WATCH Adam Lambert talk about filling Freddie's shoes and HOW he knew they were the same

Adam Lambert has been a huge hit as the new frontman for the iconic band. They have just completed the epic North American leg on the new Rhapsody World Tour. Next year Queen will thrill UK fans with seven stadium shows in June. Lambert has also promised his devoted British Glamberts a 2020 solo tour for his new album Velvet. Promoting all that and more, the singer appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show last night. 

During the chat, Lambert talked about the moment he discovered Queen and Freddie Mercury – and realised he had found a kindred spirit.

Lambert said; “I first heard about them through Wayne’s Word. I was young, I was with my father and brother.

“We left the movie theatre and I said, ‘Dad, what’s that song?’ And he went home and he pulled out some Queen albums from his collection…And I’m looking at Freddie with his black nail polish and make-up with all the guys… and I thought, ‘I like this guy, he plays dress up like I do.”

Asked what it is liking filling the biggest shoes in showbusiness, he laughed, saying: “and that’s why I wear giant platforms.”

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In a cheeky earlier interview with Forbes, Lambert revealed Freddie and Queen played a special part in building his teenage bond with his father.

The performer was always an exhibitionist, with a deep love for musical theatre. It was, perhaps, not something easy to share with his father.

Lambert said: “The thing I think I loved so much about Queen, being a musical theatre kid, (is that) they’re so theatrical. Freddie, in particular, was such a showman and so grand in the way he sang things. And even the references of some of their songs genre-wise are operetta.

“It was this bridge my father and I found between rock and roll and the theatre world and it was really special to me.”

Rather like Freddie Mercury, Lambert always had a clear love for costumes and make-up. He added: “I was always playing dress-up and it didn’t stop. I am a big kid.”

During the latest tour, Lambert has also embraced Freddie’s love for royal accessories, rocking a glittering crown on stage.

Freddie would have approved…

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