“A night to remember”

On 8^th Feb, just in a casual talk with a friend, I got to know about the Bryan ADAMS Live in Concert in Mumbai on 12^th Feb and that they had planned to go for the show. Unfortunately one of my friends got an emergency the day before show and could not attend the show. So I got the chance to get that ticket and attend the show. Though I have heard a few of Bryan Adams famous songs before, I have never been a huge fan of him. So I never thought that I would go for concert of Rock music but it was an opportunity to experience something different. So I decided to go for the show. The show was at 6 but we reached there 1 hour before to get a nice place to sit. To our surprise, there were no chairs to sit. We were supposed to stand for the entire time. We were waiting for almost an hour and I started losing interest. I thought how am I gonna stand there for next 2 hours. Then suddenly the band came to the stage and started with a song from their new album. Suddenly the atmosphere changed and ecstasy started taking over the tiredness. One after another, he started throwing musical shower on us. He enthralled us with the all-time hits like “Cuts like a knife”, “I am ready”, “Back to you”, “Summer of 69”, “Run to you”, “I ll always be there”, “Please forgive me”, “18 till I die” and the list goes on. And we all were almost on the CLOUD 9. Everybody was singing along with him, may be even remembering the sweet memories they had with those songs. I was making my own memories with those songs.

One thing that amazed me the most was that guy, can call him God of Rock, Bryan Adams, 52 year old rock star who performed entire show of 2 hours continuously except small breaks just to drink water. At that age, that man was performing with this much energy and spirit, made me thinks how lethargic we are in our twenties. He made a crowd of 15000 to sweep off their feet. He interacted with the audience very well and even invited one girl to sing with him on stage. I bet that everyone, including me, envied herJ. Bryan Adams was one of the magicians and the other one was the bass guitarist, Norman Fisher. The whole band and the chemistry between them are beyond my criticism. They spellbinded us with the magic of music and we didn’t even realise how fast the time passed and Suddenly 2 hours were over. We made him sing one more song before leaving. Then he took his masterpiece out of the magic box. He played guitar along with mouth organ and sang a song. Truly astonishing.. Hats off to that guy!!We left the place only after making sure that he had officially left the buildingJ.

At that night, that great Canadian rock star introduced me to the World of Rock music. And “Here I am” feeling lucky for myself for attending that magical show or I would not have even understood what have I missed.