Looking like a glam-rock
prince and wearing enough guyliner for an entire band, Lambert strutted, gyrated, shimmied and sang, giving his multiple-octave all to songs ranging from “Whole Lotta Love” to “Mad World.” The “American Idol” runner-up radiated his own special charisma, his own mystique.So never mind that the concert featured Season 8’s top 10 contestants, including winner Kris Allen. For thousands of Lambert fans, known as Glamberts, it might as well have been called “The Adam Lambert Show,” with everyone who came before him almost seeming like participants in a long and varied warm-up act.
After all, this was the triumphant return of San Diego’s hometown musical hero, the 27-year-old performer who graduated from Mt. Carmel High School, developed his skills at area theater groups and inspired San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders to declare May 8 “Adam Lambert Day.”
That may have been his day. But Saturday was his night. Though it was only coincidental that the concert occurred during the San Diego LGBT Pride festival, the timing made Lambert seem like the star of his own pride fest.
San Diego: sdnn-opinion33In San Diego, the 10th stop in the 51-city North American tour, Lambert was the major lure. The concert filled about 75% of the approximately 9,500 available seats, according to the box office. And fans were determined to enjoy themselves.
They bought such merchandise as Adam Lambert photos ($5) and tee-shirts ($35). They screamed when his face appeared on the screens near the stage and shrieked much louder when he performed. One woman in the audience held up a pink, hand-lettered sign that said: “Even moms love Adam!”
Many of the concert-goers were significantly younger.
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