Brian May is praising former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert, who has been on vocal duties with Queen on their world tour, which hits the UK next month.

As reported at classicrock.teamrock.com, Brian talks about how challenging Queen songs are to sing and how Adam easily meets that challenge:

"See, 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. 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.'

Queen is set for a UK tour, which kicks off next month.

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