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LATEST NEWS:
Room Service UK Single Release - the big day is apparently confirmed as being Monday March 28th. No information on formats/b-sides is yet available. source: universal press release Latest
news - here's some of the latest news to keep you all
up to speed (most of which is info direct from Bryan in chat on ba.com) CHUM
FM celebrates it's 20th year of 'Breakfast In Barbados' with international superstar
Bryan Adams - 104.5 CHUM FM is celebrating the
20th year of its hugely successful Breakfast in Barbados promotion by bringing
Bryan Adams to the Caribbean island for an exclusive concert. The international
superstar will join Roger, Rick & Marilyn and an Air Canada Vacations jet
of CHUM FM listeners for a special performance to thank the island for 20 years
of Breakfast in Barbados. Bryan nominated for 2 Juno awards - Bryan has been nominated for two Juno Awards, Canada's equivalent to the Grammys. These are the following categories Bryan features in: ARTIST
OF THE YEAR: CD/DVD ARTWORK DESIGN OF
THE YEAR: More
European dates added - the following dates have
been added to the tour roster for 2005 source:ba.com: 3 new tourdates
added in Germany - thats right 3 new
dates have been added in Germany in March. Check them out below and also visit
the tourdates page to see a list of shows Bryan is yet to play go> Bryan on MTV Asia Aid - MTV Asia Aid Black Eyed Peas and Franz Ferdinand are among the new additions to the MTV Asia Aid line-up. New additions to the global benefit, taking place in Bangkok on Thursday (February 3) to raise money for those effected by the tsunami disaster, also include Ashanti, Enrique Iglesias, Keane, Bryan Adams, Jackie Chan, Rio Ferdinand and special guest – UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. As previously announced, MTV Asia Aid will be hosted by Alicia Keys and will feature performances and special messages from the likes of 50 Cent, J-Lo, Green Day, Nelly, Moby and Ronan Keating. Watch MTV Asia Aid on February 3 at 5pm on MTV UK. (I guess that might JUST be physically possible seeing as Bryan also has a gig in Spain that night... we will just have to wait and see... 2 shows in one day?.... in Asia and Spain... wow he will have to be fast on that plane!). source:mtv 'Live In Lisbon' DVD news - Bryan has now finished the Lisbon gigs so the DVD will now have been recorded. Before the shows it was announced that the second show on the 31st was going to be the DVD gig, but infact Bryan announced on the first gig that they were being filmed for the DVD. I have seen the pictures from the 1st gig so this turns out to be true as the extra camera crew were present to film. Anyway on the 30th Bryan announced to the fans that the DVD will be out in September to celebrate 25 years of rockin'!... and as 'Lonely Nights' was in the setlist... I can't wait! For more info check out the review of the show and the setlist in the gig archive go> Irish date added - Bryan will play at the Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, Cork, Ireland on May 21st. Tickets onsale Jan 20th from ticketmaster.ie. source: ba.com News Roundup - Bryan has recently been involved in helping to raise money for the tsunami disaster in Asia with Canada For Asia and Radio Aid. Also this week new tourdates were announced in Japan and an extra date in Lisbon at the end of this month. Check tourdates for more details.
New recording location for DVD has changed - instead of recording the new DVD in Madrid it will now be recorded in Lisbon, Portugal... working title 'Bryan Adams - Live In Lisbon'. source: BA 'Racing Stripes' soundtrack released - the soundtrack for the movie has now been released in the USA. You can hear a short mp3 sample of Bryan's song 'It Ain't Over Yet' by clicking on the following link go> Thanks to 'Canadian' for the link. Bryan to help people affected by the Asian Earthquake/Tsunami - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is airing on television and radio next Thursday (Jan 13th) a live three-hour broadcast event to benefit the victims of the South Asian tsunami disaster. Bryan Adams is participating. Read the article here go> You can also listen to the CBC radio on their website go> Thanks to Linda for the info. Bryan
rounds off 2004 talking to his fans - tonight on December 29th Bryan came
onto the official site for over an hour and chatted to the fans. He talked about
a few interesting things... points of interest were: Congrats to Keith Scott - Bryan's long time guitar sidekick and friend Keith Scott is celebrating the birth of his second child with his wife Paula. The new arrival was born on December 16th at 4.02pm and has been named 'Wyatt Keith'. This follows the birth of his first child a couple of years ago called 'Noa'. Congrats to Keith and Paula... have a great xmas! Another UK gig added - Bryan will play Glasgow's SECC in Scotland on May 14th. For a full list of recent and upcoming tourdates click here go> source: ticketmaster.co.uk Quick roundup - another show date has been added in Dublin on May 19th. Also the soundtrack for 'Racing Stripes' featuring Bryan's new song 'It Ain't Over Yet' (co-written with Gretchen Peters and Eliot Kennedy) is out on Jan 11th in the USA. source: ticketmaster.ie and karen New
BA/Calvin Klein photo book 'American Women' out April '05 - In November 2003,
the musician and photographer Bryan Adams began photographing a cross-section
of influential American women dressed in new and vintage Calvin Klein. Shot mainly
in New York and Los Angeles throughout 2004, American Women is a tribute to the
beauty, strength and character of American women. Actors, Journalists, musicians,
artists, businesswomen, athletes, and philanthropists are included--the only binding
theme being that they are American women known for excelling in their field, including
Hilary Clinton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, Scarlet
Johannson, Venus and Serena Williams, Sheryl Crow, Pink, Natalie Cole, Katie Couric,
Jane Pauley, Paula Zahn, Liz Smith, Blaine Trump, Nan Kempner, Aerin Lauder, Marlo
Thomas, Amber Valetta, Christie Brinkley, Cindy Crawford, Eve Ensler, Alice Sebold,
Lindsay Lohan, Lauren Bush, and Debbie Harry, among others. Proceeds from "American
Women will benefit the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in support of their
ongoing breast cancer research programs. source: walmart.com and karen Bryan on BBC Radio 2 - Bryan will be appearing on BBC Radio 2 today (Sat Dec 11th) starting at 10am on the Jonathan Ross show. He will be doing an interview and playing a few live songs. For people not in the uk you can listen online at bbc.co.uk/radio2. More UK Tourdates announced - yes Bryan will be touring the UK again in May '05. Tickets are onsale at the end of this week through the usual outlets. Bryan will play Birmingham NEC on May 11th and London's Earls Court on May 13th. There has also been another gig in Northern Ireland confirmed in Portrush. More dates may follow. Check tourdates for full details go>
More
interesting news - Bryan spent time after the recent Nurnberg gig to talk
to fans on his website and had some interesting news: Dublin
gig announced - Bryan will be playing
a gig in The Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland on May 18th 2005. Tickets should be
on sale at 9am Wednesday 1st December. Bryan said this week in an interview he
hopes to return to the UK around this time so don't be surprised if yet more dates
are announced. source: Niall New song featured in upcoming film - Racing Stripes, scored by Isham, is a comedy about a zebra who wants to race with the big horses. The film is directed by Frederik Du Chau (Quest for Camelot). Varèse Sarabande describes Isham's score as "touching and exciting" and also announces that the album will feature new songs by Sting ('Inside Rail) and Bryan Adams ('It Ain't Over Yet'). Movie due for release January 14th. source: bryanadams.nu, baalternativezone, http://racingstripesmovie.warnerbros.com Children In Need Gig - this Friday November 19th Bryan and the boys (yes apparently the band will be there as well) are performing in Wrexham, Wales. Apparently they are going to be playing for at least 30 minutes. As you all know tickets went very fast before Bryan was even added to the bill... however all is not lost. You can listen live on the internet to the show and/or watch the webcam. The show will also be broadcast live on Radio and TV in Wales. There will also be repeats later on in the year apparently. Anyway information about listening/watching on the internet can be found at the following location on the BBC website. go> Flying Promo Schedule - Bryan will be performing saturday november 13th on the Great British Pop Test where he will perform his newest single, Flying. The show is hosted by Neil Fox and Gaby Logan and recorded at LWT, London Studios SE1. Rehearsal and Taped Performance is done with a studio audience. Bryan is the only performer in the studio, but there is an Outside broadcast by Status Quo who are performing an old hit "Rocking All Over The World". There will also be pieces with celebrities talking about number 1 singles. this includes people such as - Ozzy Osbourne, Westlife, Daniel Bedingfield, Rachel Stevens and interviews with British actors and actresses. Bryan will continue with more UK promotions and is also confirmed for BBC Breakfast on the 22nd and Des & Mel on the 23rd. Bryan and the band will also perform live on German Television show, Hitgiganten December 6th. Also don't forget Bryan will be making an appearence at the Wrexham 'Children In Need' concert on November 19th. For a full rundown of where Bryan will be over the coming months check the 'tourdates' section. source: bryanadams.com
'Open
Road' makes live debut - yes that right,
last night Bryan debuted the song in Holmdel, NJ, USA. It was the 4th song in
the set and it went down a storm with the US fans. As the night reached a close
Bryan made a comment that made the crowd go absolutely nuts! As he reached the
end of his set, he reminded the crowd that he played "Open Road" earlier
in the night... He mentioned (in so many words) that there's a general concern
of people downloading music without paying for it, etc... But he encouraged the
crowd to go on the internet and download the song from where they could find it
because, and I quote, "you're not going to fucking hear it on the radio!"
Setlist and review online very soon.
BIG THANKS To Anthony Mangione UK release date for 'Open Road' - Monday 13th September is the day... one week before the release of the new album. source: hmv.co.uk Get ready for the 'Open Road' - Bryan's new single 'Open Road' is today (July 28th) already being played on German radio (short 20 second clips)... the full version will be played tommorrow or the day after. Listen to your radio stations in Europe and the UK... 'Open Road' seems to be already hitting the airwaves. You can listen to a short 20 second clip tonight on www.radiohamburg.de... at 7.53pm and 11.54pm German time. Thanks to Petra for this info. Get ready to be 'Stripped'! - BA's new studio album "Room Service" will be released to the world the week of September 20th. (The United States will release the album early next year.) "Room Service" will be followed up with an acoustic CD entitled "Stripped" which includes 14 original songs, some of which are acoustic demos from the Room Service CD. Both CD's were recorded on the road in Europe, in hotels and backstage at concert venues. source: bryanadams.com More dates - Bryan has added dates in Dornbirn in Austria, and Basel in Switzerland. Check 'tourdates' for more details go> 'Open Road' - the new single 'Open Road' will go to radio on August 2nd... Bryan is expected to film the video for the single in Toronto. source: ba.com & BA Scottish tourdate added - Bryan will play the Aberdeen AECC on October 21st. Tickets onsale now. New single named - the new single will be called 'Open Road'. source: mlk.com More tourdates added in UK and Germany! - a second night at Wembley Arena has been added on the 30th of October along with a full German tour in November/December. go> New album 'Room Service' official release date announced - the news you have all been waiting for.... September 20th 2004 is the magic day... get counting down the days! Stay tuned for equally more important news later in the week. source: cclive More news on the 'Colour Me Kubrick' soundtrack - The German Filmorchestra Babelsberg has recorded some songs with the Canadian rock star Bryan Adams on Monday in Berlin. Adams has volunteered a week ago after the film orchestra was recommended to him told the director Klaus-Peter Beyer. The 44 years old has made use his German tour for the recording. The recordings were produced in the orchestra’s own studio on the grounds of the former DDR broadcasting. ”In two and an half hours we worked out three titles, it works fantastic”, meant Beyer. Adams sang to the tunes of the 60-headed ensemble. Brian Cook, who leaded the direction of the movie, was an assistant of Stanley Kubricks for “The Shining” and “Eyes Wide Shut” among others. The movie deal of a man who poses as Stanlay Kubrick, the main actor is John Malkovich. source: German press agency More news - Bryan's new soundtrack will be out before Christmas and he will only be singing 1 or 2 songs on it. The 'Room Service' album is still due out in September with the single in August. Bryan also wants to release his version of 'East Side Story' from the forthcoming album but if he did it wouldn't be the first single because he is choosing between 2 different rock songs for that. source: BA 18tilidie.co.uk featured on BBC Radio - last week Steven, Andrea and Adrian from 18tilidie.co.uk were interviewed by BBC Radio on Bryan Adams. Other fans including Jack Nicholson were also interviewed for the show. The premise of the show was to find the biggest BA fan and generally findout what it's like to be a badfan... all for the run-up to the Hull show at the KC Stadium. It was a good laugh and the show lasts quite a while with of course a few BA tunes played in between including 'Heat Of The Night', 'Kids Wanna Rock', 'Run To You' (live) and 'Summer Of '69'. The show is very tongue in cheek and if you listen will no doubt find it quite funny! You can listen to the show anywhere within the Yorkshire region on your local BBC Radio station at 7pm on Tuesday 22nd June. European Tour being planned - as many of you will have guessed with the Brighton date a European tour is being more than likely being planned for later in the year. RUMOURS include Antwerp Sportpalais on 21st September and Newcastle Metrocentre Arena on October 23rd. source: goformusic.be/ticketmaster.co.uk Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary gig - Miller Genuine Draft is to tie up with Fender, the guitar brand, to sponsor The Miller Strat Pack, a rock concert to be held at Wembley Arena in September. The deal, to celebrate Fender’s 50th anniversary, will see a collection of the greatest living Fender Stratocaster players from the past 50 years coming together to form the Miller Strat Pack. Rock stars of the past and present, including Hank Marvin, Bryan Adams and Ronnie Wood, will all play at the concert. The event, which will take place on 24 September, is being held in support of the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity. Miller previously sponsored music magazine NME in 2002. The Fender deal is intended to build on the ‘Its Miller Time’ strapline, which is used in its advertising.” source: Brent/Marketing Magazine New film soundtrack - Bryan is writing the soundtrack to a new upcoming John Malkovich produced movie. More album news - just to update you the 'Room Service' album (due for release in September/October) is still planned to be released with the 'acoustic' CD on the same day. 'Room Service' will have 12 tracks and the acoustic will have 17! The acoustic CD includes BA/Gretchen Peters collaborations 'Blessing In Disguise' and 'In A Perfect World'. It may include 'The Way You Make Me Feel' IF Bryan finds room on the CD. 'East Side Story' is still going to be on the 'Room Service' CD and apparently it's great! He was recently quoted as saying he has so many new songs he doesn't know what to do with them all! The first single from the 'Room Service' album is as yet undecided... Bryan is choosing between 2 songs... both rockers. source: BA New UK Tour!!! - after the
new album is released at the end of summer it now looks certain Bryan will be
doing a full UK arena tour in a city near you with the announcement of this new
gig (below). Surely more will follow in the coming days. Tickets go onsale Friday
19th June at 10am. source: ticketmaster.com Bryan's
shows go down a treat in Norway - Bryan recently did
3 shows in Norway on his current Scandinavian mini-tour performing to infront
of 60,000 people in total. According to local newspaper 'Aftenbladet' Bryan earnt
the now equivalent of 7.5 million Kroner (£608,000 for playing the 3 shows)
which broke down as follows: Big rock star stuns small audience - CANADIAN rock star Bryan Adams surprised a small club audience when he turned up unannounced to perform several duets at the Jazz and Blues Café in Maidstone last night. The musician, best known for his 80s and 90s rock ballads, took to the stage at the end of a concert by Nashville-based singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters. The two musicians have penned several songs together. The show was presented by Maidstone Country & Roots Music Club and was part of Peters' latest UK tour. Ciaran O'Quigley, owner of the café and the adjoining Zaffa Mediterranean Restaurant, said that even members of staff had no idea the star was coming, bodyguard in tow. He said: "One of the waiters was going to turn him away because the restaurant was full but he said, 'I'm Bryan Adams and I'm playing in the back.' "He was standing at the bar drinking a tonic water and talking to customers freely. When he got on stage, the crowd were all looking at each other. They all stood up and started clapping." This summer, the music club will be presenting country acts at the venue including Tom Russell, on Bank Holiday Monday, May 31, Beth Nielsen Chapman, BR549, Hot Club of Cowtown, Lambchop's Paul Burch, Heather Myles and guitarist Jackie Leven with Michael Weston King's Decent Men. source: Kent Messenger You can read the full story by going to the show in the gig archive or by clicking here go> Mickey's mum passes away - unfortunately we have heard Mickey's mum passed away not long ago. Our deepest condolences go out to Mickey and his family at this difficult time. Another new album delay - as many of you may know, Bryan recently said in chat that the new album will now be out in September with the first single coming before August. Bryan
in top 10 most played artists on British radio!!! - Data
has been collected from over 600 radio stations across the country. Despite the
huge influence of US music on the UK scene, all but three of the artists featured
are British. "This chart is an interesting snapshot of which artists have
most shaped popular culture, as the number of radio stations both competing for
our attention and playing their material has spiralled," said John Bradford,
director of the Radio Academy. World
Idol winner to support BA in Norway - Kurt Neilson, the Norweigen 'World Idol
Winner' is getting a stonking £100,000 to support Bryan in Bergen on June
1st at Brann Stadium. If he gets that for supporting Bryan I wonder what Bryan
gets! Kurt currently has a single out called 'She's So High'....a shocking cheesy
over produced teeny bopper cover of the Tal Bachman classic who also once supported
BA back in the fall tour of '99. New CD maybe closer than we think - on the morning of April 9th 2004 the first copy of the new album 'Room Service' was burned onto a CD by Bryan's friend Ben on his laptop in Milan, Italy. Thanks to Roberta (who it was very lovely meeting in Milan) for this information. Also BA said in chat recently that a single/new material maybe yet out in May BUT NOTHING IS CONFIRMED. Adams
mania! - Bryan Adams mania has hit the Britannia Stadium after last weekend’s
announcement that the “Groover from Vancouver” will be performing one
of only two UK live concerts in Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday June 27. Fans inundated
the 24-hour hotline numbers, websites and the stadium box office resulting in
6,000 tickets being sold within a few hours of going on sale. But, unfortunately
due to the pressure on the phone lines, and website, the system suffered from
meltdown and thousands of fans were left with just a ringing tone and unable to
get through. Unfounded rumours of a total sell-out soon started circulating. Britannia
Stadium Events Manager Ben Hallam has now cleared up the situation. He says: “We
are delighted with the response from fans and we thank them for their patience.
Now that both the 24-hour hotline number and the stadium Box Office are fully
operational again customers should find it much easier to get a ticket before
they all go. They are selling extremely fast and it is first come first served”
Fans are reminded that tickets are available by personal visit to the Britannia
Stadium (see Easter opening times below) and the Stoke City Shop in Hanley, the
24 hour ticket line 0115 912 9000 or via www.wayahead.com ANOTHER NEW UK SHOW!!! - The day after the Hull gig Bryan will be playing at the Britannia Stadium in Stoke-On-Trent, England on Sunday June 27th. Tickets are onsale now through aloud.com, seetickets.com and through the box office on April 2nd. Fingers crossed for more UK Dates! More dates announced in Canada - BA is doing eastern Canada in July...tickets onsale very soon. Check the dates below: source: bryanadams.com 10/07/04
Montreal, Quebec, Canada Album update - Bryan once again chatted late Monday night and said the album release date was now looking like August but was in the final mixing stage this week with Bob Clearmountain. He expects a single out in June. Also he is still planning the release of the acoustic cd in line with the album. The acoustic CD may contain as many as 20 songs, some we have heard before some we haven't as he said last week in chat. source: bryanadams.com Fans go wild for rock gig tickets - Tickets for Bryan Adams' summer concert in the city are being snapped up at the rate of about 1,000 an hour. During the first seven hours that tickets went on sale, more than 6,500 were booked. Tickets went on the market yesterday at 9am. The Canadian rocker has chosen Hull as the only UK venue on his world tour. He will be appearing at the Kingston Communications Stadium on Saturday, June 26. The mammoth world tour will see him taking in cities across the US, Denmark, Italy and Germany. Frustrated fans spent the day jamming the hotline and logging on to the Internet to book. Many callers were greeted by an automated message telling them "there is currently a high demand for this destination, please call again later". However, event organisers are urging people to be patient and keep trying. Stadium marketing manager Rob Smith said: "We have been staggered by the public response for tickets during the first day of sales. "They have far exceeded our expectations and it looks like it is going to be the success we anticipated." He added he thought the success was due to the wide range of age groups the star's music appeals to. "His career spans over 20 years and that will attract a wide spectrum of people," he said. "You don't have to be a massive fan or own all his albums to appreciate it will be a good show. "The sales will hopefully prove the stadium was right to want to host a rock concert." Adams began his career in the late 70s, but it wasn't until the mid 80s - and an appearance at Live Aid - that his international following began to grow. He is probably best known for the 1991 hit Everything I Do, I Do It For You which was the soundtrack to the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It topped the UK charts for a record-breaking 16 weeks. source: thisishull.co.uk Bryan Adams concert sparks massive interest: - Stadium phones were jammed by Bryan Adams fans - 24 hours before tickets went on sale for the rock star's Hull gig. The first tickets for the Canadian rocker's concert at the Kingston Communications Stadium on June 26 went on sale today. It is expected to attract a 25,000 sell-out crowd as the Hull concert is Adams' only UK date on his latest world tour. And today stadium officials said they were overwhelmed by the public's response after revealing details of the concert for the first time yesterday. Stadium marketing manager Rob Smith said: "Already, the response from the public has been phenomenal. "People have been nothing short of desperate to not miss out. "Our main switchboard was jammed yesterday with people calling in to book tickets. "They knew they didn't go on sale until today, but they were still pleading with us to sell them tickets." Adams has embarked on a world tour which will take him across the US to New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, before heading to Europe. Ticket prices for the Hull show start at £27.50. To book, call the hotline on 08700 117 900 or log on to the website www.ticketzone.co.uk. Tickets can be booked in person from the KC Stadium from Monday. Event organisers are advising people to log on to the website www.kcstadium.co.uk/ba for any other inquiries instead of calling the venue's switchboard. source: thisishull.co.uk |
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