Bare Bones Shows in Europe in September

Bryan will be doing select Bare Bones shows in Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, France & Luxembourg in September. Rotterdam tickets onsale Friday May 17th, Paris on sale May 21st. Rest of shows to be announced soon.


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Bryan Adams in september naar Nederland

RTL Nieuws | 14 mei 2013, 11:58

Bryan Adams komt weer naar Nederland. De 53-jarige zanger verzorgt op woensdag 18 september een concert in De Doelen in Rotterdam. De kaartverkoop voor de intieme show gaat vrijdagochtend van start, maakte concertorganisator Mojo dinsdag bekend.

Het concert van Bryan Adams is onderdeel van de Bare Bones-tournee. Het gelijknamige livealbum verscheen eind 2010. Hij nam zijn hits, waaronder I'm Ready, Summer of '69 en (Everything I Do) I Do it for You, op tijdens verschillende concerten van de Bare Bones-tournee.

De zanger, die in februari zijn tweede dochter verwelkomde, stond al eens eerder in De Doelen. In 2009 verzorgde hij een akoestisch concert in het Rotterdamse concertgebouw.



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Bryan Adams and friends: Rocker-photographer's work goes on display in Marfa this month

Coming to an art gallery near you: Bryan Adams!

Most people know the raspy-voiced Canadian rocker for blockbuster hits such as "Summer of '69" and "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You."

But he's spent the past dozen years, on and off tour, perfecting his skills as a portrait photographer, taking pictures of fellow celebrities.

Some of the results will go on exhibit later this month in Marfa.

Yep, Marfa.

The small West Texas town and artist enclave will host "Exposed," an exhibit of 29 of Adams' intimate and sometimes offbeat portraits of celebrities and celebrity friends, drawn from his book of the same name.

It includes images of England's Queen Elizabeth; music stars Pink, Mick Jagger and the late Amy Winehouse; and actors Mickey Rourke, Sean Penn, Ben Kingsley and celebrity train wreck Lindsay Lohan.

The show will open with a private reception on May 31 and will be up through July 31 at the contemporary art gallery. It's free.

Adams got so good at taking pictures that major fashion magazines and other publishers have called on him to shoot covers. Some of the photographs in "Exposed" come from those sessions.

"I don't know many people I've worked with, but usually I have a pretty good idea of what I'm doing before I sit with someone," Adams said of his black-and-white and color portraits in an email interview with the El Paso Times last year.

"My favourite subject is people for sure; there is something about portraiture that I'm drawn to," he said.

"Bryan Adams' photographs of distinguished personalities from the world of fashion, art and music precisely mirror the major public preoccupations of the 21st century," Marfa Contemporary Executive Director Mary Ann Prior said in announcing the show.

" 'Exposed' comprises work that is accessible but challenging, offering the audience a creative tension of sorts," she said. "It's my aim to form connections -- between art and the individual, between viewing and learning, between the easily understandable and the unfamiliar Ð and this exhibition does it on all levels."

The exhibit is the last stop of a three-city regional tour that began in Dallas in late 2012, around the time Adams brought his "Bare Bones" solo acoustic tour back to El Paso's Plaza Theatre for a second go-round.

The exhibition is on view through May 17 at Oklahoma City's Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center. Marfa Contemporary, which opened in October, is a satellite of the Oklahoma gallery. This will be its third exhibit.

The gallery will offer for sale a limited number of Adams' images and copies of the book "Exposed."

Marfa Contemporary also will explore the art and world of painter Jackson Pollock with an event from 1 to 4 p.m. June 1. Called Paint-a-Pollock!, it will be led by art historian Natalie Maria Roncone and will include film footage of his work and studio. Those in attendance will get to create their own art work by dripping and pouring paint Pollock-style.

Make plans

What: "Exposed," photographic portraits by rocker Bryan Adams.
When: Open to the public June 1-July 31.
Where:"Marfa Contemporary, 100 E. San Antonio, Marfa.
How much: Free.
Hours: noon to 4 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays.
Information: 432-729-3500, marfacontemporary.org.

Portrait of Mick Jagger by Bryan Adams. (Courtesy of Marfa Contemporary)





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Bryan Adams in concerto a Lucca: in vendita i biglietti

Martedì 07 Maggio 2013 10:05

Concerto_movidaSarà la sua unica data in Italia.

CONCERTO. Bryan Adams, noto rocker canadese, si esibirà in concerto al Lucca Summer Festival il prossimo 10 luglio in Piazza Napoleone, per la sua unica tappa italiana.

BRYAM ADAMS. L'artista, cantautore, chitarrista, bassista, attore e anche fotografo, raggiunse l'apice del successo negli anni Novanta, con la famosissima hit "Everything I Do, I Do It for You", che fece parte della colonna sonora del film con Kevin Costner, Robin Hood - Principe dei ladri, rimanendo per sedici settimane consecutive al top della UK Singles Chart. Ma il suo rapporto col cinema è duraturo, negli oltre trent'anni di carriera, e le sue canzoni sono state usate per ben quarantadue film.

BIGLIETTI. Dalle 12 di oggi, martedì 7 maggio, sono disponibili i biglietti per l'atteso concerto a Lucca, nel circuito TicketOne o nelle prevendite autorizzate, a partire da 35 euro per i posti in piedi.

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Bryan Adams sælger godt: 3.300 har købt billet til Augustenborg

Af Morten Jacobsen

Friluftskoncert: Bryan Adams koncerten 25. maj i Augustenborg Slotspark sælger fint. 3.300 har allerede købt billetter.

Med mere end 100 millioner solgte CD’er bag sig har Bryan Adams slået sit navn fast som den bedst sælgende canadiske rockmusiker nogen sinde. Hvem har ikke sunget med på ”Summer of 69” eller haft ”Everything I do, I do it for You”.

Sko & Torp starter festen, og derefter tager Tim Christensen and The Damn Crystals over, inden scenen overlades til Bryan Adams.

Bryan Adams fotograferet under en koncert i Kolding.
Fotograf: Maria Tuxen Hedegaard





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Bryan Adams al Lucca Summer Festival

02 maggio, 17:36

Il rocker canadese si esibira' il prossimo 10 luglio

(ANSA) - ROMA, 2 MAG - Cantautore, chitarrista, bassista, attore e fotografo: Bryan Adams sara' al Lucca Summer Festival per l'unica data italiana il prossimo 10 luglio. Le canzoni del rocker canadese sono state usate per le colonne sonore di 42 film e in oltre 30 anni di attivita' ha venduto oltre 100 milioni di copie, tra album e singoli, in tutto il mondo.

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Bryan Adams al Summer Festival

LUCCA - Ufficiale: Bryan Adams il 10 luglio al Summer Festival. La prevendita dei biglietti partirà venerdì.

L'annuncio ci è stato dato da Mimmo D'Alessandro che aveva già provato a portare il cantautore canadese al Winter Festival. La prevendita scatterà da venerdì sul circuito Ticket One e al punto biglietti del Summer in piazza del Giglio.

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Allie's a star as she rocks it on stage with Bryan Adams

A COOLUM music fan is still on cloud nine today after being invited on stage to sing with her music idol, the legendary Bryan Adams.

Allie Mannetje, who was back at work yesterday as a florist, gushed that she and her older sister Abby, also a fan of the Canadian crooner, had joked about the exact scenario for years.

She intentionally wore bright clothes to the Boondall concert to stand out from the crowd, and couldn't believe it when her frantic waving and yelling helped her achieve her dream.

When security guards helped her on stage, she made her move.

"He said to go up to the microphone, but I thought, 'I'm not doing that, I'm giving him a hug', so I gave him a big hug," she said.

"We started singing and it was awesome."

Ms Mannetje, who attended the concert with her boyfriend Tristan Smith, danced excitedly beside Adams as she belted out the song When You're Gone.

It was only later when she watched her performance on YouTube that she realised she was way out of tune.

"I can't sing, but that didn't stop me," she laughed.

"I'm singing along, I'm with Bryan Adams, thinking 'this is awesome'. It was so much fun."

Ms Mannetje. 22, has been a fan since she was a young teen. It was the third of his concerts she has attended - but definitely the most memorable.

"He said, 'Thank you so much Allie, that was awesome, your energy was amazing'," she said of her idol's kind words after their duet.

In appreciation, Adams presented her with his guitar pick, a "bunch" of t-shirts and some souvenir photo books.

"I didn't believe it would all go like this, but I'm glad it did,'' Ms Mannetje said.

"It's a little 15 minutes of fame, which is nice."

Picture: Darryn Smith - Sunshine Coast florist Allie Mannetje reprises her role at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Saturday night when Canadian singer Bryan Adams asked her up on to the stage to do a duet in front of 10,000.

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Bryan Adams does it for Boondall crowd

April 28, 2013 - 1:33PM/ Natalie Bochenski

A reviewer’s job is to be cold, critical, rational. Detached, if you like. Ready to be brutally honest about a performance, without fear or favour.

Then Bryan Adams started playing, and logic went out the window, as words to songs I thought I’d forgotten flooded perfectly formed back into my brain.

Canada’s most famous vegan pumped out a night of nostalgic pop rock that delighted the all-but-sold-out crowd at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

And if it’s uncool to like Bryan Adams – well, there were a lot of uncool people at Boondall last night.

It was the last Australian show of this tour, celebrating 22 years since Waking Up the Neighbours was released.

“Everyone has a reason they came here tonight – a song, a connection, a memory,” Adams told the crowd about midway through the concert.

For a couple behind me, they were no doubt good memories, as they spent the evening attached to each other by the face.

For two blokes down in front, it was a new connection – both attending with female partners who were reluctant to dance, they just ignored them and played air guitar with each other.

For me, it was a song.

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You was a massive part of my childhood, and remains one of the few love songs I can sing along to with a complete lack of ironic distance.

When Adams, standing in a pool of green light, broke into those oh-so-familiar chords, I was 10 years old again, fresh out of seeing Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, a movie that I fell in love with and remain inordinately fond of.

One of his biggest worldwide hits, it had the crowd bewitched, swaying and singing along, no doubt remembering how good Kevin Costner was despite the American accent.

Maybe that was just me.

Of course, it wasn’t the only song to inspire a singalong. In a concert that delivered – for want of a better cliché – hit after hit after hit, there were numerous occasions when Adams cheekily held back from the vocals, allowing the crowd to bust out the lyrics. The most beautiful examples were Heaven, Cuts Like a Knife, and of course, Summer of ’69.

Adams was ably supported by his longtime band, all dressed identically to Bryan in blue jeans and black shirts. Lead guitarist Keith Scott was a devil with the ax, providing big solos on songs like Heart’s On Fire and It’s Only Love, but showboated a bit too much for my liking.

However, I simply adored the stripped back version of If You Want to Leave Me that saw drummer Mickey Currie playing pots, pans and bucket drums. The use of big screens and lighting effects gave punch to an otherwise clean stage set-up, dominated by Adams’ many guitars and a beautiful grand piano.

The high point of the evening was Adams selecting a woman from the audience to accompany him on the duet Baby When You’re Gone.

Ally, the Coolum Beach florist, couldn’t sing a note, bless her. But you’ve never seen someone impress an audience so much. She knew all the words and threw everything she had into the moment. By the end of the song, she was a rock star, and the audience acclaimed her as such. It was a generous move by Adams to share the stage, and left everybody buzzing.

The last big rock song was Run to You, followed by the more dreamy Cloud Number Nine. At that point the band left the stage, and Adams grabbed an acoustic guitar and harmonica to perform Straight From the Heart.

The finale was a solo version of All for Love, recorded originally with Rod Stewart and Sting for The Three Musketeers. Adams encouraged everyone to light up the BEC with their phones, and the effect was really very pretty.

Hearing Adams’ songs played one by one like that did force me to admit that, yes, they are kind of same-y. The fact he has one song called Heaven and another called Thought I’d Died and Gone to Heaven – and played both – does bear that out.

But it's a niche he dominates, and you can’t fault him for delivering a high energy show that hit all the sweet spots for fans.

Picture: Bryan left a nearly sold-out Boondall crowd bewitched, swaying and singing along.








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Galerie OstLicht zeigt Fotos von Bryan Adams

Der Musiker porträtierte Amy Winehouse und Queen Elizabeth II, aber auch kriegsversehrte Soldaten. Ab 19. Juni sind seine Fotos in Wien zu sehen.

Seit einigen Jahren tritt Bryan Adams nicht nur als Musiker in die Öffentlichkeit, sondern auch als Fotograf. Eindruck machte der Kanadier zuletzt im NRW-Forum in Düsseldorf, als er im Rahmen der Ausstellung "Bryan Adam - Exposed" mit erschütternden Fotos von kriegsversehrten britischen Soldaten überraschte. Von 19. Juni bis 21. September ist die umfangreiche Schau nun auch in Wien in der Galerie OstLicht zu sehen, die das fotografische Werk Adams' erstmals umfassend in Österreich präsentiert.
Die Queen und Michael J. Fox

Zu seinen Modellen zählen so unterschiedliche Größen wie Amy Winehouse, Mick Jagger oder Queen Elizabeth II, jüngst aber eben auch britische Kriegsversehrte.

Viele seiner Porträts und Modefotos entstanden für das Magazin Zoo, das er 2004 in Berlin gründete. Sie zeigen Mickey Rourke in der Badewanne, Dustin Hoffmann im Anzug angelnd in der Meeresbrandung oder den von seiner Parkinson-Erkrankung gezeichneten Michael J. Fox.
Jüngste Serie über Kriegsversehrte

Dass sich sein künstlerisches Interesse nicht nur auf die glamouröse Welt des Showbusiness beschränkt, zeigte er in seiner jüngsten Serie, in der er sich britischen Soldaten, die von Auslandeinsätzen in Afghanistan oder Irak versehrt heimgekehrt sind, widmete.

Ausstellung "Bryan Adams - Exposed" in der Galerie OstLicht. 19. Juni bis 21. September. www.ostlicht.at

Bryan Adams vor seinem Foto von Amy Winehouse / Bild: (c) EPA (ROLAND�WEIHRAUCH)




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Fotoschau von Bryan Adams bald in Wien

Mit Fotos von kriegsversehrten britischen Soldaten hat Popstar Bryan Adams bei seiner Ausstellungseröffnung in Deutschland zuletzt überrascht. Die Wiener Galerie Ostlicht zeigt die Bilder ab 19. Juni.

Sean Penn, Tommy Lee, Victoria Beckham, Amy Winehouse oder Kate Moss: Der kanadische Rockstar Bryan Adams ist bekannt für seine Fotos von Schauspielern und Models. Nun zeigt der in London lebende Musiker rund 30 Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahmen von verstümmelten Soldaten, die aus dem Afghanistaneinsatz in die Heimat zurückkehrten.

„Ich war immer Pazifist und Kriegskritiker. Ich denke es war falsch, nach Afghanistan und in den Irak zu gehen. Aber wer bin ich schon? Die Geschichte hat gezeigt, dass es nicht richtig war“, sagte er in einem Interview anlässlich der Eröffnung der Ausstellung im NRW-Forum in Düsseldorf.

Mit dem Fotos wolle er das „Erbe des Krieges zeigen“. „Die Soldaten sieht man in England oft nur, wenn sie öffentlich Tapferkeitsorden bekommen. Manchmal sieht man sie, wenn sie Geld sammeln oder bei Sportveranstaltungen. Aber man sieht sie nicht so wie hier“, so Adams.

Interesse an den Menschen

Die Schau „Bryan Adam - exposed“ vereint weiters rund 150 Porträts von Hollywood-Schauspielern, Musikern und Models. Viele der Aufnahmen werden bereits zu Ikonen der Starfotografie gezählt.

„Adams Aufnahmen spielen mit den Klischees der Darstellung von Celebrities in der Öffentlichkeit – manche zeigen die Stars in ironisch-humorvollen Situationen, andere in intimen Momenten“, heißt es in der Aussendung der Galerie OstLicht. „Immer jedoch zeugen Adams Fotografien von einem tiefen Interesse an den Menschen. Dabei beherrscht er sowohl das Handwerk der klassischen Studioaufnahme als auch die Ästhetik des Snapshots“, hieß es in der Ankündigung.

Veranstaltungshinweis
Ausstellung „Bryan Adams - Exposed“ in der Galerie OstLicht. 19. Juni bis 21. September.
Sendungshinweis:„Wien heute“, 19. Juni

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Review: Bryan Adams, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, April 24

Sam Kelton April 25, 2013 12:25PM


HE'S been at it for more than 30 years so it's no wonder Bryan Adams brought such an arsenal of hits to the Entertainment Centre last night.



Playing a career-spanning greatest hits set, the packed Entertainment Centre was indicative that there is much more to Bryan Adams than a handful of radio anthems.

Kicking things off with House Arrest of 1991's Waking Up the Neighbours, Adams had an energy that was contagious - having as much fun as the thousands in front of him.

His trademark husky voice was faultless, with the 53-year-old still belting out his songs with as much passion as when he first wrote them.

It wasn't long before that arsenal of hits appeared.

Can't Stop this Thing We Started, 18 Til I Die, Back to You and the iconic Summer of 69, which came much earlier than many expected.
Backed by his tight band that were dwarfed by giant screens - the entire venue was screaming along about a year from more than 40 years ago.

There were plenty of Hollywood hits too.

Robin Hood's Everything I Do (I Do It For You), Don Juan De Marco's Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman and The Three Musketeers' All For Love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ne0hp1-axI

Run to You and When You're Gone also had the crowd singing and before many had realised, Adams had been sweating it out for more than two hours, the only break being the occasional ballad.

It was a powerhouse performance by one of Canada's best.

A special mention must go to support act Amy Macdonald who, within just half an hour, won over the Adelaide crowd with her charming Scottish voice and enjoyable complementary mix.

A stunning Dancing in the Dark cover was the finale that showed last night won't be the last we see of her.



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Amy rocks Australia with legend Bryan Adams

SCOTTISH rock chic Amy Macdonald is enjoying the celebrity lifestyle down under, touring with Bryan Adams.

The 25-year-old has swapped the drizzle of Glasgow for the sunshine of Australia, opening gigs for the legendary Groover from Vancouver.

Amy tweeted a snap of the pair backstage as she prepared to perform in Adelaide, South Australia last night.

And while it’s all rock and roll for the young singer, it seems that life on the road is proving to be exhausting.

Amy tweeted early this morning that she’s looking forward to a good night’s sleep after a whistle stop journey to Sydney and then onto Newcastle, New South Wales as her tour continues.

She said: “Back in Sydney only for 10 mins now on the road to Newcastle! Looking forward to my bed this evening!”



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Review: Bryan Adams' Bare Bones Tour

Bryan Adams: The Bare Bones Tour.

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, April 22.

It's probably an apocryphal story, but when US folk singer Ryan Adams first started touring, he came across a fan that kept shouting out requests for Canadian pop-rocker Bryan Adams songs, to the extent that Ryan stopped the show and had the fan removed.

Now, that was always unlikely to happen to Bryan Adams last night, for his audience was a packed house, hyped to the max and knowing every lyric, and for the majority of the female fans Adams could do no wrong.

It is hard to place Adams in the context of popular music. Sure, he has sold a zillion discs, but it would also be fair to say that the majority of his songs are "coat hanger" songs in that many are merely cliches hung onto a chorus. At best, Adams is in the Ronan Keating and Don Henley league.

Last night's stripped back guitar-and-piano setting revealed a limited guitarist and stock-in-trade chord changes, with the many of the tunes hanging by a thread, often presented as karaoke versions. The audience didn't mind this sing-a-long approach, but at times I felt as if I was at a born-again tent revival meeting.

Then, just as I thought all was lost, several songs hit the mark. Everything I Do really is a masterpiece, while Summer Of '69 is a song cloaked in the substance of yesteryear and nostalgia at its best.

Best for me was a song Adams wrote with Ray Charles in mind. The Right Place, with pianist Gary Briet, channelled Charles' signature soul/blues/gospel sound and I would think he could offer it to Aaron Neville or Dr John without embarrassment.

If the audience came with the expectation of an evening of
nostalgia they got their money's worth.

Picture: CHARMER: Bryan Adams knocked out acoustic renditions of his hits to an appreciative audience.




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Live review: Bryan Adams Rod Laver Arena

One thing is for sure, Bryan Adams delivered exactly what the fans ordered. Adams whipped the crowd into a frenzy at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, VIC, Australia on Saturday night as he belted out a non-stop array of hits over two hours.

In 2011, Adams treated his fans to an intimate “Bare Bones” theatre tour, which received rave reviews. However, this is Adams’ first arena performance in Australia since 2005, and it was evident he was thrilled to be back on those shores with his band. Current band members include Keith Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals), Mickey Curry (drums), Norm Fisher (bass), and Gary Breit (keyboards).

Adams, 53, announced to the crowd that this tour was a belated celebration marking 20 years since “Walking Up The Neighbourhood” was released. He certainly has a lot to celebrate, with a total of sixteen albums under his belt and numerous awards, including being inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. Adams’ talent is undeniable and the Canadian rocker has come a long way from his early days as a dishwasher.

His warmth radiated as he interacted with the crowd throughout the night, asking them to sing along with him. As he held the microphone out to crowd, they obligingly sang along to “Cuts Like A Knife” and “Heaven”. Fans were taken on a walk down memory lane with old favourites such as “Run To You” and “Can’t Stop This Thing We've Started”.

At one point, Adams asked for the lights to be turned on as he scanned the crowd for a singer to accompany him. Pharmacy assistant, Janine, was selected from the crowd and performed , “Baby When You're Gone” alongside him. Adams' sultry voice has a way of making people do as he says.

For me, the highlight was “Summer of 69”, and I wasn’t alone. Almost the entire arena was up on their feet singing along with Adams. This song has a way of taking you on a journey, even if you weren't alive in the aforementioned summer.

Towards the end of the night, the band bid their farewell, leaving Adams on the stage to perform “Straight From The Heart”. Watching him play the guitar and harmonica so effortlessly is a clear indication as to why he’s had sustained longevity and appeal as an artist.

Overall, Adams was flawless, and knows how to reel the crowd in with his endearing spirit, and stellar vocalization.



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Everything he does

Thirty years after his breakthrough album, Bryan Adams, who performs in Wellington next week, embraces a new era, writes Craig Mathieson.

Bryan Adams believes in hard work. Despite writing rock anthems for successive generations, the Canadian singer and guitarist briskly rejects any notion of songs just appearing to their creator.

They come, like all your other achievements, as the result of great effort and application. He doesn't have a speck of dilettante in him.

"If you want to write good songs, you have to put the time in. They will not fall into your lap," says the 53-year-old craftsman, whose back catalogue includes the likes of Summer of '69, Run to You, Cuts Like a Knife, Heaven and (Everything I Do) I Do It for You. "You have to be a grafter if you want to make it. That's all there is to it."

Adams is speaking from North Carolina, where he is in the midst of a long tour alternating between two formats: stripped down acoustic performances in theatres - which will include Wellington - and full-blown arena shows with his long-time band.

Adams, who talks in clipped, authoritative sentences, appreciates the cross-currents and feedbacks that come with two different styles of live show.

"The two shows are quite different, even though a lot of the songs are the same. Playing acoustic really helps with the big show because when you go back to it you've learnt a whole heap about your songs. You never stop learning, that's the main thing," he says. "It's never the same twice and I love that. If we just toured as the arena band all the time it would be a grind."

Adams is famously guarded about his private life. Only the most basic facts are known: he's a vegan, divides his time off the road between London and Paris, and has two young daughters with Alicia Grimaldi, co-founder of his charitable foundation.

What makes that all the more notable is that he has maintained his privacy even over a 30-year career that has put him in the rarefied realm of artists who've sold more than 100 million albums worldwide.

He has shifted more records than REM, Shania Twain or Van Halen but is sanguine about his success. January 18 this year marked the 30th anniversary of his breakthrough album, 1983's Cuts Like a Knife.

Adams celebrated by having dinner at an Indian restaurant with Jim Vallance, the songwriting partner who gave him his first professional break when he was an unknown 18-year-old on the Vancouver music scene.

"We overindulged with a vegetable biryani," Adams says, laughing, but he admits that it's almost impossible to maintain the kind of public profile he enjoyed in the 1980s and 1990s.

Adams hasn't put out a studio album since 11 in 2008, and while he is working on a follow-up he's unsure what to do when it's finished.

"I don't know what to do with releasing music any more. I'm making an album but I don't even know how that will go. Let's face it, even my biggest colleagues struggle to get their music heard. People don't buy music - they stream it. I'm guilty of that myself. YouTube is where I listen to music."

Nor does Adams want credit for a series of records that have become ubiquitous on commercial rock radio. The singer - who also has a second career as a photographer that has led to magazine shoots, exhibitions and the 2012 book Exposed - would rather keep touring than look back on his earlier works.

Adams' first Kiwi hit was with Run to You in 1985. (Everything I Do) I Do It for You was No 1 in the New Zealand charts for an impressive eight weeks in 1991.

"I'm not looking for any credit. I just want to keep working," he says.

"It's all about being able to work with the people I've worked with for a long time. We put in a lot of time in the beginning and the hard work shows when you come around after the times have changed and your reputation still precedes you.

"Being able to come back means people know what they can expect from you."

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Bryan Adams plays Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre on April 22.

Picture:IN HEAVEN: "You never stop learning, that's the main thing. It's never the same twice and I lover that," says Bryan Adams, who plays Wellngton next Monday.

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Endless hits as Bryan Adams opens in Wollongong

19 April, 2013 9:08AM AEST

Review by Justin Huntsdale

Canada's prolific hit-writer opens his Australian tour in the Illawarra with a full house.

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Venue: Wollongong Entertainment Centre
Performers: Bryan Adams
Duration: 150 minutes
Rating: 4 stars

If you want your commercial music journey through the 1980s and 90s charted on stage, a Bryan Adams concert will do it.

His two hour fifteen minute performance at the Wollongong Entertainment Centre last night was less a casual walk down memory lane than a race car drive down it, with your driver relentlessly pointing out every highlight of his distinguished career.

This is an artist with more hit songs than you can probably remember, and with the 53 year old Canadian rocker looking trim, fit and still in remarkably strong voice, he's got no problem serving them all up like some delicious musical banquet.

And the Illawarra audience dined out - the Wollongong Entertainment Centre full - right until the end when he dismissed his hard working band and settled in for an acoustic finish to the evening.

Even when you'd ticked off: 'Summer of 69', 'Run to you', 'Can't stop this thing we've started', '(Everything I do) I do it for you', 'Cuts like a knife', 'Please forgive me', 'Heaven', 'When you're gone' (performed with an audience member), 'The only thing that looks good on me is you', 'Do I have to say the words' and 'Thought I'd died and gone to heaven', there was more.

Adams stands on stage, acoustic guitar in hand while the crowd calls for one more and says 'You know I've got a lot of songs - lucky for you I can't remember half of them'.

Then he remembers another, 'All for love'.

That's right, another huge hit, this one recorded with his friends Sting and Rod Stewart.

And while some musicians turn the microphone over to the crowd for impossibly high notes, Adams fearlessly and successfully attacks them.

In his words, maybe he will be 18 'til he dies.


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by Charlotte Wolff

 

BRYAN ADAMS Exposed 19.06. - 21.09.2013 in Wien

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BRYAN ADAMS
Exposed
19.06. - 21.09.2013


Er ist ohne Zweifel ein hervorragender Musiker und Komponist. Dass Bryan Adams aber auch ein begnadeter Fotograf ist, ist (noch) weitgehend unbekannt. Neben der Liebe zur Musik wuchs über die letzten Jahrzehnte auch seine Liebe zur Kunst, insbesondere zur Fotografie. Nach zwei sehr erfolgreichen und viel beachteten Ausstellungen, im NRW-Forum in Düsseldorf und im Multimedia Art Museum in Moskau, zeigt die Galerie OstLicht von 19. Juni bis 21. September 2013 die erste umfassende Schau des fotografischen Werks von Bryan Adams in Österreich.

Zahlreiche Freunde, Berühmtheiten und Superstars standen Bryn Adams bereits Modell: Amy Winehouse, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Mickey Rourke in der Badewanne oder Dustin Hoffman im Anzug angelnd in der Meeresbrandung. 2002 wurde er anlässlich des goldenen Thronjubiläums ausgewählt, ein Porträt von Queen Elizabeth II zu fertigen – diese Aufnahme ziert heute eine kanadische Briefmarke.

Herausragend ist auch seine neueste Serie von britischen Soldaten, die mit schweren Verletzungen aus dem Krieg zurück gekehrt sind. Die eindrücklichen Aufnahmen des Pazifisten und Kriegsgegner Adams lässt den Kriegsversehrten aber stehts ihre Würde und Optimismus.

Bryan Adams wurde am 5. November 1959 in Kingston/Ontario, Kanada geboren. Er ist einer der erfolgreichsten zeitgenössischen Rocksänger und Komponisten mit zahlreichen weltweiten Nummer-1-Hits wie “Summer of 69” oder “Everything I Do I Do It For You” und mit einer immensen Bühnenpräsenz von über 100 Auftritten pro Jahr. Bryan Adams lebt in London.

Kuratorin: Anke Degenhard
Foto: Verena Kaspar-Eisert und Bryan Adams

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by Petra Koenigshofer

Michael Bublé von Bryan Adams inspiriert

Radio Hamburg Mega-Star Michael Bublé wäre ohne seinen kanadischen Landsmann Bryan Adams nie Sänger geworden.

Der "National Post" erzählt er, wie er vor allem von Adams Album "Reckless" von 1984 beeinflusst worden ist: "Ich war neun Jahre alt, als ich sein Album gekauft habe, es war nicht mal eine CD, sondern eine Kassette. Ich erinnere mich, wie ich dachte: Das ist ein Typ aus Vancouver! Wenn er es geschafft hat, dann schaffe ich es vielleicht auch!"
Neues Album "To Be Loved"

Michael Bublé hat am Freitag gerade sein neues Album "To Be Loved" veröffentlicht. Wenn seine nächste Tour ansteht, hätte er lieber mehr Männer als Frauen im Team. Dem britischen "Seven" Magazin erzählt er: "Natürlich liebe ich Frauen, darum geht es gar nicht. Es geht darum, nicht von Drama umgeben zu sein!" Außerdem hat Bublé in der Vergangenheit schon versucht, Beziehungen zwischen seinen Angestellten zu verhindern: "Sie sagen zu mir "Natürlich fangen wir nichts an, wir sind Profis und haben unsere festen Freunde zu Hause". Aber als nächstes erfährst Du dann, dass sie mit dem Typen vom Sound geschlafen haben. Der kämpft dann wiederrum um ein anderes Mädchen, das davon erfahren hat und alles endet in einem einzigen Drama."

Für sein neues Album "To be loved" hat Michael Bublé mit seinem Idol jetzt auch einen gemeinsamen Song aufgenommen. "After All" zusammen mit Bryan Adams klingt so:

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by Nicole Horesch

 

Australia releases 2CD Tour Edition 2013 compilation.

To celebrate the first arena rock tour since 2005, Universal Music Australia is releasing the Australian Exclusive 2CD set of Bryan's most popular tracks. 'Australian Tour Edition 2013' will be released April 19th.
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The Sergei Polunin by Bryan Adams Image Series Evokes Power

Published: Apr 13, 2013
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The Sergei Polunin by Bryan Adams portrait series graces issue #38 of ZOO Magazine. This monochromatic editorial spread shines a light on the world renowned ballet star as he poses, leaps and dances in studio.

Wardrobe stylist Lotta Aspenberg dresses the dancer in logo-adorned looks from a number of top designers that include Kenzo and DKNY along with a slew of others familiar names.

The Sergei Polunin by Bryan Adams portrait series is featured in the latest issue of ZOO magazine. The balett dancer exudes elegance and grace without losing his sense of power and masculinity. Sergei also shows off his intricate and rebellious body art along with an impossibly toned body that rivals that of most professional athletes.

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Bryan Adams announces 2CD 'Australian Tour Edition'

To celebrate his first arena rock tour since 2005, Universal Music Australia will be releasing an Australian Exclusive album from multi-Grammy Award winning artist, Bryan Adams. ‘Australian Tour Edition 2013’ is a double album of Bryan’s most popular tracks with Australian audiences. The 2CD features hits such as ‘Summer of ’69,’ ‘(Everything I Do) I Do it for You’ and ‘Heaven’ as well as previously unreleased tracks from Bryan’s personal archives, including performances recorded live at the Sydney Opera House. ‘Australian Tour Edition 2013’ will be released on April 19.

Track list:

CD 1
01. Summer of '69
02. (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
03. Heaven
04. When You're Gone
05. All For Love (Live acoustic from Royal Albert Hall)
06. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
07. Run To You
08. Please Forgive Me
09. House Arrest (Live from the Montreal Forum)
10. Flying (Live at the Sydney Opera House)
11. The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
12. Can't Stop This Thing We Started
13. When You Love Someone (previously unreleased version)
14. Cuts Like A Knife
15. Straight From The Heart (Live at the Sydney Opera House)
16. Back To You
17. 18 Til I Die

CD 2
01. Cloud Number Nine (Chicane mix)
02. I'm Ready (MTV Unplugged)
03. I'll Always Be Right There
04. The Best Of Me
05. Tonight in Babylon (Live from the Sydney Opera House)
06. Heat Of The Night
07. It's Only Love (with Tina Turner)
08. This Time
09. Kids Wanna Rock
10. Somebody
11. Remember
12. You've Been A Friend To Me
13. One Night Love Affair
14. Hearts on Fire
15. There Will Never Be Another Tonight
16. Rock Steady (unreleased demo)
17. All I Want Is You



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by Alvaro Pino

 

Der Welt-Kanadier in Hamburg: Bryan Adams unter freiem Himmel!

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Seien Sie mit dabei, wenn Bryan Adams am 20. Juni live im Stadtpark performt. Erleben Sie den Summer of '69 live! Wir schicken Sie im Juni zu Bryan Adams.
Internationaler Durchbruch
1980 unterschreibt Adams seinen ersten Plattenvertrag, sein erstes Album, das seinen eigenen Namen trägt, floppt allerdings. Erst der Nachfolger "You Want It, You Got It" schafft es in die Charts. Bryan Adams spielt 1982 immerhin im Vorprogramm von Foreigner. Der kommerzielle Durchbruch gelingt dem Kanadier mit dem Album "Cuts Like A Knife" ein Jahr später. Mit der Ballade "Straight From The Heart" feiert er eine erfolgreiche Auskopplung, Adams tritt erstmals in Europa auf. "Run To You" und "Heaven" lassen den Meister der Balladen noch bekannter werden.
Keiner seiner Songs aber soll Bryan Adams derart prägen wie der Mega-Hit "Summer Of '69", in dem er sich an seine Jugendzeit erinnert, an die Zeit, in der er seine erste Gitarre kaufte, seine erste Band gründete und die Liebe zu seiner Freundin entdeckte. Seit 1983 erreichte Adams in über 30 Ländern der Welt Platzierungen an der Spitze der Charts. Am 20. Juni zeigt der kanadische Musiker, der seit einigen Jahren auch als Fotograf äußerst erfolgreich ist, auf der Stadtpark-Bühne sein Können. Und Sie sind dabei!
20. Juni 2013, 19 Uhr Stadtpark Freilichtbühne Hamburg
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Lana Del Ray to Amy Winehouse: Bryan Adams is a globally famous rock star by night, by day celebrated portrait photographer to the stars

He has notched up sales of 100 million records, but in the past decade the rock star has added another string to his bow

Bryan Adams is best known as the Canadian rocker responsible for such hits as Run To You, Summer Of ’69 and the record-breaking (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, which topped the British charts for 16 consecutive weeks in 1991 and sold more than eight million copies worldwide.

In a career spanning more than 30 years he has notched up sales of 100 million records, played huge arenas across the globe and been nominated for no fewer than 15 Grammy awards.

In the past decade Adams has added another string to his bow, as a celebrated portrait photographer of the stars.

His interest in photography began in the Sixties when he began using his English-born parents’ Kodak Instamatic cameras and a small Bell & Howell Super 8 film camera.

In the Seventies he recalls nabbing an Agfa camera sent to his mother by an uncle who worked for a British company that produced black-and-white film and printing paper.

‘The first photos I made were on that camera,’ he says, ‘with the subjects ranging from the Beach Boys in concert, parking lot walls, my girlfriend in the bath, my mum, my piano and random things that surrounded me.’

In the late Seventies, as his music career began to take off, Adams bought a Polaroid SX-70 and then a Canon AE-1, on which he captured life as a touring musician.

Then came the chance encounter that would change his life.

‘While visiting Japan in the late Eighties I stumbled on a shop that sold me a Fifties Rolleiflex camera with a beautiful Zeiss 2.8 lens.

'I’m sure I paid double what it was worth, but sometimes you fall in love and love makes you do crazy things.’

Many of the photographs here were taken with this very camera.

As his passion and skills behind the lens developed, Adams went on to try out a wide range of new cameras – a Leica M6, a Mamiya RZ and even a large-format, wooden Deardorff 10x8 – before turning the kitchen in his London home into a studio where, for the past 12 years, he has created many of the honest, engaging and gimmick-free portraits that have brought him the sort of acclaim he has become used to as a performer.

His book Exposed contains images of subjects as varied as the Queen, with whom he was granted six minutes (enough time for HM to comment on his ancient-looking Deardorff), Hollywood hellraiser Mickey Rourke and the tragic Amy Winehouse, who he spent time with in Mustique in 2007.

Sometime after the shoot, Winehouse called Adams to ask if he would take pictures for an advertising campaign, telling him, ‘You were there when I was wrong.’

What feelings are stirred by looking at those wonderful pictures now?

‘She was talented beyond belief, with such a beautiful voice – sadly it wasn’t meant to be in the end.’

As a recording artist himself, Adams’ portraits of rock stars are of particular interest.

He says the camera-shy Morrissey, whom he shot in Rome in 2007, was good to work with but says that the rarity factor of a subject does not automatically imbue an image with power.

‘You could take a picture of the most photographed person in the world, and if it was the right shot your photo would be just as interesting as one of someone you never see.’

The stunning Lana Del Rey, photographed in London last year, was a natural collaborator, says 53-year-old Adams, something he looks for with all his subjects.

‘I think Lana is so gorgeous. I’d have to have the lens cap on to mess up a photo of her.

'Honestly, every frame was good.’

And as for the striking image of Sting, shot at his home in London, Adams says that as soon as he saw the beard he decided it was right to ‘get that shirt off’

By Dan Davies
PUBLISHED: 21:00 GMT, 6 April 2013 | UPDATED: 21:00 GMT, 6 April 2013



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by Nicole Horesch

 

Bryan Adams photography is candid, mythic, iconic

Lindsay Lohan" by Bryan Adams. Photo provided

JOHN BRANDENBURG
For The Oklahoman | Published: March 27, 2013 | Modified: March 27, 2013 at 6:19 pm 1

t probably took a celebrity, and one with a good camera and a good eye, to create the candid pictures of other celebrities — on their own terms, but also on his — in a show of very large photos by musician Bryan Adams.

A Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter who has sold more than 100 million records, Adams’ “Exposed” show is on view at Oklahoma Contemporary (formerly City Arts Center), 3000 Pershing Blvd.

Born in Canada in 1959, Adams has compared photography to songwriting, noting that “it is very easy to write songs, but … very difficult to write good songs.”

“It is quite easy to take pictures, however it is difficult and demanding to take great photographs,” Adams said in a press release for the current show of 41 photos, selected from his book, “Exposed.”

Particularly impressive is his ability and adaptability in meeting his own expectations and those of his subjects in the collaborative act of the photograph, whether the resulting image is low key and candid, or mythic and iconic.

Fitting the “iconic” category nicely is his 2008 black-and-white picture of “Sir Mick Jagger,” turning to look hard at the camera, with his arms raised, his legs cut off, as if he were jumping in space, or gyrating during a rock concert.

Viewed almost as a piece of human sculpture — made up of craggy features, bald head and expressive body language — is actor Ben Kingsley, sitting in an arm chair with knees pulled up, staring into space, in a 2010 photo.

Looking back at us with a lit cigarette in her open red lips, wearing a sleeveless black and white dress, in Adams’ 2007 color picture, “Lindsay Lohan” is a striking figure, indeed, whether or not you are one of her fans.

Even more of a glamorous femme fatale is “Daphne Guinness” in Adams’ 2010 picture of her in London, sitting back in a streamlined modern chair, wearing a black see-through dress and a futuristic lace hat and veil.

Guinness is also black-clad in a second picture, walking on a street in front of a brick wall, wearing high heels and a very wide, outrageous hat or hairdo, that makes her look like some kind of exotic creature of fashion.

A chrome-railed, curving, ultra modern stairway both frames and distances our aerial view of “Monica Bellucci,” lying in a seductive pose on a deep purple-violet couch, wearing a sleek, chic, figure-hugging dress.

Nudity or partial nudity works well for Adams in a number of his most eye-grabbing photographs, which testify to the trust and access he has to his subjects.

A case in point is provided by his 2011 black-and-white photograph of “Yasmin Le Bon,” lying on her back on a desk, with her bosom and legs exposed by her flowing dress, and her long hair nearly reaching the floor.

As natural and carefree as her loose blonde hair is the running-in place pose, between highway stripes, of “Pamela Anderson,” covering her bosom and wearing a long dress that looks like it could be a beach towel in a 1998 photo.

Even more appealing is Adams’ delightful 2008 photograph of Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace, sitting beside an umbrella and rain boots, her purse in her lap, beaming back at us, like almost anybody’s grandmother.

Curated by Anke Degenhard and Mat Humphrey in association with Mary Ann Prior, the show is highly recommended during its run through May 17 at Oklahoma Contemporary.

After that it will be on view from May 31 through July 31 at Marfa Contemporary, a regional extension of Oklahoma Contemporary, in Marfa, Texas.

Hours at Oklahoma Contemporary are from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Call 951-0000 or visit the website at www.oklahomacontemporary.org for information.



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The Spectator Life Magazine

A Thousand Words
Bryan Adams tells Spectator Life about how he lost his heart to photography
Olivia Cole30 March 2013
Above: Billy Idol, Los Angeles, 2008
What is your idea of a great portrait photograph?
BA: Something that makes you stop for a second and look again.
And what qualities do you most value in a subject?
BA: Naturalness.
You started exploring photography through self- portraiture…
BA: Yes I actually started in the 1990s with the worst possible subject — me — doing my album covers. A photographer friend of mine said I shouldn’t do it and I should let others do it, which made me suspicious and want to do it even more.
Who are the photographers you most admire and who may have been an influence?
BA: Herb Ritts was one — he was a gentleman and very generous to me in the beginning. He let me work at his studio and his assistants are still my friends today.
From your work it’s clear that you are very good at persuading people to lose their inhibitions in front of the camera. In what ways do you think your own experience as a performer helps in that regard?
BA: I think music and photos are intertwined. I recently met up with another photographer, David LaChapelle, who before dinner did a fantastic impromptu dance/mime of Etta James singing ‘Groove Me’. Afterwards I sat there thinking David is more of a rock star than most rock stars, yet he’s a photographer.
If it’s rude to pick favourites, who have been three favourite subjects and why?
BA: Couldn’t possibly say even if I wanted to. I recently worked with some wonderful subjects like Sergei Polunin (ballet dancer), Dizzee Rascal (rapper), Anne V (model) to name a few, all very different, all very inspiring.
The people you’ve had the opportunity to shoot make for an astonishing list. Are there others who has so far eluded you?
BA: Oh yes, too many to mention. For a time I chased old-school Hollywood and didn’t get far, mostly because they weren’t around any more.
Your portrait of the Queen has an almost casual atmosphere. Did she mind the wellies being in shot?
BA: I think she liked the wellies in the shot, it’s what made her smile.
You’ve said that photography feeds into your music — could you tell us a little bit more about that?
BA: Actually what I said was one feeds the other, it was in reference to taking a break from one to do the other. It helps to come back to things refreshed.
To what extent can you design and plan for how things go on a shoot, and to what extent to you enjoy improvising or happy accidents?
BA: Being open for things to, and making things happen are the most crucial things to being a photographer. Both improvising and happy accidents are imperative.
From Instagram to Twitter, Facebook photography and visual language on the one hand seems to be becoming more and more a part of everyday life. And yet some of the most familiar features of the landscape from Kodak to Jessups to the manual camera are disappearing. When photography is your medium, how do those changes make you feel?
BA: I’m OK with it, and I embraced the digital world rather late.
What kind of camera do you use?
BA: I use a Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III.
And what kind of camera do you have a nostalgia for?
BA: The thing I miss most is my Rolleiflex, I wish it was a digi-camera….
When you are known very widely in one artistic sphere, how hard is it to establish yourself in a wholly different creative medium?
BA: It’s always hard to do one thing while the other thing is happening, but as long as your work is strong and you don’t care what people say about you, you’ll be OK.
Photo: © 2013 Bryan Adams
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Still running

Bryan Adams believes in hard work. Despite writing rock anthems for successive generations, the Canadian singer and guitarist briskly rejects any notion of songs just appearing to their creator. They come, like all your other achievements, as the result of great effort and application. He doesn't have a speck of dilettante in him.

"If you want to write good songs, you have to put the time in. They will not fall into your lap," says the 53-year-old craftsman, whose back catalogue includes the likes of Summer of '69, Run to You, Cuts Like a Knife, Heaven and (Everything I Do) I Do It for You. "You have to be a grafter if you want to make it. That's all there is to it."

Adams is speaking from North Carolina, where he is in the midst of a long tour alternating between two formats: stripped down acoustic performances in theatres and full-blown arena shows with his long-time band. Australia hosted the former in September 2011, but it has been seven years since the latter appeared here.

Adams, who talks in clipped, authoritative sentences, appreciates the cross-currents and feedbacks that come with two different styles of live show.
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"The two shows are quite different, even though a lot of the songs are the same. Playing acoustic really helps with the big show because when you go back to it you've learnt a whole heap about your songs. You never stop learning, that's the main thing," he says. "It's never the same twice and I love that. If we just toured as the arena band all the time it would be a grind."

Adams is famously guarded about his private life. Only the most basic facts are known: he's a vegan, divides his time off the road between London and Paris, and has two young daughters with Alicia Grimaldi, co-founder of his charitable foundation. What makes that all the more notable is that he has maintained his privacy even over a 30-year career that has put him in the rarefied realm of artists who've sold more than 100 million albums worldwide.

He has shifted more records than REM, Shania Twain or Van Halen but is sanguine about his success. January 18 this year marked the 30th anniversary of his breakthrough album, 1983's Cuts Like a Knife. Adams celebrated by having dinner at an Indian restaurant with Jim Vallance, the songwriting partner who gave him his first professional break when he was an unknown 18-year-old on the Vancouver music scene.

"We overindulged with a vegetable biryani," Adams says, laughing, but he admits that it's almost impossible to maintain the kind of public profile he enjoyed in the 1980s and 1990s. Adams hasn't put out a studio album since 11, which just broke into the Australian top 40 in 2008, and while he is working on a follow-up he's unsure what to do when it's finished. ''I don't know what to do with releasing music any more. I'm making an album but I don't even know how that will go. Let's face it, even my biggest colleagues struggle to get their music heard. People don't buy music - they stream it. I'm guilty of that myself. YouTube is where I listen to music."

Nor does Adams want credit for a series of records that have become ubiquitous on commercial rock radio. The singer - who also has a second career as a photographer that has lead to magazine shoots, exhibitions and the 2012 book Exposed - would rather keep touring than look back on his earlier works.

"I'm not looking for any credit. I don't care. I just want to keep working," he says. "It's all about being able to work with the people I've worked with for a long time. We put in a lot of time in the beginning and the hard work shows when you come around after the times have changed and your reputation still precedes you.

Adams first toured Australia in 1984, opening for the Police, and each tour here since he sees as vindication for all his effort. "Being able to come back means that people know what they can expect from you," he says.
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Gig details Friday, April 19, 7pm; Sydney Entertainment Centre, 35 Harbour Street, Darling Harbour

Tickets $99.95 to $141.40 plus booking fee; ticketmaster.com.au or 13 61 00

Live '80s anthems and rock-ballad paradise

Best Track Run to You, from Reckless

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Still running

by Ken Tashiro

 

Tour hits Australia in April

The Frontier Touring Company are delighted to announce the return of multi-Grammy Award winner Bryan Adams to Australia for his first arena rock tour since 2005.

In 2011 Bryan treated Australian fans to his up close and personal 'Bare Bones' sell out theatre tour. It left critics and fans alike raving as Bryan played the most intimate venues of his career in Australia.

2013 will see Bryan return to the rock 'n' roll roots that made him a household name across Australia and the world, with a tour that is earning glowing reviews across the globe.


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Bryan headlines Summer Live Festival July 14th.

Bryan headlines the Magic FM Summer Live Music Festival in Stoke Park, Guildford UK on Sunday July 14th. VIP Preferred Seating Packages also available.

Tickets for Magic Summer Live 2013 will go on sale this Friday (March 15) at 8am.

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Moon & Stars 2013 - Bryan Adams 12.7.13

Kanadas charismatischster export

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Michael Buble featuring Bryan Adams

Track Listing:

1. You Make Me Feel So Young
2. It's A Beautiful Day
3. To Love Somebody
4. Who's Lovin You
5. Something Stupid featuring Reese Witherspoon
6. Come Dance With Me
7. Close Your Eyes
8. After All featuring Bryan Adams
9. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You with Naturally 7
10. To Be Loved
11. You've Got A Friend In Me
12. Nevertheless (i'm in love with you) featuring The Puppini Sisters
13. I Got It Easy
14. Young At Heart

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Bryan headlines Moon & Stars Festival in Locarno

Bryan & band headline the Moon & Stars Festival in Locarno Switzerland Friday July 12th. Tickets on sale March 19th.

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Bryan Adams berührt mit seinem Unplugged-Konzert das Bremer Publikum

Bryan Adams begeisterte das Publikum im ausverkauften Bremer Musicaltheater mit seinem Unplugged-Konzert
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12.03.13 Bremen

Völlig aus dem Häuschen

Bremen - Von Nina Seegers. Völlig aus dem Häuschen gerieten die Zuschauer im Bremer Musicaltheater, als Bryan Adams am Sonntagabend die Bühne betrat. Der gebürtige Kanadier präsentierte sich ganz unprätentiös: In Jeans, schlichtem Hemd und seiner Akustikgitarre um den Hals, wirkte er nicht etwa wie der große Weltstar, sondern wie ein einfacher Songwriter.

Die Bühne war zunächst unbeleuchtet, neben einem großen schwarzen Flügel stand ein Mikrofon. Nur von einem Scheinwerfer ins rechte Licht gerückt, winkte der 53-Jährige seinen Fans zu und stimmte sogleich das erste Lied an. „I'm gonna run to you“ sang er, und das Publikum flippte sofort aus. Von Anfang an herrschte eine ganz besondere Stimmung im ausverkauften Saal des Musicaltheaters – schließlich erlebt man einen so großen Musiker, der sonst ganze Stadien füllt, in einer solch intimen Atmosphäre nicht alle Tage. Nach zwei Liedern kam der Pianist Gary Breit auf die Bühne, der Adams den Abend über am Flügel begleitete.

„Bare Bones“, so der Titel der Unplugged-Konzertreihe, sei eine Art Retrospektive seines musikalischen Schaffens der vergangenen 30 Jahre, erklärte der kanadische Sänger dem Publikum zu Beginn der zweistündigen Show. Von „I‘m ready“ und „Cuts like a knife“ über „Please forgive me“ und „(Everything I do) I do it for you“ bis hin zu „Summer of ‘69” jagte ein Hit den nächsten. Tatsächlich erreichte Adams seit 1983 in über 30 Ländern Nummer-Eins-Platzierungen in den Charts. Ab dem sechsten Lied riss es schließlich alle Zuschauer aus ihren Sitzen. Zu „This Time“ aus dem Jahr 1983 klatschten die Leute mit im Takt und sangen mit. Der Sänger war von der großen Resonanz des Publikums sichtlich gerührt und bedankte sich mehrmals bei seinen Fans.

Adams war den Zuschauern ganz nah und erzählte zwischen den Liedern immer wieder kleine Anekdoten aus seinem Leben als Musiker. Vor dem Lied „If ya wanna be bad ya gotta be good” ließ er den Saal hell erleuchten und erklärte, er brauche nun eine wilde Frau. Eine Blondine auf einem der vorderen Logenplätze meldete sich und tanzte sodann in langsamen Bewegungen zu dem Bluessong. Die Menge pfiff und jubelte. Auch Adams war von so viel Einsatz beeindruckt und bedankte sich bei der Frau. Der 53-jährige Superstar bereitete seinen Fans einen phantastischen Abend und bewies, dass er selbst altbekannte Hits nur mit Klavier und Akustikgitarre neu interpretieren kann. Der Applaus wollte am Ende des Konzerts einfach nicht enden.

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BRYAN ADAMS GUITAR STRING BRACELET DISCOUNTS. 100% proceeds to The Nordoff Robbins Foundation.

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Bryan Adams in Bremen

Bryan Adams in Bremen
Quelle: Michael Bahlo

Für viele war es das Highlight im März. Die Karten für das Konzert von Bryan Adams waren in kurzer Zeit restlos ausverkauft. Seine Fans wurden im Musical Theater in Bremen nicht enttäuscht. Mit dem "Bare Bones"-Konzert gab es eine Zeitreise unplugged durch das musikalische Leben des kanadischen Rockstars. Mehr zum Konzert lesen und hören Sie hier.

Bryan Adams in Bremen, [4:50] Audio
Nachbericht von Anja Kwijas

Barebone
In Jeans, schwarzem Hemd und einer Gitarre erschien Bryan Adams auf der Bühne des Musical Theaters in Bremen. Statt bombastischem Rockorchester gab es Adams in minimalistischer Orchestrierung zu erleben. Daher lautet das Motto der Konzertreihe auch "Barebones", englisch für "Blanke Knochen". Das ist auch der Titel seines Akustikalbums, das im Oktober 2010 erschien. Lediglich am Klavier wurde Bryan Adams von Gary Bright, mit dem der Kanadier befreundet ist.

Hit an Hit
Begonnen hat Bryan Adams das Konzert mit seinem Hit "Run To You". Darauf folgte Hit an Hit und die Zuschauer erlebt in der intimen Atmosphäre des Musical Theaters eine Zeitreise durch die musikalische Karriere Adams. Ob "Summer of 69", "Everything I Do" oder "Cuts Like A Knife", es gab keinen Song zu vermissen.

Auch das Publikum wurde am Abend mit einbezogen. Susanne aus Bremen tanzte zu Adams Musik auf einem Logenbalkon.
11. März 2013



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Bryan Adams im Musicaltheater

Fotostrecke- 10.03.2013

Bremen. Ein Weltstar zu Gast im Bremer Musicaltheater. Bryan Adams hat am Sonntagabend seine Fans mit einem betont schlicht gehaltenen Solo-Konzert begeistert. Die Fotostrecke zeigt sechs Bilder des Auftritts.

Eindrücke vom Bryan-Adams-Konzert im Bremer Musicaltheater.



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Bryan headlines Zurich Festival July 11th

Bryan performs at the Live at Sunset Festival in Zurich Switzerland July 11th. Tickets onsale Tuesday March 12th 9:00am at: www.liveatsunset.ch. Phone orders 0900 325 325.


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Bare Bones Shows FL & TN in May

Bryan takes the Bare Bones Show to Florida and Tennessee May 17 - 22nd. BA Member presale Mar 6th & Mar 7th.

Public onsale Friday March 8th.

Here are the dates:
May 17 Miami - Olympia Theatre
May 18 Sarasota - Van Wezel PAC
May 19 Daytona Beach - Peabody Auditorium ON SALE NOW
May 20 Pensacola - Saenger Theater
May 21 Nashville - Ryman Auditorium
May 22 Memphis - Germantown PAC

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Bare Bone Show Daytona Beach May 19th.

Bare Bones Shows confirmed in Daytona Beach on sale March 1st. More shows in Florida and Tennessee to be announced soon.

BA Member Presale this Weds & Thurs.

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Festival Shows in Denmark announced

Bryan and band head to Sonderborg & Jelling, Denmark for 2 shows in May.
Here are the dates!

May 25th, Sonderborg, Denmark Augustenborg Castle
May 26th Jelling, Denmark Jelling Festival

Tickets at usual outlets.

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German Festivals Announced

Full Band Shows in Germany in June just announced. Tickets on sale Friday March 1st.

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Bare Bones Tour - Oslo (Norway) - 04 March 2013

Bare Bones Tour banner promoting the Bare Bones concert in Oslo

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Newcastle Herald Australia - Bryan Adams puts in the hard yards

Bryan Adams puts in the hard yards
By HELEN GREGORY
Feb. 22, 2013, 10:30 p.m.

If Canadian singer songwriter Bryan Adams ever needs to be reminded of how far he has come in more than 30 years as a performer, he needs only to look at a framed cheque for one dollar that hangs on his wall.
A&M Records presented the cheque to an 18-year-old Bryan in 1978 as payment for signing him to the label.
"They were stingy, obviously didn't have any faith and in order to make a contract legal you had to have exchanged some money, so they had to - they had to - put a dollar on there," the strangely familiar, raspy voice tells Weekender on the phone from Raleigh, North Carolinam where he was playing on tour.
"Everybody needs a break and so even though it wasn't for anything in particular and there was no way I was going to pay my rent on this deal, it was a foot in the door and I was able to prove myself.
"Sometimes that's all you need in life is someone to give you the chance, so even though they were stingy as hell in the beginning, they coughed up later, don't worry."
An astonishing 65 million record sales later, Adams has proven he was worth the gamble.
His career has been a lesson in endurance, earning him 20 Juno awards, two Ivor Novello awards for song composition, nominations for 15 Grammy awards that included winning the 1992 Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television category, five nominations for Golden Globe Awards, and three nominations for Academy Awards for his songwriting for films.

Bryan Adams plays the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on April 26.




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Interview: Singer/photographer Bryan Adams’ “Exposed” exhibit opens Tuesday at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center

Posted by brandy on February 22, 2013M at 7:57 am


A version of this column appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.


Singer Bryan Adams brings “Exposed” photography exhibition to Oklahoma
Column: Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, formerly City Arts Center, will show 40 portraits taken by the “Summer of ’69″ hitmaker starting Tuesday.


Most music fans have a mental image of Bryan Adams with a guitar in hand rasping out hits like “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You,” “Cuts Like a Knife” and “Summer of ’69.”
About a dozen years ago, the Canadian rock star took up a camera with an eye toward shooting his own album covers and ended up with a second career making his own images as a professional photographer.
A new exhibit at the Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center, formerly City Arts Center, is exposing art lovers to Adams’ photos of fellow celebrities from the film, fashion and music worlds.
“If you were to catagorise me, I suppose I’m a portrait photographer that dabbles in fashion,” Adams said in an email sent from his home near London, where his partner, Alicia Grimaldi, recently gave birth to their second daughter, Lula Rosylea.
“I always let people be themselves. Sometimes I have a set which can be useful to play with, or an interesting location, but the best photos I think are the simplest ones.”
Opening Tuesday, “Bryan Adams: Exposed” features 40 images from his first book of the same name, which was released in October. The exhibit includes a mix of color and black-and-white images depicting famous faces from around the world, including the late Amy Winehouse, Victoria Beckham, Mick Jagger, Lindsay Lohan, P!nk, Mickey Rourke, Sir Ben Kingsley and Queen Elizabeth II.
“He’s really developed as a photographer over the last 10 years and he’s now very self-assured, I think, of what he does. And he knows a lot of these people. I think that helps so much because they’re at ease when they’re with him,” said Oklahoma Contemporary Executive Director Mary Ann Prior.
“They’re not haphazard moments — they really are all staged — but the people are relaxed and it doesn’t look in any way forced.”


Studio work

Adams, 53, said the images in the book and exhibit mostly are taken from photo shoots he’s done for magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire and Interview. He also founded and shoots for the German art fashion publication Zoo Magazine.
Sometimes the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter-turned-shutterbug uses elaborate set pieces, like the roomful of mirrors he arranged for Lana Del Rey after her highly scrutinized “Saturday Night Live” performance last year.
“They all seem to happen quite organically; things happen. I can’t explain it. I usually have a team of people I work with, all kinds of creatives, from hair and makeup to stylists and art directors,” he said of choosing the right sets and props.
“It’s a journey, I love working in the studio and sometimes on location. Candid shots are always being taken, and there is something spontaneous and fun about them … but my preference is the studio.”


International exhibit

Oklahoma City is only the second U.S. stop for “Exposed,” which premiered in December at the Goss-Michael Foundation in Dallas. After it closes here May 17, it will travel to Marfa Contemporary, a satellite gallery of Oklahoma Contemporary in Marfa, Texas, for a May 31-July 31 run.
“It’s had a very good run in Dallas. It’s been very popular there, so I have no doubt at all that it’s going to be equally well-received here,” said Oklahoma Contemporary Executive Director Mary Ann Prior, adding that Adams attended the exhibit’s Dallas opening but isn’t expected at the Oklahoma City event because of his daughter’s birth and upcoming European tour.
Adams’ exhibit will be the first to open at the Oklahoma gallery since it announced its new name earlier this week.
“It kind of sets the scene for where we’re going. We won’t always do these high-profile exhibitions with celebrities … but we will have a lot of very interesting international and national exhibits. And they’ll all be living artists,” Prior said.
“It (the new name) represents another stage in the evolution of this organization. It’s been around for over 20 years and now it’s making rapid progress to becoming a very vibrant space that is going to be eventually moved to a downtown location.”
Beyond Marfa, specific U.S. dates for “Exposed” are not confirmed, Prior said, but the exhibit will be traveling around the world. Another installment of it currently showing in Duesseldorf, Germany, includes Adams’ celebrity photos as well as his portraits of British war veterans, which will be featured in his next book.
“Whether it be my own family or my friends I tend to gravitate towards a character. … I do believe everyone is as interesting as the next, it’s just that some people are more forthcoming than others,” Adams said. “The soldiers I’ve been photographing are all British veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq, all of them wounded, some very severely. It’s a compelling, inspiring and very moving set of portraits.”
Music man
At the same time his photos are getting newfound exposure, Adams is continuing his “Bare Bones” acoustic tour and working on new music.
“Making an album of songs is always on the cards, it’s just when will it be good enough to release,” he said.
He may be up to two demanding careers as well as two young daughters, but the “18 Til I Die” singer doesn’t consider any of his life’s works too much work.
“I think these days you need to be a bit of a plate spinner; you need to multitask. Having a family isn’t work for me, it’s a joy, and I’ve never felt like I’ve worked making music or photos. Not only is it a joy, it’s a privilege,” he said.

ON EXHIBIT
“Bryan Adams: Exposed”
When: Tuesday-May 17.
Where: Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, formerly City Arts Center, State Fair Park, 3000 General Pershing Blvd.
Opening reception: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Admission: Free.
Information: 951-0000 or www.oklahomacontemporary.org.


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