It's been seven years since Bryan Adams has played Prince George and on the Road to the PNE he'll make a one-night stop to play CN Centre Aug. 18.
Adams will bring band members Keith Scott, guitar; Mickey Curry, drums; Gary Breit, keyboardist and Norm Fisher, bass.
Adams has sold more than 65 million records, toured six continents and achieved No. 1 status in more than 40 countries.
Adams' hits include Cuts Like A Knife, Summer of '69, Kids Wanna Rock, Can't Stop This Thing We've Started and he is known as one of the great songwriters of our time.
Adams has been awarded the Order of British Columbia and is a Companion of the Order of Canada. He has received an award for Artist of the Decade and has been inducted into the Juno Hall of Fame. He has a star on Canada's Walkway of Fame and has added his hand print to the Wembley Square of Fame in celebration of his 25th show at the famed stadium.
Adams was recently honoured to perform at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics, performing a duet with Nelly Furtado and this past spring was the recipient of the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at the Juno ceremonies.
A week later he received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement. Adams has also contributed the feature song You've Been A Friend to Me to the John Travolta film Old Dogs and was a part of the Celebrate Africa Grande Finale in Johannesburg, singing alongside Andrea Bocelli.
Tickets go on sale July 23 at all Ticketmaster outlets. The show is on Aug. 18 at 8 p.m.
