Yes, I like Bryan Adams. I don’t care how corny some of his songs can be, he is classic.

When I was in China in 2000, I picked up the 98 album “On a Day Like Today” and my friends and I loved it—probably because the lyrics were so easy to under­stand for us, non-English speak­ers. Plus, we were in a “Brid­get Jones” phase where all the guys were ass­hole any­way, so most of the songs on the album con­firmed what we highly sus­pected about the oppo­site sex.

I saw him play in Nantes once—must have been in 1998 or 1999—and I had good mem­o­ries of the con­cert. He is one of these artists worth see­ing live, I think.

That said, the deci­sion to make the trip to the con­cert in Toronto was a last minute one. We both weren’t too busy at work, and the weather was sud­denly warmer. Plus, we wanted to check out the Air Canada Centre.

The drive was quicker than expected (less traf­fic in the mid­dle of the week I guess) and we made it down­town Toronto just in time to grab din­ner before the show.

Secu­rity at the Air Canada Cen­tre was a bit more lax than at Sco­tia­bank Place, and I was able to take my DSLR with me (or at least, no one stopped me). We had good seats too, on the floor, so I’m glad I took the chance.

The show was awe­some. There was no open­ing band but Bryan Adams sang non-stop from 8 p.m. to close to 11 p.m., and he played all his clas­sics, plus many other good tunes. I wasn’t disappointed—he is a great live musician.

The crowd was great too. Lots of women, and some were really young—I won­der how they dis­cov­ered Bryan Adams, who is an artist from 1990s!

You can see the com­plete set of pic­tures taken dur­ing the con­cert here, on Flickr.

The Air Canada Centre

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

Bryan Adams in Toronto

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