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Post by maria4hitz on Apr 12, 2010 13:29:39 GMT -5
^This is US
Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment (9,000, +10 pecent, 587,000/77,000 digital total)
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Post by poptartz on Apr 12, 2010 18:37:27 GMT -5
so here's an answer to the question I posed upthread about UK tv appearances! Sony emailed a rough itinerary to UK fans today...
TBC = to be confirmed, I think, so it looks like they're still scheduling things. not being from the UK, I don't really know what a lot of these shows are, but I saw that Kelly Clarkson performed "My Life Would Suck Without You" on the National Lottery show mentioned. I see the word "mentoring" in there too on 4/24...wonder what what could be?
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Post by kod on Apr 12, 2010 23:14:50 GMT -5
I really like "Pick U Up" now.
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Post by Berry on Apr 12, 2010 23:24:31 GMT -5
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Post by brianpk80 on Apr 13, 2010 3:21:02 GMT -5
Wow. That's a very candid response from Ken Warwick. Props to him for being authentic. Adam had so much potential and I think would be well on his way to having a 3x platinum record if it weren't for that AMA debacle. If Adam would just own up to the fact that he made a colossal error of judgment trying to "shock" people with something that hasn't been shocking in decades (sex), compounded by the fact that he wasn't even in remotely good enough form to perform it that evening as intended, he'd be more likable. Trying to blame the audience for being prudish, sexist, or homophobic was a cheap trick that makes him seem either out of touch with reality or dishonest. Probably a mix of both.
He's got a great instrument and can create some really exciting moods & music. He'd be a much more welcome presence on my iPod if I didn't have to think about his descent into egomania, namedropping, style-before-substance, and jealous unjustified jabs at other recording artists.
Would love to see him get his act together and start being more candid & passionate.
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Post by rebel.heart on Apr 13, 2010 9:12:20 GMT -5
Besides Wango Tango does he have any other radio gigs confirmed?
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Post by maria4hitz on Apr 13, 2010 10:09:33 GMT -5
^quoting poptartz:
Finally official numbers
69 LAMBERT*ADAM FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT 9,095 8,258 10 586,621
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Post by rosemoor on Apr 13, 2010 11:52:13 GMT -5
LOL another round of opinions on AMA? is there really anything new left unsaid? People should just post link back to the thread from last year instead of regurgitating all these s**t all over again. Summary: Lambert's career was pronounced DEAD five month ago.
What are the UK tv shows they usually do to promote records? daytime shows or late night shows. I still find it odd that only UK picked FYE, and the rest of Europe have WWFM.
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Post by poptartz on Apr 13, 2010 12:38:45 GMT -5
another radio show was just announced yesterday, KFest for K104.7 in New York. more details & the full line-up here. so that's three so far... :) Adam just did an interview with Beatweek magazine that's worth a read. he was asked about his tour plans, among other things. [/b][/quote] full article |
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Post by maria4hitz on Apr 13, 2010 12:57:12 GMT -5
I repect Ken and all because he's an Idol producer, but that was not right, I mean it wasn't right to say that, why would you say that? To start controversy?? To make Adam respond him and start more controversy?? Because i'm pretty sure Adam could say a thing or two about that. They are making it look like Adam is flopping hard and they have to help him, "poor Adam he's doing so bad!" Why?? I mean WHY??? What for?? To make more people watch AI tonight?? To make him mad and make him say something he will regret later?? Or because he can't answer those comments right now? I don't get it.
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Post by brb on Apr 13, 2010 13:17:47 GMT -5
^ Because he's stupid? IDK, but I hope Adam gives a great performance at AI tomorrow and gets a huge boost from it. Another concert announced, at the Mystic Lake Casino on June 12. I bet this will sell fast too. ;) |
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Post by rosemoor on Apr 13, 2010 13:28:57 GMT -5
AI producer produce AI shows, he's not in charge of Lambert's career, RCA has the most say. So whatever opinion Ken has, it's his personal opinion. AI invites Lambert back just like it invites all the other ai alumni and give them the platform for promo. As long as RCA is not wasting your money, why do people care whether they invest on Lambert or not?
Well, this would be the perfect time to announce his coming tour, with all the publicity and all that. At this point, his concert is all I care, after that, next album.
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Post by poptartz on Apr 13, 2010 13:31:44 GMT -5
Adam's guitarist Monte just responded to a fan question on Twitter about the casino shows...
Monterrific @anthrogeekpf casino gigs are one off shows. tour will be different
so if Adam's got some radio shows lined up for May, and then possibly a few scattered casino dates in the works for June, I wonder when his tour will start? mid-July maybe?
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Post by blue in moonlight on Apr 13, 2010 13:35:12 GMT -5
I agree with the AI producer's comment. I believe the AMA performance harmed Glambert's career more than anything. He may be done in the U.S. if he can't somehow distance himself from that performance. His material is good enough for him to have at least a few hits this era but he's yet to erase the AMA stigma. It's a shame his album is beginning to stall because I really believe this was the right time for an artist like him. Plus, he's one of the few Idol alums in recent years who is even close to relevant to everything else going on in popular music. I initially thought the performance wouldn't harm him too much because the type of folks who listen to the music he makes tend not to concern themselves with sexually-charged performance. Plus, I was way more concerned with the very poor vocal. But I didn't consider that so many of the people who watch Idol are older and, yes, prudish. Hell, my mom stopped "liking" him after that performance (although she would have never purchased his album anyway). The AMA performance also hurt his appeal to some potential fans who don't watch Idol. My friend put the AMA performance on a video DVD for a party and people lambasted him...in a house full of progressive-minded LGBT folks. Ouch!  |
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Post by Berry on Apr 13, 2010 13:40:41 GMT -5
Adam Lambert Says His Theatricality Made Him a 'Target' After 'American Idol'When confirming this week's 'American Idol' mentorship, Adam Lambert took to Twitter to reassure viewers. "Don't worry America," last year's runner-up tweeted, "I will be beyond family-friendly. Relax and enjoy. For Your Entertainment." How is it possible that a singer who was on every single episode last year now has to pre-empt criticism by declaring his family-friendliness? Well, last season his sexuality was still a (thinly veiled) mystery. But after coming out publicly on the cover of Rolling Stone, the "unapologetically" flamboyant singer soon became a victim to the never-ending culture wars after his gloriously homoerotic performance on last fall's American Music Awards. "It's like I have a target on my chest, but it comes with the territory," Lambert tells Spinner about his conservative critics. "It's like that high school mentality: If you're looking and putting energy into it, something about it is fascinating you, whether you like to admit it or not. I got your attention, that's why you're spewing negative hate at me, so I'm doing something right." Indeed, Lambert's brush with controversy seems to have cemented his fledgling stardom, putting him up on a pop-culture pedestal alongside the likes of Lady Gaga and landing him a current Top 20 single with the aptly titled 'Whataya Want From Me,' while last season's winner, cutie-pie worship leader Kris Allen, has already fallen by the cultural wayside. Though sexuality is the reason so many conservatives are on his case, Lambert has no intention of toning himself down. "I am open and visible," he says. "I think visibility is really important. Being comfortable in your own skin and proud of who you are is the first step. I try not to get to overly involved in political issues because I'm an entertainer, a singer, not a politician. But when there are certain social issues that affect me, of course I have opinions about them." In other words, he's taking the Ellen DeGeneres approach. Not a bad move, considering how far the newest 'American Idol' judge, once widely attacked for being overly political after coming out in the late '90s, has wormed her way into the nation's hearts. And their back-to-back seasons have put Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell's trademark homophobic banter on the back burner. "In my season, it wasn't as intense as in previous seasons. Maybe because they knew I'd be standing up there, like, 'Really, guys?' I probably would have chimed in. I didn't catch a lot of it last year. Maybe they were being more subdued, more sensitive, 'cause my big mouth would have said something. I can't wait to hear what Ellen has to say." "Theatrical" is a code word the show's judges have used over the years to imply something sounded a little, well, gay. But while Cowell still can't stand "theatrical" contestants -- recently using the term to slam "Big Mike" Lynche's 'Eleanor Rigby' -- it's clearly less bothersome to the masses in our era of 'Glee' and Lady Gaga. "My first audition, they said, 'Oh, it's theatrical' and I said, 'What's the problem with that?' That's cool in my eyes; theatrical's a good thing, theatrical is what's happening right now," Lambert says. "Randy [Jackson] was actually the one who called that out and said, 'I think it's time for that.' "I was really thankful that he got what I was doing, nodding to the glam rock of the '70s and '80s, and how it used to be really cool that music was not just a performance style but also a visual aesthetic. We used to love that. And for some reason there's no guys doing that anymore. I don't know if we've gotten more conservative and less open-minded as far as male musicians go." Certainly, female pop stars have been busy pushing that envelope, most notoriously Lambert collaborator Lady Gaga, who wrote 'Fever' from his debut album 'For Your Entertainment' and has inadvertently helped his career by taking gender-bending theatricality mainstream. "I think Gaga has made an influence in the pop world by being weird and theatrical and over-the-top. She's definitely flung the door wide open for people to have at it and do something different. One reason she's so successful is that what she's doing is so different -- not so much musically but more visually." But while both performers' debut albums heavily favoured club-friendly pop (and a 'For Your Entertainment' remix EP is en route) Lambert says we should expect his career to be as stylistically diverse as his weekly performances were on the eights season of 'Idol.' "I look forward to being able to experiment with different music styles," he says. "On this album we did glam pop. What I wanted to do was create a contemporary fusion -- you're either Nickelback or you're Britney Spears in today's market, but how do we do a little bit of everything? I love pop music, I love dance music, but I love singing rock music -- singing hard and loud and high," he says with a grin. "Maybe the next album will be deep funk, maybe it will soulful; maybe it'll be pure electro or maybe it'll be straight-up traditional rock. Who knows?" www.spinner.com/2010/04/13/adam-lambert-american-idol-lady-gaga-theatrical/
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Post by esoteric76 on Apr 13, 2010 15:55:35 GMT -5
I love this kid. So, the AMA thing was a hiccup, and at this point, USA success is just one piece of the pie, after sending him abroad and watching people go crazy over him.
Even if Adam never had another radio hit again, there is still a huge fan base that would buy his music.
He's not going anywhere.
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Post by rebel.heart on Apr 13, 2010 17:27:55 GMT -5
^quoting poptartz: Finally official numbers 69 LAMBERT*ADAM FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT 9,095 8,258 10 586,621 Thanks So it's Kfest, Kiss 108 and Wango Tango. Nothing in Miami yet? >:( |
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Post by Rumors on Apr 13, 2010 17:36:33 GMT -5
LOL! I think Adam is taking his AMA performance a little too seriously. Otherwise, it was a nice article.
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Post by rosemoor on Apr 13, 2010 17:46:14 GMT -5
I'm not a big fan of Loaded Smile, but this live version is pretty chill. I love it.
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Post by maria4hitz on Apr 13, 2010 18:45:38 GMT -5
^Thanks for posting that! From Adam official: Check out this great pic of Adam accepting a plaque for outstanding sales in Canada! The plaque commemorates the platinum sales of the album For Your Entertainment, platinum single "Whataya Want From Me" and gold single "For Your Entertainment." Congrats Adam!! |
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Post by - ` Toxic™ on Apr 13, 2010 21:22:37 GMT -5
The Remixes EP is #14 here on the Canadian iTunes.
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Post by praepos on Apr 13, 2010 22:07:52 GMT -5
I repect Ken and all because he's an Idol producer, but that was not right, I mean it wasn't right to say that, why would you say that? To start controversy?? To make Adam respond him and start more controversy?? Because i'm pretty sure Adam could say a thing or two about that. They are making it look like Adam is flopping hard and they have to help him, "poor Adam he's doing so bad!" Why?? I mean WHY??? What for?? To make more people watch AI tonight?? To make him mad and make him say something he will regret later?? Or because he can't answer those comments right now? I don't get it. He is saying what is obvious--Adam's not doing as well as had been expected. He attributes this to the AMA performance. The truth was the performance was a trainwreck and had nothing to do with Adam's sexual preference. He was just bad--and has to live that first impression down--which won't be easy. RCA had a lot riding on that night and he blew it. My own view--even during season 8--was that Adam had terrific vocal equipment--but lousy aesthetic judgment. I still think that. Going over the top is one thing--but doing it while still keeping your audience is another. Adam alienates people unnecessarily. The cover art for the first album is a case in point. It's one thing to announce you're gay, it's another to erase the strong masculine image he projected all during his AI show performances. That was simply foolish and alienated a lot of fans. It's interesting to see how fine he did critiquing the idols this week. He was able to exactly zero-in on their weaknesses and offer constructive ideas regarding their performances. What struck me was how well Adam does for others what he fails to do for himself. He is often his own worst enemy. |
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Post by kod on Apr 13, 2010 22:53:41 GMT -5
Adam is doing fine. Has he not looked at the winner's sales lately? Or some of the other Idols?
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Post by central80 on Apr 14, 2010 8:14:28 GMT -5
very, very few ‘artists’ will ever have the might of the idol machine behind them to grease the wheels for success like adam has had. very few ‘artists’, new or established, will have the level of support and national exposure – vis a vis platforms like ama’s, oprah, rs, all the major talk shows, the support of the mainstream press like lambert has gotten. it should come as no surprise, nor as a shock to the average person when looking at his promo that someone unable to capitalize on this kind of massive exposure, to have it translate into higher sales for your releases or translate into an elevation of status to superstar would be deemed as perhaps unsuccessful, or disappointing.
warwick is much like any manager or hi level exec in a business who has access to and has seen the numbers, the return on the expenditures outlayed vs current returns and those projected. evidently they aren’t meeting their projections. when this happens, best believe there are going to be some changes made. 19 and rca are businesses 1st, they can’t
and won’t continue pumping money into or using resources to support
ventures that will not return a profit. warwick just took what usually remains in a boardroom and made it public.
i see the ama's as the 1st and most damaging business decision made by his team. everyone has off nights, bad performances. it’s unaviodable. his couldn’t have had worse timing – at the beginning of his post idol career, on the heels of such overwhelming hype, with the eyes of the whole world
watching. any experienced vet in the industry would have a hard time
regaining their momentum and footing after such a disaster. in a lot of ways idol, his team, and even he himself have dug for themselves a hole they may never be able to get out of. the hype fed to and propogated by the media led to ridiculously unrealistic expectations all around, which will make it difficult now to bring them back into scale.
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Post by foxxden on Apr 14, 2010 8:37:40 GMT -5
Adam was a good mentor at Idol last night. He took it seriously but was humble and offered good advice that helped a bunch of the contestants (notably Lee).
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Post by Stephen on Apr 14, 2010 10:09:28 GMT -5
I must say, although I'm still bitter Carrie wasn't asked back (or didn't accept) first, Adam did an excellent job as the mentor this week. The best so far and one of the best overall.
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Post by blue in moonlight on Apr 14, 2010 10:43:00 GMT -5
^ I agree. At first I didn't understand why they would ask Adam back as a mentor considering he was a contestant on the same stage a year ago, but he did a great job.
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Post by brb on Apr 14, 2010 10:52:20 GMT -5
Funny, I think he was better than his own mentors.. I can't wait to his performance today, I hope it's good.
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Post by Berry on Apr 14, 2010 10:58:25 GMT -5
Adam Lambert responds to 'American Idol' exec producer Ken Warwick: 'I don't feel like I'm struggling at all'In anticipation of Adam Lambert’s appearance as a mentor on American Idol this week, Idol exec. producer Ken Warwick told EW on Monday that “at the moment [Lambert's] not doing quite as well [in his career].” Warwick explained that he hoped Lambert’s appearance on Idol would help put him “back firmly where he belongs, as a major star,” adding that “it kind of breaks my heart to see someone with that much talent struggle a bit.” EW caught up with Lambert at Idol last night during a post-show press Q&A, and asked him about Warwick’s comments. “It’s so sweet of him,” Lambert replied lightheartedly. “I don’t feel like I’m struggling at all. I think things are right where they need to be. My single ‘What Do You Want From Me,’ is just breaking into the Top 10 right now.” The track, which Lambert will perform during tonight’s Idol results show, is currently at No. 13 on Billboard’s Pop chart, and number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100, having peaked at No. 20. “I’m really glad that they had me on the show,” Lambert added. “I really enjoyed helping the other contestants.” So what it was like for him to sit in the Idol studio audience instead of perform on the stage? “It was a trip being out there,” Lambert said. “My mom was sitting next to me tonight, and she was like, ‘This is what it used to be like for us! We used to sit here and we got so nervous and we’d be chewing our gum really hard and we’d be going Oh god, I hope he does a good job!‘” popwatch.ew.com/2010/04/14/adam-lambert-american-idol-ken-warwick/
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Post by Stephen on Apr 14, 2010 11:01:19 GMT -5
I think Adam's right. I guess the reason I rag on his success and call it disappointing is because I, like Ken, apparently, expected significantly more of him based on all the hype. I forgot that hype rarely transcends into permanent sales, heh. He's doing well, that's all that matters.
However, his single is falling, not "going top ten," lmao.
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