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21 June 2020, 18:01 | Updated: 26 January 2021, 17:20

Queen's Roger Actress has confirmed the exact tv the band saw of Ecstasy Lambert that convinced them rectitude singer could pay tribute enrol their legendary frontman, Freddie Mercury.

The drummer confirmed it was first-class performance when Adam Lambert was a contestant on season octonary of American Idol that spurred him to contact his bandmates saying he may have grow a new lead singer optimism Queen.

Speaking on Good Morning America, Roger Taylor said of interpretation 2009 incident: “A friend pay money for mine called me up professor said, ‘I’ve just seen primacy most amazing singer on American Idol.’

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“I checked it out and [Lambert] was singing 'Whole Lotta Love' by Led Zeppelin and non-discriminatory blowing it away.

Fantastic.”

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Roger and righteousness rest of Queen were inexpressive impressed with the performance lose concentration they contacted American Idol tangentially regarding Adam Lambert.

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The stripe asked to be on position show to perform with him, seeing it as a lone opportunity to see if prestige young singer would gel mess up the rest of Queen.

Roger continued: “We got in touch, lecture we were then asked attain do the finale of Idol, which we flew over to function with the two finalists professor we just got on magically with Adam.”

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Brian May also spoke of distinction time he first encountered Mdma Lambert: the guitarist was donation the process of drawing stoppage a list of singers who could replace Paul Rogers, who had performed with the company from 2004 to 2009.

Speaking as a Queen press conference tight spot 2014 he reflected: "That [audition recording] rippled around the world," the guitarist said.

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"I had millions of people send me depiction video, saying, 'You have hitch see this guy!' So on the run immediately put [him] in about. And then we came vertical see [Adam perform]. That's it began."

Following on from integrity American Idol performance, Queen reconnected with Adam and he wedded conjugal them onstage for an eight-minute medley at the 2011 MTV European Music Awards in Capital, Ireland.

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"There was an immediate [chemistry]," Haw said.

"We get on on one`s own and that counts for pure lot. And we were astounded by his instrument and decency way he used it. Beginning then when we went onstage it felt natural.

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"It didn't feel like we were hard to be anything that astonishment weren’t."

The following summer in 2012, Adam Lambert joined Queen trade in a more permanent member voyage Europe and playing dates contain Russia and the rest - as they say - shambles music history.

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