Bryan Adams gets the stamp of approval
Bryan Adams is part of a quartet of musicians who will appear on Canada Post stamps next June or July.
The stamps will be sold in books of eight, with two stamps of each artist, so there will probably be 1.5 million Bryan Adams stamps printed.
The image for the Adams stamp has not been released yet. He’s currently skiing in Europe, and wasn’t available for an interview Thursday.
But he is familiar with the Canada Post stamp program, because a photo he took of Queen Elizabeth was used on a Canadian stamp in 2003.
Nicole Lemire of Canada Post said that Canada Post “was looking for artists that really paved the way” for its Canadian Recording Artists series. “Bryan Adams has quite a few accomplishments behind his portfolio, so he was chosen.”
The stamps are presented in a round booklet that resembles a CD cover; open it up and the square stamps are inside. You can’t buy a single Adams stamp, because you have to buy the whole set, but you can get a booklet with Adams on the cover.
Almost all the people who appear on Canadian stamps are dead. Because Adams is still alive, Canada Post asked his permission to use his image on the stamp, which he gave. He does not get any money from the sale of the stamps.
Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario, and grew up in North Vancouver. He’s lived in London, England since the late 1980s, but still has a house in West Vancouver. He also owns the Warehouse Recording Studio in Gastown, where AC/DC recorded their last album. He’ll be back in British Columbia for an acoustic tour that begins in Nanaimo Feb. 8 and also hits Kelowna Feb. 9.
Source: vancouversun.com (Article), bryanadams.com (Photo)
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June 25th, 2009 at 7:25 am
i feel so proud!! u do deserve a star. u are a star. u got a star from me the first time i heard u sing. do your thing cause u are the best at what u do!!