Jackson, who is a judge on the popular talent show that helped Lambert on his rise to fame back in 2009, took to social networking site Twitter earlier this evening (April 30) and congratulated the vocal sensation on his recent Jimmy Kimmel performance:

"Loved seeing @adamlambert on @jimmykimmel one of our best contestants ever!!!"

Lambert, who treated fans to a stunning rendition of 'Never Close Our Eyes' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' last week, responded by writing: "Thanks Randy!!! ;)"

Guitarist Nile Rodgers worked with Lambert on a new track called 'Shady' and today (April 30) he uploaded some photos from the session on his official website.

Writing about the pictures, Rodgers said:

"A few months ago I played on a funky Adam Lambert track called "Shady." Typically, I photograph what goes on in my daily life after being attacked by aggressive cancer last year."

"Since I can't photograph and play guitar at the same time, my guitar tech Terry shoots when I'm playing. He wanted to be respectful of Adam since it was his first time meeting him, so he took these shots as discreetly as possible. Most of them are being Seen For the First Time."

Lambert played the show last night (April 26) as he continues to build buzz ahead of the release of his forthcoming new album, 'Trespassing'.

The vocal star played a number of songs with his full band, much to the delight of the assembled audience.

A video of the singer performing his latest single 'Never Close Our Eyes' has surfaced online, showcasing the former American Idol man at his uptempo best.

Adam Lambert gave more information about 'Trespassing' whilst conducting a radio interview recently, suggesting that it shows off the "duality" of his personality.

He added that the first half of the album has a dance and funk feel whilst the second half is more emotional.

The vocal powerhouse took to Twitter today (April 26) to admit that he is "still learning" and that he sometimes states his opinions as fact. He tweeted:

"I'm still learning. Sometimes I state my opinions as fact and make generalizations. I apologize to the LGBT community. Great music is the key."

News broke yesterday (April 25) about an interview Lambert gave to Instinct magazine in which he appeared to suggest that the gay community is more receptive to gay female popstars than male ones.

Lambert's tweet engaged discussion on the issue, with one of his followers tweeting to him:

"I agree with what you said. Us gay guys are always in 'competition' with one another, while our girls are royalty."

To which Lambert replied: "Good point."

Speaking to Instinct magazine in a cover interview, Lambert said that he feels the gay community sometimes is a little "resistant" to gay male popstars.

He added that whilst he feels the community is happy to celebrate "strong females", it isn't always the case when it comes to men. He said:

"As a community, we're a little bit resistant to a gay male pop star ourselves. It's very easy for people to look at my origin, which is American Idol, and automatically assume that I’m a commercial sellout or a puppet or a flash in the pan. I don't think I'm any of those things. There's something weird there. We're very eager to celebrate a strong female. But to celebrate a fellow gay man – it gets catty sometimes."

Speaking to 103.5 KTU, Lambert spoke about the album and explained that it is a game of two halves.

Lambert reckons the first half of the record is more "funk and dance", whilst the second half is more introspective. When asked what the feel of the album is like, Lambert replied:

"It's a bit different from the last album that I put out. It's a lot funkier and more dance orientated than the first one was. There's still that kind of rock star spirit in there, but we definitely went further into the funk, dance jam. The first half of the album or so is really upbeat, really fun and rebellious, a lot of attitude...and then the back half of the album gets slower, a bit more emotional and a bit darker. So I think it's cool that I got to show people two major sides of my personality on this one."

Lambert meanwhile said that he is due to perform on American Idol some time around mid-May.

Queen, who Lambert is fronting for a series of special shows in the summer, have reportedly also been confirmed to play the TV show this week (April 25) - but without Lambert on vocals.

The British rock legends, who performed with the 2009 runner-up and winner Kris Allen on the Season 8 finale, will once again appear on the hit US talent show alongside the remaining six finalists on Apr 25, according to Yahoo!

However, new recruit Lambert, who is schedule to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live on the Thursday, will be unable to fulfil the Freddie Mercury role he'll be taking on at several European gigs this summer. 

Queen's official tribute band, Queen Extravaganza, are set to continue the theme on the Thursday night results show, while USA Today reports that Katy Perry will also be performing her current single, 'Part Of Me,' on the same night. 

The 'Better Than I Know Myself' powerhouse has built an incredible career for himself since leaving the televised competition and has now spoken out about his support for the stars from the current series:

"Jessica Sanchez better sing. Jeeeeeez. That first run was nuts. #futurepopmegastar. Gotta say, ALL these kids are dope this year. Love all the young musicians onstage too. Great energy."

Following 16-year-old Sanchez's (pictured above) performance on last night's episode of American Idol, Lambert added "Sanchez!!! Holy f**k daaaaaaaym" and then tweeted a public message to her that simply read, "werk!".

The vocal powerhouse was asked by a fan if he has any plans to work with pop icon Lady Gaga in the future and he admitted that it's something he would love to do: "ask her... I'm down. ;) dat diva fierce."

He also spoke about his forthcoming studio album, 'Trepsassing', and confirmed it will be available on vinyl as well as CD and MP3 formats:

"Yes!! It IS going to be available on vinyl."

When quizzed about his songwriting on 'Trespassing', Lambert explained "I wrote on 12 out of the 15 tracks" and added that the colours he associates with the record are "black and yellow honey. Caution."

Lambert was even asked about Madonna's new studio album, 'MDNA', and revealed that his favourite track from it is "Gangbang I think."

The vocal sensation explained to the Daily Star that growing up in the 90s had a huge influence on the styles of music that appeal to him, and he wanted to incorporate his personal tastes and own experiences into 'Trespassing':

"It can’t hurt me that the Nineties are becoming trendy again. I went there because that’s what inherently locked into my musical subconscious, as it’s what I grew up with."

"This album borrows so much from my first pop influences. I was listening to George Michael, Michael Jackson, Queen – I know Queen aren’t Nineties, but that’s when I got into them – and house music."

Speaking about the second single to be taken from the record, 'Never Close Our Eyes', which was written by Bruno Mars, Lambert added:

"There’s a lot of house’s darker atmospheres in the album too. 'Never Close Our Eyes' is a great dance song. It’s a little bit more dance than Bruno usually goes, so it’ll be a fun surprise for people.”

The 'Better Than I Know Myself' hitmaker also recently confirmed that he will play 2 gigs with the iconic rock band Queen in London this coming July, and tickets for the shows are set to go on sale at 9am on April 18.

'Trespassing' will be released in the UK on July 2 and you can listen to 'Never Close Our Eyes' below:

The 'Whataya Want From Me' sensation took to his Twitter page last night (April 11) and announced that 'Never Close Our Eyes' will serve as his forthcoming record's second single.

Earlier this evening (April 12), Lambert has shared the song with his 1.4 million followers.

The SoundCloud link he posted has been shared around the world and his fans have already given a phenomenal response on the 'comments' section, reassuring him that this was the right track to release.

Listen to 'Never Close Our Eyes' in full below:

The talented hitmaker took to his official Twitter page earlier this evening (April 11) and treated his 1.4 million followers to the exciting news that this track will mark the second single to come from 'Trespassing':

"2nd Single off of Trespassing will be "Never Close Our Eyes"!"

Lambert also shared the artwork for the single, which follows the fantastic 'Better Than I Know Myself', with his fans and its cover is a simple black and white photograph of himself - taken on the side - set against a striking yellow and black background.

The track will be released in the UK on June 24.

Following the recent cancellation of the UK's popular Sonisphere Festival, it has since been revealed that Lambert and Queen will reunite and perform "four shows this summer" for the fans who were hoping to see them at the summer music event.

Watch his performance of 'Trespassing', which is the title track from his new record, at the Jezebel magazine party in Atlanta here:

Lambert performed his new song 'Trespassing' at the event, which took place last night (April 5).

The vocal powerhouse sung the title track for his forthcoming new album in a triumphant performance, with backing singers and band in tow.

The song ended in a snowing tickertape and a rapturous response from the crowd.

Lambert had earlier been out on the red carpet to give interviews to the media - speaking about Elton John's "dirty" sense of humour and his new album, amongst other things.

Speaking on the event's red carpet, the vocal powerhouse admitted that the veteran singer has "such a dirty sense of humour" and that it was great to have now met him.

Speaking about meeting Elton, Lambert said: "It was really nice to meet him. He is super down to earth, really kind of dirty sense of humour."

Lambert was also asked about the name of his upcoming album 'Trespassing' and whether he had other possible titles up his sleeve. He replied: "That was the one. Out of all the tracks that I had completed, that was the one that summed up the vibe of the album. The song is kind of a mission statement for me as an artist."

The star also spoke to Maximo.tv about 'Trespassing', stating that he reckons people will like the "fusion" of styles on the album and that it represents a "dichotomy" that people, especially in the gay community, often experience in life. He said:

"I think people are really going to appreciate the fusion of different styles on it, from disco, funk and house music from the past, but we made it new...and then towards the end of the album it gets very vulnerable. I think it sets up the dichotomy that a lot of us deal with, especially in the gay community. We kind of put on our strength and our pride, wear it proudly and march out to the world and do what we want to do and be rebellious - but underneath that sometimes it's not always that strong. Sometimes we have our issues and we're working through things and we have insecurities. I think the album kind of explores both bipolar dimensions of that."

Earlier this morning, April 5, the 'Better Than I Know Myself' superstar took to social networking site Twitter and asked his 1.4 million followers:

"It's 1:11 - wanna know the final track listing for Trespassing?"

He followed up the tweet with a link to a photograph, which shows that the deluxe edition of the record will have an impressive 15 songs on it and they are as follows:

1. Trespassing
2. Cuckoo
3. Shady
4. Never Close Our Eyes
5. Kickin In
6. Naked Love
7. Pop That Lock
8. Better Than I Know Myself
9. Broken English
10. Underneath
11. Chokehold
12. Outlaws Of Love
13. Runnin
14. Take Back
15. Nirvana

At the beginning of this week (April 2) it was confirmed that Lambert is working with musical director Brian London, who later teased that they are working on "something new and fresh". 

And following the shocking news that Sonisphere Knebworth has been cancelled along with his scheduled performance with Queen, Lambert's UK publicist set fans' tongues wagging by revealing that there is something exciting planned in the country for June.

Watch him perform 'Outlaws Of Love' here: