American Idol Tour Spoilers Plus Adam Lambert and Kris Allen Reflect on Michael Jackson
More from yesterday’s American Idol tour press day.
In this Rolling Stone article, Anoop Desai reveals he’ll perform Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative” on tour. Kris Allen’s set will include à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Hey Jude,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Heartlessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“No Boundaries.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Adam Lambert will perform Muse (“Starlight”) and Bowie’s “Life on Mars”, “
Fame” and “Let’s Dance.”
Megan Joy will sing Amy Winehouse’s “Tears Dry on their Own”, Matt Giraud will perform the crowd favorite, “Georgia on My Mind” and Danny Gokey won’t reveal a song choice, but we know that his set includes Rascal Flatt’s “My Wish”.
Other spoilers we already know: Allison Iraheta will sing “Barracuda” and “Cry Baby” plus reprise her duet “Slow Ride” with Adam. And, for the big pointy-pose finish the Top 10 will perform “Don’t Stop Believing” with Matt and Scott MacIntyre on dueling pianos.
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“People want to see you do songs from the show, but ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s nice to be able to throw in something that you want to do and really mold your time onstage,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ says Kris. Adam Lambert promises a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“post-apocalyptic-rocked-out-space-disco-funkà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ look to his outfits.
The choreography should be interesting, the kids are learning steps from tour choreographer JaQuel Knight–she has Beyoncà ©Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Single Ladiesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ video on her list of credits.
After news of Michael Jackson’s death broke, E Online sat down with Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. Here are a few quotes from the interview:
From Kris, “He was the most influential musical person that I had in my life. On the artist side of things, everything that he did was just so right. Every album that he did, it hit you in a way that just made you feel good. It made you feel him and feel his music. He was a genius, a complete genius.”
From Adam, “No one else sounds like him. Furthermore, the visual stuff he brought to the table was so groundbreaking and edgy and ahead of its time, in a way. There wasn’t anyone else really going out there like that. He defied sexuality and race in a way that no one else has. He wasn’t openly masculine or feminine. He was kind of somewhere in the middle in this androgynous space and at some point he was like, ‘Black or white, it doesn’t matter.’ There were a lot of things he straddled the line of, and I think that was really cool.”
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edit: please don’t generalize about fanbases
I think music stores will have to create a section just for Adam, because I doubt that his stuff will fit neatly into any one category, hehe. Can’t wait!!
Oh and “My Prerogative”?! Ugh.
LOL! Well, that’s all I need to get me to the tour
I love how equally excited Adam is about his costume and his music — brings back memories of the US Weekly interview (Kris: “I am also looking forward to Adam’s outfit”)
Otherwise, songs sound pretty good. No surprise to hear the new reveals (Anoop doing “My Prerogative”, Kris doing “Heartless”)
Just some comments about this, fwiw: Hey, Jude is also being sung at the end by the rest of the group, isn’t it? Not sure how that will work out, but I’m guessing Kris sings the beginning (and most of the song), then segues into the others joining him.
Re so much focus on Adam, regardless of who has more fans out there, per se, I think there is a lot of interest in Adam performing live. Even non-fans of his have commented that they’d buy an album from Kris, but go to see Adam perform (he’s just a very exciting, energetic performer). So there is that interest to be sure.
And re the special effects for Adam, well, I’m not sure how much Adam had to do with this vs. the AI behind-the-scenes folks, but my guess is that Adam, with his theater background and performance experience, had a LOT of input during the season regarding how to stage his songs. I’m immediately reminded by Feeling Good: the theatricality on that (the stairs, white suit, lighting, everything), were CRAZY (in a good way
) and almost every other song that night featured someone just standing at the middle of the stage with a spotlight and little more. Just saying that I think it’s more Adam’s sense of putting on a show, rather than some behind the scenes conspiracy, that results in his songs just having more glitz, glamour, and effects. JMO.