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04/03/05 - ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BRISBANE Review by Kim: As much as I love to 'rock out' to the heavier stuff of Bryan's...I have to say that my favourite part of the whole gig was the accoustic encore. At certain moments during those songs, there was total silence. With a crowd of about 10,000 people...that really speaks volumes about Bryan as a performer. He had everyones attention! I took a friend with me, who hasn't heard a lot of his music....and she absolutely loved it! ...and lastly, a comment from Bryan about
the true meaning of the lyrics for 'summer of 69'. He said that many people believe
it's about things that happened in the year of '69... Setlist: ********** Review
by Emma Chalmers (The Courier Mail): From the start it was clear the raspy-voiced Canadian knew what it was fans had come to hear and set out to deliver - launching into one song after another and having a well-timed yarn with the audience in between. He was also out to impress after a hiccup on his last visit to Brisbane in 2003 when his voice gave out half way through the gig, leaving thousands disappointed. "We've got some stuff to catch up on from the last show we did here," he announced, and promptly made his way through a set that lasted two hours and took in his chart-topping hits as well as his new stuff. While Adams had his new album to promote, his first in six years, the numbers from Room Service made up just a smattering of the set list, which may as well have been a greatest hits collection. The 9000-strong crowd may have been receptive to everything but there was a palpable difference when he launched into songs such as 18 Til I Die, Can't Stop This Thing We Started and Summer of 69. Wearing jeans, boots and black t-shirts, Adams and the band were just like a bunch of young boys living the rock 'n' roll dream - admittedly the dream includes Fender guitars - and they moved through the older hits like they were yesterday's. And just when I thought at half time that there couldn't be much else to come after the heat-melting, lighter-waving Everything I do I do It For You, Adams upped the tempo with Cuts Like A Knife and Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You. For fans, it was all there and it was all comfortably familiar - even dragging a girl from the crowd up on stage for a duet. On Friday night, it was Gemma from Gladstone who, despite her shrieks of excitement, did an admirable job in taking the place of Mel "Sporty Spice" C for When You're Gone. She also earned the ire of many of the thousands of women in the audience who would be more than happy to rid Adams of his bachelorhood. After the frivolity of the duet, the gig hit a lower ebb and Adams moved through some of his lesser-known numbers. Yet again, just as the crowd started to fidget in their seats, he had them on their feet for the last number before the first of two encores. The band of boys returned for Run To You and Adams sang and gave high-fives and hugs to the front row and took pictures of himself with ecstatic females, ever the crowd-pleaser. And then it was just Adams and his guitar to see the night out with ballads including Flying, Straight from the Heart and Room Service. Adams may not sell as many albums as he did during his peak, but it is for good reason that he just about packed out the Entertainment Centre on Friday and should do again on his next visit. Special mention must also go to former Australian Idol runner-up Shannon Noll - also a gravelly voiced singer - who supported Adams for his Brisbane gig. It's rare to see the foyer of the Entertainment Centre so empty when a support act is on, but Noll was clearly a big drawcard for fans of Adams both young and old. ********** | |||
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