Queen In Talks With American Idol Contestant For Tour
Roger Taylor suggests that they could tour with Adam Lambert
In an interview with Billboard drummer Roger Taylor revealed that he and Brian May were talking to Lambert about potential live dates in the future.Â
Lambert was the runner up on the 2009 series of American Idol, and he has performed with Queen before at this year's MTV Europe Awards, singing 'The Show Must Go On' and 'We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions'.
"He has grown into a really great performer with an astonishing voice with a range that's great," Taylor told Billboard in Los Angeles while finalizing the band for a Queen Extravaganza tour. " We would like to work with him again. There's nothing signed just yet but we're talking about live dates. It could be very exciting."
Taylor was speaking to Billboard about the forthcoming Queen Extravaganza tribute project that he has been putting together.
The officially endorsed tribute act will contain three singers and a five piece band, and they will be on tour from May for a three month tour.
"I don't think any band has done this," he told Billboard about his active role in creating a tribute band. "Very few are even endorsed - I can think of Australian Pink Floyd - but there are so many of them I thought we need to have the one we endorse."
The band is expected to be revealed in the coming days and a tour expected to be announced in the coming months.