Chris Blue Had to ‘Fight to Finish’ His Emotional Cover of a Classic Love Song with His Fiancée in the Crowd – “It was a pretty emotional song, and then having my fiancée present in the audience did not help,” Blue told reporters after the live show. “I got choked up mid-way through it and then had to fight to finish the song.” – Read more at People

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Adam Lambert: Queen would be honoured to do Glastonbury – The ‘For Your Entertainment’ hitmaker – who takes on the late great frontman Freddie Mercury’s lead vocals – has poured cold water on rumours they are set to perform at the iconic music festival in 2020 for their 50th anniversary, but hasn’t ruled out the possibility further down the line. Addressing the whispers, he told NME magazine: “Not that I’m aware of, but that’s a way off. “I mean we’re trying to just do one year at a time! You know, because we’re pretty much booked for the rest of the year this year, so I don’t know.” – Read more at Sunday World

Adam Lambert finds touring with Queen ‘enlightening’ – “I heard through the grapevine, ‘Oh, they are very intelligent.’ Everyone goes, ‘Brian May has a doctorate. He is a real genius with space and astronomy.’ And things like that and Roger also has a doctorate, so they are very intelligent, which can be very intimidating sometimes,” Lambert, 35, told reporters during a roundtable interview in New York on Monday. “They read books and books and books, and they know things that I don’t care about. Like politics. But being with them and having conversations about various topics has been enlightening. I learn a lot. It’s great. It’s the college I didn’t go to. Queen College. “And, at Queen College, there’s a couple of things I’ve taught them, too, or continue to teach them,” he laughed. – Read more at UPI

Wheel still ‘spinning’ for Blood, Sweat & Tears – Bo Bice didn’t know it, but when he sang the classic Blood Sweat & Tears song “Spinning Wheel” on “American Idol” in 2005, he was being auditioned for another gig – lead singer for BS&T. He got the gig. Bice, runner up to Carrie Underwood during the Idol’s fourth season, has been the lead singer with BS&T for nearly four years and is touring with them singing, “Spinning Wheel,” and many of the old favorites of the rock/jazz fusion group started by Bobby Colomby five decades ago. None of the original band members including Colomby perform with BS&T, but Colomby has worked to keep the group going and touring as new singers, drummers, guitarists, pianists, brass and woodwind players audition for and join the band, Bice said. – Read more at Chicago Tribune

Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest Confess They Nearly Shed Tears Before the Big Reveal – Now that Kelly Ripa’s quest to find her ideal co-host is officially over, the TV queen and her comrade Ryan Seacrest are opening up about their first official day together. “I’m telling you, when I walked out there today, I almost had a tear in my eye,” Seacrest says in the latest issue of People. “It really is such a special show and has a special relationship with the audience. And she is an amazing host and person.” – Read more at People

Chris Soules’ Former ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Costars Speak Out After His Arrest – Chris Soules’ former Dancing With the Stars costars are speaking out following his latest brush with the law. “I haven’t reached out to Chris Soules,” Sharna Burgess told Us Weekly following the live show on Monday, May 1. “I know Chris, but we weren’t necessarily close friends, but my heart goes out to him. This is a really insane situation and I almost don’t even know what to say about it, but he’s in my prayers and I hope he’s OK. I can’t imagine that that is easy to go through at all.” – Read more at US Magazine

Val Chmerkovskiy Weighs in on DWTS Alum Chris Soules’ Deadly Car Crash: ‘I’ve Tried to Reach Out’ – “The tragedy is obviously the life lost and the family that it impacts, but Chris is one of the nicest, most genuine people I’ve ever met,” he said. “We actually became friends and kept in touch after the show. You don’t want to see such bad things happen to great people.” “I tried to reach out [to him],” he added. “I think there’s so much going on in his life that I might not be his first priority, but I’m going to keep trying to reach out. … It’s really hard to comprehend.” – Read more at People

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