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With a career spanning over 20 years and worldwide
album sales that rival the biggest recording artists in the world, Bryan
Adams's "I'm just the bass player in the band" attitude seems rather
simple, compared to his career achievements, but that's just how he is.
His songs have achieved #1 status all over the world, and his
career has seen some amazing recordings with other music legends from
around the world. He holds the record for the longest running #1 single in
British music history with his hit "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" and
has topped the charts in the USA four times with hits "Heaven",
"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You", "All For Love" (with Rod Stewart and
Sting) and "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?". In addition to these
recordings he has been awarded the Order Of Canada from the country he was
born in, which is the Canadian equivalent of the British MBE.
His
honest live performances and concerts are well documented, making him one
of the most exciting live acts in the world. He has used his concerts to
benefit others over the years. Some examples are The Prince's Trust, Live
Aid and The Concert for Freedom for Nelson Mandela, Greenpeace, Amnesty
International, NetAid/London and others. On his world tour of 92/93/94 he
helped created the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, by issuing over half a
million postcards to the fans at the shows, encouraging them to write and
send them to Governments opposed to the sanctuary.
Most recently,
Bryan's focus has been on supporting breast cancer. After contributing a
song to an album and campaign to help find a cure for breast cancer with
Self Magazine in America, he went on to organizing a benefit concert in
Canada early in 1998 and raised over a million dollars to build a
breast-screening center at the St. Catherine's General Hospital with
supermodel Linda Evangelista. That led to the release of "Made In Canada,"
a best selling book of his black and white photographs of Canadian women
including Celine Dion, Alanis Morrisette, Joni Mitchell and many others.
All royalties from this book went to the Canadian Breast Cancer
Foundation.
Awards have been numerous with a Grammy, an American
Music Award, countless industry and songwriting awards and accolades
including three Academy Award nominations for his music and lyrics in film
soundtracks.
Universal Records has just released his 12th album
this fall entitled "The Best Of Me" - Adams's end of the decade greatest
hits collection that includes two new songs, the beatley title track 'The
Best Of Me' and the trippy dance track 'Don't Give Up'. The future seems
clear that Adams is unstoppable.
In 1999, Adams and his power trio
of Keith Scott on guitar and Mickey Curry on drums, completed over 120
concerts in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. They are touring Canada in
January 2000 with concert dates booked well into the first year of this
new millennium. Look for concerts in America, Australia, Japan and more
dates in Europe later this year and into the
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