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Friday, 30 May 2008 18:37 |
A world star sings the official song for the 2008 season of the most popular international touring-car series: Bryan Adams’ ‘Tonight we have the stars’ is the hymn that is going to accompany DTM throughout its 2008 season.
With immediate effect, the official DTM song will be heard anywhere where DTM is going to make a stop. The official champagne-shower during the presentation ceremony, for instance, will be accompanied by ‘Tonight we have the stars’, from the forthcoming round. “I have known DTM for many years and am looking forward to the co-operation,” says Adams. “Should my time schedule allow me to do so, I would love to attend a DTM race, this year.” In late May and early June, the Canadian will be touring in Scandinavia and on 20th June, he will play in Newmarket, Great Britain. His first appearance on German soil in 2008 will take place on 12th July in Ingolstadt, with further German concerts following on 24th September in Munich, 25th September in Bamberg, 26th September in Berlin and 29th September in Hamburg.
Source: dtm.com
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Thursday, 15 May 2008 19:37 |
 After Bryan Adams photographed Hillary Clinton to some acclaim, he has also offered to shoot Obama.
As well as an international singer he has become a respected photographer whose work is currently on display as the official lensman for Hear the World www.hear-the-world.com, a global initiative that raises awareness about the importance of good hearing and the impact of hearing loss. One of Adams' most viewed photographs is a recent portrait of Senator Hillary Clinton, which is currently being used as a campaign poster. "I'm flattered that Senator Clinton would use one of my images for such an important time in American politics," says Adams. "As a Canadian and an impartial observer, I'd be pleased to take Senator Obama's portrait."
Source: Music-News.com
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Saturday, 22 March 2008 11:44 |
 On the night before Good Friday, a few hundred people were treated to a religious experience at a grand downtown Vancouver church, courtesy of hometown boy Bryan Adams.
You know the last time I played in this area I think it was a nightclub called The Cave,” he told the crowd. “So it's good to be back.” Billed as a private, intimate event, it lived up to the promise, with Adams speaking directly to the audience – partly filled with people he knew – and audience members feeling comfortable talking back. “Hey, remember Black Bart's?” someone yelled out, referring to an old Burnaby club. “I do remember that place,” he replied. “I was trying to forget it.”
Asked at a press conference before the event why he opted for a secret concert as opposed to playing a public, ticketed show, Adams fingered his manager, Vancouver-based Bruce Allen. “You'd have to ask Bruce, who arranged that. I wanted to tell everybody about it. I don't know why it was a secret. I just think they thought it was a good idea.”
Adams begins a world tour next month in South America. There are no Canadian dates. It's been years since Adams has lived in Vancouver (he's a Londoner now), but he is still strongly identified with the city, particularly by Vancouverites – and still has personal connections here, too. “My family still live here and I have a recording studio here, which I like to go and visit once in a while and see if it's still standing,” he told reporters. “I'm amazed every time I come back to Vancouver how much it's changed. I mean, you go away for a month and there's three more skyscrapers. It's great. I think the city's developing beautifully.”
Adams was in Vancouver to celebrate his mother's 80th birthday, on Wednesday. When asked at the news conference whether his mother would be at the concert, he said she'd come to every one of his shows if she could. “She'd be there every day. She'd be selling t-shirts.” And there she was in a pew, 12 rows back from the stage, sitting next to Adams' brother (who also celebrated a birthday on Wednesday). When Adams asked her to “stand up and take a bow,” the crowd broke into an impromptu Happy Birthday to You. After some wild cheering, Adams joked “Let's get back to me now, okay?” He was clearly comfortable in front of the hometown crowd, in fine voice (particularly as the evening progressed) and looking pleased with himself after each well-received number.
Adams recently played 11 shows in 11 days across Europe to promote the new album (his 11th studio recording). He played several tracks from 11 Thursday night, but it was the older songs – such as Cuts Like a Knife, Run to You and Summer of '69 – that got the most enthusiastic response from the sedate, if appreciative, crowd. When he performed Heaven, he gestured up at the church. “I've never played in such a beautiful building,” he said earlier in the evening.
Among the stage banter highlights was a story Adams related that took place at his hotel earlier in the day. While waiting for a key, Adams was approached by another woman, who started chatting with him. She said she was in town to see Bryan Adams, clearly not recognizing who he was. “I said that's really cool,” Adams told the audience, before asking the woman to stand up if she was there. She was. “Glad you could make it,” Adams told her. He also told a story about trying to move from a less-than-desirable apartment in Burnaby to a place for rent in Kits Point. When Adams arrived at the Kits Point apartment, the landlord told him “sorry,” the place had been rented. But then he recognized Adams as a background vocalist from a CBC recording session the previous week (the landlord, it turns out, played the trumpet) and managed to get Adams into the apartment anyway, along with his brother.
That was the place, Adams told the audience, where he learned how to write songs and in fact where he wrote one of his huge, early hits, Straight from the Heart. “Don't ever say that music don't pay,” he said, before launching into the song. Standing there with his guitar and his harmonica, under the huge stained glass church window, Adams seemed less the international superstar and more the grateful recipient of a warm homecoming. It all felt very homey: brother videotaping his former roommate on-stage; mom accepting birthday wishes from friends – and polite strangers; Adams pausing to autograph CDs on-stage after he was done playing. “Hope to see you soon,” he told the crowd after an hour and 10 minutes. “Thank you very much.” And he left the sanctuary.
Credits: theglobeandmail.com
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 23:22 |
 Bryan Adams was recently interviewed by Tom Harrison from Canwest News Service How is this record being marketed? I'm not sure, ask Bruce Allen! (Adams' manager). Seriously, I'm not a marketing person, but in order to re-introduce myself, I've decided to do acoustic shows where I play a combination of new and old songs, chat a bit about them and do a show a day. I could actually do more, but during the day I do press interviews and TV...
Has this record presented a particular challenge to you? Every record is a challenge. The music is, of course, the most difficult part, but I don't feel pressured to deliver. I just make songs and then one day I have enough for a record. It's really no different than it has ever been; I just plod along and one day it all comes together.
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Monday, 17 March 2008 19:43 |
 Bryan Adams was talking to BBC News entertainment reporter Mark Savage. An album, a tour and an art exhibition - that's a lot to take on at once Yes, especially for one afternoon! They sort of coincidentally crashed into one another - although the album was actually finished last year and I've been sitting around waiting to put it out.
On tour you're going to be playing in small venues like churches and cabaret bars. What's the idea behind that? It's not really a full tour. It's an hors d'oeuvre, an amuse bouche, where you get a little taster of what the album's going to be like. I'll sing acoustically for eleven songs, which is kind of the theme of everything.
How do you psyche yourself up before going on stage? I just have a cup of tea and go do it. Just a regular cup. No milk.
I've seen you pull people out of the audience to sing with you. Is that fun? I like the idea of the talent show. The badder the better!
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Sunday, 16 September 2007 22:11 |
  Watch: Bryan Adams at international car show
Car lovers and music fans got double the value at the world debut of the new Audi A4 at the Frankfurt Motor Show: in addition to the fascinating A4 successor model, an extra highlight was provided by the rock star Bryan Adams.
The Canadian born singer is one of the world’s most highly acclaimed musicians whose career has spanned more than three decades. The celebrated rocker sang his classic hit single “Run To You”. As he sang, Audi’s new vehicle was unveiled as part of a spectacular show. Once Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, had announced the surprise guest and the first few notes of the hit could be heard, the atmosphere was buzzing at the show stand in Hall 3. “Bryan Adams is an excellent match for Audi and the new A4, ” said Stadler. “Just like Audi, he has remained on the road to success for decades. ” “With this new car”, Adams noted, “Audi and the four rings prove that they belong in the top segment in the automotive industry”.
Source: Auto123.com
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Canadian Rocker Bryan Adams didn't mention any moving plans should McCain win, but he also hopes for an Obama election victory. "I hope Obama will win," Adams said in Berlin, where his photo exhibition, Hear the world, is being shown. "Everything is better than what we have now", he added according to German news agency dpa.