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“I had no idea it would become such a classic… I just threw in the lyric ‘It was the summer of 69’ and it stuck’”: How Bryan Adams and his co-writer Jim Vallance created one of the greatest pop-rock guitar anthems of all time

With Summer Of '69, Adams created an evergreen hit that defined the era and became a rite of passage for generations of guitarists

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Before he was famous, Bryan Adams co-wrote Rock And Roll Hell and War Machine for Kiss: Now he's recorded his own versions

Bryan Adams' video for Rock And Roll Hell was filmed on the roof of London's iconic Royal Albert Hall

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"A guy's just died and here we are making this euphoric, celebratory music. It seemed a bit weird": How Def Leppard overcame tragedy and made Adrenalize

Reeling from the death of guitarist Steve Clark, Def Leppard were determined to keep the party going. The result was Adrenalize – their last great blockbuster album

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“We cobbled together the Everything I Do solo in 20 minutes. Mutt Lange said ‘Eh, not bad.’ And that was it… We had no clue”: Bryan Adams guitarist Keith Scott on being a low profile multi-platinum guitar hero – and the hits no one saw coming

From Cuts Like a Knife to Summer of ’69, the Canadian guitar great discusses the gear and solos that have fueled Bryan Adams’ music for more than 40 years

Guitar World

“I thought, ‘This is my David Gilmour moment...’ The record label hated it”: Bryan Adams’ guitarist says their label thought (Everything I Do) I Do It for You would spell the end of his career

Keith Scott details what is perhaps one of the biggest misjudgments in rock and pop history, as the song A&M hated went on to sell millions of copies and top charts worldwide

Guitar World

The untold story of Black Sabbath's unlikely resurrection: Only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Jon Bon Jovi, Triumph, Bryan Adams, Praying Mantis, FM, New England, Al Jourgensen, Masters Of Reality, Chris Spedding, Cock Sparrer, Bad Nerves and more

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“He sings on all our stuff. You hear him on AC/DC, Bryan Adams, Shania’s stuff. He has the best voice in the room”: Phil Collen says Mutt Lange is an ace vocalist who can nail it in one take – and it’s the same with guitar

For Collen, working with Lange is like “going to school for your favourite subject” but recreating the studio magic live on Def Leppard tracks such as Live Bites can be very tricky at first

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‘I used to roundly mock Bryan Adams’: Bill Bailey’s honest playlist

The comedian has come full circle on the Canadian soft rocker, but which sweary song did he miss out on playing at Reading?

The Guardian - UK

14 peace anthems and the stories behind them

From pleas for equality to anti-war sentiments and social commentary, we look at some of the greatest peace songs of all time

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“The audience threw lighters, bottles, ice cubes and coins. We managed four songs before being booed off”: the rollercoaster story of Loverboy, Canada’s greatest AOR band

Turn Me Loose, Working For The Weekend, Loving Every Minute Of It – Loverboy raised the maple leaf flag high in the 1980s

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“It Made Me Laugh”: People Can’t Believe Bryan Adams Has To Clarify Meaning Behind “Summer Of ’69”

As it turns out, it has nothing to do with the actual year 1969. The post “It Made Me Laugh”: People Can’t Believe Bryan Adams Has To Clarify Meaning Behind “Summer Of ’69” first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Bryan Adams ‘tried to save’ Princess Diana and Amy Winehouse

‘Summer of ‘69’ singer opens up about his close friendships with ‘Rehab’ singer and the late royal

The Independent UK

Bryan Adams and Johnny Marr join Forest Live 2024 lineup

Rock and indie acts join previously announced headliners including Nile Rodgers and Chic, Sting, and Tom Jones

The Independent UK

Bryan Adams Recalls 'Surreal' Friendship With Princess Diana

"I really, really liked Diana, she was an amazing woman and a super-great inspiration," the singer said.

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"Tracing the evolution of a bar-room behemoth": Bryan Adams' Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Three nights, three albums, one stodgy tone: Bryan Adams plays the hits live at the iconic Royal Albert Hall

The Independent UK

Public Enemy, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and Tracy Chapman get nods for Songwriters Hall of Fame

Everything from rap to yacht rock, country and alt-rock are represented among the nominees for the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame, with nods for Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Bryan Adams, George Clinton, Tracy Chapman, R

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"I'd made the best of what I could with the three chords that I knew": Bryan Adams on how an "extremely average" musician carved out one of rock's most successful careers

These days Bryan Adams says he's "a photographer moonlighting as a singer," but before that came decades of making high-grade classic rock

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"Sometimes Jimi Hendrix's girlfriend would go and buy us breakfast because we had no money": what happened when Bryan Adams interviewed Rod Stewart

Sir Rod Stewart tells Bryan Adams about his music, being on tour, trying to get paid when he was in the Jeff Beck Group, his model-railway passion, being “one of the lucky ones”, and more

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Corey Taylor: My stories of Lemmy, Dimebag Darrell, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Björk and more

Slipknot's Corey Taylor heard the world’s dirtiest joke from Lemmy, hung out with Björk, battled Dave Grohl at table tennis, raided Metallica’s fridge, talked ‘weirdness’ with Mike Patton and almost joined Anthrax

The Guardian - UK

From ‘Nazi’ Bowie to Nixon-lovin’ Brown: six absurd political gaffes from pop stars

The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has caused an international row by misreading Russia-Georgia relations, live on stage. But he’s not the first star to stray into controversial territory

Evening Standard

Robbie Robertson remembered by Martin Scorsese, Neil Diamond and more after death aged 80

The musician died surrounded by family in Los Angeles ‘after a long illness’

The Independent UK

‘Canada has lost an icon’ – musicians pay tribute to Robbie Robertson

He died surrounded by family in Los Angeles ‘after a long illness’.

The National (Scotland)

Bryan Adams in Loch Lomond after backing Scottish music firm

Bryan Adams has been pictured in Loch Lomond after backing Alexandria music firm Songbox.

Los Angeles Times

A Bryan Adams concert goes awry when a fan rushes the stage and steals his microphone

Are summer concertgoers OK?

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Here’s the moment when a stage-invading fan grabbed Bryan Adams’ microphone and started singing Summer of ‘69

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