Bryan Adams is among six Canadians to win this year’s Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards.

The honour recognizes “outstanding lifetime contribution to Canada’s cultural life.”

Each winner receives $25,000 and will be honoured at a gala at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on May 1. Governor General Michaëlle Jean will present the awards April 30 at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

Adams, who is touring internationally with his Bare Bones solo acoustic show, performed his song Bang the Drum with Nelly Furtado at the Olympic opening ceremony.

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They performed to the song “Bang The Drum”, which had been composed by Jim Vallance and Bryan Adams himself.

The opening ceremony of the Olympics are always great events worth watching out for, and the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics 2010, that is taking place in Vancouver was no exception. It goes without saying, however, that the festivities of the opening ceremony this time were a bit dampened, and began on a rather somber note. The authorities were dealing with the death of the Luger Nodar Kumaritashivli in an accident just hours before its opening. Despite the grave mood, however, the opening ceremony was, like every other time, a star studded event, complete with the likes of Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado, among others. (more…)

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Bryan is donating prime concert tickets and exclusive Meet & Greet experiences to each of his American shows in February. The auction, in conjunction with Universal Music Group is being run through ebay and will benefit the Red Cross Haiti Relief.

Ticket packages are available for shows from February 19th through 24th in S. Dakota, N. Dakota, Iowa and Indiana. Auction ends Monday, Feb 15th.

Now please click here to bid and show your support for Haiti.

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Bryan Adams sings the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver 2010 for German TV – ARD. The Canadian wrote the song “One World, One Flame” exclusively for the ARD.

From 1th of February the song is to hear on the ARD and the radio. The song will guide the audience of ARD through the Olympic Games. ARD sports coordinator Balkausky Axel said: “We are very pleased that we could win Bryan Adams for writing and singing this song only for our broadcasts of the Winter Olympics.” Adams is not only world-famous, but stand up for Canada more than any other musicians. With “One World, One Flame” he has written a song that fits perfectly into such a big event like the Olympics. “We are very excited to see how our audience will accept it,” added Balkausky.

The song “One World, One Flame” to buy at Amazon@Germany.

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