The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and CTV are pleased to announce that Bryan Adams is the recipient of the 2010 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award.

The Award, named after CHUM Ltd. founder Allan Waters, is made possible by funding from the CTVglobemedia-CHUM benefits package and recognizes an outstanding Canadian artist whose humanitarian contributions have positively enhanced the social fabric of Canada.

The Allan Waters Humanitarian Award will be presented to Mr. Adams during THE JUNO AWARDS broadcast on Sunday, April 18, 2010 on CTV.

Since the early days of his music career, Adams has been at the forefront of fundraising and social awareness events from Amnesty International “A Conspiracy of Hope” and Rock for Amnesty Tours, Live Aid, Live 8 and One Night Live. In 1985 Adams co-wrote and took part in the recording of “Tears Are Not Enough,” Canada’s song to help raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. (more…)

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American syndicated radio show INTHESTUDIO celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Bryan Adams’ RECKLESS album with a one hour rockumentary.

Twenty-five years ago this week Bryan Adams’ fourth album, Reckless, had been out exactly two months & had only just begun spinning off what eventually be a total of six Top 15 hits , including the #1 ” Heaven.” At the time only Michael Jackson’s Thriller was its equal for sheer mass appeal prolifics. In mid-August 1985, a month after I had witnessed him & his band from sidestage at Philadelphia’s massive RFK stadium performing to more than a billion people as part of the televised Live Aid charity concert, Reckless was the #1-selling album in America. (more…)

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