Similarly, Adam and Kris are both getting 5 songs, but Adam is singing 4 solos and a duet, while Kris, as the winner, is singing 5 solos.

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.

‘post-apocalyptic-rocked-out-space-disco-funk” look

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”)

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hmmmà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll have to ask where the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“post-apocalyptic-rocked-out-space-disco-funkà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  section of Dillards is.

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.

“It really doesn’t matter how he passed. We will learn it was a combination of things, medication, exhaustion, stress and a life at the forefront. He spent essentially his whole life in an exalted fashion and that takes its toll.

It will be shown over time how he lived. He embraced humanity. He really was a loving father, a show business legend that will last for hundreds of years and a decent human being.

He was also a female energied man. Many parts of society distrusted that, especially the less “illuminated” parts. The planet is changing.

Female energied men will start to be embraced finally. Men will be respected for their nuturing, loving side rather than their dominance and abilty to win at all costs.

Perhaps the lesson is people come in all shapes and sizes and that we just accept people for who they actually are instead of what we want them to be.

That is a tough one but perhaps it is about time we start”

If true, this bodes well for my favorite AI contestant ever: Adam Lambert

Someone sent me the biggest basket of twizzlers…..oh no5 minutes ago from TwitterFon

I would pay oogles of money to see thisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.Cà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢mon Karen you need to twitter the suggestion to Adam, it would fit in so well with the basic cheese of the tour.

lol .. don’t tempt me Tess. Perhaps I should suggest this hat with it’s own inbuild smoke machine? :laugh_tb:

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*whispers* … I do realise that the smoke isn’t actually coming out of the hat …lol

Has visions of Adam carrying around his own hand held smoke machine in one hand and a little à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“sparklerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  in the other to create his own special effects à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦lol

I would pay oogles of money to see this….C’mon Karen you need to twitter the suggestion to Adam, it would fit in so well with the basic cheese of the tour.

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Also I doubt an idol concert will have pyro, the most he may get is colored strobe lights.

Yeah, but never underestimate the visual effect of color lights glinting off the big-bucks Idol tin foil stage set!

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Has visions of Adam carrying around his own hand held smoke machine in one hand and a little “sparkler” in the other to create his own special effects …lol

To say kris or adam are going to be the MJ is veryà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.funny.

Who is saying they are going to be the next MJ? Did I miss something?

Nobody on AI will ever come to to elvis or MJ.I mean nobody ever even outside of idol.Thet were the king of pop and the king of rock and roll.To say kris or adam are going to be the MJ is very….funny.

Absolutely. There is and ever will be only one Elvis and only one Michael Jackson. Their respective contributions to music and pop culture were not just good, they were truly extraordinary. Elvis has not been forgotten and today’s artists acknowledge MJ’s pioneering and enduring impact. Music lovers around the world will continue to appreciate Elvis and MJ in the decades to come.

Adam is singing 5? so is Kris? I like Kradam but not enough for them to pull stuff like that just NO.

I totally agree with you. The fans voted. The kid who won should have the longest set and headline billing on the tour. He should have been on the cover of Rolling Stone, not the guy who lost.

Kris does have the longest set (he has five solos, one very long one, to Adam’s four). He closes the show and has the headline billing according to American Idol.

Adam nor 19 can help if Adam got the cover of Rolling Stone. If they had asked Kris, he would have been on there, but RS was interested in Adam. If some news media focused on Adam instead of Kris, that again is no fault of 19. I’m sorry for Kris fans, but many people including the media are interested in Adam. He is very charismatic and his star is shining. 19 gave Kris the major promo opportunities (Leno, Ellen, etc.); Adam was invited by the media (20/20, Access Hollywood, etc.)

I think a lot of that depends on where you live. Several newsstands and bookstores in the Downtown Boston area sold out of Adam/s RS cover. I have Adam and Kris on google alert, and Adam alerts were filling my inbox to capacity at one point, not so much now since the bigger news stories have been spoken about. And no I have not seen Adam on/in the tabloids which in my opinion is a good thing.

Also I doubt an idol concert will have pyro, the most he may get is colored strobe lights.

Yeah, but never underestimate the visual effect of color lights glinting off the big-bucks Idol tin foil stage set!

The sale have already skyrocket on itunes. And I agree no one can ever be Michael, he is/was a unique individual and an untouchable talent. With that being said, I still want to see Adam sing the songs I mention.

Should not have read this while eating, now my keyboard needs cleaning.

Also I doubt an idol concert will have pyro, the most he may get is colored strobe lights.

To compare any aspect of the Idols (yes I mean Adam too) with Michael Jackson is absolutely delusional as is any comparison with Elvis.

Both MJ and Elvis were HUGE superstars and the biggest selling artists of all time. I believe I read Elvis is the biggest seller, Beetles next, and Michael Jackson. And now that MJ is gone, watch the sales of his music go through the roof.

Gotta keep it real peeps.

RIP Michael.

To compare any aspect of the Idols (and that includes Adam) with MJ is absolutely delusional.

I don’t know. I’ve listened to Jackson’s Black or White back to back with Lambert’s studio version several times this week. Of course, it’s an unfair advantage to be covering the original and props to Jackson for the creativity of a great song, but Lambert sings circles around Jackson on that song.

To compare any aspect of the Idols (and that includes Adam) with MJ is absolutely delusional. None of these Idols have done anything yet other than come on a reality TV show. We don’t know if any of them will make it in the music industry.

As to the tour, I just assumed 5 thru 10 were getting 3 solos as in past AI tours. If 8 thru 10 get 2 and 5 thru 7 get 3, that is 15 numbers for the first half. With Allison getting 3, Danny 4, Adam 4 and Kris 5, plus Adam and Allison duet you get 17 in 2d half. I am also think there will be a group number in the 1st half and a group number in the 2d. Looks like 2d half may be a tad longer.

Adam mentioning à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“outfitsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (more than one?) leads me to imagine all sorts of stagey, pyrotechnical stuff in Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s set that has nothing to do with singing. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the kind of stuff that steals focus from the rest.

First of all, yes, Adam enjoys the outfits and stagey, pyro stuff, but he is an amazing, amazing singer.

Secondly, Adam stands out. It’s not something that has to make sense or seem fair… it’s not even something he can control. The outfits and high-energy performances are a part of who he is and who he wants to be. And these things were all a part of him throughout the whole competition — they should not surprise anyone at this point. During MJ week, the very first week on the big stage, Paula told Adam that he “marries fashion with music” and that everything he does is an extension of who he is, or words to that effect.

Adam is a performer in every sense of the word. If everyone else just wants to stand there quietly and sing, then it’s not Adam’s fault that he steals the focus.

Every article about the tour that Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve read online has the vast majority of comments about going to the tour for Adam.

Adam fans online do seem to be apt to comment, shall we say, more enthusiastically, vis a vis kris fans. Not sure whether number of comments = number of fans.

Just for the record, here, I see a huge amount of comments about going to the concert to see Kris, online. Many more than I expected, because I’m so used to seeing the “I loooove Adam! Give me more Adam!” comments.

Adam mentioning à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“outfitsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (more than one?) leads me to imagine all sorts of stagey, pyrotechnical stuff in Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s set that has nothing to do with singing. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the kind of stuff that steals focus from the rest.

I totally agree. If the guy who lost has pyro, the guy who won should have at least the same amount of pyro, probably more. A barrage of flash pots would go great with his folk ballads.

Regarding MJ, he was an adult as a boy and a boy as an adult.

lurksalot, good point.

As for “Kris gets five solos, Adam gets four solos and a duet:” To me that’s splitting hairs. A duet isn’t somehow less important or memorable. In fact, Slow Ride was a hightlight of the whole season, so I don’t see how this can be seen as Adam getting anything “less.” Besides which, he’s also doing a medley.

Actually I’m less concerned with number of songs as with presentation.

Adam mentioning “outfits” (more than one?) leads me to imagine all sorts of stagey, pyrotechnical stuff in Adam’s set that has nothing to do with singing. That’s the kind of stuff that steals focus from the rest.

Media blitz: I have to be honest, I must live in a cave, I’ve never really seen this media blitz about Adam everyone keeps mentioning. I don’t watch Fox news, though. I haven’t seen any big Adam-oriented tabloid covers, and I actually have combed the newsstand to see any magazine covers of Adam or Kris, and I see none, not even the teen magazines (there’s just Adam cover of RS, which I still see on the shelves even though the new one with the Jonas Bros. is also out. So much for the Adam issue supposedly “flying” off the shelves).

I suppose if you’re really looking, maybe. I don’t know. I’m just missing it, I guess.