The four-piece band entertained the extremely-packed Padang with 19 songs, including hits like It's Time and On Top Of The World. Not long after Nico Rosberg lifted the trophy last night, fans rushed to the Padang stage, where US rock band Imagine Dragons kick-started the show with their US Billboard Hot 100 track, Shots, from their latest album Smoke + Mirrors. Lambert also stirred up the crowd when he went off-stage to interact with lucky fans in front.īy the time the show closed with encore songs We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions, we were high from the riot of colourful laser lights, showers of golden confetti, and epic guitar riffs accompanying Lambert's soaring vocals. May tickled the audience when he pulled out a camera on a selfie stick and panned the camera across the crowd so their faces and his were broadcast live on screen. Though Mercury's "presence" haunted the show, the night belonged to Queen's surviving members and the charismatic Lambert.
Queen lovingly paid tribute to their missing member, playing footage of Mercury performing Love of My Life and rock opus Bohemian Rhapsody. She added: "No one can replace Freddie Mercury, but Adam did justice to his songs and brought back memories from the 1980s and 1990s." I don't think he sounded like Freddie," Ms Sabrina, 37, told TNP. Programming executive Sabrina Abu Bakar, who watched Lambert's concerts at last year's F1 and at Mediacorp's Celebrate 2016 New Year's Eve countdown show, thought that his gig with Queen was his best yet. "My kids had not heard some of Queen's songs, but we were still dancing and singing away."Įarly into their set, Lambert addressed the elephant in the room, asking the audience, "Do you guys miss Freddie Mercury?", leading them to chant Mercury's name enthusiastically.įlamboyant and flirtatious, Lambert stepped into Mercury's high-heeled boots with ease.ĭuring Killer Queen, he strutted on stage, took a dramatic sip from a golden chalice, and spewed water like a trained dolphin onto the delighted audience.
"Our favourite moments of the night were Brian May's amazing guitar solo, and the father-son drum battle between Roger and Rufus Taylor.
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