And Now, the New Frontman for Queen: Adam Lambert
Feb 03, 2012 at 03:30 pm by Jenn

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It seems sacrilegious to replace Freddie Mercury, but the band Queen has done exactly that.

When Mercury died, future American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert was all of ten years old. Today, it is announced, he is the new frontman for Queen.

Us Magazine:

The season eight American Idol winner [sic] confirmed to the U.K.’s Daily Star Thursday that he has been tapped to be the lead singer of Queen—the spot in which original member Freddie Mercury held until his untimely death in 1991.

“The intention is to pay tribute to Freddie and the band by singing some f—cking great songs,” Lambert, 30, told the paper. “It’s to keep the music alive for the fans and give it an energy that Freddie would have been proud of.”

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Here Are Eight More Minutes You Don’t Have to Spend Doing Actual Work
Nov 04, 2009 at 09:40 pm by Evil Beet

It’s those Filipino prisoners, this time dancing to Queen’s greatest hits.

I just think this is so cool. I’m glued to it. And I know I should look at it and think, “Wow, this is awesome, I want to join a dance crew.” But instead I think, “Wow, this is awesome, I want to go to jail in the Philippines.”

And that kind of thinking, my friends, is why you’re watching this to kill time at your real job, and I’m still here writing a gossip blog.