{"id":64822,"date":"2025-09-15T05:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T05:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/64822\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T05:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T05:09:08","slug":"bryan-adams-a-rocker-till-he-dies-hits-the-road-to-support-his-new-album-roll-with-the-punches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/64822\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Adams, a rocker till he dies, hits the road to support his new album, Roll With The Punches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bryan Adams\u2019s Canadian tour started in Kamloops, B.C., on Sept. 11 and ends in St. John\u2019s, on Oct. 15.Red Umbrella P.R.\/Supplied<\/p>\n

In 1984, a 25-year-old Bryan Adams released his blockbuster album Reckless. Among the songs was Kids Wanna Rock. More than 40 years later, the kids no longer do; everywhere you go, pop, hip hop and country are the genres now in fashion.<\/p>\n

It is fitting, then, that Adams\u2019s just released 16th studio album is called Roll With The Punches. It\u2019s a rock \u2019n\u2019 roll record. He fights the good fight, but what happens to a superstar artist when mass audiences no longer are picking up on what they\u2019re putting down?<\/p>\n

Adams spoke to The Globe and Mail on a video call. <\/p>\n

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Bryan Adams\u2019s 16th studio album is a rock \u2019n\u2019 roll record called Roll With The Punches.Red Umbrella P.R.\/Supplied<\/p>\n

You\u2019re booked on a North American tour of arenas this month and next. Do you ever worry about filling the rooms? <\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not something at the forefront of my thoughts. Before you book a tour, there\u2019s a lot of strategy that goes into it. You speak to the promoter, you speak to the agent and you have to align it right. We have the Sheepdogs opening in Canada and Pat Benatar in the United States. Joan Jett opened on the last tour. Having those kind of acts makes it a more exciting prospect for people who are spending money on a ticket.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s more competitive now, isn\u2019t it?<\/b><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s face it, there are so many big, big events, with Oasis and Coldplay. That sucks the prospect of other people getting out there. Some shows struggle because of the saturation.<\/p>\n

Your new album starts off hard and fast with a couple of rockers \u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

Why not?<\/p>\n

\u2026 but you also have the ballad <\/b>Life is Beautiful<\/b>, which I can imagine playing over the end credits of a film, a love story. Other than writing for a musical, which you\u2019ve done, do you ever write a song with that kind of placement in mind?<\/b><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t. You can\u2019t worry about all that. All you worry about is whether these songs are things that you like. The rest of it is a big question mark. I can\u2019t be worried about whether I\u2019m going to get played. It would drive me nuts.<\/p>\n

Do you write with your live show in mind?<\/b><\/p>\n

There are certain songs that you think might open the show, sure. Or it could be an interesting closer. But, in the end, you try to design your songs in a way that you can play them live with a band and that will be true to the record. It\u2019s gotta be music that you dig. I don\u2019t put a record out until I have the songs to check those boxes. <\/p>\n

What about the album\u2019s balance and cohesiveness?<\/b><\/p>\n

Sure. Often a song comes along, like Roll With The Punches, and it becomes the cornerstone song for the album. You just have to build upon that. <\/p>\n

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Bryan Adams during the closing ceremonies of the Invictus Games in Toronto, September, 2017.Nathan Denette\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

What are some other examples of your cornerstone songs?<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve done it many times. Cuts Like a Knife, 18 til I Die, Into the Fire. There\u2019s always a song that sets the tone for the record.<\/p>\n

A few songs on the album are directing the listener, often with the second-person pronoun \u201cyou.\u201d <\/b>Be the Reason<\/b> is one of what I might call an encouragement song. Was that intentional? <\/b><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t explain it. You go with the flow. A lot of it\u2019s in first person though. There are songs on different topics, sometimes nostalgia, which I like to do. But the song Be the Reason is about being decent, about giving something back. The line \u201cbe the reason someone smiles\u201d is such a nice sentiment.<\/p>\n

Bryan Adams talks CanCon and Summer of \u201869 at the inaugural Departure music conference<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s behind <\/b>Roll With The Punches<\/b>, the title song?<\/b><\/p>\n

It came out of the whole independence thing that\u2019s happened to me in the last few years.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re talking about being free of a major label and releasing this album on your own Bad Records label.<\/b><\/p>\n

Yeah. Being free of record labels and being free of management. Rolling with the punches, seeing what\u2019s going to happen. It was a good inspiration, to be honest. <\/p>\n

Rock music isn\u2019t nearly as popular as it once was. How is it going for you, rolling with that punch?<\/b><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t tell Oasis that. [Laughs.] Listen, I know how to make the music that I make. I\u2019m not going to follow a trend. I like making the records I make, always have. This is my 16th album. I\u2019d be super lucky to get any attention on it. But let\u2019s see what happens. Some of it might fly. If it doesn\u2019t, that\u2019s just the way it is.<\/p>\n

Bryan Adams\u2019s Canadian tour started in Kamloops, B.C., on Sept. 11; and ends in St. John\u2019s, Oct. 15. <\/p>\n

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