Adam Lambert has made a name for himself after competing on American Idol. The singer and actor most recently admitted that it’s a “pretty big honor” to perform with members of Queen.
Lambert’s voice is one of very few that can take on the hits that Freddie Mercury performed before he died in 1991. The singer said he has grown close to Brian May and Roger Taylor, and the three have their own “unspoken language.”
“It’s a pretty big honor to be an adopted family member of Queen for this run of shows. We’ve been working together now for about four years and it is a family. It really feels, we’re very close, we understand each other. When we’re on stage there’s definitely an unspoken language that now exists between all of us,” the artist revealed.
Queen has some of the most recognized and iconic hits, including Bohemian Rhapsody and Another One Bites the Dust. Lambert now performs what he refers to as “musical history” whenever he is on stage with the remaining group members.
During an interview with Absolute Radio of the Isle of the Wight Festival, Lambert said, “I’m getting to sing these songs. They’re a big part of British history and worldwide, musical history. These songs are iconic. They are songs that have been a part of people’s lives and people can mark milestones with certain songs from Queen’s catalog. It’s amazing to get on stage and get to sing these pieces of music for an audience … for an audience that understands them so well and that lives these songs.”