Reuters - May 3, 2008
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams has some advice for his younger counterparts as he prepares for the self-funded release of his 11th studio album in America -- take control of your music. Best known for hits...
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Bryan Adams introduced the new Audi TTS with a song on Sunday at the North American International Auto Show. Strumming an acoustic guitar, he sang The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You as the luxury...
More »AP - Oct 14, 2007
A peace concert promoting a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict was called off Sunday after threats were made to Palestinians supporting the event. The New York-based One Voice organization...
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Everything he does, he does for...world peace?! Bryan Adams has announced he will headline two peace concerts Oct. 18, calling for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as part of the...
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Bryan Adams will headline concerts for peace in the West Bank and Israel next week, with his performances relayed by satellite to London, Ottawa and Washington. The New York-based One Voice peace movement...
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It was childhood romance that led Canadian rock outfit Hot Hot Heat to sign with Seattle's Sub Pop in 2001, according to lead singer Steve Bays. We grew up in a small town and didn't know anything...
More »Reuters - Apr 27, 2007
Canada's retail music sales fell 35% during the first quarter of 2007, continuing a near decade-long decline attributed largely to Internet file-swapping, an industry trade group reported Thursday...
More »Reuters - Jan 15, 2007
The Rickenbacker Frying Pan, the world s first commercially successful electric guitar, is on the road again at the grand old age of 75. The instrument, on display outside the United States for the...
More »Reuters - Dec 5, 2006
American Idol season five champ Taylor Hicks will tackle songs written by Bryan Adams, Rob Thomas and Marvin Gaye on his upcoming self-titled effort. The set is due December 12 via Arista. The silver...
More »Reuters - Nov 1, 2006
Canadian rock act Nickelback will hit the road one last time to promote its hit album All the Right Reasons, which has sold four million copies in the United States since its October 2005 release. The...
More »Reuters - Aug 24, 2006
Canadian singer/songwriter Daniel Powter, the musician behind the worldwide hit single Bad Day, has signed a North American publishing deal with Famous Music, the company said. Under the pact, Viacom...
More »AP - Aug 1, 2006
New York songwriter Billy Joel and Canadian rocker Bryan Adams took the stage just outside the Colosseum and performed classic hits to the delight of hundreds of thousands of fans. Organizers put the...
More »AP - Jan 30, 2006
Bryan Adams is helping raise money for victims of the South Asian earthquake that killed 87,000 people and left millions homeless. His concert Sunday night was billed as the first by a major Western...
More »Reuters - Jan 2, 2006
More than a decade after the end of the apartheid era, when many acts shunned South Africa, the country is becoming a key destination for many international performers. American R&B artists John Legend...
More »Reuters - Nov 18, 2005
TORONTO (Reuters)- Canadian country singer Shania Twain was given her country s highest award on Friday, the Order of Canada, for her efforts to end child poverty, the governor general s office said....
More »AP - Sep 15, 2005
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week s ranking is in parentheses. The list is...
More »AP - Jul 2, 2005
Canadian favorite Tom Cochrane kicked off Canada s Live 8 concert with Life is a Highway before 35,000 roaring fans, moving the global event into North America. Concertgoers also sang along with Bryan...
More »AP - Jul 1, 2005
The lineup for the Live 8 show north of Toronto: Barenaked Ladies, Bruce Cockburn, Bryan Adams, The Bachman Cummings Band, Celine Dion, Deep Purple, Gordon Lightfoot, Jann Arden, Jet, Motley Crue, Our...
More »AP - Jun 30, 2005
Neil Young will mark his return on stage by performing at Canada s Live 8 concert Saturday, three months after he was treated for a brain aneurysm. Young will close out the show, accompanied by the...
More »E! Online - Jun 28, 2005
Those West End Boys are headed east end on a mission of hope. The Pet Shop Boys have been tapped to headline the newly added Moscow installment of Saturday s Live 8 concerts. The free show will take...
More »Reuters - Jun 28, 2005
Wrinkly rockers never die, they just do charity gigs. Teenage pop fans hoping to hail their heroes at Saturday s Live 8 concerts are in for a rude awakening when headline acts hit the stage. It is...
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