Member Review: Bryan Adams

BPD subscriber ArtemisT writes:

Bryan Adams delivered all the hits and then some during his 30-song, two-hour-plus set.

On a well-lit stage and dressed in jeans and a long-sleeved black shirt, Adams launched into House Arrest, Somebody, Here I Am and Kids Wanna Rock to kickstart his trip down memory lane.

And what better reason than the 20th anniversary of the release of Waking Up The Neighbours?

The expected softballs and radio balladry such as Thought I’d Died And Gone To Heaven, Do I Have To Say The Words? and of course (Everything I Do) I Do It For You would be a given on this night.

But Bryan flexed some muscle through the infectious pop-rock of Can’t Stop This Thing We Started, 18 ’Til I Die, Back To You and Summer Of ’69.

Adams’ band of guitarist Keith Scott, bassist Norm Fisher, keyboardist Gary Breit and drummer Mickey Curry are about as good as it gets in pop and roll. And each allows Adams the freedom to ply his craft as a singer-guitarist and fill his role as entertainer.

The combo continued to lean into it with Cuts Like A Knife, before being joined onstage by a young lady from the audience who filled in for Spice Girl Mel C on When You’re Gone.

The audience-femmes swooned and sang during Heaven and Please Forgive Me, but the evening was far from over. The hits just kept a-comin.’ The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You, segued into Run To You, which sent the crowd bonkers.

A solo acoustic foray featuring Straight From The Heart and All For Love (the collaboration featuring Adams, Sting and Rod Stewart) brought the evening to a close and sent me and 13000 others to the exits with smiles.