Born Bryan Guy Adams on 5 November 1959 (Guy Fawkes' Day) into a military family, he lived all over the world from two weeks after he was born and finally settling in Vancouver at the age of 14, with his mother and brother.
Hearing the Beatles for the first time he knew that being a musician was all he would ever want to be.
He is firmly established as one of the most successful singer- songwriters in music history, having sold over 50 million albums worldwide. He has sung duets with Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart, Sting, Luciano Pavarotti and Ann Murray.