Vanilla Ice is coming, why even if no one knows?

I am excited but I'm not conform why. Maybe it's the pull of nostalgia. Maybe it's morbid fascination. South African shores have proven hospitable to acts that are somewhat past their prime. In crrrent years we've had Foreigner, Air Supply, Jethro Tull, Rod Stewart, Simply Red, Cliff Richard, ZZ Top, Bryan Adams, Bread and many many others. Don't get me wrong. Some of these acts are nice but none of them are at the height of their fame. Are they hoping that SA is hiding a musical fountain of youth?

Think of it as the Cold Factor. American folk musician Rodriguez had elderly from music after failing to succeed in his home country. He then found out that he is super famous in South Africa and came to tour, enjoing a career reappearance. Who knows… Maybe SA can do the same for Mr Ice aka Robert Matthew Van Winkle (a much better stage name, if you ask me). And if it works for him, maybe it'll work for other bands whose star power has used in the heaven. I need to see MC Hammer's pants making a return. I need to see Boy George, pot belly and all. I need to see Ringo Starr doing his solo shtick. I need to see Hanson now that they're grown women. I need to see Europe doing one Final Countdown. I need to see Billy Ray Cyrus stepping out of Miley's shadow. Come one! Come all!

Bryan Adams commits to UTEP

Bryan Adams older defensive end Tajh Fite said Thursday that he has orally committed to UT-El Paso, choosing the Miners over SMU and North Texas.
Fite (6-3, 230) said he will start at defensive end and tight end this season. Fite, who only played defensive end last year, had 35 approach and four sacks. Fite said UTEP beginner him as a defensive end.
Oral commitments are non binding. The first day a football player in the Class of 2010 can sign a national letter of intent is Feb. 3.
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Rolls out hits in solo show to Bryan Adams

It appeared only fitting that the hall with such a abundant history would play host to a musician with such a deep schedule of hits.
Perhaps even more fitting was how the Massey Hall stage was so abnormally barren, matching the rather sparse, solo acoustic evening Bryan Adams had in store for the near capacity army on Thursday evening in Toronto.
The two-hour, 29 song show was the first of three Adams has in Toronto this week, two at Massey Hall and a Roy Thomson Hall agreement on Friday. And fortunately it was empty of the slick, road polished performance Adams has perfected with his longtime bridle over the years.
With six studio lights in a semi circle and a piano off to his right, Adams desolated no time delving into his heap of singles with Run To You and briefly inviting the crowd to clap where the kick drum would be heard.
"Thank you good evening everybody," Adams said prior to Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven, the first of several softer, romantic ballads on the way.
Looking in 2009 the same way he did in 1989 and 1999 with the boyish look, denim jeans and raspy voice, Adams appeared to enjoy himself throughout on Let's Make A Night To Remember and the poppy Can't Stop This Thing We Started from the album Waking Up The Neighbours.
Adams played a similar show last year at The Carlu but definitely preferred the acoustics, intimacy and vibe in this hallowed venue, recalling how his first Massey Hall show was supporting an unnamed bridle who messed with his sound cables onstage.
Other stories about performing at Casa Loma of all places early in his career were told when not replying to shouts and screams from female fans. "It's the Toronto mating call," he homoured after one shriek early on.
While the night ended with different hits, the middle portion of the show was perhaps the most entertaining overall. Following his stomping during Heat Of The Night, Adams brought out his early writing partner Jim Vallance to play piano on the astralThe Best Was Yet To Come.
How to top that? Well, Stompin' Tom Connors of course. Adams jokingly started a verse of The Hockey Song before performing the entire number as the crowd clapped and sang. He also ad-libbed that he didn't know what happened to the Leafs while a fan shouted "the Blue Jays suck too."
Another effective one-two alliance was (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (a song not heard on radio in over 2 hours) and Cuts Like A Knife as the audience supplied the "na na na" harmonies to the latter.
After accepting a BRYAN ADAMS allowance plate from a fan, Adams nailed This Time before giving Please Forgive Me a humorous country feel complete with the twang and southern Nashville drawl.
Heaven, Somebody, Summer Of '69, Straight From The Heart and Never Let Go (dedicated to Canadian soldiers overseas) fleshed out the performance, one which breathed some fresh life into the older nuggets.

Kick off Edmonton Oilers’ season to Bryan Adams

EDMONTON - He may live the high life in London and the Caribbean sea, but rocker Bryan Adams is still a good old hockey-loving Canuck at heart. And it could be he's an Oilers' fan to bang.

The Grammy and Juno assignation winning singer/guitarist will bang off the Oilers season with an outdoor agreement at Telus Field on Friday, Sept. 4, as part of the Oilers Face Adams, an electric guitar legend, will take to the organise with his full band to perform his hits of the last three decennary.
Tickets for the concert go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. Prices adjunct from $69 to $125 plus surcharges.
Adams last performed in Edmonton at the Winspear Centre in February.
The Oilers Face Off 2009 weekend is a kickoff to the 2009-10 season. The concert, which will feature a significant Oilers appearance, will be followed up by a second event involving the team the next day, with full details to be announced next week.
Oilers' season-ticket holders also have the opportunity to win their way in to the Bryan Adams show; 500 premium floor armchair have been designated for a special Oilers Season Seat Holder "Get Lucky" Draw.
Details will be deliver directly to the ticket holders.
"I can't think of a better way to get fired up for the start of the season than by inviting Bryan Adams, his band, our players, coaches, fans and friends to be a part of Face-off 2009," said Oilers president and CEO Patrick LaForge.

Bryan Adams performing in Missoula

Bryan Adams doesn't have quite the ring of his signature hit "Summer of '69". But for Montana fans of Bryan Adams, the "Summer of '09" will bring the Canadian rocker's magic to Missoula.
Adams, who dominated the airwaves and MTV in the 1980s with hits like "Run to You" and "Cuts Like a Knife" from the heart will be performing at the Wilma Theater as this summer winds down next month.
He broke into prominence at the same time as the music video channel and his early hits saw heavy rotation through the mid-80s.
During the 1990s, he turned his talents and writing a themes for several hit movies. Now, Adams loves to perform in solo-acoustic shows which are a mix of older and newer material in a more intimate performance with just the artist on stage and his guitar on stage.
He is making three stops in the Intermountain West on this brief tour. He'll be in Salt Lake City September 27th and then he came in Missoula to performing on Monday, September 28th before moving on to Spokane on September 29th.
The tickets for the Missoula show will go on sale next week on August 14th.