February 20, 2012

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Adam Lambert has confirmed through Twitter that he will be performing with Queen this summer. The American Idol star will join guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor on July 7^th, as Queen headlines the second day of the Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth Park in England.

Lambert has long expressed his admiration for Queen and their late frontman, Freddie Mercury. For the American Idol finals in 2009, Lambert was backed onstage by the band’s surviving members for "We Are the Champions." In November 2011, Lambert performed several songs with them at the MTV European Music Awards in Belfast.

Although reports came out earlier this month that Lambert would be performing again with Queen, the singer and his label, Hollywood Records, would not confirm any guest appearances until today.

"As many suspected, I can finally confirm: I have been invited by Queen to sing one very special concert! Sonisphere at Knebworth July 7th!" Lambert tweeted this afternoon. "Sorry to be coy about the details the past few weeks, but I made a promise to keep it under wraps as best I could. Gonna be a surreal night!"

Freddie Mercury’s final performance with Queen took place at Knebworth Park in 1986.

Queen died when Freddie died.

Identity said:

Freddie Mercury’s final performance with Queen took place at Knebworth Park in 1986.

Really? Even though he died in 1991, he hadn't performed with them on stage for five years?

Milty said:

Identity said:

Freddie Mercury’s final performance with Queen took place at Knebworth Park in 1986.

Really? Even though he died in 1991, he hadn't performed with them on stage for five years?

Yep, that Knebwort show was indeed Freddie's curtain call...by 1988/89 he was already too weak to go on tour with the guys, even though there was reportately a Miracle-tour planned...but alas, it wasn't to be..

I gave Brian and Roger the benefit of a doubt when they toured with Paul Rodgers a few years back...it wasn't bad, but I really couldn't understand why they let him butcher songs such as The Show must go on and Bohemian Rhapsody...let it go already, Queen is dead...

Geez... I don't care... Micky Mouse could sing, I just want to see Brian and Roger on stage again... I hope they do some more shows other than Knebworth. It could have gotten much worse than Lambert. That EMA performance wasn't too bad.