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Adam Lambert - Source: Reuters -
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American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert will embark on his first
solo tour in June, playing 19 US dates and bringing fellow Idol
rocker Allison Iraheta along for part of the ride.
Lambert, 28, considered one of the most exciting contestants not to
win the top-rated TV singing contest, will kick off his Glam Nation
tour on June 4 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, his record company
said.
The gay, glam rocker with a penchant for eyeliner and black nail
polish has sold 600,000 copies of his debut album For Your
Entertainment.
His single Whataya Want From Me has been a Top 10 hit in the US,
Australia, Japan, Sweden, Singapore and Finland.
Lambert finished second on American Idol to Kris Allen in 2009 but
grabbed media attention with a sexually-charged live performance at
the American Music Awards in November that was later edited,
raising questions about differing media attitudes to gay and
heterosexual performers.
"Adam is one of the most exciting artists I have ever seen live on
stage," said Simon Fuller, Lambert's manager and the creator of
American Idol.
"As great as he has been on the 'American Idols Live' summer shows,
this tour is going to surpass anything he's done before," Fuller
said in a statement.
Iraheta, 18, the flame-haired rock singer who finished third on
American Idol last year, will open for Lambert on some dates, with
25 year-old guitarist Orianthi warming up the crowds on most of the
tour.
