Adam Lambert Camps it up in Sydney!
March 9, 2010 by Jason Shaw · 1 Comment
How You Do the Voodoo That You Do?
March 6, 2010 by Gay Agenda News Team · 1 Comment
Adam Lambert is under someone’s spell in his new song “Voodoo.” The track, which appears on international versions of Lambert’s debut album For Your Entertainment, should be released in the U.S. soon, according to his Twitter account.
Lambert announced the song’s release to his fans late Thursday, writing, “Song will be released soon in US on WWFM & FYE Remix EP! Check out VOODOO! Bonus track co-written w Sam Sparro appearing on international release of FYE. Turn it up.”
“Voodoo” has a spacey feel that is reminiscent of the For Your Entertainment cover art. (Co-writer Sparro has penned tracks for “Star Trek” and “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.” With its throwback, new-romantic vibe, it feels like it could have easily been recorded by Duran Duran during their 1980s heyday.
The British Are Way Ahead – Say’s Adam Lambert.
February 26, 2010 by Jason Shaw · 2 Comments
“I just think you guys in the UK are way further ahead” Says popstar and American Idol looser Adam Lambert in this months issue of the UK’s Gay Times magazine.
Lambert, who finished second in last year’s season of American Idol, far and away the most watched show on American TV, creates and provokes a reaction wherever he goes these days, which both wins some fans and alienates others.
It seems that wherever Lambert is, there is controversy – from his over use of guyliner, his opinion polarising album cover, then of course there was last year’s American Music Awards performance, where he kissed and groped a male member of the band, which drew thousands of complaints to the TV network ABC, mainly from the religious audience members. Adam Lambert it seems, can do little without either upsetting or offending people.
“It catches me off guard,” he admits, recalling the AMA nightmare. “In my circle, and in a lot of the underground clubs and performance spaces in Los Angeles nobody thinks twice about it, they love it. Then I gave what I thought was a harmless performance and everybody jumps down my throat about it. And I’m like ‘Sorry, I didn’t realise it was going to be that big a deal.’” he says in the gushing and sugary interview.
“I just think you guys in the UK are way further ahead in terms of tolerance,” he adds. “It’s really interesting. In the UK and in Europe proper, it’s less of an issue because people are more comfortable with their sexualities And not just the gay thing, but even playful things, like the concept of androgyny. That is something that generally many Americans are uncomfortable with. Mixing masculine and feminine stereotypes together and playing with it, people get suspicious about it.”
However, even in his Gay Times interview, the singer still manages to upset and alienate part of what should be his core target audience, by attacking Susan Boyle. He’s not a bit bitter by the fact that his album was well and truly outsold by the Scottish singer. “I know, if only it weren’t for Susan Boyle!” Adam laughs. “I’m happy for her success, but that album is terrible. Wild Horses is the one that made me laugh the hardest. I just died when I heard it, I was crying with laughter. It was the most horrendous, sacrilegious treatment of that song!
During the interview he opens up, talks on many things including the Muse penned song, ‘Soaked’ on his album - “I love the song; lyrically I feel I can relate to it. From a dark place, it’s about that viscous circle of going out and trying to fill a void by getting laid, but doing it by getting wasted in a bar and going home with somebody. That’s what it’s about for me. I’ve been through that: I’m 27 years old and I’ve lived a life where I was looking for something… for meaning, or love, but looking for it in the wrong way.”
The full interview is in this months edition of Gay Times. out now.
Jason Shaw, Brighton, England.
GayAgenda.com’s United Kingdom Correspondent.
Jason’s blog, The Seafront Diaries, the true life tales of growing older, though not necessarily wiser! www.seafrontdiary.com And not even a hint of guyliner !
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Adam Lambert: The Cat’s Curiousity
February 5, 2010 by James Hipps · 2 Comments
Despite his sexuality, this 28-year-old goth pretty boy still attracts many female fans, secretly wishing for him to convert or at least consider switching to the other side. Perhaps there is hope.
He told the UK’s Times, “I’m openly gay so they know I’m not going to have sex with a woman — although, I like making out with girls from time to time. I have this curiosity at the back of my mind. I’ve never had sex with a woman and I’m a little bit curious about it.”
21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards
January 13, 2010 by Gay Agenda News Team · Leave a Comment
The 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards announced its nominees in a wide variety of categories today. The event, presented by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), honors outstanding entertainment programming and news about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues; among the year’s 116 nominees in 24 English-language categories and 36 Spanish-language nominees in eight categories are the series “Mad Men,” “Modern Family,” “Glee” and “Grey’s Anatomy”; the feature films “A Single Man,” “Precious” and “Everybody’s Fine”; recording artists Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert and Brandi Carlile; and publications Entertainment Weekly, The Advocate and the Los Angeles Times.
“Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon will also be feted with the Vito Russo Award, which pays tribute to an openly LGBT individual who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights in that community. The Broadway cast of “Hair” will also receive special recognition for bringing attention to the issue of marriage equality.
More at: LA Times Blog!
