The video behind the band showed Adams driving his 95-year-old mother around in the car. For this one, a blimp shaped like the car on the album cover flew out from behind the stage, its head- and taillights lit up, and did a few laps above fans. The bottom third of the show included classics “Summer of ’69” and “Cuts Like a Knife,” both crowd-pleasers, as well as the title track to the newest album. “I started thinking about all the places I’ve played here,” he said, listing off the Cow Palace and the Fillmore. The ones that featured Scott’s skills were always entertaining, though Adams’ rhythm guitar playing added crunchiness to songs like “Take Me Back” (1983’s Cuts Like a Knife) while the rhythm section of drummer Pat Steward and bassist Solomon Walker provided the foundation of most of the performance.Īfter “One Night Love Affair,” Adams reminisced about his time in San Francisco. They don’t make power ballads like this anymore, and this one may have been the best of the night-even better than “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You,” which followed and brought many to their feet.ĭuring the more raucous songs, Adams roamed the stage, singing from numerous microphones. On “Here I Am,” which Adams wrote for the soundtrack to the film “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” he played an acoustic guitar with Breit on piano, and the song was practically mystical. Drummer Pat Steward performs with Bryan Adams at Chase Center in San Francisco on July 30, 2023.

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