Print By Mark Brown, Rocky Mountain News
May 5, 2006

Fans may think of Bryan Adams as a guilty pleasure, but fellow musicians give huge respect, be it Sting, Barbra Streisand or the out-of-the-blue phone call Adams got from Roger Waters, asking him to be part of The Wall in Berlin.

Adams' radio-friendly hits such as Summer of '69 and Cuts Like a Knife made him an international superstar, but in the past few years, he has deliberately toned that down. His latest release, Anthology, pulls together his career highlights along with a new song, When You're Gone, featuring Pamela Anderson. Living quietly in England and touring just when he wants to, Adams spends lots of time on his passions – photography and music.

In an early morning interview from New York City, Adams chatted about his upcoming show at the Fillmore Auditorium on Sunday.

News: You have just a few U.S. dates – it's like a mini-tour.

Adams: "It was going to be longer, but I decided not to do a longer one. I like to go out a week a month and do shows and then go home. I remember when I told my manager that's how I want to work about six years ago. He just laughed and said, 'You'll never do it. No one will stick with you. Your road crew will leave you. Your band will leave you. You'll do sets by yourself with an acoustic guitar.' Nobody left - everyone does it."

News: You've recorded with both Sting and Pamela Anderson. Compare and contrast their styles in the studio.

Adams: "It's kinda different (laughs). I don't know if he'd really appreciate that all that much. With Sting, he was the first person I called when I wanted to do that song All For Love and wanted to do a trio of singers. With Pamela, it was more of a novelty. I wasn't working with Pam because of her singing attributes."

News: Last time you were in Denver, you opened for the Stones at McNichols Arena.

Adams: "Things come up and you get asked. Sometimes, it's a good thing; sometimes, it's something you don't want to do. We were touring as a three-piece then. I was playing bass. I just thought it would be interesting. Of course, I'm a huge fan of the Stones, so it was a great chance to go watch the Stones every night."

News: Did you do that trio tour to fight boredom?

Adams: "The reason for that was I was just trying to find a way to work again that made it interesting. After coming out of the '90s and everything that happened in those years, I wanted to reinvent things a little bit. The first thing I did was tour differently and broke the band down to the guys who started with me years ago. It was just about how to work and still have it be really enjoyable yet still have it be exactly what you want to do."

News: It seems like you've been restless since day one.

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