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Wednesday 29 March 2023

Queen and Adam Lambert eager for their post-pandemic tour

By MARK KENNEDY While the band won’t re-
AP Entertainment Writer veal the setlist, it isn’t too
NEW YORK (AP) — Queen hard to predict “Bohemian
and Adam Lambert are hit- Rhapsody” will be played.
ting the road this fall for a The complex song that no
North American expansion one thought would be a ra-
of their Rhapsody Tour, with dio hit has emerged as one
a freshly minted knight on- of their top tracks, in large
stage and plenty of post- part because of 1992’s
pandemic energy. “Wayne’s World,” where it
The band boasts about played during a key scene.
a new production with a “That one took us really into
some new songs added another league,” says Tay-
to the setlist and a few sur- lor, who calls it a “game-
prises that members won’t changer.” Expect also to
reveal, the product of plen- hear “Don’t Stop Me Now,”
ty of time to think about which Taylor says started
the way the tour looks and as a medium hit and has
sounds. emerged as a top Queen
“We do constantly try request and “Who Wants
and keep ourselves inter- to Live Forever,” which May
ested because it’s nice to says Lambert takes “to a
change the show around, different place” live.
even in small ways,” says Adam Lambert, left, and Brian May of Queen + Adam Lambert perform in Chicago on Aug. 9, The time away has also
drummer Roger Taylor. 2019. given members a chance
“Obviously we do some sort Associated Press to appreciate finding Lam-
of deep cuts whilst at the Angeles in November. The sitting there thinking, ‘What singer Freddie Mercury, bert, who impressed with a
same time keeping the big concerts are being billed as the hell do we do?’ But who died in 1991. Queen song when he audi-
hits that everybody knows. a continuation of Queen’s when we came back to it, “It brought in a younger au- tioned for “American Idol”
People want to see what 2017-2019 Rhapsody Tour. it was very fresh, which is dience and younger peo- during the 2009 season.
they know. But it’s nice to It’s the first time the band probably a nice thing,” he ple are what you feed on, Lambert started performing
spice it up with a few things has toured North America says. “I think we learned all in a sense,” says May. “The with Queen in 2011.
they might not expect.” in four years, because of over again how to interact energy of young people is “Our material, our songs,
The tour will make 14 stops the pandemic, and gui- with each other. So I think what we’re about. We’ve are very eclectic and the
throughout the U.S. and tarist Brian May who was we are on a different level.” always been about that. plain fact is that Adam is a
Canada, including shows recently knighted by King The band is riding a wave So it’s been fantastic for us truly great singer, and there
in Baltimore, New York, At- Charles III says he, Taylor of respect following the that a whole new genera- are not many singers that
lanta, Denver, Boston, To- and singer Lambert have 2018 release of the Oscar- tion understand what we’re could cover that range of
ronto, Chicago and Dallas, deepened their bond. winning “Bohemian Rhap- about and come and want material as wonderfully as
before closing out in Los “For a long time we were sody,” the biopic of lead to really rock.” he does,” says Taylor.q

Wisconsin school bans Miley, Dolly duet from class concert

By HARM VENHUIZEN bert, who did not immedi- where you and I go hand Tempel. pressing LGBTQ support
Associated Press/Report for ately return a call on Mon- in hand. Oh, I’d be lying if Parents have been an- meant for students.
America day, confirmed to Fox6 I said this was fine, all the gered by the song’s remov- “These confusing messages
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ad- that administrators had hurt and the hate going on al, Tempel said. But she was about rainbows are ulti-
ministrators at a Wisconsin removed “Rainbowland” here.” more concerned about mately creating a culture
elementary school stopped from the first-grade con- First-grade teacher Melis- what the ban and other that seems unsafe towards
a first-grade class from per- cert because it might not sa Tempel said she chose district policies against ex- queer people,” she said.q
forming a Miley Cyrus and be “appropriate for the the song because its mes-
Dolly Parton duet promot- age and maturity level of sage seemed universal and
ing LGBTQ acceptance the students.” He also cit- sweet. The class concert’s
because the song “could ed a school board policy theme was “The World”
be perceived as controver- against raising controver- and included other songs
sial.” sial issues in classrooms. such as “Here Comes the
Students at Heyer Elemen- Sebert has previously pro- Sun,” by The Beatles and
tary School in Waukesha hibited rainbows and pride “What a Wonderful World,”
had prepared a rendition flags from being displayed by Louis Armstrong.
of “Rainbowland” for their in Waukesha classrooms “My students were just dev-
spring concert, but school and suspended the school astated. They really liked
officials struck the song district’s equity and diver- this song and we had al-
from the lineup last week. sity work in 2021. ready begun singing it,”
Parents in the district say “Let’s all dig down deep Tempel said Monday.
the decision was made be- inside, brush the judgment Administrators also initially
cause the song encourag- and fear aside,” the song banned the song “Rain-
es LGBTQ acceptance and from Cyrus’ 2017 album bow Connection” from The Dolly Parton, left, and Miley Cyrus perform “Jolene” at the 61st
references rainbows. “Younger Now” goes. “Liv- Muppets but later reversed annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2019.
Associated Press
Superintendent James Se- ing in a Rainbowland, that decision, according to