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05/04/97 - CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL
ARENA The
boys return to the Cardiff International Arena for the 3rd time in less than a
year to once again sellout the place. More new material off the 18 album is played
than the '96 shows, as they vary the setlist for the '97 tour. 
(Above)
Keith shows Bryan how to play guitar! Setlist:
The
Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
Do To You
Straight From The Heart
Heat Of The Night
I Think About You
Kids Wanna Rock
Can't Stop
This Thing We Started
Everything I Do
18 Til I Die
Touch The Hand
Star
Cuts Like A Knife
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman
Run
To You
Hey Elvis
There Will Never Be Another Tonight
***b-stage***
C'mon
Everybody
We're Gonna Win
(I Wanna Be) Your Underwear
Seven Nights
To Rock
Please Forgive Me
She's Only Happy When She's Dancin'
***b-stage***
Summer
Of '69
Cuts Like A Knife
Let's Make A Night To Remember
It Ain't A Party
If Ya Can't Come 'Round
I'll Always Be Right There Red
Dragon FM interview taped backstage before the show...
(We caught up with Bryan
Adams last night backstage before he did his big gig) Bryan,
this is another sellout gig for you, second in less than a year.
BA: We
were just here weren't we?
>It seems like you've never been away
BA:
I like Wales.
>Now this is your eighth album, '18 Til I Die', why do
you think it's your best?
BA: I think it's actually my ninth album. You
gotta say it's your best. It's the most recent so it's your best.
>So
how does it stand up with things against 'Reckless', I mean, all those hits that
'Reckless' spawned?
BA: I think we'll have to see, see how it looks in 10
years time. I mean, 'Reckless' was released in '84, and it's 13 years ago, so
lets see what happens in 13 years and if '18 Til I Die' stands the test of time.
>Does
it seem like that?
BA: I some ways if I really think about it, it does seem
like 13 years ago because I remember playing in '83/'84, and if I think about
it even '85. But when we first played here on the 'Reckless Tour' we were the
support band for Tina Turner and so I do remember that very well.
>I
think you would remember working with Tina Turner. We remember 'It's Only Love',
the single you dueted with. Now you seem to be getting, as the years go on, especially
with this new album '18 Til I Die' and 'The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is
You' and '(I Wanna Be) Your Underwear'..., you're getting raunchy aren't you Bryan?
BA:
Well I just...you know...what can I say? Yes! Well there's interesting titles
and I think I've become more interested in creating songs that provoke a reaction
and particularly with...even song titles are incredibly long like '(Everything
I Do) I Do It For You'.
>Was that a big hit for you?
BA: It was
actually it did very well yeah! If you go down to your local pub I'm sure someone
might be able to...
>On the subject of that song, do you think that
it will ever be beaten at #1. I mean I know the 'Wet Wet Wet' boys came pretty
close?
BA: A lot of people have come close. You know what, I don't spend
one minute thinking about those sort of things because it was a fantastic record,
it did really well, it's bound to happen one day that someone will bread the record,
it's obvious. Bohemian Rhapsody held the record for a long time and every couple
of years someone will come out with another record....you never know.
>Do
you think things like that are bad for the image sometimes when you think "oh
Bryan Adams, he just sings nice ballads"...
BA: Well I really don't
think that at all, I think it's a beautiful song and a lot of people love that
record and OK, it was a slow number but I've always done slow numbers. Shall I
play it?
>Yeah go on, make yourself useful go on!!
BA: *(Everything
I Do) I Do It For You*
>Great song, we love it. I like it.
BA:
There was a lot of funny stories about that record. There were actually people
that had been taken prisoner in the Gulf War and the story one of them came off
the plane and the first question he asked was "is Bryan Adams still number
1?" So, there's lots of funny things you hear and it was a phenomenal time
and a phenomenal record and I think it stands the test of time too. I mean a lot
of people say "oh, I don't wanna hear that song again, I heard it enough"
but you understand when you hear it that it does provoke a...
>It captures
a great mood...
BA: Yeah it does. Everybody will remember the film and what
they were doing at the time.
>Well I don't remember the film at all
but I remember the record! The film was rubbish!! So you still love touring obviously...
BA:
Yeah, well I got a big entourage of people here and...
>Yeah we bumped
into most of them on the way in, saying "what are you doing here?"
BA:
We got about 30/40 people here on tour with us. It's a big family, a bit of a
brotherhood. You know, we've been together a long time and so in a sense it's
become a bit of a circus. We've created this and we're gonna keep going. Like
you said, we were here about six months ago and we're back again and there's a
reason for that, people... there's been a demand... The demand is still there
cos it was soldout a long time ago. At the time we could've possibly done two
nights here in Cardiff but, hey listen I'm happy to come back.
>How
does this compare cuz I know you played the Arms Park, how does it compare to
the CIA?
BA: Well, I like both really for different reasons. The Arms Park
was an excellent gig. The thing I like about playing in a big stadium like that
is that people... there's a sense of a party...I don't know what it is...it's
sort of an outdoor...a proper afternoon out, a picnic or something and there's
always lots of good singing going on. I like all that but in a gig like this it's
much more personal and even this is still quite a big gig but there's a different
atmosphere completely. You really have to change your whole approach to what you
are doing... one for stadiums, and one for smaller gigs.
>Do you still
get the buzz when you're singing onstage and you stop singing but the crowd continue...
BA:
Thats a great feeling... to know that you've written something and everyone is
out there watching you singing.
>What's that feel like?
BA: That's
the feeling that keeps most people going in the business. Thats the thing that
keeps singer singing and songwriters writing and I think... you do this for yourself
initially, but when you get people off then you do it for them as well.
>How
do you keep your feet on the ground, cuz everyone says "oh, Bryan Adams what
a nice bloke"
BA: I'm trying to change that! I don't really think about
that either, again I get on with what I do. I'm a songwriter, I'm a singer and
so I get on with what I do best. I've never really got into the trappings of being
sort of a celebrity. You won't see me opening up restaurants...
>So
what's in the future Bry?
BA: Opening a restaurant! No, I don't know what
I'm doing. Just gonna keep touring and gonna go to America for a while, gonna
have a cup of tea.
>What a good idea! Put the kettle on.
BA: It's
on right now!!
>Bryan thanks very much indeed for talking to us. Thankyou.
Wasn't he a lovely bloke. Nice bloke! Bryan Adams... if you were there at the
gig last night...what a diamond gig. And he did make us a cup of tea but... he
makes a crap cup of tea! He really does! | | |
