did you see their birthday present video? Did you see how many fans participated? We know we’ve got hundreds of you out there! And for everyone who comments on the articles here, we know there must be 10 who don’t. While we’re all caught up with the AMA performance, the CBS brilliance, and the release of For Your Entertainment, we can’t forget that the posters for Adam’s Birthday Project are due Monday, November 30th!
Please read this re-posting of our previous article about the Birthday Project and help us make this a birthday present Adam will never forget!
Thank you for your support and Happy Thanksgiving to all of you,
Carol
We are creating the most GLAMB-TASTIC present for Adam and you’re invited to take part. Adam’s birthday is in January, and now’s the time to get going for what we’ve got planned. We really want this to be a surprise for Adam, so we can’t release too much information. But trust us please, you won’t be disappointed.
There are three ways you can help:
1) Send us a picture of yourself.
2) Send us a picture of yourself holding your poster – instructions below.
3) Send us a picture of the poster.
If you’re making a poster be as creative as you want, but all signs must be in good taste and need to include the following message:
Happy GLAMBirthday Adam!
<3 Your Name, Your Glamb #, Your City & State or Country
You don’t have to put a heart or Love, but we really need your name and location. This is critical for the project. He’s already a world-wide star and this gift will reflect that.
Take a picture of yourself, the sign, or yourself with the sign and send it to tourphotos@glambs.org. You can even send all three pictures! If you can adjust the pixel size to 1,000 x 1,000 that would really help us out. It would be really neat if you were next to your town’s landmark.
If you went to the Tour concert in your city and have a picture of that, we’d love to have it. All pictures must be received by Monday, November 30. That gives you all of Thanksgiving Weekend to work on them. Either email your photo (downsized to 1,000 x 1,000 pixels if you can) to tourphotos@glambs.org, or upload to a photo hosting service (like PhotoBucket) and send the link to tourphotos@glambs.org.
Don’t have your own Glamb number yet? Click here for directions. We know Adam will love this present, and he will love it more because his fans will be a part of it! Now, go get busy for Adam!!!
Love and thanks!
Your Fan Club Leaders
**THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT ALL PICTURES WILL BE USED. SOME EDITING AND/OR CROPPING MAY BE NECESSARY. ALL PICTURES ARE SUBMITTED ON A STRICTLY VOLUNTARY BASIS.
Hi, as I’ve mentioned before we have upgraded our forum and we need moderators for each category (we will be adding new ones soon).
The forum is at http://adam-lambert.org/forum
Our current moderators are:
- CatEyes
- LindaK
- Adam4Life
- Mongoose (new)
The role of a moderator is to encourage interaction between members, answer enquiries, create a sense of community and ‘police’ the forum.
Right now it is a combined effort but eventually we will each have our own category to supervise like most forums.
If you are interested, e-mail me telling me a little bit about yourself and with your name and login registration to dreamsound2@hotmail.com
We are only looking for responsible volunteers who have the time and are familiar within forum environments.
Please keep in mind that we only have a few spots open so I might not be able to get back with everyone!
Thanks.
~~ Dreamsound, Glamb #1
Join the forum discussion on this post - (2) PostsWe have finally (yes, finally!!) upgraded our Forum. I have been wanting to do this for several months but couldn’t find the time to get this done until now. You will notice a lot of the bugs we had are now gone (text going across borders, login issues, missing icons, things all over the place, etc).
Those of you who are not familiar with the forum be sure to register at: http://adam-lambert.org/forum/
Registering only asks you for a login name and e-mail address, then it will automatically send you an e-mail with your login and password. If you don’t see the e-mail, be sure to check your spam folder and be sure to inmediately go to personal options and put your first/last name and change your password next time you login so you can login again in the future. Once you register, be sure to introduce yourself on the forum!
I want you to know that I know some of you are frustrated because you cannot login, cannot get your glamb number or are not receiving the newsletter. This can be a full-time job if you try to solve everything at once, but I will continously keep working on it until everything gets resolved. 80% of these issues have to do with automated e-mails going to spam folders.
We have upgraded the layout of the Forum to correspond with the site, I hope you like it better. Those of you who have admin privileges will notice your console displays all the new posts nicely. ‘The work is not done though, right now we are working on assigning Moderators, then we are going to start cleaning things up and adding new categories.
Finally, I had to remove the Music Player until I can get licensing rights. There is a company called ASCAP that has six older Adam Lambert songs, as soon as they update their repertoire with the new FYE songs, we will be subscribing to them. I will keep you all informed on this.
Comment below on anything regarding the upgraded Forum.
*** Updated: Illinois Glamb Group and Ontario Canada Glamb Group Now Online! See links below! And groups for Wisconsin and Louisiana coming soon! ***
(An older pic, but I still love it!)
If you have gotten your Glamb Number here, and are working on your project for Adam’s birthday…then the next thing you can do to be a “Good Glamb,” is join your local team! The Texas group is already having loads of fun getting to know each other and making plans to meet on Adam’s solo tour! A few other group leaders have uploaded their personal Adam photos and video clips. Several new teams have come online in the last few days. So, don’t be left out. Either join a group below, or email me at webmistress@glambs.org to start a new group in another area. Visit this page for details, and I’ll get you setup!
U.S.A.
- Illinois - Leader: Sue, Glamb #10
- Ohio - Leader: Sandy, Glamb #380
- Michigan - Leader: Judy, Glamb #386
- New Jersey - Leader: Dee, Glamb #458
- Texas - Leader: Peaches, Glamb #387
Beyond the U.S.A. and Abroad:
- Denmark - Leader: Anette, Glamb #377
- New Zealand - Leader: Lisa, Glamb #352
- Ontario Canada - Leaders: Jane, Glamb #20 and Jamie, Glamb #472
- UK - Leader: Toni, Glamb #391
Hopefully, BC Canada, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Louisiana will be online shortly. If you volunteered for one of these areas and have not accepted the invitation from Yahoo to join both the moderator and your area team group, don’t delay! Your invitation will expire! We need to move relatively quickly so my queue of incoming groups doesn’t start to backup. And in some cases, others have also volunteered to lead some of these same areas, and I don’t want to keep them waiting too long. If you have changed your mind or I have overlooked you, please let me know!
Overall, I really appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm! A special thank you goes to the ladies who have already volunteered to lead and moderate their groups. Thanks for pressing forward, even if you were unsure about the technology challenges! Now that’s dedication to Adam and his fans!
Dana {CatEyes}, Glamb #6
***Updated with new Glamb Group for New Jersey!*** You must be if you are reading this post! And all good Glambs know their stuff, so here are a few updates for you:
- We have 5 official area Glamb teams just waiting for you to join in on the local fun once Adam’s album and solo tour arrive. Click on each link to join them in Yahoo groups. They are:
- Ohio - Moderated by Sandy, Glamb #380
- Texas - Moderated by Peaches, Glamb #387
- New Jersey - Moderated by Dee, Glamb #458
- UK - Moderated by Toni, Glamb #391
- Denmark - Moderated by Anette, Glamb #377
- If you would like to start a local group in your state or country, just email me at webmistress@glambs.org with your name, location, & Glamb number. I will do all the setup for you…and you will be on your way to the fun stuff ahead! See this page for more details.
- Also, don’t forget about our surprise project for Adam’s birthday. The project was somewhat on the backburner while the tour was occupying our time. But since we have a little lull between now and the album release, it’s a good time to work on posters and photos which can still be mailed to tourphotos@glambs.org by October 15th, 2009. Click here for the original post from a few months ago with all the details on what you need to do to participate.
Everything else you need to know to be a “Glamb In the Know” can be found on our sister site’s homepage, glambs.org.
Have fun!
Dana {CatEyes}, Glamb #6
*** UPDATED w/ Teams and Photo *** Thanks to everyone who has expressed interest in a group for your area! Three area groups have now been setup, and several of you are contemplating involvement in other areas…I think we are off to a great start! If you live in the UK, Denmark, or Texas you can join your group — just click here. Please be gentle with your “newbie” moderators!
One other note. In order to lead a group, a familiarity with Yahoo groups is helpful, although not necessary if you pickup on “techie” things relatively quickly. These groups will eventually provide added organization to our international fansite, along with the ability to facilitate more local efforts. Some have asked about the time commitment required - and it really just depends on where you are in the world, how many members you draw in over time, where Adam’s career takes him, and how much your team plans to do.
And back to the “Family” theme…Mary and her 4 sisters are pictured in this photo from the Kansas City concert. All grandmothers aged 48-60! They all look fab in their Adam shirts!
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For thousands of years, people have united for various reasons across the globe including religious rights, political statements, and other causes too numerous to mention. However, I can’t imagine much else in history that has been as fun, spectacular, and joyous as the collective camaraderie that orbits around Adam Lambert’s musical magnetism. Family members have become parallel fans, and fans have become lifelong friends. This seems to be a running theme and common thread with Glamb members! Jeanette’s recent concert adventures and photos are certainly a tribute to people coming together for a positive reason…enjoying life and living in the moment.
I wanted to share some other photos sent in to tourphotos@glambs.org that represent this theme as well. The first photo is from Peggy, whose family is quite Adam-smitten! They attended the Kansas City concert. Left to right: Veronica, Melinda, Terri, Melissa, Peggy, Linda, Karla, Crystal, and Elizabeth. Just look at those beautiful and creative t-shirts!
The second set of photos were submitted by Mars showing her and her Glamb friends at the Columbus concert. Their posters are spectacular!
This fabulous sense of community is what adam-lambert.org and glambs.org is all about! We want to build on that…and you can help! Several of you have already asked how you can be more involved in your state or country. Click here to see if the opportunity to lead an official, local Glamb group suites you!
You only need minimal to moderate technical skills to lead a group, and you will be facilitating a way for fans to communicate and organize with each other in their area. This is similar to a local “street team” concept where members can plan events in their area, work on fansite projects, and organize meet/greet opportunities. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we had many of these groups setup and ready to roll before Adam’s solo tour begins?! Let’s continue building fanship, friendship, and family around the enjoyment of Adam’s music and live performances!
We’ve already got an official Glambs Fansite group in Denmark that Anette has so graciously volunteered to lead. So if you live in Denmark, please join them! And watch for more local Glamb groups coming soon.
Please share how your fanship, friendship, and family has been permanently altered by Adam’s presence in the universe.
~Dana {CatEyes} Glamb #6
Our fan site is so lucky to have so many international readers! Now is your chance to share in an Adam Lambert event. Adam’s United States fans may be able to see him in concert before the international fans do, but for this contest, we are all even! But just a word of caution, this contest will NOT get you a backstage pass or an interview with Adam!!
~Carol~
Magazine RockStar Weekly is looking for 10 ultimate Adam Lambert fans from around the world to profile in a special Adam Lambert online magazine to be published in November.
The 24-page magazine, which will be available for reading free on the RockStar Weekly website, will be a tribute to the top fans that are making Lambert a world-wide star through the internet. It will be highlighted with some RockStar Weekly concert shots from our site and maybe a publicity still or two.
Fans have to submit materials to show that they are true fans and are encouraged to utilize many internet tools to prove that they are a top fan.
RockStar Weekly has set up a Facebook Group for fans to post stories, photos and videos.
Full details on the contest below and good luck to all the Adam Lambert fans out there:
Are You One Of The World’s Best Adam Lambert Fans?
RockStar Weekly is looking for 10 ultimate Adam Lambert fans from around the world to profile in a special Adam Lambert online magazine to be published in November.
The 24-page magazine, which will be available for reading free on the RockStar Weekly website, will be a tribute to the top fans that are making Lambert a world-wide star through the internet. It will be highlighted with some RockStar Weekly concert shots from our site and maybe a publicity still or two.
To be considered one of the 10 fans for this magazine, you must submit:
1. At least one photo of you all Glam’d Up with your best Glambert look!
2. We want to know why you love Adam as much as you do!
3. We want to know why you think you’re one of the Top 10 fans in the world!
4. We want to know what you are doing to promote Adam around the net!
5. Post stuff on our Adam Lambert Facebook Group and have your friends and family post voting for you. The more you’re on our Facebook Group, the more we’ll notice (www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=110877114363)
6. Anything else you think that you could show or tell us that might help us pick you (video is encouraged, if you can do it)!
If chosen, you will receive:
1. A story about you and two photos (one of you and another with your friends or family) featured on two pages in the magazine!
2. You will also get to record an audio message that everyone can hear on your own exclusive RockStar Weekly featured page!
3. If you can record video, we will feature your video on your RockStar Weekly page!
4, The grand prize winner gets featured on the cover of the magazine!!
The contest opens on September 7, 2009 and will run until October 31, 2009 at midnight PST. It is open to fans of all ages, both male and female. Fans can enter only once, BUT you are allowed to re-submit your entry every week with any additions or changes you feel might help your chances of winning.
Ten winners will be chosen from all entries received. There is no specific criteria to be considered a winner (other than submitting the above) - we just want to see some compelling Adam Lambert fans strut their stuff. RockStar Weekly will publish the best submissions each week, so everyone can see the progress of the contest.
RockStar Weekly is not responsible for the content you submit. You take full responsibility for the material you submit and any material should be original from you. Once submitted, you give RockStar Weekly permission to publish your submitted images, stories and videos and the material submitted becomes the property of RockStar Weekly for exclusive use with RockStar Weekly and our website.
Download the contest instruction package (PDF)
ENTER BY SENDING YOU MATERIALS TO:
adamlambert@rockstarweekly.com
If you’re a frequent visitor on this web site, you’ve heard about the DonorsChoose.org charity project endorsed by Adam. But are you wondering is it really coming from Adam or are the Head Honchos forcing it?
I feel very confident in saying this comes from Adam. Relationships between the Idol artists and 19 Entertainment have changed from what we suspected as one-sided during the early seasons of American Idol. Everyone at 19E wants the best for Adam and all of their artists. When the artist has clear direction and vision for their career, it makes sense that 19E work with them and guide the artist to make that vision come into focus.
While Adam appreciates all the love and support from his fans, and is so touched that people are spending their money on gifts for him, he has realized he has no room on the tour buses for all those gifts! I spoke two weeks ago with 19E and learned that Adam has a ton of mail and gifts waiting for him back at the 19E offices in Los Angeles. All of the mail and packages being sent to all 10 of the Idols during the Tour is gathering in storerooms and will be delivered to them upon completion of the Tour. The official I spoke with jokingly told me that basically all of the other nine’s things fit into some large boxes and Adam practically needs a room to himself for all of his fan mail! Now imagine everything that’s being given to him on the road. How big do you think the storage under the buses is? Not big enough for Adam’s fans, I imagine!
Adam is really excited about the DonorsChoose.org project where he’s asking his fans to take the money they would spend on gifts for him, and instead pick a project from the hundreds listed, and make some teachers’ and childrens’ dreams come true.
Watch the following video from Adam, forgive the choppiness of the comments inserted (it wasn’t by us!) and think about helping others. Enjoy getting lost in those theatrical eyes and bathe yourself in the smooth tones of his cool voice. After you’ve done all that, click here and help out some needy kids. Who knows where the next Adam Lambert will come from?!?
~ Carol ~
Have you ever wondered about all the things you could be working on as a Glamb? Have you thought that a working list of Glamb fan activities might be useful? Have you thought that all of this information organized and prioritized on one page with links that take you where you need to go would be sensational? So did we!
Introducing: Glambs International - Adam Lambert Interactive Fan Community
This is your one stop to find out about our coordinated projects and activities as Glambs!
Now you may be thinking, another website? Well, yes! Nothing changes on adam-lambert.org, our parent site, with the best Adam Lambert news, forum, and chat. All of our significant fansite events will continue to be announced on adam-lambert.org as usual. The new site, glambs.org, is meant to be complimentary, simply layering more fansite content and directionality for all our enthusiastic followers. We’ve added some fun pages and gizmos, too. You can take a test drive of the site and discover them!
And last, but definitely not least, thank-yous are in order for making the website pleasing to the eye and mind: Marie for her smashing artwork and incomparable PhotoShop skills that merged together to develop our official Glambs International logo; Jeanette for her test of every link and button, fansite research, as well as her write-up for our artist bio page; and Carol, Sue, and Lila for even more testing and taking note of the details from a fan’s perspective. I really do appreciate all of you!
We hope you enjoy your first browse, and come back often to visit and see what is new.
~Dana {CatEyes}
We are excited to announce that Glambs International has been selected to participate in the “Lambert Loves Learning” challenge. We will be teaming up with Adam to support public school classrooms via DonorsChoose.org. Adam recently asked folks on AI.com to give to DonorsChoose.org in lieu of gifts or other cards to him. This has been so successful that the challenge will now include a competition for the most generous Fan Group. And that’s Glambs International, right?!? We have one month to raise the most funds for public schools and we are in direct competition with other Lambert Fan groups. If we are the most generous group we will host an exclusive, members only, private online interview with Adam himself—with Q&A from you!
So we need your support. We are asking every Glamb (numbered or not!) and every reader on this fan site, to make a contribution through our Fan Page to one of the classroom projects chosen by Adam on DonorsChoose.org. Because this is for the kids, any donation size is welcome. This donation will go directly to local low-income classroom projects. I also encourage you to pass this note on to other Fans of Adam—or folks who care about supporting education. Be sure to visit our Fan Group Giving Page; which is unique to others in the challenge to make a donation.
We depend on word-of-mouth publicity, so please forward this article to anyone who might be interested in donating.
Thanks for helping our group to help Adam!
~Carol Hagey and Everyone from Glambs International~
Can I just state here and now that there are no words to describe how much I wish this was me? This is Linda, our Glambs Fan Club Head Honcho, who was at the Duluth concert on July 31st. The following are her photos with Adam and her post-concert report.
I’m a bit inchoherent right now…
I’m not going to write about the concert because it’s basically the same thing that everyone else has written. We had horrible seats, sort of behind the stage and way up high, but Adam stole the show and had the biggest crowd reaction in my opinion. It was a great crowd, totally packed stadium, and a lot of fun.
After the show, my friends and I were lucky enough to have backstage passes to meet the idols. We were ushered into this room, and we all stood around waiting. Matt was the first one to come in. He is shorter than I thought he was, but cute. He started going around signing autographs and posing for pictures. He was followed by Allison, Lil, Scott, Danny, Anoop, and Megan. I didn’t see Michael or Kris. People were very respectful, and no one went running up and cutting others out of line. Being a NY’r, that impressed me. LOL Oh by the way, I never did see Michael, but got to talk to Kris at the end. Kris is also adorable and very personable, as was Scott. I didn’t really have conversastions with the others. They were all friendly though, and spent time with the fans and made us all oh so very glad to be there.
OK.. the part you want to hear… when Adam came out. I admit that I sucked my breath in and said ‘Oh my God there he is!” but luckily he didn’t hear me. Others did, however, and just smiled. He went to this part of the room and immediately a huge line formed behind him. He talked to everyone, signed their stuff, posed for pictures, and was a real sweetheart. He did not rush anyone along. I didn’t want to wait on that long line, but also didn’t want the end to come and have him leave without getting a chance to meet him. So on the line I stood. After awhile, the guards did start moving the line along faster. Finally it was my turn. He signed something for me, and then looked at me with those eyes and smiled. Luckily, I didn’t faint, but instead said something very profound and intelligent like, “I came here all the way from New York”. He smiled again (damn, he’s handsome!) and hugged me. I may never wash again. Then we took our picture, and had a really nice, decent length conversation. At some point, he called me “babe”. Did you get that? Adam Lambert called me babe!!! Then I said I hope to see you again sometime, and he said something like, oh, you definitely will. I got on line again later but the guard knew I had already been there so he politely said to let others go, which I did. Adam looked at me like he would have let me have another turn. He is as sweet and personable as he appears, and even more handsome if possible. I had so much more I wanted to say, but it went so fast and I wasn’t able to plan out my speech. I will say the conversation flowed, and it was so easy to talk to him.
Tell me this is not a dream……..and if it is, please don’t wake me up!
Linda
WOW!!! All I can say is that I am going to close my eyes, picture these photos in my mind, and concentrate with every bit of imagination that I possess that this is me!
Linda, thanks for sharing your experience with us, and may you never wash those clothes ever again.
~~Jeanette, Glamb #5
Our own Glambs Fan Club Leader Courtney gives us the following post-concert report:
If you read my pre-concert blurb, you all know how absolutely psyched I was to attend the AI Tour in Memphis, and I found out the night before, like many of you, that the Idols wouldn’t be signing after the show. Since I was traveling with my mother, who bought the tickets (thanks, Mom!), and we were planning to meet up with a friend of hers before the concert, I was sure that I wouldn’t be able to get to the pre-show signing. However, mom pulled through and had us leaving early to attend the early signing.
We arrived at 1:55 PM and to our amazement, the buses were right behind us as we turned around to get parking. So Mom pulled up and had me ask one of the crew where the Idols would be coming out for signing. Of course, it had to be on the opposite side of the building. I went ahead to the signing area while mom parked the car, just in case the Idols came out right away. When I saw the crowd surrounding the barricades, I thought, “Well, this won’t be too bad, there aren’t that many people here.” But by the time the Idols surfaced from the Fed-Ex Forum, there had to be at least three hundred people fighting their way to the front. All of this at the pre-signing, too. Mother, meanwhile, had gotten a copy of the tour book and a pre-signed copy of Adam’s photo.
The Idols came out slowly, three of them at first. Matt and Michael exited from our side and Danny from the opposite side. They all seemed nice and cordial as they signed, hugged, and pictured their way down the barricades. Since I was too far from the front and far too invested in Adam to get their autographs, I remained behind the others waiting for The Man to arrive. However, secruity wouldn’t let another wave of Idols sign until the first three had left and while Matt and Danny had long finished their rounds, Michael had just gotten half-way through. So we waited… and waited… and waited. Finally, Michael re-entered the Forum and we watched for the next three Idols to come out.
Another twenty minutes passed and secruity asked us to move away so they could take down the barriers. No Adam? We were shocked. Surely since they wouldn’t be signing afterwards, they could give the Idols a little longer before the concert. Alas, we were not to be appeased, even though the early Memphis crowd cheered for Adam quite often throughout the hour and a half since I had gotten there. We even cheered for one of the crew guys when he came out of the building (and did it several times, in fact. The crew never gets enough appreciation.).
So, sullenly, I decided to wait in front of the Forum until the doors opened at six. It was then 3:30 and it would be a very long wait. Mother went to take our bags to the hotel and get cleaned up, but dropped off my director’s chair on the way, so that I wouldn’t have to stand the two and a half hours left in high heeled leather boots. While waiting, I met several excellent Adam fans (and I apologize for forgetting your names, you were all wonderful), and had many people wanting to see my posters (Yes, I’m preening a little. But hey, I’m a teen, that’s what we do!). Around 5:30, the security guys started lining us up in front of the doors and I had still not seen Adam, despite the Meet and Greeters coming and going with autographs from the entire Top 10. The main guy who was lining us up had been watching me the whole time I was waiting and had decided that even though I wasn’t the first in a line, I should be, since I had been there so long. (Dude, whoever you are, thank you! You’re awesome!) So when Mom dropped by, she was able to join me at the front. There was a small hiccup when our door was opened a little early and we were ushered inside only to be shoved back out, but it all ended up okay and the momentary air conditioning was bliss.
After we got inside for real, I was escorted to drop off my chair at Guest Services (thanks again, Security guy, you rock!), and we bought four bottles of water, not realizing that, apparently, we can’t have the caps for some bizarre health reason. Though after sitting and standing in the sun for four hours, I really needed some water, so I guzzled down the first bottle and we headed up to our seats on the Club level. And we had great seats! Second row of the club level, four chairs in, and I could clearly see the stage from where I was sitting. Next to us sat a very nice woman and her grandson, both huge Adam and Allison fans, and we got on quite well while we waited (yet again) for the show to start.
All of the Idols were improved from their time on the show, and even Megan got me to like one of her songs. Matt’s piano playing was amazing and if Adam hadn’t been there, Matt would have stolen the show for me. However, I won’t bore any of you (and hopefully I haven’t already done so) with the boring details that you’ve all read about the “other 9″. For WLL, I took a couple of pictures and then stood happily watching The Man perform, but at the end, I just couldn’t stay there, I had to move to the balcony with the tiny panels of plexi-glass and show off my sign while I watched with a much better view. (Of course, being where I was, I was slightly lit when the stage lights went out and can only hope that Adam saw me and/or my sign.) The rest of Adam’s set is foggy in my mind. I remember watching him perform and seeing his amazing dance moves and the high-flying vocal techniques, but I remember it as though it was just a dream that is so quickly fading from my mind. When Adam got to the Bowie Medley, I thought, “Wait, he can’t be almost over already! He just got warmed up!” Yet, all too soon, it was over and Adam sunk into the floor only to come out for the final group numbers.
After the show, I rushed to the lobby, knowing that they wouldn’t be signing afterwards, but hoping that they would anyway. No luck, though plenty of people commented on my signs, saying that they had seen them before the show or admiring them as they walked by. I stayed until security asked us to leave and by that time, I had long past known that the Idols would be leaving as quickly as they could in order to catch their flight and, likely, that I might have already missed them.
So, I didn’t get to meet Adam, and I have no autograph to show off for going to the concert, but I do have some really wonderful material for both this article and the letter that I am sending to Adam, asking for his autograph, though it won’t be the same as getting it in person. The concert wasn’t what I expected, and the fact that I can’t remember much of what I looked forward to most might account for that, but I could not be happier to have gone. The heat was sweltering, the Heart of the show was adamazing, and I hope that one day I can meet the real Adam.
~~Jeanette on behalf of Courtney
This article is from my own personal thoughts. Nothing has been said by any of the Idol performers or Tour Officials on this topic. cmhagey
I just read an article in Sunday’s Union-Tribune about Brian Weeks, a San Diego doctor who is spending part of Blink 182’s tour on the road with them. The article mentions all the reasons why touring is so hard on the musicians/singers, and that it’s necessary to take extra steps to keep them healthy. This got me to thinking about the Idol Tour, and especially Adam. Because what doesn’t make me think of Adam?!?
Many things can play havoc with a performer’s health. And on the road, it’s magnified. The article states “they often eat meals late at night after shows and go to sleep shortly afterward, a practice that can cause digestive problems. Sleep can be erratic, given the frequent changes in daily schedules and time zones. The onstage physical exertion during a concert can make it difficult to maintain proper hydration, especially in warm climates.”
In addition to protecting the performer’s health, the promoter’s bottom line is also in need of protecting. One of the ways artists and record companies are making up for declining album sales is with pumped up concerts and tour merchandise. If the band isn’t healthy and doesn’t perform well, people don’t buy as much. If a singer has to cancel out on a show due to bad health, it’s unforgiveable from both the fans’ and the promoters’ view. Remember early in the Tour when Megan Joy pulled out of an autograph signing due to illness? The blog comments were not all sympathetic. And this was Megan we’re talking about – not even Matt or Danny or Allison! Cuc-caw! Cuc-caw!
We’ve all witnessed the fist pump become an accepted greeting over the handshake, thanks to Howie Mandel’s germ phobia. Teachers and parents have known for years about the increased chance of illness from events that are attended by children and teens. One of the special thrills of seeing your favorites perform live is the chance you’ll get to meet them after the show at an autograph session. Speaking of my San Diego Idol Tour experience, 75% of the audience was over 30, to be kind! And I’m sure it’s the same all over the country. Yet at least 50% of the autograph seekers after the show were teens. So nice of these kids to do such big favors for Mom! They’re the ones with the patience, stamina and the zeal after what are usually full work days for most of us. Yes, my concert was on a Saturday, but I still put in a full day of work getting ready for the concert and stalking ummm “waiting” in the parking lot for their arrival!
With fan gatherings being a hotbed of germs, what “Alien From the Planet Fierce” wouldn’t want to pull back? Think of the times we’ve heard that Adam only comes out for 10 minutes. I’m living proof of that disappointment. Could the potential for illness be a factor? Could this be in the minds of the handlers too? Especially considering what a major draw Adam is for the concerts nationally? City after city, it’s written that Adam evokes the loudest audience cheers and the only screams while the pre-show videos are being shown. KrisKountry was different of course, but who didn’t expect that the national texting champs would show anything but overwhelming support for their hometown hero? Yet Adam STILL had the same frenzied response there that he’s had in all previous cities. I’m sure Milwaukee will shower the love on Danny like no other city has, but I bet Adam will still top the show there too.
Now imagine a Tour stop without Adam performing? I know, blasphemy!
When asked what he will do to prepare for the Tour, Adam has said “get lots of sleep.” Let’s hope he’s been able to accomplish that. We want Adam shining gloriously from coast to coast!
Hi everyone, this is Dreamsound, just wanted to let everyone from So-Cal know that I will be playing an all acoustic set with the band ‘Colored Fusion’ at the Whisky a go-go (Sunset strip in Hollywood) this coming Monday July 27th at 11pm.
Tickets are $10, e-mail me at dreamsound2@hotmail.com if you can make it, and I can meet you at the door (before 11pm that is ).
We will hang out at the strip after the show!
For this set I will be doing a couple of originals plus covers of Staind, Alice in Chains, Live and more. I’m currently working on some demo recording, I will be posting them here soon. Hope to see you there!
Hello everyone,
The site was down for approximately 36 hours due to an urgent transfer to another server. We finally started the transfer to the new server over the weekend but our old hosting company decided to erase the site, format and shut down the server in the middle of the transfer when they found out we were migrating to another company (thanks a lot dudes). We had a full backup from three weeks ago so we had to restore and put everything back together on the new server. This process took several hours to complete, we didn’t go to sleep that night.
I’ve received hundreds of e-mails (No clue how you got my email address ) with people concerned about the site. We appreciate the support!
So we are up again, we are ready to follow Adam in his journey and now cover those concerts. We are still adding articles that got erased during the transfer.
This site has been on since January when Adam tried out. This is his original fansite, with your continous support it won’t ever go down and it will only keep on growing!
Als0, thanks to everyone who has donated until this point. You are the reason why this site is up and keeps on growing. As always, anything helps.
**Thanks for the all the support you’ve shown on the comment below, we love you too :)
As one of Adam’s old(er) fans, I’m always interested to read the comments of others, who like myself, are a generation (or more) older than Adam. It’s heartening for me to know I’m not alone in my feelings, and it’s just more proof that Adam’s appeal, like his music, is universal, or as I like to like of it, “inclusive.” Just as his music embraces many different genres, I feel that his magnetism as an artist and as a person is meant to attract not just the young, hip, and trendy, but all of us.
For some older fans, I’ve heard that Adam reminds them of Elvis, or perhaps that he’s “retro,” a throwback to the glam rockers of decades past. For me, it isn’t really that – Adam is so unique in my mind that I don’t compare him to anyone else. He’s simply the most talented singer and dynamic and sexy performer I’ve ever seen and heard.
But I’ve found that being an older fan has its challenges. We all like to copy the style of those we admire. So when I look in the mirror at my skin I smile. Freckles, just like Adam! Then I realize they’re age spots. I try to squeeze into skinny jeans and have to admit I’m a few pounds overweight. I try to put on eyeliner, but it disappears into the wrinkles around my eyes. But then I see Adam in an interview admit he’d like to lose 15 pounds. Maybe I don’t have to have a perfect figure! And in another interview he states that the eyeliner looks best if it’s been slept in – all smudgy. I feel better! It doesn’t matter that I can’t apply eyeliner perfectly.
Joking aside, I don’t *really* need Adam’s comments to feel good about myself, but he does remind us not to take ourselves too seriously. And he reminds us that the “smoke and mirrors” is just that – it’s all in the name of fun, but outward appearance isn’t as important as who we really are inside.
Besides, being an older fan does have its pluses. When Motown week rolled around, I didn’t have to wiki “Motown” to know what the word meant. When Frankie Avalon and Thelma Houston came on the show, I didn’t have to ask, “who is THAT?” When Rat Pack week came, the members of the Rat Pack meant more to me than the fact they were “dead guys.” My memories of their greatness live in me. And finally, I’ve been around long enough to really, really appreciate how rare and special Adam’s talent is.
So it’s my opinion that no one should need to apologize or feel embarrassed for being an older fan. We’re just another of the many demographics of fans united by love for Adam. I’m 56 years old, by the way, and I know for a fact there are many Adam fans older yet. If you can relate to this post, please comment.
~~Jeanette
Yes… you heard right, he’s got the boom boom pow…
So, I opened the front door this afternoon, and received a very happy surprise! It was the self-addressed, stamped envelope that I enclosed when I sent Adam the engraved Ice Cream Dipper and requested a photo. I know you’ve all heard about this gift: there’s a YouTube video shot at the radio station when I asked Adam if he received it, thanks to my very good friend Lila. I’ve posted pictures from that day too, and that scene was even pictured in the May 25 People Magazine!
I very excitedly opened the envelope, careful not to damage what I hoped was inside. I pulled out a gorgeous picture of Adam. I can tell it was taken when he performed Satisfaction the first time, trying for votes to get into the Top 12. He’s dressed in all black, complete with several gold chains and necklaces. He has a microphone in hand and a full-on smile, so I think it was when he was receiving the judges’ comments. Well, not Simon’s, if memory serves me correctly! This was when we first heard the “self-indulgent rubbish” remark referring to the beginning of the performance!
The picture is a 5×7 computer print framed with a white border, on a full-sized sheet of photo paper. At the top, he wrote “Thanks Carol!” and he signed the bottom, Adam Lambert. I compared this signature to the self-made Adam Lambert CD I had him sign when he was exiting the radio station on Homecoming Day. On that day, he was in a hurry and his signature was rushed. The only letters you can clearly make out are the capital A, the capital L and closing ”t.” However, on the picture I received today, the entire name is clearly legible, like the signature on the iTunes picture. I compared those two signatures closely, and was happy to see this is a fresh signature, not a printed version.
OOOHHHH - I’m so excited!! I think the last “fan club” I joined was when I was in elementary school - and it was for the “Shrimpenstein” TV show!! While that show had a very catchy theme song, I’d trade my “45″ in a hundred times over to hear Adam sing again!
I’d love to share in your excitement too, so if you’ve received something from Adam, please don’t be shy!
Last Wednesday was a rough night for Adam fans everywhere. Personally, I cried for several hours . I heard from other people who got physically ill. I managed two hours of sleep – how, I’ll never know. The next day at work my boss had to send me home early because I couldn’t function. I’m sure this sounds silly to the average person, but as I said in an earlier post, I’d been emotionally invested in Adam for months, and I so badly wanted America to validate all the wonderful things I’d seen in him.
I didn’t know how I was going to force myself to feel better. I commiserated with other fans on the chat, but the following days were dark. The “results” moment was replayed on TV over and over again. The previously-silent Adam-haters wiggled out of the woodwork and leapt onto the Kris Allen bandwagon. Articles proclaimed that the voting hadn’t even been close, and that “America got it right.” Every word I read kept me in my funk. How could I move on when the media was calling me a “Bitterbert?”
Then a strange thing happened. I watched and read Adam’s post-finale interviews and put aside my pain enough to really, really listen to what he was saying. He said he was happy. He said he was excited. He was glad for the opportunity. He smiled – no, not just smiled – he beamed. At first I thought he was just putting on a brave face. How could he not be disappointed? I would have been. How could anyone not be?
But I should have known better. Look very closely at his post finale photos. The smile doesn’t look forced to me. And on camera, I never saw his smile drop when he thought the camera had moved off him. (Not to name names, but I saw other contestants do this during the show.)
In Adam’s interview with the press on Friday, when asked what he would say to people who were disappointed he didn’t win, Adam replied, “there’s no need to dwell on the negative, and we should look forward to my album. I’m totally okay with it…”
Suddenly I’m feeling good! Adam himself – not other fans, not the media, but the man himself — is telling us it’s okay. And I believe him. If Adam is as sincere as I think he is, there’s no reason to doubt his words.
So, people, what do you think? How did you react when he lost the title, and are his assurances enough for you to heal and move forward?
I, for one, can sleep again. And I’m looking forward to seeing what Adam will do next to amaze and inspire us.
~~Jeanette
From MyLocalNews.com - - May 26, 2009
Mt. Carmel High welcomes home ‘Idol’ hopeful Adam Lambert
By José A. López
May 8, 2009
 Adam Lambert, a Top 3 finalist in “American Idol,” waves at the crowd gathered to welcome him to Mt. Carmel High School on Friday, May 8.
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Adam Lambert, an “American Idol” finalist, made a triumphant return to Mt. Carmel High School on Friday, where he told students to embrace their differences.
WEB UPDATE (May 14): Lambert has made it to the “American Idol” finale. He will be performing live on the show Tuesday, May 19 and he will find out on Wednesday May 20 whether he’s the next winner of the popular singing competition. The Pomerado Newspaper Group will be in Los Angeles and provide coverage of the finale both online and in our May 28 issue.
Thousands of students and Lambert fans filled the school’s stadium to see the 2000 Sundevil grad, who has bowled over millions in the popular televised singing competition.
After a whirlwind morning — Lambert gave interviews to two morning radio shows and the local FOX television affiliate — he arrived at the stadium shortly after 10 a.m.
The entire homecoming — which also included a private appearance at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar — was filmed for the show.
Lambert, along with remaining contestants Kris Allen and Danny Gokey, were scheduled to perform two songs each on the show airing Tuesday, May 12. The one with the least number of votes was to be sent home at the end of a show on Wednesday, May 13.
The show’s grand finale will air on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19 and 20.
At Mt. Carmel, Lambert made his entrance atop a red Mustang convertible, which was surrounded by the Mt. Carmel cheer squad as it circled the stadium, which has a capacity of 4,000.
The cheers from the stands were deafening as the charismatic singer with blue streaks in his hair waved to the crowd, his fingernails shellacked with chipped black polish.
Taking the stage, Lambert — who excelled at drama at Mt. Carmel and is known for his theatrical stage persona — reached out to students who might not feel included.
“This is an example of believing in yourself …” Lambert said. “Everyone who feels outcast or weird … Embrace each other’s differences … It’s cool to be different.”
With that, he sang Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” and a version of Tears for Fears’ “Mad World” and took another ride along the track.
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders was on hand to declare Friday “Adam Lambert Day” in San Diego.
Fans started lining up outside Sundevil stadium hours before the appearance and many were eager to share their adulation for Lambert.
By the time he arrived, the school bleachers were packed. Others watched from Hilltop Park, or from elevated points in the canyons overlooking the stadium.
Carol Hagey, who drove in from Chula Vista, kept exhorting those around her to vote for the 27-year-old, and shared a printout detailing how to get the most number of votes.
“If we want Adam to be the next American Idol, we have to vote,” she would say. “Remember, it’s a voting competition now, not a singing competition. We all know Adam can sing.”
Nearby, PQ resident Lori Haussler, her daughter, Aime and a group friends awaited Lambert’s arrival in the sun.
“I’m looking forward to his singing,” said 12-year-old Katie Schultz. “He’s really good, and I just want to see him live, it’s probably going to be better than on TV.”
Also in attendance was Joan Stewart, who was Mt. Carmel’s principal from 1999 to 2005 and said she remembered Lambert well.
“His senior year was my first year here,” Stewart said. “I went to everything and Adam starred in everything … I told him, when you get to Broadway, remember me because I’ll be knocking on your door.”
Fans who missed Lambert’s homecoming will have a second chance of sorts — Lambert, along with the rest of the top 10 contestants — will be touring the U.S. this summer.
The “American Idols Live!” tour will be in San Diego on July 18. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale this Saturday, May 9 at http://www.ticketmaster.com
Join the forum discussion on this post - (7) PostsAre you falling short on words trying to explain your irresistible attraction towards Adam? The video below shows that babies and humans in general have an innate natural born attraction towards Adam powerful charm and charisma. On this site we officially have teens, young adults, grandma’s and now… babies.
Be sure not to miss the part at the very end when the baby kisses ‘ADAM’ on the iPhone
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Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsThis video was made by our fan group leader Ashley Wang.
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Join the forum discussion on this post - (15) PostsBREAKING NEWS!!
We are starting our own fan group. As you may be aware there are the ‘Glamberts’ and ‘Lamb Skanks’ fan groups, both which have been GREAT to Adam. He even mentioned them on two interviews. Given to the recent pull of this website we are starting our own fan group!
So… what’s our name? YOU DECIDE!
Post on the comments below and come up with suggestions for a fan group name. Make sure it is catchy, fun, and will attract people to join. Then ‘reply’ to the best name someone comes up with. Whoever gets the most replies and attention will set the name. The search for the perfect name will go on until the Season 8 finale (ONE WEEK) starting on May 12, 2009.
Keep in mind the name of the fan group will have a lot to do with the theme and graphics. My initial thoughts were something based on Adam’s Troops and an Army theme. With slogans like ‘Ready to Fight’ and Uncle Sam’s ’We Want You’ graphics. But I’ll let you decide, this is your fan group.
Everyone will have a fan number so make sure to get in early. As soon as we establish a name we will make a post to get your fan numbers.
Finally, after working on this for several months, we are finally jumping back and forth from the very first spot, first page for ‘Adam Lambert’ on Google which might allow us to become the official Adam Lambert site. We are currently working all the details. Keep linking us back from your Forum Signatures, Myspace, Facebook, Youtube and other sites so we can achieve our goal. Congratulations everyone, we are getting closer and closer.
We will also be hosting a graphics contest soon, check back for updates.
… and yes, we will make an official group T-Shirt.
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** UPDATES - TOP NAMES ** :
1 - Adam Lambs
2 - Adamaniacs
>>> Some have been commenting about using Glamberts which is already taken and they already have their own chain of command. If you are a Glambert big boss, contact me, we could consider merging or working something out.
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E-mail andmeljar@aol.com if you are interested in a leadership role. Such as moderating and organizing events for this group, creating MySpace/Facebook, Graphic design, T-Shirts/Stickers design, etc. If you are willing to volunteer for a leadership role I will create an e-mail list only to be shared by the leaders. Keep in mind your first and last name will be posted on the site and your e-mail will be shared within the leaders of this group. Also send us your regular nickname you use on the chat or forums. Let me know what would you be interested in doing for the fan group. Optional: You can also e-mail me your phone number for the other leaders to see and get a hold of you. Once we get all the names and e-mails, we will discuss the different roles among us and organize the troops!
To everyone who has e-mailed already we will contact you back ASAP!!
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Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsHey guys, very good news, we are integrating our fansite with the forum. Many of the articles you see posted on the site will be posted in our forum / messageboard.
This is for YOU to participate on the community forum and talk about a specific performance from Adam Lambert and other topics. I know the forum is not big -yet- but you will always get responses when you post.
If you have any suggestions let me know. Please post, stay involved, and keep on voting for Adam.
Yes, Adam we’re excited too…
