Adam Lambert literally shone brightly at Elton’s Oscar bash yesterday as he caught up with a slew of stars including Leona Lewis, Candis Cayne, Alison Porter and Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears.
Adam cut a fine figure at the Elton John Foundation Oscar party in a timeless black tux complete with a single red rose. The 35-year-old hit singer wore a Dolce and Gabbana suit teamed with a Gucci bow tie. The event was held at The City of West Hollywood Park and attended by some of the entertainment industry’s finest stars.
Also at Elton’s bash was love birds Zachary Quinto and Miles McMillian. Zachary, 39 and his 25-year-old model beau who have been dating for over three years, wore matching bow ties, but the Star Trek actor, Zachary opted for a more vibrant jacket with a gold motif. Miles took a more traditional route wearing a classic black tux.
So who makes the best front man for Queen? Adam Lambert or James Corden?
What happens when Adam Lambert, Brian May and Roger Taylor drop into James Corden‘s Late Late Show studio? Well, James obviously starts a singing war to see who is the best front man for Queen.
“Are you sure you want to do this Lambert” are the sparring words from James to Adam before launching into Queen’s hit ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’.
In the incredible skit, Adam Lambert and James Corden took part in a sing-off battle of Queen’s biggest hits – including ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, and ‘Somebody To Love’ – to see who makes the better frontman, after Brian May and Roger Taylor were revealed to the audience in a huge surprise.
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Queen + Adam Lambert recently announced a 25-date summer arena tour of North America. Tickets are on sale now.
Well, it’s all pretty epic. We have to say we’re siding with Adam though…
Lately, there’s been a boom in music from LGBT artists and as acceptance of gay people grows and grows worldwide we look to see who are the names you need to be looking out for in 2017.
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Broadway star (yes he starred in Hedwig And The Angry Inch) turned recording artist, Louisiana native, turned full-on Brit, Kenny Rials (photo above) has a brand new album out called Second Chances, which is a follow-up to his debut EP, Time Doesn’t Stand Still, which featured the club smash “Not Yet, Someday”. Kenny is a strong advocate for anti-bullying and his latest album contains the self-penned anti-bullying anthem, “It Never Rains Forever”. Speaking about his experience with bullying the star revealed, “I kept my head down and tried to be invisible. In my lyrics, I ask those still being tormented to please hold on, it will be our time to shine soon”. He’ll be touring the UK and USA in 2017 check out date and more info at his website.
Adam Lambert
Adam released a brand new song “Welcome To The Show” in July which amassed over 8 million streams on Spotify and nearly 2 million views on YouTube. Well, it hints that perhaps there will be a new album for 2017. His last album The Original High was released in 2015 so it’s about time there was a new one.
Sam Smith
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Surprisingly Sam Smith, despite his huge worldwide success, has actually only released one album and okay it is a whopper having shipped over 6.5 million units, but that was in 2014. So will Sam be releasing new music in 2017? The star revealed that he was going deeper than ever for the next one, saying, “Every day I’m having little epiphanies and changes and loving it. But all I can say is that I’m putting my heart even more out on the (expletive) line. I’m going even deeper. I can’t believe I’m even doing it, but I’m going even deeper.”
Steve Grand
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Steve Grand is as famous for his shirtless crowdfunding of albums as he is for his actual music. His last album All American Boy was in 2015 so 2017 could be the year for new music from the star, which he hinted at could be on the way soon with the release of a duet, “Look Away” released in March. Bring it on Stevie.
Joe McElderry
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Joe’s recorded music career has been quiet of late, having not released anything since 2012’s Here’s What I Believe which reached number 8 in the UK. Joe will be back on the road with Joseph And The Technicolour Dreamcoat in January. There are dates planned for Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales.
Danyl Johnson
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Danyl has been working on some new music and you should expect more music in 2017. Speaking to THEGAYUK earlier in the year Danyl revealed since his time on the X Factor that he had travelled to Nashville, USA, to work on material with some great, talented songwriters.
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We’re hearing reports that American Idol legend Adam Lambert could be performing on the final of X Factor UK… We’re very very excited.
Apparently, Adam Lambert could be joining Saara Aalto on stage this coming weekend for the now famous “duets” part of the final. Adam is just returning from a very successful stint as a judge on the Austrailian version of X Factor. However, producers for the UK version of the show are remaining tight-lipped about the rumours.
If Adam Lambert joins the finalists this Saturday he would join a handful of stars who have graced the X Factor stage for the usually very successful duets part of the final. Past megastars who have joined contestants include Rihanna who sang with Matt Cardle and Beyoncé who sang with Alexandra Burke, both finalists became the winners of the competition.
Adam Lambert rose to fame during the 2009 series of American Idol, where he placed runner-up. He’s gone on to release three albums and sold millions of records around the globe. Earlier this year he celebrated his success on Spotify after clocking up over 100,000,000 streams of his music.
Adam Lambert’s original demo of ‘The Original High’ has been leaked on the web – and although his label tried to plug the leak – it’s so darn good – even the man himself wants you to have a listen.
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Global rockstar Adam Lambert has tweeted an official link to the leaked original demo of ‘The Original High’ and his fans have reacted insanely to it, lapping up the artist’s unheard version of the single.
The album, from which the song was taken from made the top 10 the UK, when it was released in 2015.
Tweet received over 1,400 RTs and well over 3,000 likes.
So- the first demo of The Original High Leaked! Well it's out now! Thanks for the love! https://t.co/p1baM55oO2
A starfield of musicians have teamed together to release an emotional single in memory of those who died at the homophobic attack at Pulse nightclub last month.
A whole host of stars including Adam Lambert, RuPaul, Britney and P!nk have joined together to release a touching single called “Hands” with the proceeds going to the Equality Florida Pulse Victims’ Fund, the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida and GLAAD.
Last month 49 victims were massacred when a lone gunman walked into the Pulse nightclub at 2:00AM and started shooting into the crowded club. Over 50 people were also injured in the attack, which is the single most deadly gun attack in American history.
“Hands,” is a musical tribute to the 49 victims of the shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The track features Mary J Blige, Jason Derulo, Britney Spears, Tyler Glenn, Selena Gomez, Halsey, Ty Herndon, Imagine Dragons, Juanes, Adam Lambert, Mary Lambert, Jennifer Lopez, the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, Kacey Musgraves, MNEK, Alex Newell, P!nk, Prince Royce, Nate Ruess, RuPaul, Troye Sivan, Jussie Smollett, Gwen Stefani, and Meghan Trainor.
Recently Adam stunned his fans with some pictures from his time as a judge on the X Factor.
Multi-platinum selling songwriter and editor of THEGAYUK, Jake Hook said,
“Adam Lambert is the perfect judge for one of the world’s most popular talent competition. Having come from the original daddy of talent competitions, American Idol, Adam certainly knows a thing or two about being a world-class act and being able to deliver entertainment time after time. He has a keen eye – and should make this year’s X Factor impossible-to-miss-television.”
He’s already being hailed as the perfect judge, having come from a similar show, American Idol, and having managed to carve a successful career after the show’s end, selling millions of records around the world.
The openly gay 34-year-old “Never Close Our Eyes” singer looks relaxed and happy in the candid photos as he poses with co-judge Iggy Azalea and returning judge Guy Sebastian.
Adam Lambert has showcased a new look – and it’s a lot more hairy that usual.
Superstar Adam Lambert looks as though he’s about to build an ark. He shared a photo montage of what he’d look like with a lumberjack beard. Taking to Instagram the singer captioned the picture,
The new look, created by @CreativeSharka has attracted a fair amount of commentary – with his Glamberts posting over 700 comments in just 3 hours. The picture has been liked over 19,000 times.
Adam We LOVE IT… Although you have to make sure if you do get your chin hair on, you must get it cleaned daily!
Former Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes has told THEGAYUK how much he admires openly gay singers in today’s industry.
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Speaking to The Gay UK, hit maker Darren Hayes, has said how he’s envious of singers such as Adam Lambert and Sam Smith who have been open about their sexuality from the start of their careers.
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Darren (pictured above), who fronted Savage Garden from 1993 and had worldwide hits with songs such as Truly Madly Deeply and To TheMoon And Back, praised American Idol’s Adam Lambert for his openness whilst reflecting on his days as Savage Garden’s lead singer.
Speaking about when he came out, Darren told us,
“When I (came out as) gay I wasn’t worried about losing money. I was worried about committing suicide because I was so sad in my own self. I hated myself and I think if there was ever a fear it was just that people wouldn’t love me, people wouldn’t like me.”
When asked if it was refreshing to see so many openly gay musicians like Adam Lambert, Darren replied,
Between them, the top 25 gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans celebrities we could find on Twitter have access to the eyes of up to 132,000,000 people.
They range from a news anchor to YouTube stars, singers to actors. The average age of these stars is 46 years old, YouTuber Troye Sivan being the youngest at 20 and George Takei being the oldest at 78. Some have made their celebrity status through reality TV, like Adam Lambert (American Idol) and some have played the long fame game, like singer Ricky Martin and actor Neil Patrick Harris.
To make it on to this list celebrities needed to have at least one million followers. Trans stars are vastly under represented in the media and therefore may contribute to the fact that only one trans person had enough followers to qualify.
Zachary Quinto came to fame during the Heroes TV show created by Tim Kring. He’s since gone on to star as Spock in the latest series of Star Trek films.
24) Rylan Clark-Neal, Presenter, 1.34 Million @Rylan
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Rylan made his name during X Factor UK – and quickly became a reality TV favourite after he was snapped up by Celebrity Big Brother producers who put him to the house. Despite only becoming recently famous at that point he won that series of CBB. He now presents Big Brother’s Bit On The Side.
Ellen Page is a Canadian actor who came out in February 2014 during a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s Time To Thrive conference. She stars in the X Men series of films.
22) Samantha Ronson, DJ and Producer, 1.51 million, @SamanthaRonson
