Adam Lambert Denies He's Queen's New Frontman

American Idol runner-up has denied recent reports that he's Queen's new frontman.

Reports emerged last week that the singer would join the band for a tour later this year.

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Lambert told the Daily Star: "The intention is to pay tribute to Freddie and the band by singing some f**king great songs. It's to keep the music alive for the fans and give it an energy that Freddie would have been proud of.

"After the EMAs, I heard faint little slithers of a backlash from people saying, 'You can't replace Freddie Mercury'. But I already knew that."

He added: "There's no intention in my mind of replacing Freddie. That's impossible. The way I'm choosing to view it is that it's a great honour and one I'm in no way going to shirk."

However, Lambert has now insisted that his quotes had been taken "out of context".

Lambert wrote over Twitter: ''Oooh them clever reporters takin my quotes out of context. I haven't confirmed any guest appearances I was talking about the EMA's''

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