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.

Source: http://www.cbc.ca

Posted in: General News
1 Comment

  |    Print This Post

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.

Source: bryanadams.com

Posted in: General News
No Comments

  |    Print This Post

Adams submitted his song a while back hoping that it would be a part of the film, but tells us things were delayed after the tragic death of Travolta and Preston’s son, Jett, earlier this year.

Bryan Adams has a song in the new feature film, Old Dogs, starring John Travolta, Robin Williams and Kelly Preston. The Canadian singer wrote the track, “You’ve Been A Friend To Me” especially for Old Dogs — a movie that centers around two friends who find their lives turned upside down they suddenly have to take care of 7-year-old twins. (more…)

Posted in: General News
No Comments

  |    Print This Post

Bryan will be touring with his full band in Scandinavian Countries in May 2010. First tour dates for Danemark, Finland and Norway has been confirmed.

Here are the dates:
May 21 – Aalborg/Denmark,
May 22 – Aarhus/Denmark,
May 23 – Odense/Denmark,
May 24 – Hillerod/Denmark,
May 26 – Tampere/Finland,
May 28 – Kristiansand/Norway

Click to see full tour schedule and buy tickets..

Posted in: General News
5 Comments

  |    Print This Post

International stars such as Jude Law, Elle Macpherson, Lenny Kravitz and Laura Pausini have been photographed by Bryan Adams for the Hear the World initiative. These pictures are exclusively available for you to admire in the Hear the World calendar 2010.

You can reserve your copy of this limited edition calendar for EUR 19.90 / USD 29.90 / GBP 17.89 / CHF 29.90 at www.hear-the-world.com to support the charitable projects run by the Hear the World Foundation. All net sales proceeds will go to the Hear the World Foundation. This Foundation is committed to using its financial resources and supplying hearing systems to improve the quality of life for people who suffer from hearing loss.

Source: hear-the-world.com

Posted in: General News
No Comments

  |    Print This Post

Bryan Adams has once again teamed up with Greenpeace – this time on their campaign for justice for the Tokyo Two.

The Tokyo Two are Japanese Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki. In 2008 they uncovered evidence that a Japanese whaling ship, Nisshin Maru, hunting whales in the Southern Ocean sanctuary under the guise of scientific research, was being used to illegally supply the whale meat market. (more…)

Posted in: General News
No Comments

  |    Print This Post

Watch the interview

CNN’s Max Foster talks with Bryan Adams about his three decades in the music game and what the future holds.

Canadian rock singer-songwriter Bryan Adams says the secret to a hit song is “a great melody and a simple lyric.”

Asked why he thought his 1991 super-ballad “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You,” was such a mega-hit, Adams said the song’s lyrics had “a universal simple message.”

“That’s probably the reason why it was a hit in every country in the world,” the Grammy Award-winning Adams said on CNN’s Connect The World. (more…)

Posted in: General News
1 Comment

  |    Print This Post

Bryan Adams is on ‘Connect the World’ programme on Monday (30 November). Don’t miss it!

This is an interactive programme that accepts questions from viewers online, which are asked by the host on air. So you have the chance to ask Bryan Adams the questions you would like answered. More information on: www.cnn.com/connecttheworld

Posted in: General News
1 Comment

  |    Print This Post

Watch the new official video clip of “You’ve Been A Friend To Me” on BA’s Youtube Channel

The soundtrack is no is available in MP3 format on Amazon (under MP3 Downloads) and ITunes.

Posted in: General News
No Comments

  |    Print This Post

Watch teaser trailer of the movie

Listen to short clip of the song

Bryan Adams has recorded a new song called ‘You’ve Been A Friend To Me’ for the movie “Old Dogs” with Robin Williams and John Travolta.

Movie will play in theaters on November 25th and the soundtrack will be released on November 24th. Here is the full tracklist of the soundtrack: (more…)

Posted in: General News
3 Comments

  |    Print This Post

Watch the video

Bryan Adams talks about Greenpeace, photography and the Bryan Adams Foundation.

Chuck: Boys and girls, I’m thrilled, excited, and just so pleased to have my pal, legendary singer, songwriter, performer Bryan Adams here. Bryan, great to see you..


Bryan: Chuck, man, good to see you. Excellent. (more…)

Posted in: General News
No Comments

  |    Print This Post

Bryan Adams in a short interview with The Miami Herald.

MH: How’s the tour going so far?

BA: Great! I’ve titled it the Bare Bones Tour, and it’s been going on for a little over a year, acoustically, just myself solo. I really haven’t gone off tour, ever. I tour a week a month and have been doing it like that for 10 years now. (more…)

Posted in: General News
No Comments

  |    Print This Post

Bryan Adams will play at a fundraising concert at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of threatened wildlife.

The Born Free Foundation announced that the rock star will join the line-up of its Wild and Live concert on November 14, at the gig’s launch event on Wednesday.

Bryan, a long-time supporter of Born Free, sent a message of encouragement from Los Angeles, calling on the public to back the event.

He said: “Wild and Live is a concert to help Born Free to save 25,000 animals. (more…)

Posted in: General News
No Comments

  |    Print This Post

Five venues are in for a visit as the Canadian gets back to rock ‘n’ roll basics.

Bryan Adams fans get the rare opportunity to see the Canadian in an intimate setting in January when he brings his solo The Bare Bones acoustic tour to the Olympia, Dublin (14 & 15); Millennium Forum, Derry (16); Waterfront, Belfast (17); Royal Theatre, Castlebar (18); and INEC, Killarney (19). (more…)

Posted in: General News
No Comments

  |    Print This Post

Bryan Adams in concert at the National Arts Center in Ottawa

Well, they should have seen how warm, chatty and open he was during an unplugged performance at the National Arts Centre last night. There was no sign of snobbery as Adams, in jeans, boots and a button-up shirt, settled onto a stool on stage, acoustic guitar in hand.

He broke the ice with one of his best songs, Run To You, and forged an instant connection with the crowd by deconstructing a section of the song. As he plucked the motif, everyone in the sold-out audience echoed it with handclaps. (more…)

Posted in: General News
No Comments

  |    Print This Post