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Bryan Adams admits he got his first real six-string guitar years after the summer of ’69

Opening up about how his breakout hit is far from autobiographical, rocker Bryan Adams has admitted he got his first real six-string guitar years after the summer of ’69 – and it wasn't from a cheap store.

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Bryan Adams reveals the surprising origin behind his ‘first real six-string’

The Canadian rock legend opens up about music, lockdown, and lost instruments in the Help Musicians’ podcast series

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“Maybe we could buy a 12-string and have it sawed in two”: Kevin Bacon and Jimmy Fallon rewrite Bryan Adams’ Summer of ’69 – and make it all about six-strings

There’s no room for Jimmy to quit, or for Jody to get married, in this version

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“We often overlook this humble technique, yet it’s such an important tool for expressive rhythm and lead playing”: Palm muting is an essential guitar technique – but there’s a lot more to it than just chugging. Are you using it to its full potential?

First used by ’50s legends Chet Atkins and Les Paul, it is rock, metal and punk that have made palm muting so popular today

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Global Stars Eye India, But Show Needs Fine-tuning

With Coldplay and Ed Sheeran among the superstars who have played to packed-out crowds in India recently, there is increasing talk that the world's most populous nation could soon become a mainstay of the global touring schedule.

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Stink to high Heaven: Bryan Adams concert axed due to blocked sewer

Bryan Adams was forced to send 16,000 fans home after his Perth concert was cancelled due to a stinky sewage blockage.

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Bryan Adams' gig in Australia cancelled due to sewer fatberg of ‘grease and rags’

Authorities raised concerns that the sewage may back up the venue’s toilets

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Fatberg causes Bryan Adams Perth show to be cancelled

Fatberg is a large lump of fat and grease that congeals after being poured down a drain

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Sewer fatberg of ‘grease and rags’ forces Bryan Adams to cancel Perth concert

Singer was due to perform Sunday night but authorities worried large blockage could cause sewage to back up in venue toilets

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"This song is for everyone who's ever felt defeated but chose to fight another day": Watch the video for Bryan Adams' muscular new single Roll With The Punches

Roll With The Punches is the title track from Adams' 16th album, out later this year

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An unreleased Tina Turner song has surfaced and it has a connection to AC/DC

Listen to the previously unheard Hot For You Baby, which comes from the 40th anniversary edition of Tina Turner's classic Private Dancer album

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Teacher Reduced To Tears After Dad Berates Her For Ignoring His Son’s Warnings That He’s Unwell

Teacher dismisses kid even when he repeatedly tells her that he is unwell. His father loses it when the kid faints and hurts his head! The post Teacher Reduced To Tears After Dad Berates Her For Ignoring His Son’s Warnings That He’s Unwell first appeared on Bored Panda.

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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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“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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OPINION - Rod Stewart has an aura of cheese, but this is why he makes sense for the Glastonbury Legends slot

“I thought Rod Stewart was dead,” said a colleague. Others concurred. But Rod Stewart is not dead, he’s playing the Legends slot at 3pm on the Sunday of Glastonbury festival — and is the perfect person to do so, following on from the likes of Shania Twain, Diana Ross and…

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Album review: Bryan Adams - Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2024

Bryan Adams reinvents his wheels again

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Eminem, Janet Jackson and Boy George nominated for 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame

Eminem, Janet Jackson, Boy George, Bryan Adams, Sheryl Crow are among the artists nominated for next year's Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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2025 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Nominees Announced

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Bryan Adams announces Roll With The Punches UK arena tour

Bryan Adams' So Happy It Hurts tour hits mainland Europe this week, but the Canadian's next UK dates are already on the schedule

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Bryan Adams showcases the "chaos and destruction" of battle in new video for War Machine

War Machine is a song Bryan Adams co-wrote for Kiss before he was a star

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"Monday was Heaven, Tuesday was Run To You, Wednesday was Somebody": Bryan Adams looks back on the miraculous creation of his breakthrough album

Having paid his dues – and then some – 1984 found Bryan Adams entering a creative purple patch, writing a timeless hit of the future seemingly every single day

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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

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