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Adam Lambert on upcoming New Year's Eve countdown bash

Adam Lambert is in Singapore to headline Mediacorp's New Year countdown show at the Marina Bay Floating Platform.

The star has addressed an online petition that spoke up against his "lewd" behaviour at public performances.

"My goal as an artist has always been to unite people. To try to find the common denominator to link all these different people from all over the world." 

The former American Idol finalist, who is openly gay, responded at a press conference today (December 30) about his past performances: "I'm not worried about the past. What's the point - it's in the past. I'm worried about the present and the future."

He insists that the petition has not altered how he's prepared for the show.

"Over the past five years, whenever I do a television performance I work very carefully with the producers and with my team to figure out what's the purpose of this programme. So for me this is no different."

 

 

 

 

The Petition against Adam Lambert performing in Countdown 2016 closed in November after it met its goal of 20,000 online signatories. It had described the singer-songwriter, who is known for his provocative performances, as “a performer fraught with controversy even in his home country”.

But others have been supportive. A counter-petition to keep Lambert on the show, accusing the original petition of “obvious sexual orientation discrimination", attracted more than 24,000 signatures. 

The authors of the original petition later responded: "Unfortunately, our concerns to address the probability of lewd acts on a public platform have been downplayed and turned into yet another political LGBT rights issue.”

Lambert said he does not actively court controversy. 

"Depending on where you are from in the world, certain things may seem controversial to you or not. My intention is not to provoke but to reflect - to be honest, be real," he said.

This was reflected in his New Year's resolution, which he said was to "keep moving forward, keep learning, and keep trying to create".

Speaking to the host at the press conference, Mediacorp deejay Jean Danker, Lambert said: "We're going to do something special for Singapore, special for the television programme, special for the audience. I thought very, very hard and spent a lot of time to figure out which songs, and spoke to as many different people as possible. I think it will be something great."

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