This may be really old, especially for today’s telegenic mindset, but I just came across these clips of Adam performing in “Wicked” and thought that they may be new for some of you too! We all know Adam was in different companies of Wicked as a member of the chorus, and was even the understudy for the male lead, Fiyero, in the Los Angeles cast, performed at The Pantages Theatre. But did you get to see Adam performing in that role? Some people were very lucky and got to see the glam star in the making. Wicked was Adam’s last professional job before entering American Idol. In fact, he gave up his part to proceed with Idol.
Thank you to my friend Ellen for passing the comparison video on to me. I must say all of the lead males in this piece are excellent singers! I also found a few more examples floating around the internet that allow us into his pre-Idol world. Curtain call!
~ Carol ~
Have a Few Fiyeros! Kristoffer Cusick, Adam Lambet, Norbet Leo Butz, Aaron Tveit, and Colin Donnell are featured in this video!
As Long As You’re Mine
This next video is from Wicked Wednesdays at Universal Studios Hollywood. For 4 Wednesdays over the summer of 2007, Wicked’s Los Angeles company and Universal Studios partnered to bring Wicked fans this special event which included cast performances, a special meet and greet as well as contests and more.
Here is Adam as Fiyero and Julie Reiber as Elphaba (she was the stand-by at the time) performing the song ‘As Long As You’re Mine’
Since Jay Leno seems to be totally obsessed with Adam, maybe he remembers this too? He already met Adam before American Idol made him famous! A couple of years ago, the Los Angeles cast of Wicked performed on his show - and a youtube clip of this performance has surfaced (thankyou LibraLamb7 for the link!).
The song is ‘One Short Day’, and is the scene where the witches of Oz are going to see the Wizard in the Emerald city. Stephanie Block and Kendra Kassebaum are the main performers, and Adam is - in his own words - in the ensemble, in the back. He’s starting off on the far left, dancing with a girl, and wearing a green hat, a blue coat and purple-ish pants. Plus, he’s spotting the most adorable little moustache, glasses and a goatee. At 0:37 there’s a really good shot of him, and after that, he kind of gets lost in the group dance.
So funny to see him dancing and acting here! Would be interesting if Jay actually remembers somehow - but that’s not likely at all, since Adam wasn’t more than one of many dancers. How things have changed, Jay’s covering some Adam related material in nearly every show and now he is having him over as one of his main guests tomorrow night! Looking forward to a great show!
All this waiting…waiting…waiting has Adam fans all over (not just us!) frustrated and going absolutely nutzoid! We’re waiting for news of the single (title? drop date?), news of the CD (title? final playlist?), news of the Special Edition CD (drop date? special content?), and news of the “Time for Miracles” music video (premier date?) – not to mention just waiting for those few dates we *do* know to actually get here!!!
Adam sites everywhere are scrambling to find content to give their fans their daily fix during these long days. Many are taking looks back at Adam’s early career. So today’s fix…er, spotlight is on The Citizen Vein, Adam’s pre-Idol band. The band consisted of Adam, composer/guitarist Monte Pittman, bass player Tommy Victor, and drummer Steve Sidelnyk. Some of the band’s more well-known songs include Beyond the Sky, Rough Trade, Nocturnal By The Moon, The Circle, and Turning On.
Here is a short video of Turning On, from the Pitcher House in Hermosa Beach, CA. The audio isn’t real good, and the band sort of drowns out Adam, but I love Adam’s look in this video!!! Soooo beautiful and sexy I almost don’t mind not being able to hear him.
If you’re interested in downloading the Citizen Vein songs listed above or Adam’s other pre-Idol songs, here’s a great link for you.
Ironically, Dreamsound posted an article about The Citizen Vein way back on March 11th with another nice video. Unfortunately, this website didn’t have the amount of fans it has now, so sadly that article had no comments posted. I remember those early days very well - we couldn’t get a single soul to post comments on the articles! Haha, how things have changed. Anyway,if you’d like to view the video that Dreamsound posted way-back-when, check it out here.
So what do think of The Citizen Vein and their sound? Like it, love it, or not so much? Personally, not my favorite sound.
Here is the second part of Adam Lambert: The Ultimate Interview. I love the way Adam candidly reveals his feelings about his career progression, the offstage experiences, and makes us privy to the ins and outs of how things run. We don’t often hear anything but what the top brass wants us to know, and in this interview Adam gives us the dirt.
~cmhagey~
In Part Two of this four-part interview with Adam Lambert, the “Idol” runner-up discusses his early experiences in show business and the experience of hanging out with Val Kilmer when they appeared in “The Ten Commandments” together.
Your first job was working on a cruise line when you were 19. Which cruise line?
Holland America. That was through Anita Mann Productions. Usually their leads were older guys, like leading men. And they had one guy they had to get rid of at the last minute. They needed somebody and I went in there and auditioned. I was so green. I had no idea what I was doing, but Anita really liked my voice. She said, “You can sing. You’re going to play the lead part.” Everybody else in the cast was looking at me like, “He’s going to be the lead? He’s 19.” So it was a tough situation. We were rehearsing and I didn’t know what was going on. It was totally over my head. She’s saying, “Just imagine that person will be there, that person will be there and that person will be there.” It was fast. It was overwhelming. It was the most information that I’d ever had to take in and I was not quite confident enough yet to own it. I felt a little intimidated by it. So I got out there on the ship and they weren’t very nice to me and they were really catty. Finally we did the first night’s performance and I kicked ass and they were like, “OK, we’ll leave you alone.” My career thus far has always been about proving myself in these weird moments, and then once I prove myself, people are like, “Oh, OK.” So that was my first job, and I went around the world. I was on the ship for 10 months.
What was it like being away for so long?
Incredible. I saw the world when I was 19 and 20. I was in Russia and Scandinavia and the Mediterranean and then we did the East Coast and we pulled into New York on Sept. 7, [2001], right before Sept. 11. We were doing the tourism thing and when [the attacks] happened, we were up near Nova Scotia and we had to stay out on the water for three days because of security. It was pretty wild, pretty scary. Did that, then did the Caribbean, then went across the Pacific. Hawaii, down into Australia and New Zealand. It was amazing.
You were working at night, so your days were free?
Yes, I got to do a lot of sightseeing and tourist type activities. I really wanted to go live the culture. I wanted the nightlife. I wanted to be able to go and meet young people and go drink.
After 10 months, did you leave the ship?
I came back home and started auditioning again. Did some Civic Light Opera shows in Orange County and here.
And home was Los Angeles at this point?
I came back to L.A. and I was just auditioning for things. A couple Broadway auditions came through. I signed with a manager and she hooked me up with some jobs and then I was cast in a European production of “Hair.” And so I was in Germany for six months, and that was a great experience because I was longing to go back to Europe and really live there. That was a huge turning point for me personally, because I finally got comfortable in my own skin – or started to.
You were also at the right age to become your own person.
Yes, I was about 21, 22, and it was a big eye opener for me. I think anyone who does “Hair” gets really invested in the meaning and the message and the whole community feel of it. I was really close with everybody and there was a lot of discovery and a lot of free-love mentality. I was discovering a lot about myself. Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, a lot of it.
How long were you in Germany?
Six months, and it was Berlin, mostly, but then Hamburg and Munich. We went to Italy for a week and performed there. I went to Amsterdam for a week.
Were you performing “Hair” in English?
Most of the time, and then midway through the production, the producer decided that he wanted us to do all the dialogue in German. No one spoke German, so they had a dialogue coach come in and teach us phonetically. No one knew what they were saying and so if someone dropped a line, we’d have to switch to English. It was an absolute disaster, but again, what an experience. I look back on it now and think, “That was crazy.”
Did you have to re-establish yourself every time you came back to California?
I did. I was out of the loop, but it was good for me. I really liked traveling and I don’t like routines. I’m not into the same-old. I like novelty, so I think it was really good for me and it helped me grow.
So up to this point, you hadn’t sung rock, just theatrical songs?
It was mostly theater music at this point. There was one little thing — there was a girl involved with the theater company and I knew her family. Her parents and my parents got along really well. They had similar views. They were really liberal and just wanted to have a good time. They would have parties and we would hang out and everybody would jam and it was all like our parents’ music. That’s how I got into the ’60s and ’70s stuff. Her dad was a classical guitarist and my dad plays the keyboard a little bit. So we would sing the Stones and Dylan and Joni Mitchell and Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix and all that stuff. They really loved the Doors. So I was exposed to all that music. And then, it wasn’t anything serious but we decided to form a band. It was like a little garage band with her dad and her and me and my dad and we wrote some original stuff together and recorded it on a six-track tape deck. We were called the Gutter Rats. Or Vicarious Lives.
How far did you take it?
We never performed. We just did it for ourselves, but it was cool because it was definitely not musical theater. It was definitely very ’70s feeling because of our parents and they were showing us what to do. We had fun.
What other work did you do before you were cast in “Wicked”?
I auditioned for more TV and film projects. I was never fond of the auditioning process. I’d never really considered myself the strongest actor, so I never really went for it. I did a couple more theater things. Did something at Reprise over at UCLA.
What was the Reprise production?
“On the Twentieth Century” with David Lee as the director. He was great. I did a production of “Brigadoon” in Texas at Theatre Under the Stars, so I had my Equity card finally, which felt like I had arrived. I was a professional now. I was getting paid enough money to live on, to really pay my bills, and it was going to lead to more work. I did a production of “110 in the Shade” at the Pasadena Playhouse and then I got cast in “The Ten Commandments” at the Kodak Theatre with Val Kilmer and that was a big turning point for me professionally because I had my own song and I was a character.
Who did you play in “The Ten Commandments”?
Joshua. Everything was copacetic by the end, but in the beginning, I was doing all this promotion for them to get interest built for the show and singing the song everywhere. I was on the Chabad Telethon and I was in love with being a rock star and I was going to rehearsal with nail polish on and eyeliner from the night before, and the director came up to me and said, “Could you take all that off?” and I asked, “Why?” He told me, “The producers are a little uncomfortable with it. They don’t really get it,” and I said, “But we’re not in costume yet. Why does it matter?” He said, “They feel like you’re supposed to be the leader of the Hebrew army by the end of this and they’re really uncomfortable with the way it looks.” And I told him, “This is theater. This is a pop musical. What … is your problem?”
So I faced more opposition, like I did on the cruise ship. It was that same type of thing repeating itself where I felt like they just didn’t believe in me, which was really hard for me. I found out later they had been seeing other people trying to replace me. When the show opened, I was one of the only people that got good reviews, so it was the best victory ever. You were worried about my nail polish and I’m getting better reviews than [others], so that was a big moment for me.
It was interesting hanging out with Val Kilmer because he took a liking to me and a couple other people and we would always go and eat together and we would go hang out at his house and he just really wanted to have a group of friends during this experience. I’ve lost touch with him, but he’s very cool. Eccentric but cool, and it was interesting being in the shadows with him in public. It was my first taste of what it must be like to be a celebrity and have people want your autograph and having people take pictures of you. It was a good eye opener for me, what it must be like to be a celebrity and to be famous.
Fame has its positives and its negatives.
It taught me a lot. I realized Val had to really watch what he said. Then I was kicking around Hollywood … and going to clubs like Hyde and seeing famous people and getting photographed here and there. Right after “Ten Commandments,” I did the Zodiac show, the first one at the Music Box, and I sang “A Change Is Gonna Come” in a full glam-feathered outfit.
The same Sam Cooke song that Simon Fuller chose for you to sing on “American Idol.” Did Simon know that you had performed the song earlier in your career?
I don’t know. We never talked about that, but what was interesting about that was I changed a lyric in it. Instead of “I’m afraid to die,” I sang, “I don’t see what’s wrong with a little glitter around my eyes,” because I wanted the song to be about what I was dealing with on “The Ten Commandments,” this weird, ignorant, “Why are you wearing nail polish?” Like this weird discrimination because I was expressing myself and having people feel uncomfortable with that and then everything tying into my sexuality and just being alternative in any way and wanting the song to be about that. It’s interesting that that came full circle with “Idol.” Really weird and the same issues. Maybe more far-reaching this time and less personal.
And then “Wicked” happened right after the Zodiac show. Toward the end of our run on “Ten Commandments,’ there was an audition for the first national company and the casting director had heard of me because of the reviews for “Ten Commandments.” That really set me up for that. I don’t think I would have gotten hired if it hadn’t been for that. I was hired as an understudy for Fiyero on the national tour and we rehearsed in New York and that was a blast. It was a great moment for me because I felt like I’d finally arrived. Even though it was the tour, it was a Broadway production. It was the highest caliber thing that I had been a part of. “Ten Commandments” wanted to be that and had all this money behind it, but it was a disaster. So this was a successful hit show that I was now a part of and it felt validating to get that job.
You were in the ensemble, so you were on stage every night, even if you didn’t go on as Fiyero.
Oh, yeah. I was an onstage cover. And we rehearsed it in Toronto for about a month before we opened and we ran there for about 2½ months. So I spent time in Toronto and then we went to Chicago. Spent a couple of months there and then here in L.A. a couple months and then San Francisco. And at that point, it was about six months into it and I felt, “I think I’m done,” and I got to this point where I thought, “This is what I’ve been working toward my whole high school career and my early 20s. This has been the goal, Broadway,” and I knew that I could probably go into the New York production the minute a track opened up but I wasn’t satisfied. Probably because I was in the ensemble. I’m not going to lie. It was probably a step down from “The Ten Commandments” situation. Bigger show but not as featured, not as much attention. Not doing what I felt I was supposed to be doing.
How often did you get to play Fiyero?
I went on as Fiyero a couple times and it was really fun. I thought I did well, but it was only a couple times. The guy hardly ever missed. So I dropped out. I thought, “I want to be a rock star.” During “Ten Commandments,” I had a friend who encouraged me to play around with Garage Band and come up with my own stuff, so it all happened at once. I started messing around with the idea of recording. I got really interested in that while I was on the road with “Wicked.”
American Idol’s Adam Lambert’s ties to figure skating
The Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew
American Idol’s Adam Lambert (left) with friend Terrance Spencer (middle) and skater Nicholas LaRoche (right) in L.A. recently. (courtesy of Nicholas Laroche)
By Sarah S. Brannen and Drew Meekins, special to icenetwork.com
(05/27/2009) - icenetwork.com’s intrepid reporters Sarah S. Brannen and Drew Meekins spend some time talking about American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert’s ties to the figure skating universe, gelato and a Skating Club of Boston outing to Milan.
Wicked Adam
We were glued to the finale of American Idol, along with the rest of the country and most of the skating world. As it happens, Drew met runner-up Adam Lambert in Los Angeles last year; Adam and Drew are both friends with retired skater Nicholas LaRoche. We got the whole story from Nick this week.
“I met Adam when he was performing in Wicked with my partner Eric,” Nick told us. “He was in the ensemble, and he was also the understudy for Fiyero [the prince]. Eric was also in the ensemble.”
Wicked ran at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood for two years, and Nick, Eric and Adam became good friends. In the 2007-08 season, Nick was looking for music for a new exhibition program.
“I heard the song ‘I Just Love You’ by Five for Fighting on the radio, but didn’t necessarily like the arrangement of it,” he said. “I teamed up with Adam and the music conductor from Wicked, Brian Perry, who played the piano. We went into a private studio and recorded it. They only did the song three full times; it was amazing. Adam was thrilled when I asked him to record the song and it was so much fun to stand in the recording studio with the headphones on and listen to his wide range. I heard the ‘belts and screams’ first-hand. It was incredible!”
Nick has performed the program twice, and Adam came to one of the shows to see it.
“After seeing the performance, he couldn’t thank me enough for giving him the opportunity to do this,” said Nick.
So what is the glam rocker like in person?
“He is great — very humble,” said Nick. “I watched him do endless performances here in L.A., all for charities and benefits.”
Nick watched every episode of American Idol, of course.
“It was odd to see him without his fun makeup on and the glam look he carries,” said Nick. “When he would come out each week and be so conservative, it was weird. I’m used to seeing him in the glam stage like he was in the finale, when he had the crystals around his eyes, extravagant clothing, and belting those high notes that you would never think would come out of his mouth.”
Because Nick is in Los Angeles, he couldn’t wait until the show aired to find out what happened. He had a cousin on the East Coast text him the final result.
“When my cousin told me Kris has won, my initial reaction was ‘I will NEVER watch Idol again!’ Then I headed off to the gym,” joked Nick.
“I don’t know how this whole Idol thing works but I know Adam will be huge, and probably more so now than if he had won. I’m honored to have gotten to not only work with him on this exhibition piece, but to have seen him perform so many times.”
Apart from the Idol excitement, Nick is busy coaching at the Toyota Sports Center in L.A., and getting ready to skate in a Los Angeles Ice Theater benefit show on June 12 in Burbank, Calif. Yes, he’ll be performing to his exclusive, Adam Lambert version of “I Just Love You.”
Nick is also working hard on the new foundation he and his sister Tricia have started, the U.S. Athletic Foundation. They are putting together a skating benefit show, An Evening on Ice, which will take place on September 19 in Ontario, Calif. There is more information on the foundation Web site, and we’ll be reporting further about the show this summer. All proceeds from the show will go to the foundation on behalf of Nick and Tricia’s mother, Bunny, who was murdered in July 2008.
Gelato
It seemed like half the skating world was in Italy in May, and a lovely time of year it was to visit Bella Italia. On May 15 and 16, the ISU Ice Dance Technical Committee held a test event in Milan for proposed new competition formats. The plan is for the compulsory dance to be dropped in the 2010-11 season and for the original dance to be replaced by one of three possibilities: a pattern dance, a rhythm dance or a combination of the compulsory and original dance.
Several teams made the trip to Milan, including Jane Summersett and Todd Gilles, Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein, Kristina Gorshkova and Vitali Butikov, Ekaterina Rubleva and Ivan Shefer, Andrea Chong and Guillaume Gfeller, Tanja Kolbe and Sascha Rabe, and Terra Findlay and Benoit Richaud.
“It was a lot of fun to be involved in,” Madison wrote to us afterward. “I like feeling that we were a part of the future. But I’m sure it will take a while to decide what will happen since all the skaters did their job very well presenting great material. Personally, I think the two front-runners were the combination dance and the rhythm Waltz. It was fun to create our program because we got to see how it would work to have compulsories mixed with a normal original dance.”
All the teams we heard from said they had time to tour beautiful Milano, and of course to get in some shopping on the Via Montenapoleone.
“We saw the Duomo and the Castello Sforzesco,” said Madison, “And the Galleria and all the shops! We ate at a small restaurant by the castle and it was amazingly delicious! There was also a gelato place directly across the street from our hotel at which we made a stop at least twice a day. Jane and I had tons of cappuccinos and other coffee drinks.”
Raphael
Meanwhile, some of our friends from the Skating Club of Boston also made a trip to Milan in early May. Coaches Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson taught a seminar there and invited their students Stephen Carriere, Ross Miner, Katrina Hacker and Dana Zhalko-Tytarenko to go with them.
“Italy was fabulous,” said Katrina, who recently announced that she will take next season off to attend Princeton. “Even though I’m not training for any competitions, I still am skating and want to keep up my jumps. We had group stroking and edge lessons [I think it was the first time I actually enjoyed having a stroking lesson] and helped each other out on new spin positions, etc.”
The Boston skaters got a warm welcome from the Italians at the Forum rink, who included Francesca Rio, Fabio Mascarello, Paolo Bacchini, Alice Garlisi, Deborah Sacchi, coach Cristina Mauri and choreographer Raffaela Cazzaniga.
“The skaters and coaches were so welcoming!” said Katrina. “I can’t even tell you how nice everyone was. The rink is beautiful — it had a gym, a bowling alley, pool, squash courts, ‘jorky ball’ [some kind of two-person indoor soccer] courts, a dance studio and more.”
Katrina, befitting her Ivy League future, took in a lot of Italian culture instead of shopping.
“I loved the Pinacoteca di Brera, the art museum — with Caravaggio, Tintoretto, Raphael [one can watch paintings being restored inside a glass cube in the exhibition space!] — walking to the top of the Duomo and of course, the shopping!”
Well, of course she went shopping. Be serious. It was Milan!
“On Friday night we went to Venice,” added Katrina. “I absolutely love the Peggy Guggenheim collection!” That’s an art collection, by the way. Good girl.
The Regis and Kelly Show interview last week revealed Adam’s first gig as a child performer — Linus in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” This took me back, years ago, to my own childhood because Peanuts, by Charles Shulz, was my favorite comic strip. I can just envision how Adam was transformed into the cutest Linus as a little boy!
Linus was an unusually smart character for his age, and was considered to be a philosopher…always behaving in a rational and calm manner, especially under trying circumstances. Linus invented the “Great Pumpkin” and was the only character in the comic strip who believed that presents would be delivered on Halloween. Though he occasionally convinced other characters the “Great Pumpkin” was real, they always lost faith, while Linus kept his.
I can’t help but think how these same characteristics parallel Adam’s qualities. Unusually smart, rational, calm, able to deal with trying circumstances, never losing faith…
Then, the very same day as Adam’s interview with Regis and Kelly, I ran across this quote from Charles Shulz:
“The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are simply the ones who care the most.”
As fans, I think this is who we are for Adam and his new, musical journey. We aren’t powerful producers or music industry magnates…but we care the most. And this fansite will make a difference.
Now you know what Adam, Linus, Charles Schulz, and WE have in common!
If you ever wanted to get more ‘ADAM’ throughout his audition in San Francisco here is some exlusive footage and interview right before and after he makes it to Hollywood. Did you know he works out?
Towards the end the guy who interviewed him said he has this ‘prescence’ in real life, I thought that was cool for him to talk about that.
Audrina Patridge On Friendship With ‘American Idol’ Star Adam Lambert
‘He’s the nicest guy!’ the ‘Hills’ star gushes.
Who knew that “Hills” star Audrina Patridge and “American Idol” contestant Adam Lambert were such good friends? We were unaware until Patridge blogged about her friendship with him, posting a photo of the pair at the “Idol” hopeful’s birthday party.
“Adam Lambert is a close friend of mine and he’s one of the most talented and sincere people I know. He definitely has my vote,” Patridge wrote.
“[We met] through mutual friends a few years ago,” Patridge told MTV News. “He’s the nicest guy!”
Patridge also gushed about his singing talents. “He has an amazing voice,” she said. “He’s very talented and I really, really think he’s going to win.”
And to increase her buddy’s chances of winning, she’s getting everyone she knows to vote for Lambert week after week. “I have all my friends voting,” she said. “My family’s voting. Everyone’s in love with him.”
Audrina is hoping that her fans will also jump on the Adam Lambert bandwagon and she’s putting out a plea that if you haven’t voted for Lambert yet, now’s as good a time as any. “Everybody should vote for Adam Lambert,” she pleaded to the MTV cameras. “He’s amazing, so talented, has a great voice and I think he’s the next big thing.”
Below is a classic. Every girl here feels like that blonde girl x 1000. I’m dying for not going to see Wicked a second time when I was offered a 50% discount.
Once again, I REALLY feel bad for the other contestants. I’m glad that I didn’t try out for Idol this season
Notice some of Adam’s moves he also did during Disco night on American Idol.
Adam is no stranger to dancing choreography, singing… and acting. What would he do next?!
WARNING: Most people have seen the three or four pictures of Adam Lambert kissing a guy but there are many more. Some people like them and wanted to see more while some people don’t like them at all.
This is the finale performance of the Zodiac Show at Avalon Hollywood. Dedicated to Gabriel Paige. Featuring Adam Lambert, Carmit Bachar, Allan Louis, Scarlett, Alisan Porter, Ty Taylor
Staging by Carmit Bachar and Leo Moctezuma
Latin section choreographed by Willie Watana
Latin section arranged by Ameenah Kaplan
The Zodiac Show Directed by Lee Cherry
Executive Producers: Carmit Bachar and Lee Cherry
Remember that huge show before they announced David Cook as the american idol season 7 winner? Well, I THINK, this year is going to be JUST A BIT more GLAMOROUS. Even Simon is going to get up on stage and start dancing:
While Adam might have a preference for men, there are a lot of rumors here in Hollywood that he also likes girls. The picture below kissing two girls was taken after a gig at the Cat Club. Nothing is official yet and won’t be for a while, but there is continous talk here of previous girlfriends.
We all have our personal opinions and beliefs about how being gay/bi is affecting Adam’s lead on this competition. Feel free to express your own on the comments below but don’t be insulting to others who do not share your belief/opinion. You comment will be deleted if you are in any way disrespectful/insulting.
Part of the reason why this post is in the first page is because I want to stop people from talking about Adam being gay/bi all over this site and narrow it to this one post. Note, this is not trying to ‘judge’ Adam in any way but the reality is that there are lots of fans who want to know or discuss his sexual orientation. Again, since his music and talent is our first priority, this will be the only post were we will talk about this.
Please do not discuss this subject anywhere else.
“I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that Adam isn’t gay, straight, or bi… I think he just is and believes love comes in all forms, gender doesn’t matter.” - DarkShadowsAbove
I’ve received many e-mails asking me what was my opinion about Adam being gay and how that affected the competition. I feel like I’m starting to sound like a broken record so here is my personal view on being gay/bi and how is this affecting Adam (I’m a straight male by the way). I use to think being gay was a psychological disorder that needed to be treated. In time and after years of researching on the subject I feel I have come to understand it. All of us are borned with a percentage of male and female traits. This is both embedded in our brains and our hormones. It has a lot to do with genetics but mostly with the multiple random possiblities that create who we are. Some of us are more masculine than others while some of us are more femenine regardless of your gender. I’m not going to keep going about how I believe we all evolve as a society, how extreme cases can be beneficial and how if Adam wasn’t bi/gay, Adam would not be Adam. In other words, I believe there is nothing wrong about being gay/bi.
Now, how is this affecting Adam?
There are many people that will not vote for Adam because he is gay/bi, mainly because that is against their religion or their beliefs. For those reasons we have to triple our efforts in voting for him to make up the deficit.
At least we can officially agree on one thing… Adam loves kissing people!
I personally like it (and I’m a straight male) but I only wear it for Halloween (ok, picture of me wearing guyliner below… oh man…). I think it looks good in some guys yet the connotation that goes along with can be pretty annoying. Maybe us guys shouldn’t care. It’s all about style and fashion, I don’t think it should go beyond that.
With people like Johnny Depp and now Adam Lambert, guyliner is becoming more popular. Adam wears eyeliner on occassion and I haven’t seen too many complaints. I was wondering what do you guys think: Do you like it or does it annoy you?
His homecoming date (for two years), talks about how he dyed his hair black and embraced his rock persona. Their music director says he was one of the best students she has ever taught and Mt. Carmel High School is very proud of Adam Lambert. He was known as the ‘musical guy,’ watch the video below:
We all know Adam was in different companies of Wicked as a member of the chorus, and was even the understudy for the male lead, Fiyero, in the Los Angeles cast, performed at The Pantages Theatre. But did you get to see Adam performing in that role? Some people were very lucky and got to see the glam star in the making. Wicked was Adam’s last professional job before entering American Idol. In fact, he gave up his part to proceed with Idol.
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