Canadian rock icon Bryan Adams bringing new tour to the Enmax Centre
By Al Beeber on May 19, 2022.
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Remember the summer of ’69? Well, maybe Bryan Adams will help you when he hits the Enmax Centre stage on Nov. 8. And the Canadian rock icon might also remind you that kids wanna rock.Yes, Canada’s own member of rock and roll royalty is returning to Lethbridge for the first time in 16 years.
Ron Sakamoto is promoting the show with tickets going on sale June 3, just in time for Father’s Day.
Adams’ show is part of his “So Happy It Hurts” North American tour, said Sakamoto on Tuesday. The tour is named after the latest album by the Officer of the Order of Canada which was released March 11.
“He’s coming back for us and hopefully, Lethbridge reacts with a sell-out,” Sakamoto said.
The official announcement was to be made today but Sakamoto gave The Herald advance notice of the concert.
“We’ve done lots of Bryan Adams shows; my first one was 1983,” said Sakamoto who is only promoting the Lethbridge event.
“It’s special,” added the Lethbridge promoter.
During the course of a career that has spanned four decades, Adams has released 15 studio albums. In 2019 his album “Shine A Light,” which was co-written by Ed Sheran, debuted at No. 1 on the album charts.
He’s earned 20 Juno Awards, a Grammy Award and three Academy Award nominations.
The 62-year-old Adams, a native of Kingston, Ont. who moved with his mother to North Vancouver in 1974, started his musical career in his teens with the band Sweeney Todd, recording tunes for that band’s 1977 album “If Wishes Were Horses.” Adams and Jim Vallance teamed up and co-wrote numerous songs for the Canadian musician and other artists. He released his debut album in 1980 and had his breakthrough success with his third recording, “Cuts Like a Knife,” released in 1983.
That record made the Top 10 of the Hot 100 list with hits such as the title track “Cuts Like a Knife.”
His music has been featured in dozens of film and television soundtracks.
Adams and Vallance were named inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame this year the same week his newest album was released.The induction ceremony is slated for Sept. 24 in Toronto’s Massey Hall
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