Frontier Touring confirm Bryan Adams regional dates in January
Bryan Adams returns for a regional concert run in January, Frontier Touring announced this morning.
It will take in the veteran Canadian singer-songwriter will first visitBribie Island and the Gold Coast and a run of A Day On The Green winery shows in Victoria.
He’ll be joined on the road by Thirsty Merc, who are celebrating their 15th year together.
Adams is touring behind a new Best Of set Ultimate, out this week via Universal Music Australia.
The 21-track album includes the radio hits as the Grammy-winning 15 million seller ‘Everything I Do) I Do It For You’, ‘Run To You’, ‘Please Forgive Me’ and ‘Summer Of ‘69’ along with two new tracks ‘Ultimate Love’ and ‘Please Stay’ which are his first new songs in more than two years.
The dates are:
Tuesday, January 9 – Sandstone Point Hotel | Bribie Island, Qld
Wednesday, January 10 – Convention Centre | Gold Coast
The Day On The Green shows, through Roundhouse Entertainment are:
Friday, January 12 – Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong
Saturday, January 13 – Mitchelton Wines, Nagambie
Adams still does 100 shows a year, in the 1980s among the first western artist to break new countries like India and Pakistan and the first to set up a B-stage in his production which was set within the audience so he could connect further with them.
He is currently on a 10-date run through Europe until November 19.
He then heads to Israel for three dates (December 4—6), four shows in South Africa (December 9—14) and four in New Zealand (January 2 – 6).
Talking of his relentless schedule, Adams says he never gets tired of being on the road: “I love what I do, that’s how.”
Releasing his material independently in recent years, He adds, “Every writer whether of songs, books or whatever, always wants to look at the next project and do something different.”
He is currently working on writing the songs for the Pretty Woman musical, based on US$463.3 million-grossing 1990s romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.
The musical stars Samantha Barks, of the film version of Les Miserables, and Tony winner Steve Kazee (Once).
It has a five-week try-out in Chicago from March 2018 and hits Broadway this time next year.
There’s also a book of Adams’ photography in the pipeline. The liner notes of his 2015 album Get Up featured some of his work.
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