Bryan Adams, O2 Arena - review - Music - Arts

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The 10 tracks culled from Waking Up the Neighbours here included Can't Stop this Thing We Started,
All I Want is You and of course, (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, a power ballad that was a UK number one for so long in 1991 that even some of tonight's audience seemed indifferent about hearing the blasted thing yet again.

There was more fun had with When You're Gone, Melanie C's vocals being understudied by a charity auction winner from the audience who actually turned out to be pretty good.

But this was a show about simple pleasures. Hearts on Fire proved that there's not much that can top a craggy voice, a hefty riff and a great tune.

Adams, looking his 52 years with a severe Fifties father haircut, was an old pro, serving up his hits with a smile and keeping going for well over two hours.

Aside from vibrant lead guitarist Keith Scott sprinting across the stage high-fiving his boss, there wasn't much to catch the eye - a saucepan and bucket solo from drummer Mickey Curry should have been left to the buskers - but all those big, bold choruses were reminders that sometimes all you really want, like that auction winner, is a good sing-song.

Bryan Adams
The O2 Arena
Peninsula Square, Greenwich, SE10 0DX