Bryan Adams strips down songs for tour

Bryan Adams recently kicked off a solo acoustic tour, which stops in Albany, New York on Friday, May 9th. He's playing a mixture of hits and tracks off his upcoming album, called 11. During the brief tour, Adams tells us he's stripping down the tunes and playing them acoustically: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "They all work acoustically because they were all written on an acoustic guitar. The album started out as an acoustic record and we halfway through I sort of switched gears and decided to make sort of an acoustic rock record. When I play the songs live, it actually sort of led me into the path into this next tour -- my first North American acoustic tour. And I feel confident enough with these songs -- and songs in the past -- that the show is going to be more interesting. Just hearing the songs stripped down completely myself and the guitar."

Adams' new album will come out on Tuesday (May 13th). The set will be available exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores in the U.S. and on WalMart.com in CD and MP3 format.

Adams recorded 11 -- named for its chronological order among his releases, as well as for the number of tracks it has -- in hotel rooms and backstage concert venues throughout Europe over the past two years.
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