Adam Lambert joined Absolute Radio’s Pete Donaldson backstage at the Isle of Wight festival and spoke of the shock at the news in Orlando.

The singer, songwriter and stage actor went on to talk about the legends of Freddie Mercury and David Bowie before hinting at a new dance music project away from Queen.

Lamber said: “It’s a tragedy. I just know that so many lives were lost and it’s horrible. You know and it was a gay club. So my brothers and sisters I feel like we’re targeted for whatever reason. And it’s horrible and that’s really all there really is to say, I mean it’s … it’s not even worth me trying to speculate right now on what solutions can be done. It’s time for mourning I think.

 “We have an image of Bowie that we put on the screen before the song [under pressure] starts. We collectively decided that we didn’t feel like it was appropriate to overdo the tribute because Bowie was such an icon, much like Freddie was icon. And sometimes the simplest gesture registers with the audience the strongest. So we have this beautiful portrait of Bowie that we put up on the screen. And the audience gets it. It’s like Queen, it’s a classy move I think.

“I’m excited because I actually have like a lot of wheels in motion right now. I have a lot of things in the pipeline. A couple of things I can’t actually talk about as it goes. But I have music that I’ve kind of started to work on. I have some dance features that are in the mix right now.

“It’s a pretty big honour to be an adopted family member of Queen for this run of shows. We’ve been working together now for about four years and it is a family. It really feels, we’re very close, we understand each other. When we’re on stage there’s definitely an unspoken language that now exists between all of us and I’m getting to sing these songs. They’re a big part of British history and worldwide, musical history. These songs are iconic. They are songs that have been a part of people’s lives and people can mark milestones with certain songs from Queen’s catalogue. It’s amazing to get on stage and get to sing these pieces of music for an audience … for an audience that understands them so well and that lives these songs.”

Speaking to Absolute Radio’s Pete Donaldson backstage at the Isle of Wight Festival.

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