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Irish Times
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Bryan Adams in 3Arena review: Groover from Vancouver gives fans the night of their lives
Bryan Adams 3Arena, Dublin ★★★★☆ The band drops out and Keith Scott, Bryan Adams's guitar man since 1976, plays that four-chord riff at the centre of Run To You, instantly transporting the majority of his audience back to stonewashed denim, school dances and early amorous fumbles. Reckless, the album Adams released in 1984 on his 25th birthday, is a stone-cold classic and impervious to the passing of time. The crowd punch the air with a collective 'Yes!' to welcome the immortal Somebody, a song so dependable, you'd let it date your daughter. We're only three numbers in, but already a 3Arena packed way out past the gills is ecstatically commandeering the chorus and grinning like they've been gifted an unexpected bank holiday. So good are Adams and his tighter-than-a-mountain-bend band they can even be forgiven for speeding up the tempo of Heaven, the perfect power ballad which should have resulted in all other songwriters working in a similar vein downing tools in defeat. Lean, fit, in miraculously fine voice at 65, and sporting his regulation serial killer haircut, Adams then recalls recording with Tina Turner who took him on a European tour. Without her, he reckons, he might still be playing the National Stadium, where he made his Irish debut in 1987. The band explode into It's Only Love and Scott swings his Stratocaster all the way around his body because that's always a class move. At this point, you might think the groover from Vancouver has carelessly front-loaded the show but the man has more hits than a wedding disco. What about the daft but great Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? or the wah-wah chug of the superbly titled The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You or even the admirable determination of Go Down Rockin' where he and the great Scott reprise the harmonica/guitar duel at the heart of The Rolling Stones's Midnight Rambler. Adams throws out more hits than an angry Katie Taylor. READ MORE All right, the selections from his forthcoming Roll With The Punches album pale in comparison, but they're quickly forgotten when he detonates the building by recalling the purchase of his first real six-string at the five and dime. Summer Of '69. Had I been wearing a tie, I would have wrapped it around my head and ran up and down the aisle screaming. The lothario from Ontario even manages to breathe renewed life into (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, a song that held the number one spot for so long in the early 1990s, it made lockdown look like a brief sojourn. But that's Adams's secret. Everything, as he sings in the encore, is coming Straight From The Heart. He holds nothing back and there's no misplaced attempts at irony or cool. You want to hear Frankie Valli's Can't Take My Eyes Off You played as if it were the B-side to Please Please Me? Here you go. You want to take your shirt off and wave it in the air as Adams encourages the audience to do during his You Belong To Me/Blue Suede Shoes medley? Step right up, and he'll film you. Cynics may mock him, but what's wrong with writing anthems that people take to their hearts? Every Adams show is a celebration where the audience are as much a part of the proceedings as the performer, and each time the camera is turned towards them, it captures joyous faces having the night of their lives. 'I can't tell you how much I appreciate it,' Adams smiles. Now that's cool. Bryan Adams plays the SSE Arena in Belfast on Wednesday and is back at the 3Arena in Dublin on Friday.
Global News
08-05-2025
- Global News
Suspicious death in Victoria prompts calls for weapons ban in supportive housing units
A suspicious death at a supportive housing building in Victoria has prompted calls for the province to step in with stronger safety measures. Keith Scott, 34, was found dead on April 26 at Waterview, which is a supportive housing residence. Victoria police called Scott's death a suspected homicide. Now, a group of low-barrier housing providers is calling for an immediate weapons ban at all supportive housing buildings in B.C. They say that under the Residential Tenancy Act, the only tool they have for tenants with weapons is eviction, but when a tenant refuses to leave, there is nothing more they can do. 1:58 Opposition to Vancouver's supportive housing freeze plan The group says a legislated ban on weapons would allow police to enforce the rule. Story continues below advertisement 'A lot of our residents, the vast majority are amazing people who just need support,' Carolina Ibarra with the BC Coalition for Safe and Sustainable Supportive Housing said. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'They're also very vulnerable. They require help from us and from police to be able to protect them from people who prey on them.' However, B.C.'s Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said weapons are always a non-starter. 'Right now we have policies in place that when someone comes into supportive housing they sign an agreement that they have to abide by certain rules,' he said. Kahlon added that the province addressed safety concerns last year by giving supportive housing operators the ability to implement visitor policies and conduct wellness checks. 'We provided additional resources to this particular provider so they could put additional measures in place for safety,' he said.
