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It’s not any news any more as dated from the last weekend during the Idol Tour concert in San Jose – but there are now available some more details about this episode.

As we read in Examiner.com on the 16th of July (note written by Brittny Nielsen) members of Fred Phelps’, anti-gay and anti-Jew Westboro Baptist Church showed up in San Jose, CA during the concert Idol Tour made there last weekend. With one purpose: to protest against Adam Lambert’s performance.

According to the author,

the church has long been notorious for its protesters who hold inflammatory signs and chant potentially hurtful words. Presumably the anti-gay church was protesting Lambert, who revealed that he was gay in the June 2009 issue of Rolling Stone.
(…) Lambert was reportedly unfazed by the protesters.

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sent to Mr-L.org by yellows_rock (AKA Mom&Daughter San Jose Concert)

Well, I promised I would give a “recap” of the SJ concert, but after much thought, I
cannot tell a lie. This concert was about Adam Lambert, and Adam Lambert only. My
daughter and I had third row floor seats — and they turned out even better than we
imagined. There was an empty seat in front of us, and we were literally surround by
families and children: Translate: we had no competition for Adam’s attention, as we
were dressed for and about Adam in shiny black, blue, leather, glitter, Adam
pendants and other appropriate jewelry, Adam eyes, etc., etc., etc. Don’t get me
wrong…we didn’t look like freaks….we looked subtle, but obviously were there for
the one and only, and we looked goooood.

Ok….we sorta enjoyed the effort put into the show by the other Idols prior (and,
sorry to say…after) Adam. We were polite and supported them with attention and
applause. I won’t mention who really didn’t deserve to be there, because it really
doesn’t matter who was before or after him. it was obvious within seconds after
Adam entered the stage that the distance in talent and charisma between him and the
others was impossible to measure. We were on another planet when Adam appeared.
Here is where I get tongue-tied. The man is gorgeous and talented beyond words.
Adam Lambert is deliciously beautiful, deliciously talented, and deliciously
hypnotic. Time stopped for us. Sorry, no pictures of our experience…we didn’t
want to lose a second being in Adam’s world for the mere 20 minutes we had……and
soaked up every second. I am not sure we even breathed. This man is simply unreal:
talented beyond anyone else I have seen, hypnotically sensual, deliciously gorgeous
beyond words, and deliciously gorgeous beyond any picture you have ever seen of him.

He transfers from naughty playfulness (Whole Lotta Love), to the angelic Starlight
and Mad World, and back to his highly sexualized, but tasteful, rocker best in David
Bowie. Adam gave my daughter and I exactly what we needed: lots of eye contact and
attention. It was obvious we were there for HIM, we had no serious contenders for
his attention surrounding us, and he layered it on. Having him literally feet from
me with those burningly beautiful eyes connected with mine was unreal and almost too
much to take. I am starting to get redundant:) Do I need to summarize that he is
the most amazingly hypnotically beautiful creature I have ever encountered? Oh,
and did I mention his hair?? This was an extra heap of luck for us. For the first
time on his tour, his hair was styled in the “Elvis” inspired way, as when he sang
“Tracks” ~~Our favorite. How much luckier could we have gotten. Perfection
granted.

We drove home in a dream ~~ except the dream had just happened.

I leave you with one picture that has been posted many places. It is NOT my own,
but encapsulates the other-worldly beauty I saw that night. Hopefully, there will
be more coming from the San Jose night.

Go see Adam. You will never be the same. Get as close as you can……….and I
wish you some of that soul-burning eye contact I will always always remember ~~ It’s
permanently burned into my memory and soul.

~~ two of the luckiest ladies in the world ~~

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photo: Getty, found on lambert-pics.com

review found on adamofficial written by Starstruck

Tonight was pretty effin amazing. My friend, her mom, and I arrived in downtown San Jose at about 5:20. We walked around downtown and saw tons of other teenage girls/other women that were pretty clearly there for the concert. We got a lot of strange looks (esp. me, in my full Glamsuit) walking down the street. We even passed a group of women at a street corner who muttered, “Those are Adam’s girls.” lol! We ate at this Mexican place, and the guy taking our order even asked if we were there for the concert.

At around 6:00 we walked back to the Pavillion. On the way, these guys hanging around the streets asking us if we needed tickets, and some guy shouted “Danny Gokey!” at me when we passed each other. XD On that stretch, we saw across the street a parking lot with tons of moving trucks. There were police outside, so we figured that was where the equipment had been unloaded. Here’s the picture we took in front of it, with faces whited-out for your enjoyment:

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It was a really sunny day! It made me strangely proud that they got to experience San Jose weather at its best!

There were 2 big lines going around both sides of the Pavillion- we chose the one that was less claustrophobic, next to the blocked-off street. The protesters were there, but they didn’t really bother anyone. Most people in line were just amused.

We went inside (after the guy at the door “checked” my bag and failed to notice the full water bottle), and I jumped when I saw the Program station. They’re $25, but gorgeous and totally worth it. It’s 11×13 and has 15 pages of full-color photos. The other things they’re selling are glowsticks for $5, pictures of each idol for $5 (but they’re really not bigger than an 8.5×11 paper), a shirt for Adam (but I don’t think his face was on it), and a shirt for the tour with a group shot.

We got to our seats and settled in. We had pretty good seats, not on the floor, but the lower level, so that we could see straight across to the stage. The people on the stage were only 3 inches tall, but they had screens on either side of the stage, 2 strips on either side for the background, and 2 up higher for the close-ups. Here’s the view from our seats:

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We wanted to go into the floor section to check out the stage, but they wouldn’t let you through without a ticket. While we were waiting, they replayed Carrie Underwood, David Cook, and Daughtry music videos, and also ads for the CD, and then just plain “Whoo! You’re here at the concert!” clips. Whenever Adam’s face showed up, there were screams around the stadium, which I joined in on.

Finally it was starting! There was a thingie thing about how you can compete in Disneyland to get into the real American Idol auditions… Adam was AMAZING in it, as he did most of the explaining on how the process works.

The concert started! Sarver came on and did his 2 songs. The crowd was pretty lukewarm, which I wasn’t too surprised about, but they could at least have been excited about the prospect of the rest of the idols! Sarver’s Closer was pretty good. I think I might actually like him a little. He’s very… heartfelt.

Megan is GORGEOUS! Her voice was a little hard to hear though, so what we mostly got was the raspy, unique vocals… I love them, but after a while it’s a bit grating.
Here’s where the pictures come in. Yeah, so my camera’s zoom really sucks, and I’m not pro with cameras (or any technology come to it), so I’m really sorry about not getting very good shots! But I really did try my best:

Megan

Megan

Next was Scott. Scott has completely won me over tonight. He sounded AMAZING! On the show he was always a bit iffy for me, but his songs were perfect for him. Also, he gave this really funny talk about high-fives and being visually impaired.
Here’s another picture. My goodness, my hand is SO shaky! Sorry again.

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Lil’ was next. I actually liked her voice this season, but the music was too loud to make out what she was saying most of the time! It was very entertaining to see the hand motions she and Adam talked about though. By the way, through all of this the crowd was very… non-committal. Most were sitting, and although they cheered and clapped, only the floor folks were standing for some songs, and they weren’t out-of-their-minds excited.
I took quite a few pictures during Lil’s set…

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Anoop! My friend is an Anoop fan, so I was excited for her. The crowd liked Anoop- his set was good. He got the crowd pretty pumped!
Pictures:

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anoop

Video clip: http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa237/Kitty_723/Lamby/?action=view&cu…

Matt was good. He really went for some high notes, and he kept the crowd at say, a simmering temperature. When he called us to get on our feet, about half of the audience did, but so many were still sitting! Oh well. I stood and shouted and clapped. Matt’s great. (no pics, sorry!)

The group number was okay. It was black-and-white themed, and Megan had a really pretty dress. I think it was a halter, but the top part was white and had a cool design that looked sophisticated. The guys were in tuxes.

Intermission! My friend’s mom and I had to go the bathroom, so we went outside, but there was a humongous line and I didn’t want to miss any of Allison’s. (The intermission is 20 min. long.) We decided that we would duck out during Danny.

Allison was AMAZING. Seriously, I don’t believe that she’s only a few years older than me. She has the voice and the presence; it’s incredible. She had her multi-colored hair in these pretty waves, blowing all over the place. There was an awesome intro, with blazing fire on the screen and the works. So What was jaw-dropping and awesome!
VIDEO of part of it: http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa237/Kitty_723/Lamby/?action=view&cu…
(I hadn’t quite gotten the hang of the whole zoom situation yet!)
Here’s the youtube upload of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af5tyCXUNz0
Cry Baby was great, loved it on the show and loved it now full-length. I recorded it, but it’s too long for Photobucket! I’ll try Youtube or something.
Aha! And here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik89KeajR7o&feature=channel

Danny’s set started, so we rushed out to the bathroom. Rushed because I didn’t want to miss Adam! There were about 8 of us that ran into the bathroom during Danny, ha. We completely missed P.Y.T. and came in midway through Maria… his dancing was hilarious. I was torn between watching to see if he did the mic stand straddle and prepping my glowsticks- the glowsticks won.
So at this point, I started looking around for people to share glowsticks with. I knew the people behind and in front of us were Adam fans, but they were NOT into the show. They were sitting throughout. But there were 3 other teenagers sitting on our left, 2 girls and 1 guy. The guy looked friendly, and I’d definitely heard him rooting for Adam, so I offered them 3 sticks. They said thanks, but they barely used them. One girl was texting for most of the show, and the other girl turned out to be a Kris fan and wouldn’t use my glowstick for him. The guy was kind enough to wave his glowstick though. (:

Anyway, back to Danny. His last song was actually really good. I still kind of hold a grudge against Danny, despite what the 2 of them said. It’s just the way he talks, it bothers me. But on that stage, I sat back and really appreciated what he’d done, and I admired him for going up there and singing. +10 for Danny.

>>>>~~~~~~~***********ADAM!************~~~~~~~~~~<<<<

I can’t even describe it. The whole experience was just surreal. Being so far away from the stage, it was difficult to connect the thought “I’m hearing Adam sing and seeing him on the screen” with “OMG he’s standing in this room!” I couldn’t figure out whether to look at the stage or the screens- on the stage I could see his little body with all the movements, but on screen I could see his gorgeous face! I stood and waved my glowstick like a madwoman and screamed and screamed. The floor section was on its feet, of course, and I saw the glowsticks around the stadium take on a new energy. But all around, me people were just sitting, like they were somewhat entertained by what was going on. I worried for a second about the people behind me, since I was standing and probably blocking their view, but really. If they cared enough about Adam, they should stand too. So even though I was the only one on my feet in my section, I loved it cause I was just in my own little Adam world. There was crazy screaming in the pauses and after each song, but I just wish people would have stood up!

Adam was… well, more than I ever imagined. He had his hair slicked back Elvis-style. The spoiler pictures I’ve accidentally seen around here didn’t do him justice at all. Need I really say anything about how beautiful he is?

But he is seriously incredible. I kept flashing back to all the interviews I’ve seen, everything about him that I know, and it was hard to fit it all into this one man, standing on the stage and singing. I was slightly detached in a way, being so far from him. But of course I enjoyed it immensely: WLL was incredible, and Starlight. Well, I’ve been listening to Starlight ever since I heard he was singing it, waiting to hear him sing it. I loved it. They projected stars on the ceiling and it was just breathtaking. It was great to hear Mad World again, and for once, the silence around the stadium didn’t seem awkward. It’s all a bit of a blur, but I know one thing: I loved every second of it.

ADAM

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In between songs, he would talk to us, mostly just egging us on and getting our energy up. Believe me, it worked.

Slow Ride was amaaaaazing! Nobody threw underwear, thank goodness, and by then I had figured out that I should look at the screen while he was on there singing, then watch the stage while Allison was, to see his dancing. He pulled the same great moves as on the show, and then some new ones! Their faces were really close in some parts, it was sweet. Their voices are great together.

And finally, Bowie. I was so excited to see him to take the jacket off! Anyway. He came out, with Mars in the background, surrounded by mist, and absolutely jaw-droppingly… well, Adam. I loved the vocals- how he added the accent, how he savored the lyrics. His voice was amplified just right, so that it cascaded over your ears, but teasingly, so you felt like he was singing it right to you. He slunk around the stage, and then… HE TOOK THE JACKET OFF!

The crowd went WILD. We screamed, louder than ever. I squashed the small part of me that is the sensible middle-aged woman that would be embarrassed under normal circumstances and SCREAMED. Such a thrill.

And then, to make us even more insane, he started his hip thing! I was eating it up. I didn’t dare take my eyes off the stage; I was worried they would censor it like on the show and only show from waist up. How on earth does he even DO that? (In some of the err… larger motions, I heard the murmurs of the older women who I guess were shocked by it. lol!) He has a great butt. In the most respectful, adoring, appreciative way. I’m so glad he didn’t “tone it down” or anything. Goodness. And the singing was just as sexy. It was 5 minutes of pure fabulousness.

His whole set was just… wow. The vocals were FLAWLESS, you can see the videos. (I didn’t take a video, sorry. I really just wanted to live in the moment, you know? And my video would probably suck anyway- I wasn’t close enough.)

Alright, that’s all for Adam. Sadly.

Kris. Great news- he got pretty much equal reception as Adam! I loved all of his songs- they all fit him, so glad I didn’t have to sit through NB. He sounded great, and he had his hair spiked up YHA Adam-style! I took a vid of some of Heartless, but again, too long for Photobucket.
Here this is too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luwv9Ee7BLM

For Don’t Stop Believin’, my friend and I agreed to run for it at the end of the song to get a head start in the autograph lineup. When it hit the chorus, I knew the end was close, so we got up and started leaving. But there was some kind of confusion, and so we didn’t leave until everyone else was! We RAN. We stopped at the Info desk to ask where it was, and they told us it was all the way at the back of the building. It was actually kind of hard to hear what they were saying because of how loud the concert had been! Anyway, we RAN all the way around the building to the very back. But there were only about 20 feet of barricades set up, and people were already waiting. We managed to get behind about 2 layers of folks before we got boxed in by everyone else.

Alright, so the people in front of us were a group of blond girls. They were all pretty and, well, a bit snotty. They didn’t like one of the girls, who turned out to be a Danny fan, and kept smacking us in the face with her ponytail. They were bickering all the time… but I saw that a few of them in the front were Adam fans, so I worked up my courage, assuring myself that this was what Adam would do, and suggested that they put my poster out in front of the barricade so Adam would come here first. They turned around and gave me the look. You know, that look. The one the popular girl gives you, like they can’t believe you’re talking to them. But a few minutes later, they took out a poster that, well, wasn’t as good as mine, and put it out front. Eyeroll.

We became sandwiched in. My window through which I might see Adam got smaller and smaller, and people kept pressing closer. The girls became more irritating. I stood there and just went into my head, to Adam world…

It became 10:30, and after half an hour of waiting, my friend started to get edgy. Her mom was waiting for us, and her dad, who was picking us up, was waiting in the car. I would have stood there for as long as it took, but she didn’t want to make her parents wait. Someone had told her parents that the Idols wouldn’t be coming out until 11:45. And I was a guest. So I turned away resignedly, and we fought our way out of the crowd. It was a long walk to her dad’s car. But all the way, I fought back the bitter disappointment by telling myself, “Hey, I saw Adam perform. That’s enough for me.”

(:

It is now 2 in the morning… here I am, in my darkened room, still with all my makeup on, reliving it all and typing away. I hope you enjoyed it. Please leave a comment! (haha, feel like I’m writing a fanfic.)

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found on one of my favourites Adam-forums, TWoP, written by Suraj

Just got back from The Adam Lambert Show in San Jose.

I found it hilarious that every time they showed his picture, the fans screamed. Same for Kris, to a lesser extent. After Danny’s set, people stood up in anticipation and there was a lot of screaming going on, before, during, after…

He is a born entertainer (I love the shorter hair). I couldn’t take my eyes off him because I was so curious to see what he would do next! Everything was fabulous, but my favorite was the Bowie medley – oh wow. He is even better in person! My friend (who is an AI newbie and just started watching the final week) agreed that the energy level went down after his set. Adam should have closed the show, for sure, and I say that as someone who likes Kris.

Allison did mention Danny, Adam and Kris in her set.

As for the protests, I saw some people carrying signs about sinning, but noone really seemed to care.

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found on the wonderful TWoP forum, written by teancat

Okay, I just got back from San Jose (I swear, that’s it for me! It was just too close to resist). A few more thoughts:

Again, it was a pro-Adam crowd. Most people stood for his whole set.

He looked gorgeous rocking his Elvis hair (I kind of prefer the longer emo hair overall but, for performances, the Elvis hair works).

I ended up having way better seats at the SJ show (on the floor, row 15 – it’s a bizarre story). Pages back, someone commented that if you’d been paying attention to Adam on the show, nothing in his tour performances should surprise you. I have to respectfully disagree. Especially seeing him so close up, the tour show IS shocking and there is a lot there that you wouldn’t infer from his AI performances. Even if you got that something was going on below the frame on Idol, what we get here is way more charged. Since I am a major fan of everything pre-Idol, I find it shocking in a good way, but if you are up close taking in the hip action – there’s a lot to take in. He’s limber, flexible, and has a great sense of rhythm – and he puts those qualities to the most suggestive use possible.

I say this because – at least in my section in San Jose – there were a ton of Adam fans and a ton of shocked facial expressions during his performances. Mind you, the people I’m talking about were on their feet the whole time but, after he performed, many of them just kind of sat there completely still during the next set. I don’t think this was a reaction to Kris at all. It was more of a “what the hell just happened” kind of expression on their faces. I’m emphasizing that his performance IS shocking if you’re not familiar with the pre-Idol stuff because, after seeing it from those seats, I will honestly be surprised if it doesn’t become an issue at some point in the tour. It’s inevitable that some critic will flip out over the overtly sexual content of his set.

He really does seem to get better every time. I think I would pay just to see him perform the Bowie Medley. He gets so into it and the dancing is amazing. I can really see Pop Star Adam in that performance.

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