Bryan Adams Tickets

Famously known as the 'Groover from Vancouver', Bryan Adams has been a fixture on the soft-rock guitar scene for over 35 years. Adams spent his childhood travelling the world, through his father's job as a British diplomat, before they settled in Vancouver in 1973. At the age of 15 he became the frontman for an established glam rock band by the name of 'Sweeney Todd', the album released was called "If Wishes Were Horses" in 1977.

From 1978, together with partner Jim Vallance, Adams began writing songs for record company A&M, though what he really wanted was a recording deal, which he eventually got (for a signing fee of one dollar), later that year.

After a few demo singles, Adams released his first album, Bryan Adams, in 1980, which was co-written with Vallance. You Want It, You Got It, followed in 1981 and contained the radio-friendly hit, “Lonely Nights”, but it was his third album, Cuts Like A Knife (1983), that finally opened doors, the title track becoming a favourite in the Billboard Hot 100. Reckless (1984), went to No.1 in the US album charts, and produced the hit singles, “Run To You”, “Summer of 69” and “Heaven”, as well as the Tina Turner duet, “It's Only Love”, which was nominated for a Grammy. In 1984 and 1985, Adams went on tour with his band, through the US, Japan, Australia, Europe and Canada, with Tina Turner joining him for 50 gigs in Europe.

Into The Fire (1987) was not as successful as Reckless, but maintained Adams' profile on both sides of the Atlantic, before Waking Up The Neighbours (1991) sent him into the stratosphere, thanks in huge part to the hit single, “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”, which featured on the soundtrack to the Kevin Costner picture, "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", and spent a record 16 weeks at the top of the UK singles chart. Adams then went on a world tour to support the album, which lasted 18 months. In the meantime, additional singles, “Can't Stop This Thing We Started” and “Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven”, charted well. In 1993, Adams released a compilation album, So Far So Good, which contained a new song, “Please Forgive Me”, from the soundtrack of Three Musketeers. In 1996, 18 Till I Die, produced two UK Top 10 hits, and his MTV: Unplugged recording was one of the station's most-watched sessions. In 1998, he duetted with Spice Girl, Mel C, on “When You're Gone”, from the album, On A Day Like Today.

In 2000, he collaborated with Chicane on the electronic hit “Don't Give Up”, which made Adams 'fashionable' again, but his 2004 album, Room Service, although well-received by critics, didn't sell well. His 2005 collection, Anthology, though, did. Adams continued his penchant for writing songs for movie soundtracks, with contributions to The Guardian (2006) and Bobby (2006). In 2008, he released the album 11, which he backed with an 11-day, 11-country tour. Live album, Bare Bones, came out in 2010, when he also reunited with Vallance to write “Bang The Drum”, a song for the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, which Adams performed with Nelly Furtado.

In February 2011, Bryan Adams became the first international act to play a concert in Nepal, two days after he'd performed at the ICC World Cup in Bangladesh.