Adam Lambert fans at the Z100 Jingle Bell Event

Excited fans pose with Adam Lambert at the Z100 Jingle Bell Event.

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Adam Lambert Will Perform In NYC With Allison Iraheta & Kris Allen

Adam Lambert is going to perform on New York City’s stage with his fellow “American Idol” alum, Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen after the Big Apple became the city with the most demand for the reunion concert. NYC took the lead in Ryan Seacrest’s “Ryan, Rock My Town” contest. The details of the venue and the date of the concert are yet to be disclosed but it will be announced soon on Seacrest website.

This free gig is going to be the first reunion concert for Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen after the post 2009 Idol Summer Tour, which was wrapped on September 15 at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH.

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Susan Boyle dominate, Adam Lambert recovers

Susan Boyle continues to dominate the US album sales, holding on to the #1 spot for a fourth week in a row with an impressive 659,382 units sold last week.

Adam Lambert seems to have recovered and has moved up the chart slightly the #31 spot to the #28 spot by selling an impressive 62,623 units in his fourth week. That’s an increase of 37% over last week. Adam Lambert is on track to see his first album go gold by the first week of January 2010.

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Adam Lambert performs on 'So You Think You Can Dance'

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Adam Lambert comes in at number 30

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Album sales are in for last week and Adam Lambert dropped to #30 from #21, selling a respectable 48,825 units in his third week. Adam's video, "For Your Entertainment" is #1 at iTunes.

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Adam Lambert's appearance backstage interview on 'The View'.

Adam Lambert's backstage interview on 'The View'.

Adam Lambert's appearance on 'The View'.

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Designer Shane Starlet slams Adam Lambert

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American Idol star Adam Lambert's music has yet to make a big splash, but the singer is already a pro at stirring up controversy.

His latest encounter in infamy occurred backstage at the American Music Awards,RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

Designer Shane Starlet thought Adam's AMA performance, which included simulated oral sex, was unacceptable- and she let him know it. In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com she revealed the details of their showdown, which included Adam telling her, "Shut up, b--ch!"

"He was rude, the whole night he was outrageously unacceptable because since American Idol, his career has become more about being defensive of his sexuality as opposed to his music," Starlet told RadarOnline.com.

When Lambert walked by her backstage, Starlet voiced her opinion of his performance. Starlet told RadarOnline.com that she told Adam: "Be gay, fine! But stop trying to defend it all the time, Adam. What you pulled tonight was disgraceful.

"You could have been huge but now you're no different than a Jerry Springer low-life."

Lambert responded to the critique by yelling out, "Shut up, b---h!" After having a public spat with OUT Magazine, having his Good Morning America gig cancelled, and having his American Music Awards performance censored, Lambert has been busy defending his views and in-your-face antics.

Starlet, who was often on the American Idol set, is saddened by the change in Lambert.

"It's a shame his fans don't see this behavior and everyone appeases him and says nothing so I told him about it," she told RadarOnline.com."They do

not see what we see when the cameras aren't rolling and that's unfortunate because he has tremendous talent and instead of focusing on creating beautiful music, he is more focused on creating controversy with regard to him being gay when it is truly not the issue he thinks it is."

After their verbal altercation, Lambert's team quickly rushed him out of the area before the situation could escalate further.

A rep for Lambert did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Hot new photos of Adam Lambert

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Adam Lambert week 2 final sales numbers

Adam Lambert's second week album sales number were down 74% putting him at number 21 on the charts. Lambert sold 50,648 more units this weeks. Billboard numbers are expected later in the week.

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Adam Lambert week 2 album sales

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With 51% of sales totals in, Adam Lambert is coming in at #21 for albums sold. Check back for updates throughout the day and final numbers this afternoon.

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Adam Lambert sings on Ellen's 12 day Christmas giveaway.

Adam Lambert sings on Ellen's 12 day Christmas giveaway.

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'The View' discusses ABC canceling Adam Lambert

The ladies of 'The View' discuss ABC canceling Adam Lambert. Adam sure is getting a lot of buzz.

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Jimmy Kimmel fought hard to keep Adam Lambert

Jimmy Kimmel fought hard to keep Adam on the show. “The show fought to really try and keep [Adam], but they were told it was a bigger deal [than the show],” the source said. Also, Pink’s 2003 Billboard Awards performance where she shoved a male dancer’s face in her crotch was edited on BOTH FEEDS in the US. The video that’s been passed around is from Canada, I hear, where they aren’t so uptight about sex. via Access Hollywood.

TMZ reports that GLAAD released a statement sympathizing with ABC on the Lambert matter, “It would appear that the kiss between Adam Lambert and his keyboardist did not factor into ABC’s decision … ABC has a history of positive gay and transgender inclusion that includes featuring kisses between gay and lesbian couples on-air.” via TMZ

UPDATE: Glaad amended their original statement to clarify:

Since his American Music Awards performance occurred GLAAD has consistently advocated that Adam Lambert and openly gay artists not be held to a double standard. As we have expressed publicly, it is disappointing that ABC will not give Lambert a chance to perform at this time. GLAAD’s discussions with ABC focused on confirming that his sexual orientation was not a factor in their decisions. ABC confirmed this is not about a same-sex kiss or his sexual orientation but about being “caught off guard.” GLAAD asked ABC and calls on them for clarification on “caught off guard” so that the community knows why Lambert is being denied the opportunity to perform on the network.

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Adam is just Adam

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Adam Lambert signed autographs for Amy Merryman (left) and Kelly Winscon, both 14, at the Hard Rock Hotel where Lambert donated an outfit he wore during “American Idol.”

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DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO — He had a touch of the flu and another cancellation controversy brewing. But when Adam Lambert rode his media roller coaster into San Diego yesterday, the local “American Idol” newsmaker arrived with a smile on his face and no chips on his shoulders.

In the Gaslamp Quarter to donate a costume to the Hard Rock Hotel’s memorabilia collection, Lambert shrugged off the fallout from his envelope-pushing performance on the Nov. 22 “American Music Awards.”

Yesterday, ABC canceled Lambert’s upcoming appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The network had already canceled Lambert’s post-AMA appearance on “Good Morning America,” although the singer will still be featured on Barbara Walters’ “10 Most Fascinating People of 2009” special, which airs Dec. 9 on the Disney-owned ABC.

“What’s done is done,” Lambert said. “It’s time to move forward.”

Clad in black and sporting a major ring on each hand, the Mt. Carmel High graduate said a happy goodbye to his Hard Rock donation, which featured the leather vest, jeans and homemade platform boots he wore during his performance with KISS in the “American Idol” finale in May.

“It’s obviously quite an honor,” Lambert said of joining a collection that includes items from Madonna, Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles. “I’m a new kid on the block, so I’m just excited to be asked.”

Lambert also talked of his hopes for a spring tour, and his plans to visit his father, Eber, while he was in town. Which left just enough time to visit with the 200 or so fans who came bearing cameras and unconditional love.

“He shouldn’t be blackballed from anything,” said El Cajon homemaker Audrey Wilmot. “Adam is just being Adam.”

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Adam Lambert; working with Lady GaGa "crazy"

Lady Gaga gave Adam Lambert "Fever" — the duo hooked up in the studio to record the Gaga-penned track for Lambert's album, For Your Entertainment. And for the "American Idol" alum, it wasn't just another session in the studio.

"Gaga! Working in the studio with Gaga was a trip," Lambert told MTV News about the collaboration. "The Haus of Gaga came in at the end to say hi. She was just there. We were working with her and Jeff Bhasker and we recorded the song, and she egged me on and it was crazy."

The retro-sounding disco tune definitely has a Scissor Sisters vibe to it, a revelation Lambert came to after he listened to the track when they were finished. "That was kind of like an afterthought," he said. "Once I heard it back I was like, 'God, that sounds like a Scissor Sisters song.' It's disco."

Lambert revealed that while recording the song, on which he sings such provocative lyrics as "Oh baby, your light's on/ But your mom's not home/ I'm sick of laying down alone/ With this fever," the group worked in a kind of party atmosphere. "There might have been some libations passed around, maybe," he laughed. "That's real rock and roll."

Lambert hasn't ruled out one day possibly hitting the road with the pop superstar, who recently talked about how much she liked working with him on the song.

"If she'd have me, yeah — she's amazing," he said. "I have no clue [when that would happen]. I have not heard anything about that. I think she's going off solo right now. I think she's pretty amazing. I want to be at her show," Lambert gushed.

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Adam Lambert donates his Idol outfit to the Hard Rock Cafe

From SDNN:

Nothing can keep Adam Lambert down for long. Not the less-than-enthusiastic reactions to his performance on TV’s American Music Awards. And certainly not a bout with a stomach virus.

So there he was on Thursday at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego, dedicating his KISS-inspired costume and killer platform boots from “American Idol’s” Season 8 Finale to the hotel’s memorabilia collection that includes items by everyone from Elvis Presley to Madonna. Adam’s costume, complete with wire “wings,” looked as if Elton John had designed it for use at a Star Trek convention.

Though not as outrageously attired, Adam seemed every inch the successful superstar during his Gaslamp appearance. We’re talking glam-rock chic, with artfully tousled black hair, black nail polish and glittery diamond rings designed by Loree Rodkin that were so huge that Liberace would have been envious. And his liberal use of guyliner highlighted those eyes that are so strikingly attractive in person.

Read more: http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-12-03/things-to-do/adam-lambert-dedicates-american-idol-costume-to-hard-rock-hotel-san-diego#ixzz0YgmNp3TV

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Adam Lambert's debuts at #3 on Billboard

From TheExaminer.com

Adam Lambert's debut album, For Your Entertainment, finally appeared on theBillboard 200 chart today at #3, moving around 225,000 copies in its first week of release, beating out debuts by Rihanna (#4),Lady Gaga (#5) and Shakira (#15). However, Susan Boyle's album, I Dreamed A Dream, made the biggest #1 debut in a decade, selling over 700,000 copies in one week.

FYE debuted at #5 on the Billboard Digital Albums chart, and was at #11 on the Canadian Album chart. The FYE single was less impressive, bowing at #61 on the Billboard Hot 100, #35 on Digital Songs, and #23 on the Canadian Hot 100.

Billboard is considered the Holy Grail of music charting, the one true measure of success or defeat for a musical artist. The fact that it has taken Adam's album this long to show up on the chart (it released November 23) has been a source of alarm and confusion among his fans. After checking out the online Billboard charts a couple of days ago and discovering that For Your Entertainment had never charted, it got me wondering. I read comments from his fans on Billboard crying censorshp for not showing his sales figures and rankings.

So, I wrote an article called Is Adam Lambert the victim of a gay witch hunt?, which started out questioning Billboard's practices, but was mostly about an anti-Adam group on Facebook trying togather one million complaints to send to the FCC for of his wild-as-hell November 22nd AMA performance.

But commenters to that article (at least initially) honed in on my "idiotic" and "untruthful" reporting about Adam's Billboard ranking. It turns out they were correct - for some reason, Billboard.com updates its charts on Thursdays, for sales that occured the previous Monday through Sunday. (Do they have to count the receipts by hand or something?)

Mea culpa, sorry for the confusion. I guess that's what I get for trusting commenters on Billboard's website.

So how is one to know how For Your Entertainment (the album) is doing without waiting for the snails-pace Billboard 200 to update? Well, it'll cost you - Billboard offers updates (not sure how frequently) of all album and singles sales through Neilsen/SoundScan, for a fee ($19.95 monthly online, $24.95 monthly online + print, or $299 yearly online + print).

As for now, Adam is sitting on a pretty high glam-God throne. People are still talking about him, and will be for quite a while. He's handled the post-AMA controversy with grace and dignity while remaining totally badass. He shows no signs of slowing down or going away quietly into the night.

He's scheduled to appear on ABC's Barbara Walter's "10 Most Fascinating People of 2009" on December 9th; however ABC's recent repeated shunning of Adam may mean that's not happening. Plus, Barbara's other guests include Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck, who may oppose to being on the same show with Adam.

Over on NBC, Adam is reportedly scheduled to appear on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on December 14th, and then on The Jay Leno Show December 17th (after being dumped by ABC to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live that same date).

To learn more about the world of Adam, visit Adam Official. You can keep up with all the latest Adam news and interviews, sign up for his newsletter, see behing-the-scenes photos, and shop for collector's editions sets of his work and those of other artists, like AC/DC and Kings of Leon.

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FCC heat causes ABC to cancel Adam Lambert

LATimes reports:

Adam Lambert's urging to fans not to be upset with ABC for canceling his upcoming appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" is making more sense today. On his Twitter page Wednesday night, Lambert explained "It's the FCC heat," a statement that ABC has declined to address.

The "FCC heat" comes from a complaint filed by Liberty Counsel on Nov. 24 against ABC, demanding that the network pay a financial penalty "for airing such an outrageously lewd and filthy performance during a show and time period that is targeted for family audiences."

In the complaint, Liberty contends that Lambert's Nov. 22 performance was both obscene and indecent and urges that the FCC take action against ABC. Liberty Counsel is a nonprofit public interest law firm that is closely tied to the late Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University and provides legal assistance in defense of "Christian religious liberty, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family."

Although ABC did receive about 1,500 complaints from viewers about Lambert's highly sexualized performance, dozens of Lambert fans have been complaining about ABC's decision to cancel Lambert's "Good Morning America" interview and now the "Kimmel" performance. Many of those critics say Lambert is being targeted because he is a gay male, as Janet Jackson, who opened the American Music Awards, grabbed the crotch of a male dancer and went unscathed by critics.

The director of cultural affairs for Liberty Counsel told The Times today that his firm was not aware of Jackson's performance.

"The issue is not so much about homosexuality, although I believe the preponderance of Americans find public hyper-sexualized acts of homosexuality particularly off-putting," Matt Barber said. "But the issue was more of indecency and what is decency. And frankly the issue is one of law. We believe this performance met the threshold for violation of federal law and violation of FCC regulations. And the Supreme Court has held time and again that there’s not a First Amendment right to engage in public indecency as evidenced by the outcry and complaints that poured into ABC. We believe that this violated contemporary community standards in terms of what is and what isn’t decent."

But "Kimmel" airs well after 10 p.m., the cut-off time the FCC has set for when indecent material cannot be broadcast. Lambert's AMA appearance occurred at 10:55 p.m. [Updated: 12:51 p.m. It was edited for the West Coast, but the timing could be an issue in the Central Time Zone, which would have seen it at 9:55 p.m.]

"I would say this is inappropriate period," Barber said. "This is not HBO or some of these cable networks where that type of indecency and filth has come to be expected. This is television where people just flipping through channels could have stumbled onto that. People unaware of what’s coming down the pike in terms of the indecency being performed. And it’s just really, frankly, not appropriate for network television, period, to mimic one man performing oral sex on another man."

ABC executives declined to be interviewed and issued a statement that didn't explain why the network continues to disinvite Lambert from his scheduled appearances: "We decided not to move forward with the booking at this time." Lambert's publicist on Thursday declined a request for an interview with the artist but said, "We respect what [ABC] says."

ABC also canceled Lambert's appearance on "Good Morning America" last week, saying the network was concerned he would give another controversial performance "so early in the morning." During aninterview on "The Early Show" on CBS, Lambert conceded the adrenaline got the best of him on stage and the acts in question were not featured in his rehearsals.

Lambert will still appear on ABC's Barbara Walters' "The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009" on Dec. 9 at 10 p.m. presumably because there is no live performance involved.

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Adam Lambert will be the master of ceremonies at 93.3

American Idol Finalist Adam Lambert will be the master of ceremonies at 93.3 FLZ's Jingle Ball holiday concert at the St. Pete Times Forum.

The concert featuring idol winner Jordin Sparks, The Fray, Pitbull, Boys Like Girls, Kesha, 3Oh!3, Sean Kingston and The Ting Tings is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m.

"Emcee and host of the concert, Adam Lambert, is sure to add a little glam to an already dazzling event," according to a news release from the St. Pete Times Forum.

The announcement follows a controversial and sexually-charged performance at the American Music Awards .

Lambert is not scheduled to perform, but is expected to appear in the MetroPCS Celebrity Club, alongside special guests Leona Lewis and Paradiso Girls.

Tickets are on sale at the McDonalds Box Office at the St. Pete Times Forum and all Ticketmaster Outlets. To order tickets by phone, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or for more information log onto www.sptimesforum.com .

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Could Adam Lambert's next love be a woman?

Lambert’s got love for the ladies. After his abrupt breakup from interior designer Drake Labry in October, openly-gay American Idol Adam Lambert has confided to pals that he’s not ruling out the possibility of dating again in the near future — possibly taking the plunge with (Brace yourselves…) a girl.

“Adam’s admitted before that he’s been attracted to women, as well as men,” spills a source close to the “For Your Entertainment” crooner. “He always thought women were beautiful, and says he’s open to anything now that he and Drake have split up.”

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Adam Lambert tweets that ABC canceled

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Yes, sadly friends, ABC has cancelled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE. don't blame them. It's the FCC heat.

I AM doing Leno though. And lookin into something for NYE.

It'll all blow over. Let's focus on being positive!

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Kimmel cancel's Lambert replaces with Allison

Just got the latest news that Jimmy Kimmel has replaced Adam Lambert with Allison Iraheta. How low can ABC go? No worries, NBC's Jay Leno has picked up Adam Lambert and will have him booked for December 21st.

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Adam Lambert discusses his new video

Adam Lambert talks to VH1 about his new video.

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Adam Lambert loves his crazy fans

Actress Arhives writes:

In a new interview Adam Lambert reveals that his fans can sometimes get a bit carried away, but he's totally fine with it. Of course he is. Lambert being irritated when his fans get carried away would be like Cher getting irritated when people wear really absurdly sparkly outfits.

Speaking about his fans' tendency to get carried away, Lambert told MTV News, "Yeah, it's passionate. It's great to have something you believe in that much. I'm an intense person, so I think I need intense fans." Adam gushed, "They're amazing. I've seen it go too far, but I love it."

We wonder what too far means. Are we talking too much eyeliner, or are we talking the Adam Lambert definition of too far? Which means breaking into spontaneous simulated oral sex, and shoving your tongue down the throat of the first person that meets your eye, regardless of their sexual orientation.

Lambert continued, "They are so passionate and so dedicated, and I totally, totally owe them everything so far. There's been some amazing stuff these fans have done." And that includes dressing like him. Adam said of the Idols Live Tour, "I saw some women - mostly women, but some guys, some kids - they'd come dressed up, and I love that. I think it's so cool that they are all that excited." As Adam put it, "it's the ultimate compliment."

And it really is because the way Adam dresses is pretty damn complicated. It takes a lot of work to get your eye make up perfectly smoky, your nails perfectly polished, and to squeeze into all of that tight leather. It takes way more work than say, dressing like Beyonce, where you just slap on your leotard, and don't even have to worry about putting on a pair of pants.

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