The AMA's (Pictures, Videos, Etc.)

This post will feature anything related to Adam Lambert that happens at tonight's American Music Awards. Check back throughout the evening for updates!! :]

Red Carpet Interview:

PICTURES
(this album has 72 pics from the show)

This is interesting....
@marcmalkin: "Very good source tells me that ABC and producers did NOT know adam lambert was going to makout w/keyboardist..."

The PERFORMANCE.


Reviews.
Rolling Stone didn’t label Lambert the Wild Idol for nothing, and Glambert definitely delivered on his promise of a “sexy” performance as he closed the live show with simulated oral sex from a male backup dancer, a brief makeout session with his male keyboardist and a giant mirrored prop so the audience could see the looks on their own shocked faces.
MTV: Adam Lambert loves to go glam every once in awhile (or always). And the singer's sleek, chic Elvis throwback look, complete with the King's hairstyle and a sharp suit, showed Lambert's cool sense of self.
Entertainment Weekly: "Adam’s AMA performance felt less like a genuine expression of his high-octane sexuality (so playfully erotic when he fondled the mic stand during “Whole Lotta Love” this summer), and more like a carefully planned stab at dominating the post-AMA blogosphere/water-cooler discussion. I’m certainly no prude…the idea of saucy boy-on-boy/boy-on-girl/boy-on-not-quite-sure action does not rattle my cage — certainly not at 10:55 p.m. on a school night. And yet, what’s sad is that unlike, say, a J.Lo or even a Rihanna, Adam could’ve had tongues wagging just from his vocals alone. Instead, that golden voice took a backseat tonight at the AMAs, and I’m not sure exactly who was occupying the driver’s seat."
MTV (different):  "Spinning a female dancer around and then dragging her across the stage as he swiveled his hips suggestively, Lambert closed a night of eye-popping performances with a few sights that have likely never been seen on the AMA stage."
Examiner (negative): "He tripped.  He rolled. He shoved a guy's face in his crotch. His hands were all over the crotch of one of his female dancers. Leather. Whips. S&M. And somewhere in the middle of all that he sang a pretty horrible song."
Another RS: "It’s a shame because I think that there’s a double standard going on in the entertainment community right now,” Lambert tells RS backstage after the show at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre. “Female performers have been doing this for years — pushing the envelope about sexuality — and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out. We’re in 2009; it’s time to take risks, be a little more brave, time to open people’s eyes and if it offends them, then maybe I’m not for them. My goal was not to piss people off, it was to promote freedom of expression and artistic freedom."
Access Hollywood:  "The racy performance may have been too much for ABC – during some portions of the performance, the camera cut away from Adam’s moves during the East Coast broadcast"
Neon Limelight: "Taking the stage with numerous backing dancers, he performed his new single For Your Entertainment.Those dancers would turn into his personal love slaves. Chains, vulgar grinding and kissing were all apart of Adam’s debut performance. With so many antics on board, Adam’s talent became lost in the mix. Shock value became the main objective of his big performance."
Wall Street Journal: "Lambert, not to be outdone, wore a silvery suit, with spikes on his left shoulder, to belt out the titular first single from his album "For Your Entertainment". As can be expected, the controversial performance — the last of the evening — was filled with plenty of writhing, groping, hip swiveling and S&M costumes. The singer even planted an intense smooch on one of his keyboardists."
Associated Content: "Was it entertaining? By all means. Lambert has a voice that won't quit. He exudes charisma like a higher-pitched Elvis. His humping and grinding and kissing may not have been sexy but it conveyed the message of the song, that the singer was no angel and he was there "for your entertainment."" 
Huffington Post: "Lambert alternately had a dancer on a leash, had a dancer's head grinding against his crotch simulating oral sex, and had a hand on his own crotch. He also made out with a male band member and flipped his middle finger."
E Online: "OK, in Lambert's case, there was more than a bit of racy material as he mixed together a so-so song, some S&M imagery and a bit of simulated sex. Oh, and that juicy mid-song kiss, too."
Arjan: "And then there was Adam Lambert. He's a bit like a male Lady Gaga with his fine sense for theatrics. Tonight, the San Diego showman broke with his wholesome American Idol past for once and for all. In a frantic S&M inspired set, he strutted up and down the stage like a dominatrix focusing more on giving people a show to remember than on vocal perfection."
LA Times: "The energy felt good. Adrenaline is a crazy thing to feel," Lambert said to Pop & Hiss after the show. "That's what I love about performing. I'm hoping people were entertained. For those who weren't, maybe I'm not their cup of tea."
Yahoo: "I'm sure there are people who will say he's finally gone too far, alienated too many potential record-buyers with this latest "shocking" stunt, which actually may be his most shocking yet (and that's saying something). Some may argue that he was perhaps trying too hard to be controversial and scandalous for controversy and scandal's sake, or that maybe he was trying to make a statement about whether or not he is "gay enough" according to Out magazine standards (at least you can say this performance will shut up Out editor Aaron Hicklin for a good long while). And then, there was what appeared to be an actual, literal stumble."
 

Please leave your thoughts on the performance in the comments! (HE MADE OUT WITH TOMMY! WHAT THE......)