New Feature: Setlists

Readers of our blog know that we encourage our members to send us reviews of shows that they've seen thru us and to tell us about their backstage experiences. Based on the e-mails we've received, both members and readers enjoy this feature.

Today, we add another feature that we hope you'll like.

Sometimes, members are too shy to want to write reviews for us. But they've gone to the show and had one helluva time. Now, these members too can make a contribution to the BPD community. Beginning today, we'll start posting Setlists for artists that members have recently hung out with. In so doing, this will give other members who will soon be seeing the artist some sense of what tunes they can expect. Hope you all like it.

Today we kick off with a recent setlist from Adam Lambert (sent to us by member PigNSh*t):

         1.Voodoo
         2.For Your Entertainment
         3.Down The Rabbit Hole
         4.Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash cover)
         5.Fever
         6.Sleepwalker
         7.Whataya Want From Me (acoustic)
         8.Soaked
         9.Aftermath (acoustic)
        10.Sure Fire Winners
        11.Strut
        12.Music Again
        13. If I Had You (with band and dancer intro)
        14. Encore:
            20th Century Boy (T. Rex cover)

Member Review: Adam Lambert

BPD member Nutz4Idol sent us this:

Adam Lambert, the big-voiced and flamboyant runner-up in 2009’s American Idol contest, lived up to his nickname of Glambert.

Like a peacock showing off his feathers, Lambert strutted his considerable stuff over the course of a brisk, hour-long set backed by a four-piece band - including guitarist-musical director Monte Pittman, best known for teaching Madonna how to play - and four dancers.

The 28-year-old singer made a memorable first appearance at the top of a staircase decked out in a feathered top hat with a big red A embossed on it, a purple, black fur-lined coat with fringe sleeves, black leather pants with cod piece, and black fingerless gloves.

And did I mention the heavy eye-makeup, half-shaved head and major accessories?

Much like Liberace and Boy George before him, Lambert doesn’t back down in the fashion department and made several costume changes as the concert progressed.

And much like Freddie Mercury, too, he’s got the vocal chops to back up the eye-catching outfits.

Strangely, Lambert opened his set with a recorded version of 'For Your Entertainment,' the song that garnered him headlines last year when he same-sex kissed a male band member while a dancer shoved his face into Lambert’s crotch during the American Music Awards.

Maybe he didn’t want to court controversy again? Or was trying to make a statement about the over-reaction to that AMA performance?

The closest he ever came to being suggestive all night long was putting his arm around his bass player and pushing his face close to his.

Whatever the reason, Lambert, his band and dancers finally appeared on stage by the next song, 'Voodoo.'

But it wasn’t until a slowed-down, harder-rocking version of Johnny Cash’s 'Ring Of Fire' and his own 'Fever,' that Lambert finally found his groove as a performer and showed off some impressive thrusting dance moves.

In addition to hitting some major notes during subsequent songs like the power ballad 'Sleepwaker' and acoustic versions of 'Whataya Want From Me,' 'Soaked,' and 'Aftermath,' Lambert moved well during the shoulder-shaking 'Surefire Winners' and 'Strut,' which saw him perform synchronized moves alongside his dancers, and the anthemic set-ender 'If I Had You.'

He also did a great job on Tears For Fears’ 'Mad World' - a crowd favourite during his American Idol days - during his encore.

I can’t wait to see what Glambert does next as he evolves as a performer because he’s clearly got the stuff at this early stage in his career.

Backstage, he was relaxed and easy to be around. I asked him what keeps him going. “I've known heartbreak and it sucks,” he said, “But sometimes you have to lift your head up and push on through.”

Keep on pushin' A.L.!

Sounds like a great show, Nutz4Idol. Glad you enjoyed it.

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