Queen!

Last night, I was up way past my bedtime at the Verizon Center in DC to see Queen + Adam Lambert.  And Oh my goodness, was it awesome!  It was sort of a last minute thing, as a friend had an extra ticket, and as this same friend says "I come from a place of yes" so I said yes. I'm a fan of Queen, but I'm by no means a die-hard fan.  I only know the singles that everyone knows.  However, that's ok because those are the songs they sang. 

Adam Lambert as their new front-man is amazing.  He went through 7 costume changes in about 2 hours, which is impressive enough.  But one of the costume changes required 5 inch platform heels which he succeeded in dancing around in.  Pretty talented!

What was even cooler was their inclusion of Freddie Mercury into their show.  While Brian May played one of his songs, they used old video of Freddie singing along and projected it on the big screens above his head. So it appeared as though they were dueting again.  Such a cool idea to remember a giant that had such an impact on the music world.

I gotta say, it was up there in the list of concerts I've seen.  I mean, any concert that starts with a giant robot (see above : ) has to be pretty awesome, right?