Can't Stop This Thing We Started Bryan Adams Is Back In India!

He was one of the first global rock stars to tour the country and he returns again for a fifth tour. In an exclusive chat, the Canadian musician shares his success story, the death of rock, and whether he has come to terms with his cult status

- Nirmika Singh

A BRYAN ADAMS’ GREATEST HITS COLLECTION makes no sense logically— how do you pick, say, a dozen tracks out of an oeuvre that is almost entirely made up of banging chartbusters? Can you even name a Bryan Adams song that hasn’t been a hit? But then, that also doesn’t mean the world doesn’t deserve yet another compilation album — Ultimate is his sixth so far — and one more reason to watch him live. India, for that matter, couldn’t be more thrilled. We aren’t the luckiest people in the world when it comes to witnessing global acts on tour, but Adams has not only been a consistent visitor but also one rock legend whose concerts have created mass frenzy every single time in every single city he’s played here.

“Our shows in India back in 1993 were the first big concerts for a Western artist in India,” says Adams, in an exclusive chat with Rolling Stone India. “I remember we played the cricket club in Mumbai where they had divided the field in half; one half was for the public, the other half the cricket club… they were all drinking tea or maybe they were gin and tonics.”