Adam Lambert and Brian May
Queen guitarist Brian May has lashed even more praise onto Adam Lambert, claiming he "can sing higher than even Freddie [Mercury]".
Collaborating since 2011 alongside Roger Taylor in the group, he says that Adam's vocal ability is enough to challenge Queen's late frontman Freddie Mercury.
Speaking to Japan's Universal usic he explained: "They're difficult songs to sing, Queen songs. There's too much range. So many people can't sing them in the original key -- even if they are good singers, Adam comes along, [and] he can do it easy. He can do it in his sleep! He can sing higher than even Freddie could in a live situation."
He also admitted that Freddie could have felt peeved that the star's singing ability lives up to his legacy.
"So I think Freddie would look at this guy and think, 'Hmm... Yeah. Okay.' There would be a kind of, 'Hmm... You bastard. You can do this.'"
Brian went on to compliment Adam for his superb showmanship whilst on-stage, being exciting yet not being a copycat of Freddie's behaviour.
"He doesn't have to try. He is a natural, in the same way that Freddie was.
"We didn't look for this guy, [but] suddenly he's there, and he can sing all of those lines. ... He doesn't imitate; he just does his own thing."
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