Maybe it’s much too early in the game, but I thought I’d ask you just the same: what are you doing New Year’s Eve?
I ask, reader, because on December 31st at Rogers Arena, there will be an event I can only describe as a Canadiana extravaganza.
Bryan Adams, 54-40, and Mother Mother are banding together to bring Vancouver a New Year’s truly rockin’ Eve.
Tickets to ring in the new year in #Vancouver with Bryan and special guests @mothermother and @5440 are on sale now! #newyearseve
Get yours here: https://t.co/Dj84XzhKOv pic.twitter.com/6DYKo0ERwN
— Bryan Adams (@bryanadams) October 29, 2021
That’s right. Canadian musical powerhouse Bryan Adams – who recently had to pull out of a Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame tribute to Tina Turner because of a positive COVID test – will be ringing in the new year right here in YVR.
Adams comes to Vancouver following a six-show residency in Las Vegas, and will jet off to Europe in January for a tour promoting his upcoming album So Happy it Hurts.
Speaking of being so happy it hurts, one can only imagine a Bryan Adams New Year’s Eve show will be nothing short of an all-out party. In fact, Live Nation is calling this event the “biggest” NYE celebration Vancouver has seen in decades.
What’s the over-under that the clock strikes 12 during the bridge of ‘Run to You’, do you think?
Adams’ locally-sourced opening acts aren’t too bad, either.
54-40 are so quintessentially Lower Mainland that they should play ‘Ocean Pearl’ in schools around these parts every morning, right along with the national anthem.
Mother Mother comes straight out of Quadra island, and the prolific alternative band skyrocketed to global recognition after the following tune went viral on the TikTok app:
It’s safe to say that my New Year’s plans are neatly sewn up; if you’d like to join me at Rogers Arena, you can snag your tickets here. Doors are at 8 and, of course, proof of vaccination will be required to attend.