Adam Lambert Week in Review – June 20-26
by Juneau and Xena, co-authors of the book On the Meaning of Adam Lambert
This page is updated constantly, so follow us on Twitter (@adamlambertbook) for the latest updates!!
Buy If I Had You on iTunes!!
Join our Fundraiser!! Adam Lambert Asked – We Answered
Adam Lambert’s Glam Nation Tour Connects with Audiences
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Juneau and Xena on Television!!
We were interviewed on Better Connecticut yesterday. Here’s the video
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Congratulations Adam!!
On Sunday evening, June 20, Adam won the UR Fav International Video award. “I usually don’t win things…I’m usually the runner up,” said Adam. He performed WWFM at the awards show. Here he is on the red carpet. Scroll down for the video of his performance and annoucement of the winner:
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Win Eye of Horus Faux Tattoos!
Our exclusive faux tattoo
We are offering our readers a new chance to win Eye of Horus tattoos!! Just subscribe to Juneau and Xena’s Salon by June 30, and your name will be entered into a drawing to win a 10-pack of the highly coveted tattoos!! No downside – we will never sell our subscriber list, so you will never get spammed.
Also, our tattoos are back in stock, so if you don’t want to wait, you can buy them now. Discount available if you buy together with the book!
We wanted to share this fabulous photo sent to us by “@Bitsytx”, who shared 10 copies of our book and the tattoos with her friends at the Glam Nation show in Mystic Lake, MN. You all are so beautiful!! Heartfelt thanks to these fabulous ladies for their support and enthusiasm. We love you to pieces!!
From Bitsytx and friends at Mystic Lake!!
And we received a wonderful mention by Stevie Wilson at la-story.com!! Check it out!! Thanks!!
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Glam Nation Tour Central
DanFortune1 just walked in from Adam Lambert’s first “Glam Nation” show in NYC. Let’s just say it gives new meaning to the words “Absolutely Fabulous.”
Going to see Adam at Foxwoods? Xena and Juneau will be there! Let us know if you would like to get together. Bring a copy of our book and we’ll sign it! We’ll also have copies on hand for purchase, with part of the proceeds going to DonorsChoose. Here’s where to find us.
Check out our Calendar for the latest tour dates, television appearances, release dates, etc.
Photo by brennaftw
For Glam Nation concert photos and videos:
Stir Cover, Council Bluffs, IA – June 10, 2010
Shooting Star, Mahnomen, MN – June 11, 2010
Mystic Lake, Prior Lake MN – June 12, 2010
LC Pavilion, Columbus OH – June 14, 2010
Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI – June 15, 2010
Horseshoe Casino, Hammon, IN – June 17. 2010
Nokia Theater, New York, NY – June 22, 2010
Adam meets a young fan backstage. Sweet!
Xena sent in this photo with this note: “These 10 year old twins sat next to me – they are huge Adam fans, as are their lovely parents. Later, [my husband] and I gave them our “Adam” pins which were made by one of the Canadiadams who gave them out at lunch. They were thrilled.”
Toronto - Adam's youngest fans
adamlambert Happy to be in NYC. Looking forward to my shows at the Nokia tomorrow and wed!
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The Merch
Adam Lambert Official Store – posters, T-shirts, CD. Tweets from Milwaukee concert say there is a new shirt with a large A, and dog tags. Here:
Tweets from Hammond, Indiana:
riley1877 They have the Iphone case 35 dollars
nicolemarie1111 The line to buy is crazy! http://twitpic.com/1xpai1
mindchnger OIC an Adam lambert belt buckle for sale now
riley1877 Merch girl said that a make up kit with nail polish and eyeliner is coming!
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ACTION ITEMS
“Instead of gifts, I would rather people donate to charity and show me a receipt. That would be a better gesture.” – Adam in KISS108 concert interview
Give to Adam’s Glam a Classroom DonorsChoose.org campaign to support arts in the public schools!! Check out our Book Fundraiser – a fun way to celebrate Glam Nation get-togethers and raise money for this campaign!
Check out Global Glitter, started by fans to promote altrustic initiatives in the spirit of Adam Lambert.
Flex those joints, shake it out, and Nail These Flash Mob Moves
Vote for If I Had You on VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
via hooplamagnet Adam was #20 on the @VH1 Top 20 Countdown debuting with If I Had You – make sure to vote next week http://bit.ly/cSErRS
Starting today, fans ages 13-19 can vote once each day for their favorite TEEN CHOICE 2010 nominees at www.teenchoiceawards.com. Here is the list of nominees to date. Adam is down for Male Artist. Performers, presenters and additional nominees will be announced soon.
Sign on to this Facebook campaign to put Adam on Saturday Night Live.
USA Today says Carrie Underwood narrowing airplay gap with Adam Lambert. Request IIHY and WWFM once a day from your local Top 40 hit radio station. Mine is KISS108 in Boston!
MTV Poll – Who’s the hottest American Idol ever (of the guys, that is)? You know what to do!!
VH1′s Posted Promo Video – Ask Adam questions online; he’ll try to answer them!
And last, but hardly least, tap into your inner film director and enter HeatWorld’s contest to Win a VERY special Swarovski Crystal glove as worn by Adam Lambert!
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News Flash
From joythemeparty “If I Had You” music video currently no. 7 on iTunes Australia. Heading for the top
IIHY’s #13 on New Zealand’s top 40 singles chart (up from #38 last week)
MTV – Adam Lambert ‘Caught Off Guard’ By Reaction To His Half-Shaved Head
LA Times Ministry of Gossip – Adam Lambert’s half-shaved head — and a peek at him putting on his guyliner
MBL – Tampa Bay Rays are promoting Adam Lambert’s September 18 concert!
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Press Picks
EW, Michael Slezak: Adam Lambert’s Glam Nation Tour in NYC: Fans show a whole lotta love “If there’s any truth to the stereotype that gay men throw the best parties, Adam’s Glam Nation soiree is Exhibit A. And as a misfit toy himself — an artist whose Euro-Goth brand of vocal adrenaline and openness about his sexual orientation make his radio aspirations a protracted uphill battle — Adam’s fills his concert with a winking, conspiratorial giddiness that makes his fans feel like he’s singing directly to them.”
New York Times, Jon Pareles – Under All the Glitter, a Message: Be Yourself “…in a final “Whole Lotta Love” he relaxed and showed some unforced swagger while his vocals headed skyward. There’s a big-voiced showman in Mr. Lambert, ready to surface when he worries less about pleasing everyone or hitting his marks.”
MTV – Adam Lambert Whips Up Frenzy On Glam Nation Tour “Lambert aimed for spectacle with video screens, backup dancers and extravagant costumes and makeup. But as cool as the lasers were, all the bells and whistles were no match for the glam-pop star’s vocal fireworks, which were in top-notch condition on his Tuesday and Wednesday dates. His pitch-perfect pipes proved to be the real star of the show.”
USA Today – All the critics love Adam Lambert (well, pretty much) in New York
Journal & Courier Adam Lambert’s Glam Nation Tour looks at love “Act two concludes with the most moving number in the show, “Aftermath.” A rock power ballad as recorded for the disc and written by Lambert with his friends Alisan Porter and Ferras, this rendition is intimately acoustic, with Lambert sitting on the stairs accompanied only by master guitarist Monte Pittman…The crowd sings along, but cannot possibly match Lambert’s soaring tenor vocals. ‘ Incredible in its transcendent simplicity, it sets the scene for act three, about the redemptive empowerment of unselfish love.”
Huffington Post – Adam Lambert Ushers in the Era of ‘Papa GaGa’ in NYC “In a nice touch, Lambert ended the night by merging “World” into a rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” It was a fitting way to end the night since the crowd, a hybrid of parents, teens, and 30-somethings like me, there was plenty of love going around.”
Backstage – Rescuing Voices: Adam Lambert’s voice teacher tells how he keeps singers in shape while on tour. “He explains his approach with Adam Lambert’s tour: “Adam can do extreme things with his voice that most singers will probably never be able to do, but he can’t do it endlessly.” Stroud started by going through Lambert’s set list. “Adam’s tour right now is around 14 songs, of which three are at 11 on the intensity scale,” he says. “Going all out on those songs, it makes it more difficult to pull off the subsequent songs. The fact is Adam is so amazing that he doesn’t have to overdo it. I work with the music director to look at the peaks, where they happen in the show, and where he can recover from that.”
MamaKath’s Blog – A sparkly gypsy with a heart of gold “I like to know a little more about the people making that music. It allows me the ability to enjoy the music on a deeper level because all art comes from the heart. It also increases my level of respect for the artist where I can appreciate their personality which in turns reveals whether they are truly an artist or just a manufactured good. For me, this one is the real deal.”
Examiner Adam Lambert rocks New York and licks some face on Glam Nation tour
NY Post - Adam wins a glammy in NY “In leather, sparkle makeup and his signature half-shaved-head hairdo, the singer wowed with his multi-octave pipes, confident stage presence — more slither than swagger — and old-fashioned, campy showmanship.”
Rickey.org – Adam Lambert – Glam Nation Tour in New York “I was very excited to see this show for a couple of days now. Needless to say, Adam Lambert did not disappoint with his vocals. It was pretty much out of this world from where I was standing. If you are an Adam Lambert fan, this is the show to watch and you must get your tickets now. It will be worth it.”
MTV -Rabid Adam Lambert Fans Line Up 24 Hours Before New York Show: For Lambert, ‘I’d sleep on the sidewalk again,’ one fan says. Jim Cantiello reports: “…many traveled thousands of miles to see their favorite artist rock New York City. Fans from Denmark, Venezuela, England, Japan and Singapore mingled with Georgia peaches, Connecticut natives and Californians, making Adam’s Glam Nation a truly international affair.” Great Video.
Reality Rocks – Adam Lambert Phones In From The Road: The Glam Nation Press Conference Audio of the 45-minute press conference is available here! Those “glammerpants” were a Tokyo shopping find, not an intentional reference to MC Hammer.
Toronto Sun – Glambert strutts stuff for T.O. “Like a peacock showing off his feathers, Lambert strutted his considerable stuff over the course of a brisk, hour-long set backed by a four-piece band…”
Examiner – ‘American Idol’: Adam Lambert talks international tour, ‘Can’t Let You Go’ These are the highlights from the Adam Lambert conference call earlier Friday.
Examiner – Interview: Adam Lambert talks MMVAs, encores, and live albums Matt Carter interviews Adam Lambert. Q: “How do you choose your Glam Nation encore? … [A]: We kind of just decide in the moment. We usually just go onstage and look at the band and say ‘what do you think’? (Laughs.) Although it might start becoming more and more of routine where we do both ['Mad World' and 'Whole Lotta Love'].”
Pop Music by Rick Massimo: Adam Lambert is “very thankful to the universe.”
Hartford Courant - Adam Lambert At MGM Grand Thursday
This was posted over a year ago, but remains one of my all-time favorite articles about Adam: BlogCritics – American Idol‘s Adam Lambert: Balls of Steel! “How do I tell my friends that I blew off the first half of my hometown Cleveland Cavaliers playing in the playoffs to watch a glammed out, proudly homosexual cabaret singer lay waste to our best memories of Robert Plant and Elvis Presley?”
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Department of Eye Candy
Royal Oak, by Hot4Adam
Royal Oak, by Hot4Adam
Wham Bam Toronto, by Scorpios4Adam
Photo from perfectway76
Straits Times Singapore Interview
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Video Faves
Mad World and Whole Lotta Love double encore from Hammond, IN (by indybeck)
Much Music Awards Behind the Scenes 4-part Interview – Will start international tour in September in Singapore!
Fox 5 NYC – Anne Craig interviews Adam before Nokia Theater concert
ET – Behind the Scenes before NYC show (the video is not working for me, but maybe it will work for you…?)
Access Hollywood – The thank you speech Adam wanted to give
CTV Interview from Toronto – flying by the seat of his pants
From back in April, great interview with Michael Pihach in Toronto
MSN interview backstage at the MMVA’s – Adam on kissing
Cheek v Neil – Lip Service
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VH1 Posted Tweets from Adam
Here’s the link for VH1 posted. I’m looking for an archive where they post Adam’s answers. Haven’t found it yet. If anyone knows, please let us know!
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Tweet Beat
Monterrific Just crossed the border. The New York Dolls we’re there too
wizardesslyn my 15 yr old son said @adamlambert ‘turning lesbians straight and straight men gay since 2008′ LOL
@finney4 wham bam thank you adam 
TommyJoeRatliff calling all glitterbabies, badgers and creepers! whats shakin’?!?!
milestougeaux @adamlambert Love you too Ad, thanks for the call it was great catching up. Looking forward to seeing you next month
bani_ Adam Cookies! <3 RT @Glittery_Viki: OMGGG I want these cookies!! http://yfrog.com/874k7qj
On Sunday 20th June 2010, @Monterrific said: Thank you for all of the Fathers Day messages! It’s hard being away from them. Especially today. I’m so lucky to have these 4 little people in my life and for their incredible mother @lisa_pittman who brought them into this world.
TommyJoeRatliff 2nd time playing a show with Beiber… im gonna give him a noogie and give him his 1st glass of whiskey tonight.
I have 2 questions. But first I just wanted to let you know that the petition you talked about up further is now closed. I just tried to do it and it said that it was closed and not accepting any more signatures. Luckily I had signed it at another time or two.
My first question is: Why do they not consider some of the concerts as part of the GlamNation Tour? In particular, the Sept 18 in St. Petersburg which is where I am going to.
My other question is: At these Not GlamNation concerts, will they be selling any t-shirts there?? And will his website be selling more t-shirts,etc than it is selling now??
I hope you can answer me. And I LOVE your daily emails regarding Adam–I wish we could meet in St Petersburg and maybe I can meet Adam with you!!!!!!!
Thanks
Thanks for alerting us about the expired petition. We’ve taken it down.
Cheeks vs. Neil is so great! I love that they both seem like they’re trying to make the other laugh. I wouldn’t last a minute with either one of them without cracking up. Thanks for posting!