About Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams was born on November 5,1959 in Kingston, Ontario . The son of a Canadian diplomat, he admits that moving with his parents throughout Europe and the Middle east, attending British and American schools has made him tough. At age 14 he was living in Vancouver, playing guitar and growing disillusioned with the slackness of North American schools. His report card read: “ Bryan is a very attentive student - when he attends”. But, he had discovered Rock ‘n’ Roll and there was no turning back...

1976: At 16, Bryan goes on the road across Canada with his band.

1979: A&M Canada hears some of the Adams’ demos, including ‘Let me take you dancing’ and signs him for a recording contract.
1979 Dec: Bryan signs with Bruce Allen manager of Loverboy and Bachman Turner Overdrive success.

1980 Feb: “Bryan Adams”, first solo LP of Bryan ,was recorded in Toronto at A&M Records.

1981: Bryan records his 2nd album in New York with engineer, Bob Clearmountain (Stones, Roxy Music,Bruce Springsteen).

1981 June : Second album "You Want It, You Got It" of Bryan was released.. Produced by Adams and Clearmountain, the album includes 4 successful singles - ‘Coming home’,‘Lonely nights’, ’one good reason’ and ‘Fits ya good’.

1981 Oct : Bryan starts Western Canadian tour.I1982 Aug : Recording of Bryan third album begins at Vancouver’s Little Mountain Sound Studios.

1982 Oct: At the Yamaha Music Festival in Japan,Bryan performs with Jim Vallance on drums .

1983 Jan : Bryan third album, ‘Cuts Like A Knife’ was released. Produced by Adams and Clearmountain.‘Straight from the heart’ reached # 10 on the Billboard Singles Chart. The video for the second single, ‘Cuts like a knife’ was shot in a Los Angeles swimming pool by Steve Barron. Music Express Magazine’s national popular opinion poll votes him Canada’s top male vocalist for 1982.

1983 Mar: Bryan hits the road in America, performing over 100 dates in 5 months. Bryan featured on ‘American Bandstand’!

1983 Apr: The video for third single, ‘This Time’was shooted at Edwards Air Force base in California. The video is directed by Steve Barron with cinematography by Lazlo Kovacs.

1983 June: ‘Cuts Like A Knife’ becomes Bryan’s first U.S. gold album. The second single reaches #15 on Billboard.

1983 Sept: ‘Cuts Like A Knife’ goes platinum in the U.S., passing the one million mark in sales and entering the Billboard Top 10. The third single ‘This Time’ reaches #24. Bryan plays with Supertramp to 30,000 Vancouver fans at the new B.C. Place domed stadium. he performs in eleven countries on a six-week solo tour of Europe. While in Germany, he tapes the popular rock TV show, ‘Rockpalast’.

1983 Dec: Bryan’s numerous music industry awards for the year include Best Selling New Artist (The National Association of Record Merchandisers), #2 Male AOR Artist (The Album Network) and #3 most played AOR Album (Radio & Records), as well as the Juno Award for Top Male Vocalist.

1984 Feb: Adams tours Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii .

1984 Mar: Recording for new album ‘Reckless’ begins in Vancouver, B.C.

1984 June: Bray became unhappy with the project and takes an unexpected month off.

1984 Oct: The single ‘Run To You’ was released ,the video was shoted in England and Los Angeles.Bryan gives a free concert in Vancouver to log footage for the rest of the video package.Which draws an overwhelming number of fans, causes a huge downtown traffic jam and a near riot

1984 Nov: Bryans fourth album ‘Reckless’ was released on November 5th, Bryan’s birthday. The album again was produced by Adams and Clearmountain includes ‘Heaven’, ‘It’s Only Love’ and the energetic ‘Kids Wanna Rock’. “Reckless” is simultaneously released as an album, chrome cassette, compact disc and a 30- minute home video package; directed by Steve Barron. Songs on the video include ‘Run To You’,’Somebody’, ‘Heaven’, ‘Kids Wanna Rock’,’Summer Of 69’, along with an unedited version of ‘This Time’. He embarks on a ten day press tour of Europe which includes an appearance on Germany’s ‘Rock Pop In Concert’ with an audience of 20 million viewers.

1985 Jan: Bryan tours major cities across Canada then heads south through the American West Coast, culminating with two dates at the star- studded Paladium in Los Angeles.

1985 Mar : Bryan shoots a video for ‘Heaven’ in London, England.

1985 May: Bryan begins the first leg of his “World Wide in 85’ tour of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It lasts into October.

1985 June: ‘Heaven’ hits #1 in Billboard Magazine.

1985 July: Bryan performs at the giant Live Aid Concert in Philadelphia on the 13th. He records the single ‘Christmas Time’ before resuming his American tour.

1985 Aug: Reckless hits #1 in the Top 100 albums chart as his U.S.

1985 Oct: Attends the film premier of the movie ‘Tears Are Not Enough’ and accepts the William Harold Moon Award from PRO Canada in Toronto. He records background vocal on ‘Don’t Forget Me’ for Glass Tiger.

1985 Dec: Bryan accepts the prestigious Diamond Award at a ceremony in Vancouver commemorating the sales of one million copies of ‘Reckless’ across Canada. By year’s end, six singles from ‘Reckless’ reached Top 10 status.

1986 Feb: Bryan was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Writing and recording demos for a new album commences.

1986 May: Bryan performs for the Prince and Princess of Wales at the Expo Opening Gala in Vancouver..

1986 June: Bryan performs at Amnesty International’s ‘Conspiracy of Hope’ tour. He also performs at the Prince’s Trust charity concerts at Wembley Stadium in London on the 20th .

1986 Aug : Bryan and Bob Clearmountain begin recording of the fifth album at Cliffhanger Studios, Bryan’s home recording studio.

1986 Sept: Bryan and Tina Turner win the MTV Award for Best Live Performance for ‘It’s Only Love’. Bryan and Jim Vallance take top honors for ‘ Edge Of A Dream’, ‘Somebody’ and ‘Summer of 69’ at the 18th Annual PRO Canada Awards in Toronto.

1986 Nov: Bryan once again was voted by the National Express Magazine’s reader poll as Top Male Vocalist for the fourth year in a row at the Canadian Junos.

1987 Jan : The new album titled, ‘Into The Fire’ is mixed in England.

1987 Mar: Bryan embarks on a European Press Tour. Countries include England, Italy, Holland and Germany. The first album single, ‘Heat Of The Night’ is released; the video is shot in Los Angeles, directed by Wayne Isham of The Company, followed by the releases of ‘Into The Fire’. He wins the International Achievement Award at the Tribute to West Coast Music in Vancouver. A&M releases one of the first-ever “cassingles” with ‘Heat Of The Night’ and ‘Another Day’ as the B-side.

1987 July: ‘Into The Fire’ is certified platinum in the U.S. He does an exclusive interview with London’s “Q” Magazine.

1987 Aug: The tour continues through the Western United States . Despite a heavy concert schedule, Bryan shoots a video on the 14th for his third single, ‘Victim Of Love’ in Los Angeles which is directed by Dominic Sena of Propaganda Films.

1987 Oct: Bryan and the band head to Paris, France to do pre-tour press.

1987 Nov: As the European tour continues, Bryan wins two Juno Awards on the 2nd. One is for Male Vocalist Of The Year, the other Entertainer Of The Year - a first time category and an honor for Bryan as the votes come directly from the public. ‘Reckless’ achieves gold status in Sweden and ‘Into The Fire’ reaches gold in Switzerland.

1987 Dec: The European leg of ‘Into The Fire’ finishes in Dublin, Ireland. Having performed in a dozen countries in less than ten weeks time,the tour has been a complete success with almost every show sold out.

1988 Jan: Bryan and the band are once again on the road. Beginning in Alaska on the 22nd, then heads to Japan to play 10 sold out concerts - 5 of which are at Tokyo’s Budokan. Bryan is presented with yet another platinum award for 100,000 copies of ‘Into The Fire’ in Japan.

1988 Mar: Bryan and Jim begin writing on the sixth album. Bryan was once again honored with awards for Male Vocalist and Single Of The Year for ‘Victim Of Love’ at the Rock Express Music Awards in Toronto.

1988 June: Sets attendance records in Portugal and all three shows are SRO in Isreal. Bryan performs in front of 120,000 fans in East Berlin; three days later he plays West Berlin. Bryan participates in Freedomfest to honor Nelson Mandela at Wembley Stadium in London to more than 70,000 fans. He wins Crystal Award from PRO Canada to commemorate radio airplay of over 100,000 times for ‘Straight From The Heart’. Bryan donates song, ‘Remembrance Day’ to a government-sponsored video in honor of the Victory Cross medal awarded during wartime.

1988 July: The final leg of the ‘Into The Fire’ tour is now completed, wrapping up in Locarno, Switzerland; Bryan returns to London for 10 days of album production before returning home.

1988 Aug: Recording for the next album begins and anticipated release date is April 1989.

1988 Sept/Oct : Bryan isn’t completely satisfied with 4 of the 8 tunes recorded, so he resumes writing more album material. This unexpected turn of events pushes projected album release to Fall ‘89.

1989 Jan: Bryan receives Juno nomination for ‘Canadian Entertainer Of The Year’ which takes place in March. A first-ever one hour television special “ Bryan Adams: Live in Belgium” is aired across the country, which was filmed in Werchter, July 88. Bryan writes letters to both of Vancouver’s daily newspapers disproving of the demolition of one of the cities’older landmarks - The Georgia Medical Building. This signifies the beginning of Bryan’s heritage and environmentally concious campaign.

1989 Mar: Bryan’s song ‘Somebody’ is included on the two record set, Rainbow Warriors: the exclusive Russian release by the environmental group, Greenpeace.

1989 May: Bryan presents a cheque on behalf of Northern Lights For Africa - from album sales to Mayor Campbell in Vancouver for Mayor’s Walk For Famine Relief. Appears in Joe Cocker’s video, ‘When The Night Comes’. June 1989: Teams up with famed producer/composer Mutt Lange (The Cars, Def Leppard) at London’s Olympic Studios to write more material for the upcoming lp. Bryan attends a press conference on the 8th to launch the North American release of Rainbow Warriors. Also joins world reknown artists to re-record the classic Deep Purple hit, ‘Smoke On The Water’ in aid of Armenian earthquake victims.

1989 July: Returns to Vancouver’s Little Mountain Sound to record more songs for the lp with Bob Clearmountain. Bryan and Keith attend the David Foster celebrity softball tournament banquet in Victoria, B.C. - an annual fund raiser for kidney research.

1989 Aug: Records back up vocals for Belinda Carlisle’s song, ‘Whatever It Takes’.

1989 Dec: A long awaited first-ever live lp is released in Japan. Titled ‘Live Live Live’, recordings are from the Live In Belgium performance. Bryan returns to the Little Mountain Sound Studios mid month to record yet more material for the upcoming album. Release date is tentatively projected for April 1990. Bryan and entourage head for Japan on the 27th.

1990 Mar: Bryan presents ‘Album Of The Year’ to Alannah Myles at the Canadian Juno Awards in Toronto on the 18th. He adds vocal tracks as the voice of “Hoodwink” for an upcoming animated film titled ‘The Ice Queen’s Mittens’, which is later re-titled, ‘The Real Story Of The Three Little Kittens’.

1990 Apr: Bryan returns to London and joins Eric Carmen in the studio to record backing vocals to the Adams-penned tune, ‘Feels Like Forever’ for Eric’s upcoming lp. Bryan’s own project production continues with Mutt in England for the next two months.

1990 June: Bryan is honored with the prestigious “Order Of British Columbia Award” at a ceremony in Victoria on the 21st. He headlines two European festivals in Midfyns & Rosskilde, Denmark, June 29th & 30th. Other top performers include fellow Canadian, Jeff Healey, Little Feat and Bob Dylan. Bryan adds vocal tracks to the David Foster tune, ‘River Of Love’ at his home studio in Vancouver.

1990 July: Bryan takes part in the elaborate musical production of ‘The Wall’. The rock opera is staged by ex-Pink Floyd guitarist , Roger Waters at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany- and is broadcast to over 30 countries in front of a live outdoor audience of 200,000 fans. Bryan’s rendition of ‘Young Lust’ receives critical acclaim and quickly climbs Billboard AOR charts.

1990 Aug : Bryan headlines ‘Live At The Park’- an outdoor festival in Calgary, Alberta on the 17th. Also on the bill are The Pursuit Of Happiness and Vancouver’s Paul Laine. Attendance exceeds 27,000. Tour photographer, Andrew Catlin is in town for photo sessions with Bryan and the band for the upcoming album and Much Music interviews him for an Artist of the Decade special. On the international front, the 1985 lp, ‘Reckless’, and the single ‘Summer Of 69’ are climbing the charts in Holland to the #10 and #4 spots respectively.

1990 Sept : Bryan sings the National Anthem to officially start Vancouver’s first-ever Molson Indy Car Race held September 2nd. He receives the Humanitarian Of The Year Award by local Maple Ridge Hospital Foundation, but is unable to attend the awards gala on the 29th, as Bryan and band are enroute to South America for a three day Freedom-fest. They perform at the huge 55,000 seat Estadio Chile in Santiago, Chile on the 28th, then head to Buenos Aries, Argentina the following day to perform alongside David Bowie and Mick Taylor at the Estadio Rio Plat. Local press hails his performance as a hard-hitting classic rock & roll show. He has conquered a relatively unknown market.

1990 Oct: In recognition of his achievements as a Canadian citizen, Bryan is honored with the “Honor Of Canada Award” at a ceremony in Ottawa, Ontario on the 24th.

1990 Nov: The Canadian Recording Industry Association choses Bryan as the Best Male Artist of the 80’s. An Awards Gala & Charity Dinner is held in Toronto on the 20th.

1990 Dec: Recording continues in England throughout most of the month. Bryan returns home for the holidays with family & friends. ‘LIVE LIVE LIVE’ is certified gold in Japan, commemorating the sale of over 50,000 units.

Jan 1991: He returns to London on the 6th to begin mixing with Mutt Lange. Anticipated release date for ‘Waking Up The Neighbors’ is slated for late April. European festival dates with ZZ Top are announced for June.

1991 Apr: Bryan and Mutt Lange write and record ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’ for the movie soundtrack of Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves. Bryan returns home for a break, and to take a brief ski holiday in Whistler - a village retreat outside Vancouver.

1991 June: Between June 3rd & 6th, a video is shot for the first album single.‘Can’t Stop This Thing We Started’ is directed by Kevin Godley (ex 10cc) at Pinewood Studios in London. On the 8th, Bryan kicks off the tour by headlining the Jubeck Festival in Germany. On the 17th, he performs a private show for service personel recently returned from the Persian Gulf War at the Canadian Armed Forces Base in Baden Baden, Germany. On the 12th, ‘Everything I Do’ is released internationally - days following the movie premier. The initial shipping of 385,000 copies to record outlets across the country was the largest single shipment in A&M Records history. While the film registered 8th best debut weekend in film history, the single debuted at #1 in all radio formats - from Rock to Contemporary Hit Radio.

1991 July: By the first week of July, ‘Everything I Do’ races to the #1 chart position in Ireland, followed shortly by England. It has become Bryan’s second #1 Billboard single, and first-ever #1 hit in the U.K. The Adams/ZZ Top Tour wraps up on the 6th at Milton Keynes in London. An amazing 70,000 fans are in attendance. On the 10th, Bryan and the band perform ‘Everything I Do’ on Britain’s TOP OF THE POPS television program. Bryan remains in London for album completion. A firm release date is slated for late September.

1991 Aug: ‘Thought I’d Died And Gone To Heaven’ and ‘All I Want Is You’ is filmed once again by Kevin Godley at Pinewood Studios. ‘Can’t Stop This Thing We Started’ is released internationally on August 27th - climbing quickly on the singles chart.

1991 Nov:Bryan sweeps the Australian Music Awards- winning Most Popular International Male, Most Popular International Song and Most Popular International Album. Bryan’s acceptance was pre-taped from Europe two days earlier.

1991 Dec: On the 9th, Bryan receives Billboard Magazine’s ‘Hot 100 Single’,‘Hot AC Single’ and ‘#1 World Single’ Awards. ‘Waking Up The Neighbors’ has sold more than 5.5 million copies. It has dominated charts in 10 countries, including 9 weeks and still counting at #1 in Canada. ‘Everything I Do’ achieved #1 status in 19 countries with sales of over 8 million units. ‘Can’t Stop This Thing We Started’ was #1 in Canada for four weeks and has also charted around the world. Tour continues through Europe - wrapping up on the 18th with 2 first-ever shows in Reykjavik, Iceland. Bryan and band receive gold and platinum achievement awards in every country on the tour!

1992 Feb: The tour continues to New Zealand & Australia for 7 dates- kicking off with a press conference in Sydney. In Melbourne, the Irish group, The Commitments join Bryan on stage to perform ‘Mustang Sally’ & ‘Midnight Hour’. Bryan does interviews for “Hey Hey It’s Saturday”, MTV and the “Homefree” radio show. The fourth single, ‘Thought I’d Died And Gone To Heaven’ is released internationally on the 14th. On the 21st the tour heads to Japan for close to a dozen shows in 6 cities. Bryan, Mutt Lange & Michael Kamen receive a Grammy Award on the 25th for “Best Song Written Specifically For Motion Picture or Television” for ‘Everything I Do’. Manager Bruce Allen accepts on Bryan’s behalf.

1992 May: Reaching the one million mark in sales, ‘Waking Up The Neighbors’ is certified Diamond Status in Canada.

1992 June : The tour continues through several countries, including Italy, Germany, Holland and Scandinavia. While in France, Bryan and the band appear on STARS 90; in Holland he was interviewed and perfomed three tunes on ‘Veronica’s Countdown’.

1992 July: On the 8th, Bryan performs on the England’s Top Of The Pops television program, and Wembley Stadium sees the largest attendance of the tour with an estimated 80,000 fans! Roger Daltry of the WHO attends the show and joins Extreme on stage. Bryan joins Little Angels in the studio to do backing vocals on ‘Too Much Too Young’ and appears briefly in their video. Bryan performs first-ever shows in Hungary and Turkey. The latest single ‘Do I Have To Say The Words’ is released and the video is shot by Anton Coribijn in Istanbul & Iceland on the 28th.

1992 Oct: Bryan returns to U.S. for further dates with support act, Arc Angels. Following the West Coast southward with several shows in California, two sold-out shows are performed in Mexico City on the 23rd & 24th. Bryan’s Spanish version of ‘Everything I Do’ sat at the top of the Pop Charts for weeks. ‘Waking Up The Neighbors’ is certified Triple Platinum in the U.S. and has gone gold in India!

1992 Nov: Bryan celebrates his 33rd birthday in England, International sales of ‘Waking Up The Neighbors’ hits the 10 million mark.

1993 Jan: The video package debuts at #2 on video charts in the U.K. The Grammy nominations are announced: Bryan is nominated for Male Vocalist for ‘There Will Never Be Another Tonight’. He receives a Juno nomination for Canadian Entertainer of the Year. With the month off, Bryan spends time at home in Vancouver. The South East Asian tour kicks off on the 29th with three spectacular shows in Taiwan.

1993 Feb: The Asian tour heads to Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and ending up on the 14th in Manila.

1993 Oct: In early October ‘Please Forgive Me’, tune written by Bryan Adams and Mutt Lange enters the charts worldwide! It debuted at #2 in singles charts in Italy and England, #3 on MTV in the U.K., #2 in Spain by Christmas. Entered the Aussie charts at #6 and #1 two weeks later. By this time ‘Please Forgive Me’ was #2 in Britain.

1993 Nov: November rocked! Bryan, Rod and Sting were officially brought together for the first time on the 4th to shoot a video for ‘All For Love’ at the ratty old Ritz Theatre in Elizabeth, New Jersey. ‘All For Love’ debuted at #9 on the national charts. The greatest hits lp,‘So Far So Good’ including the brand new single, ‘Please Forgive Me’ was released on the 9th, entering the U.K. charts at #3. Both ‘Please Forgive Me’ and ‘So Far So Good’ ended the year at #1 in OZ.

1993 Dec: Bryan was in New York on the 2nd for press interviews and a rear appearance on MTV’s John Stewart Show singing the ‘Summer Of 69’ !!!. He went back to London for the remaining two weeks before embarking on the beginning of the ‘So Far So Good World Tour’! At the end of December, Bryan landed in Jakarta, Indonesia to begin the eight week long tour of S.E. Asia. One of the highlights of the tour was the show in Vietnam-where Bryan was the FIRST WESTERN ARTIST to ever perform.Meanwhile, So Far So Good has sold 6.5 million copies; "Please Forgive Me" is #1 around the globe - from Australia to Sweden and Italy. Concerts continued throughout several countries including India, Bahrain,Dubai, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Japan before wrapping up in Korea on the 22nd of February,1994. All in all over 100,000 fans saw the tour in Asia alone!!!

1994 Mar: A U.S. date takes place at Madison Square Gardens, New York City on the 6th; Sting jjoins Bryan on stage for a duet of
"All For Love". 3 sold-out shows take place in Vancouver on the 18th - 20th.

1994 April-August: Tours through South Africa and Italy.Summer 1994 Bryan performs 6 sold out nights at Wembley in London between May 2nd and 8th. He heads to America for 16 dates into the first week of June. Bryan´s Anti Whaling campaign helps establish an whale sanctuary south of the 40&degr; parallel. He receives World Music Award for Best Selling Canadian Artist. Also receives platinum Fender Guitar from PolyGram in Vancouver to commemorate sales of 40 million units. He kicks off his European tour on June 29th in Leipzig, Germany. The tour continues in France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Holland, Denmark, and ends mid August in Austria. A&M Records finally releases the 1989 Japanese Live! Live! Live! album internationally late August.

1994 Sept: Bryan returns to London to write tunes. He heads to Modena,Italy to perform a television special with Luciano Pavarotti on the 13th. He performs at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto on th 29th and receives honor for Best Foreign Video By A Canadian Artist.

1994 Oct: Bryan performs at the Elvis Presley Tribute in Memphis, TN on the 8th; song-writing with Mutt Lange in Jamaica.

1994 Nov: Bryan is special guest with the Rolling Stones in Louisiana,Texas, Arkansas and Georgia.

1994 Dec: Bryan receives Music & Media Magazine, Europe #1 Selling Album Male Artist Award, and International Artist of the Year by the Australian Music Association.Winter 1995 Album production continues in Jamaica with Mutt Lange.

1995 Mar : Bryan records "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman" for the Don Juan DeMarco movie soundtrack. The song features classical guitarist, Paco de Lucia. On the B-side, the single features a new Adams/Peters tune, "Low Life".

1995 April : Bryan performs on 'Top Of The Pops' with Paco. A video for "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" is shot in Spain, directed by Anton Corbijn.

1995 May : Pavarotti & Friends 2 is released on CD and video. Bryan performs two shows in Toronto, Ontario to open the new amphitheatre.

1995 June: Bryan performs at theBlockbuster Movie Music Awards in L.A. He wins Kerrang! Klassik Songwriter Award in London and Nordiff Robbins Silver Clef Award for outstanding musical contribution.

1995 July: Bryan records the Adams/Lange tune "Rock Steady" with Bonnie Raitt for her new album and television special.

1995 Aug : Album pre-production wraps in Jamaica. Bryan performs at Hudson's Bay Company Festival in High River, Alberta.

1995 Sept :Bryan presents at MTV Awards in New York on the 7th. On the19th, he opens Vancouver's General Motors Place. A Bryan Adams biography book is launched with a book-signing at new Library Square in Vancouver. He receives MuchMusic Favorite Male Artist Award. Album production is moved to St. Tropez, France at the home of French singer, Johnny Hallyday.

1995Oct :Bryan joins Hallyday on stage in Toulon.

1995 Nov :Bryan wins MTV Europe Best Male Vocalist Award; he perfomrs at Top Of The Pops with Bonnie Raitt in London and at the David Letterman Show in Los Angeles. A book signing takes place at Book Soup. Bryan receives three Socan Classic Awards at dinner in Toronto. Another Book signing takes place at Edwards Books, Toronto. Anne Murray records Adams/Peters tune, "What Would It Take" with Adams on background vocals.

1995 Dec : Bryan performs at the FUXX 95 Soccer Awards show in Frankfurt, Germany.

1996 Jan: Bryan performs shows in Ottawa and Hamilton, Ontario. He receives two Grammy Nominations for "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman", and four Juno nominations; NRG television show in Cannes, France on 20th. He joins Celine Dion on stage in Cannes on the 22nd to perform "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" as a duet.

1996 Feb :Interview with Entertainment Weekly Magazine on 8th. Bryan receives an Academy Award nomination for "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?".

1996 Mar :Bryan performs at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on the 25th, and a VH1 Duets Television Special is taped with Brian Setzer & guests in L.A on the 26th. A Video is shot on the 27th & 28th for the first single, "The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You", with L.A. photographer Matthew Rolston. US Magazine interview on the 29th.

1996 Apr :Press day in France on the 16th and press in London on the 23rd: Scottish Daily Record, The Times and Q Magazine. Bryan performs at the VH1 Honors Show live from Los Angeles. An album photo shoot takes place on the 28th. The single hits radio on the 30th.

1996 May :The video premiers on the 1st. Canadian press on the 2nd & 3rd in Vancouver includes Canadian Musician, Flare & Maclean's Magazine, MuchMusic and CBC National Television.Press tour in Hong Kong and Japan; interviews include MTV Asia, Music Life and Young Guitar Magazines, Elle Magazine (NY), and Molly Meldrum TV (AUS). He performs on the Ranissimo TV show in Hamburg Germany on the 12th; German press on 13th: Bravo TV, Musik Express/Sounds, VIVA TV,Gitarre & Bass Magazine (with Keith). He performs at Top Of The Pops in London on the 15th and The Lottery Show on the 18th. On the 23rd, BA & band perform live on Radio One show,Virgin Radio and Capital Radio in London. TFI television Show is recorded in London on the 24th. Bryan plays two festival dates in Germany on the 25th & 26th, and performs at Top Of The Pops on the 29th.

1996 June : On June 1st, Bryan performs for KISS 108 Radio. He also performs at Genesis Foundation Concert in Boston, USA, and at the David Letterman show in New York on the 3rd. The album 18 Til I Die is released on the 4th.

1996 July :European outdoor tour ends in London on the 27th.

1996 Aug :Bryan performs at Televisa Television in Mexico on the 11th, at Bravo Magazine Birthday Show in Germany on the 24th and at Festival Bar in Naples, Italy on the 31st.

1996 Sept :Television in Holland, France, Denmark... Bryan performs on Late Night With Conan O 'Brien and Rosie O'Donnell show on the 11th. On the 19th, He performs Much Music Awards in Toronto (nominated Favourite Video and Favourite Male) and does a surprise midnight gig at the Horseshoe Tavern.

1996 Oct :Lifetime TV Benefit Show on 13th in Los Angeles. A video for "Star" is shot by Kevin Godley at Charlie Chaplin Studios on the 13th. Bryan performs at VH1 City of Hope Benefit on the 16th. He appears on Austrailian tv, Hey Hey it's Saturday from Orlando, Florida. Bryan performs at the VH1 Fashion Awards in New York on the 24th (nominated Most Stylish Music Video and Most Fashionable Artist). Press in Japan on the 28th & 29th. He records "I Finally Found Someone" with Barbara Steisand for the movie soundtrack of The Mirror Has Two Faces in Los Angeles.

1996 Nov : The Adams/Streisand duet is released on the 5th; "Star" is released in Europe on the 11th and is featured in the Robin Williams film, Jack. Television press in London, Germany, Paris, Austria & Italy. Bryan performs at the MTV Europe Awards in London on the 14th (nominated best male). He appears on Top Of The Pops on the 20th and on Goldene Europa music awards on the 22nd. He performs at the ATP War Child Gala, Hannover on the 23rd, and on V Channel Music Awards, Bombay, India on the 30th. He receives International Rock Album of the Year & Best Music Video awards.

1996 Dec :Concert for WPLJ Radio contest in New York on the 2nd. National Radio contest Concert at Disney World, Florida on the 4th. The Adams/Streisand duet is released internationally on the 28th.

1997 Jan :Tour starts in New Zealand on the 24th and continues to Australia through Feb 16th. Inteview for New Vegetarian & Natural Health Magazine, Melbourne. 18 til I Die is re-released in Europe with a purple cover and "I Finally Found Someone" as added track. Bryan receives an American Music Awards Nomination for Male Vocalist.

1997 Feb :"I'll Always Be Right There" is released as a single in N.America only. Bryan receives a -Golden Globe nomination for Best Orignal Song for "I Finally Found Someone". He receives a Brit Awards Nomination (London) for International Male Solo Artist.

1997 Mar :Bryan tours Japan between the 5th and 16th. He returns to Ireland at the end of the month. A video for the next single, "18 Til I Die" is shot in London on the 19th, directed by David Mould. Bryan performs the single on the Jack Doherty Show, UK on the 31st. He receives an Oscar Nomination for "I Finally Found Someone", and a Grammy Award Nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Let's Make A Night To Remember". Bryan wins Best International Artist at Help A London Child Charity Awards in London. He receives Juno Award Nominations for Album Of The Year, Male Vocalist, Songwriter of the Year & Producer Of The Year for "The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You" & "Let's Make A Night To Remember". Receives Echo Awards (Germany) Nomination for Best International Male Artist, and Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination for Favourite Song From A Movie for "I Finally Found Someone". He wins Favourite Male - Classic Rock" for "18 Til I Die"

1997 Apr :"18 Til I Die" single is released in the UK on the 7th and in Europe on the 14th.-Sold out dates continue through the UK & Germany including 5 nights at Wembley Arena in London. Bryan tapes Top Of The Pops in London on the 9th, the show airs on the 18th. May 1997 The tour continues through Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal & Belgium. Virgin Megastore appearance in Cascais Portugal on the 26th June 1997 First-ever concert in Luxembourg takes place on the 2nd. Concerts in France & Scandinavia are followed by an encore tour back to Germany and England.

1997 July :A break in the tour schedule is spent writing new tunes for an upcoming MTV Unplugged Concert.

1997 Aug :U.S. dates through north-eastern states between the 14th and 30th Sept/Fall 1997 Unplugged scheduled to be filmed and will air before the end of the year. Possible Unplugged CD release anticipated.

1998 : His new album On a day like today was released .

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.

1999 :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.

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.

2000 Jan : They are touring Canada 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 next.

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