“There’s no intention in my mind of replacing Freddie,” said Adam. “That’s impossible. The way I’m choosing to view it is that it’s a great honor and one I’m in no way going to shirk… Being asked to front Queen is the best thing that can possibly happen.”

“He has grown into a really great performer with an astonishing voice with a range that’s great,” Queen’s drummer Roger Taylor told Billboard back in December. “We would like to work with him again. There’s nothing signed just yet but we’re talking about live dates. It could be very exciting.”

There is no schedule yet reported, besides dates at Knebworth in England, where Queen played their final gig with Mercury in 1986 before his death in 1991.

If this is true (Adam’s reps have yet to confirm), are you excited about Glambert’s stint with Queen? If you’re not, just watch Adam perform “We Are The Champions” with the band on the American Idol finale and we think you’ll quickly change your mind.

[Via MTV]

:: abeljose22 didn’t agree with the tongue-lashing on Gene Simmons Says “Karaoke Singer” Madonna Inappropriate For Super Bowl: “Madonna is more of an Icon than he will ever be. Jealous much?”

:: Brian spoke up about the supposed trouble with girls on the same post: “Gene Simmons hit the ball out of the park on this. The reason why the music industry has been in such bad shape in America is because we have allowed no-talent females to have success by lip-synching and using tapes. Sales are down because we have allowed these women to have success. As for Madonna, she’s always been a fake.”

:: Paul thought Gene should KISS his — well, you know: “This coming from a guy who’s hanging on to fame by doing a reality show on a low rated cable channel. Famous people only do reality shows when their careers have hit rock bottom. So who is the one with no integrity?”

:: MusicManDave brought the pain on Leona Lewis Hurt EP To Contain Nine Inch Nails Cover: “I like Leona Lewis though I really don’t think she will ever be able to top her smash hit single ‘Bleeding Love.’ Her second album was stellar and it went nowhere. She has an amazing voice but in these times its all about Lady Gaga/Rihanna/Katy Perry/Adele. She is like Celine Dion and that is not what people want right now. This EP might do ok in the UK but here in the states she will just fade into darkness and its very unfortunate….”

:: Wayne found too much whining on Eminem Plagued By Sound Problems In Sydney, Say Angry Fans: “Australians are turning into a bunch of whinging bloody Poms! No matter how good a concert is, we can always find something to bitch about. Its pathetic.”

:: KB, at least, had a good time: “As you would expect, sound at the front was perfect so I am extremely thankful that I was lucky enough to get the Lose Yourself Zone tickets. I have watched/listened to a few of the videos on youtube and it is like the people in the far stands were not even at the same concert, the level of sound back there was almost non-existent and it chokes me up to think that not all of Em’s fans got to enjoy the f&*king awesome experience my friends and I did, if I had been seated back there I would have been absolutely GUTTED!”

:: Judy Szao championed Queen & Adam Lambert In Talks About More Live Performances: “Adam is perfect for Queen. He has the theatrics, command of the stage, style and immaculate out of this world vocals to sing with Queen. Again, there will never be another Freddie but Adam’s time has come. Freddie never stood in front of a mic and sang. He rocked the stage. After the EMA performance, we all know that Adam is capable of the same.”

:: glamity58 was under no pressure to disagree: “Please let it happen. It would make an old Queen and Freddie fan so happy. Lambert is the best vocalist, and the music world needs to see it. We can’t bring back Freddie, but Lambert is a great replacement. He doesn’t sing like Freddie, but had the powerful vocals and on-stage presence like Freddie. I don’t want a sound-a-like; Adam is different.”

:: Jodi got to the bottom of the situation on Michael Buble & Justin Bieber: Their Bromance Is Strong On Christmas Special: “Justin needs to pull his pants up.”

:: Jody, on the other hand, got out the extinguisher for Willow Smith & Nicki Minaj Unleash Their “Fireball” Video: “Wow. my son is 8 years old. I can’t imagine him doing this in three years. What the hell is this? My word for this is horrid. Will & Jada are terrible parent representatives. And to think 10 and 11 year old girls across the country will have fantasies of being a pop princess like Willow. What a incredibly fake world we create for our youth.”

:: James Kay begged to differ: “Willow is only 11 years young! She is blessed with her dads height…and her mothers exotic eyes. She is also blessed with expectation. Her parents are not about to allow their children to become complacent just because they have famous parents. Congratulations to Will and Jada for their vision, their dedication and their love that they have invested and demonstrated upon the lives of their talented children.”

Lady Gaga — ”Marry The Night” (MTV EMA)

Other multiple winners included Bruno Mars (Best Push and Best New), Justin Bieber (Best Pop and Best Male) and Thirty Seconds To Mars (Best Alternative and Best World Stage). Bieber’s girlfriend Selena Gomez hosted the event.

Justin Bieber — “Mistletoe” / “Never Say Never” (MTV EMA)

The only actual European artist to win at the MTV Europe Music Awards this year was “Someone Like You” songstress Adele, who picked up the prize for MTV UK & Ireland Act. South Korean boy band BIGBANG won Best Worldwide.

A bit of an unexpected twist came when Hayden Panettiere attempted to present Lady Gaga with the award for Best Song, but was interrupted by a naked man who ran across the stage before he finally walked up and engaged in nervous conversation with the actress. “Oh my god,” Panettiere laughed as the man stood beside her. “Um, hello there.”

Hayden Panettier & the MTV EMA streaker (Warning: NSFW)

Interesting how there just happened to be no security guards on hand to grab this guy, right?

2011 MTV EMA WINNERS

Best Song: Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”
Best Live: Katy Perry
Best Pop: Justin Bieber
Best New: Bruno Mars
Best Female: Lady Gaga
Best Male: Justin Bieber
Best Hip-Hop: Eminem
Best Rock: Linkin Park
Best Video: Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”
Best Alternative: Thirty Seconds To Mars
Best World Stage: Thirty Seconds To Mars
Best Push: Bruno Mars
Biggest Fans: Lady Gaga
MTV UK & Ireland Act: Adele
Best Worldwide: BIGBANG

Adam Lambert & Queen — ”The Show Must Go On” / “We Will Rock You” / “We Are The Champions” (MTV EMA)

Speaking to the UK’s Daily Express at the BMI Awards, May discussed a possible solution to the “singer problem” they’ve had since Freddie Mercury’s passing in two decades ago.

“We get a lot of offers to work with other people,” he said. “I worked with Lady Gaga and she’s very creative and is someone we’ve talked about singing, fronting the band with. She’s not just a singer, she writes her own material… Lady Gaga has said she would like to do something with us.”

Look, we don’t want to break the bad (obvious) news to you as you daydream of Lady Gaga dressing up like Jo Calderone and touring around the country with Queen, singing “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “We Will Rock You” and “Don’t Stop Me Now”, but this is never going to actually happen. Never. Perhaps the two acts will perform together again in some context, but the woman is busy singing her own damn songs and preparing her own Born This Way tour. She’s doing just fine as a solo act, thankyouverymuch.

Of course, if she did front the band, it’d be a dream come true for her. Check out Gaga shedding a tear just talking about the iconic rock group:

Sure, she missed a few lyrics — but we barely noticed as we’re too distracted watching Bey’s mane caught in the breeze of that wind machine. Of course, had the song been an American standard sung at sporting events, we’d surely be calling the pop star a traitor to her country — but since it’s not, Bey’s flub will probably be forgotten about by this time tomorrow. (Let’s just hope she learns the words if she plans to tackle the song again this Sunday night at Glastonbury.)

Head to Rap-Up for tons more live videos from Bey’s show.

Juice Newton — “Queen Of Hearts” We had to throw a song in there for the Queen Elizabeth.

Elton John — “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” Hey, it was good enough for Simba, the lion king.

Taylor Swift — “Love Story” “You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess/It’s a love story, baby/Just say yes” — need we say any more?

Fergie — “London Bridge” Since Fergie the Duchess Of York wasn’t invited, we thought we’d include this ditty from Fergie Duchess Of Peas.

Queen — “Somebody To Love” What’s a royal playlist without a little Queen?

Spin Doctors — “Two Princes” A little something for Prince William and Prince Harry.

Prince — “The Most Beautiful Girl In The World” A song from The Purple One especially for Kate.

Glee Cast - P.Y.T.

Glee Cast - Firework

Glee Cast - Fat Bottomed Girls

Glee Cast - When I Get You Alone

Glee Cast - Silly Love Songs

We still haven’t tired of the Warblers — Darren Criss-starring spinoff, please? — but the other three covers could not be any less imaginative in their copycat arrangement. Honestly, did they recreate any of the instrumentation of “Firework”, or just add Lea’s vocals on top of the original track?

But let’s focus on the positive, shall we – at least Kevin McHale’s version of “P.Y.T.” is more than an robotized novelty.

Feel the love tonight at 8 p.m. on Fox.

Did You Hear?

:: Comedian/actor/mankini swimsuit suspender thong model Sacha Baron Cohen has signed on to play Freddie Mercury in a big-screen biopic of the Queen frontman’s life. As Borat would say, “Very nice!” (And as Brüno would say… well, we probably can’t post anything Brüno would say.) [Vulture]

:: It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’s sixth season premiered last night on FX—celebrate the return of this hideous, horribly-behaved gang of chums by listening to the show’s soundtrack, which star Charlie Day describes as “huffing paint through your ears.” Dayman! Ah ah ah! [EW Music Mix]

:: Check out Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” single teaser and mourn the fact that at nine-years old you were probably just making lanyard bracelet after lanyard bracelet at camp while this fierce kid is dropping hit records. [Just Jared]

:: Not everybody is fond of Glee’s version of “Empire State Of Mind“, or any other of the urban/hip-hop songs they cover on the show. [Smoking Section]

:: Weezer will embark on a Blinkerton tour—the band will play two shows in each market, and “on the first night Weezer will play The Blue Album in its entirety, and the second night they will play Pinkerton in its entirety.” We’re not sure why they don’t just play both albums on the same night to save fans the trouble of paying for tickets (and parking, and food, and babysitters, etc.) twice. Maybe they’ll make up for it by taking Jorge Garcia on the road with them. [Spinner]

After the jump, check out which stars will be lighting up the tube tonight.

Music On TV Today:
:: Tavis Smiley (PBS) — Norah Jones (repeat)
:: Late Night with David Letterman (CBS) — V.V. Brown (repeat)
:: George Lopez (TBS) — Devo
:: Last Call with Carson Daly (ABC) — Phoenix (repeat)