As part of Billboard’s Fan Army Face-Off 2015, we’ve asked people to write about what being part of the fandom means to them. Read below for an essay from one of Adam Lambert‘s fans, who are called the Glamberts.
Adam Lambert’s Glamberts are among the most loyal and passionate people in the world! We have Adam’s back, no matter what. We’re a huge international family, with members from every corner of this planet: Russia, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Holland, Switzerland, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and many other countries. We’ve been supporting Adam since before his Idol days in 2009, so we have several years of history with a great track record for getting things done on his behalf.
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This fandom is a powerful entity unto itself. We have webmasters who set up and run fabulous websites to support Adam and to share all of the current news and updates about him. There are photographers within the fandom who shoot and catalog tens of thousands of top-quality photos of Adam every year. We have people who make the most professional concert videos of him and then upload them and maintain YouTube pages dedicated to Adam and his public appearances and concerts.
There are gifted artists who draw and paint Adam and share their work with the rest of us. We have members who vote repeatedly day after day to give him the highest position on the charts, and others who make sure that all of us maintain our sense of humor throughout all of our work for Adam. There are also some very generous and kind people who gift Adam’s music to fans who live in areas where his music is not accessible, or for those who need a little light in their lives. We now have a group of fans in the U.K. who are providing beautiful and perfectly-timed gift bags for patients in the hospital who are going through chemo and radiation treatments. These gift bags, called Touch of Sparkle, are now being topped off with CDs of Adam’s latest album — CDs donated by Adam’s fans.
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When Adam is performing in concert, new fans wanting to go to his show receive help from longtime fans to make their flight and travel arrangements. If they need someone to share accommodations with them, that will be arranged in a heartbeat. They organize travel to and from the venues and are guardian angels for the new fans going to their first concert.
We’ve raised over $300,000 for Charity: Water for Adam’s 29th birthday, we’ve crashed every single website that asks us for our input and support for Adam and we’ve repeatedly bought out magazines featuring Adam on the cover. “Sorry, it’s sold out already!” has become a familiar refrain coming from many a magazine’s promo office.
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Truly, there’s nothing missing from this fan base when it comes to providing a full-service support system for Adam. Whatever is needed, someone steps forward and makes sure it gets done, and done very well. Because we believe in Adam and we believe in the amazing gift that he brings to this universe, we’re more than willing to freely give our time, our energy and yes — sometimes our money — to make sure he gets the best of the best when it comes to having unconditional love and support behind him in whatever benefits him the most. We’re not organized in any formal way or by any management team or label. We’ve organized ourselves in a free-flowing organic way, and it works beautifully!
I’ve said for years that we are the wind beneath his wings, and the other day Adam reiterated that quote. It seems to be the perfect description of what we do. To make sure he flies as high as he possibly can, we give him everything we know how to give to help him stay aloft and soar higher and higher. It’s a complete and perfect symbiotic relationship!
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Adam has said many times that he wouldn’t be where he is, doing what he’s doing, if it wasn’t for his fans. That is the ultimate compliment, coming from the ultimate artist!