Hyderabad, February 16: A commoner who started of as delivery paper boy to working at a pet shop handling dog food and washing dishes at North Vancouver’s Tomahawk Restaurant and digging ditches and stripped forms in construction, today is the world’s most sought after musician with 15 Grammy nominations, and has personally shared some interesting facts for his Indian specific tour.
He is Bryan Adams, the celebrated singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, and photographer.
Bryan Adams Live is being brought to the country by Netsurf Entertainment. It has tied-up with Mana Shetty’s Save the Children India NGO, to donate a percentage of Corporate/VVIP ticket sales at all venues to the NGO.
Tickets available at all Talwar Hyundai showrooms and service centres, online booking: www.entertainment.netsurf.co.in and www.kyazoonga.com/bryanadams
Ticket prices: Gold: Rs 3,500, Silver: Rs 1,500, VVIP entry by invitation
Special arrangements have been made for the physically disabled.
Tidbits about the concert
*The event will be bigger and better when compared to his previous concert in India. Forklifts will also be used.
* He is very specific about his performances. He and his band do a full fledged sound check a day before the show.
* He does not prefer florescent lights in his rooms, since they are prone to flickering. He requested for adjustable incandescent lighting.
* He does not like the AC of his room or car to be switched on without reason.
* His touring crew includes 16 people and equipment weighs 1000 kg.
* The band loves using MUGS for coffee, not cups!!!
* The stage has been designed by Bryan Leitch and Ewan McRobb.
* The band requested for the standing audience, barricades must not be further than 1.2 m as they like to interact with the audience.
* He will be flying down with a team of 38 members, out of which 25 will be technical engineers. They will just work for stage setup.
* Surface of the stage will be required to withstand minimum of 250 kg per sq m. Thus special designs are being used for creating stages.
* On each side of the stage there will be small bi amplified full range speakers, front loaded sub woofers along with small full range speakers.
–Agencies