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Tall_martin Frets: 241
April 2022 edited April 2022 in Guitar
Hi,
My wife came home with a pick yesterday. Supposedly Brian Adams.
It's from her mate who doesn't play guitar.
Apparently he went to see Brian Adams play to 200 people in London. One of his mates invited him. Afterwards he go chatting to Brian, and Brian gave him this pick.
Now I don't know my wife's friend very well. I've met him 5 times over 10 years. Seems nice, seems normal, doesn't seem like the sort of person that stadium filling rock stars play intimate gigs to. He works in the council.
So I don't want to look a gift pick in the mouth, but it just seems an unlikely story!
Dates- non given. Doesn't seem like it was before fame as the pick looks pretty fresh.
What do you think?
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Tall_martin Frets: 241
April 2022
Just for perspective Brian Adams is playing multiple dates this year at the Royal Albert hall, capacity 5,500
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bertie Frets: 13582
April 2022
Bryn with an A or Ryan with B perhaps and who is Keith Adams ?
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Philly_Q Frets: 24452
April 2022
Well, it's Bryan (with a Y) Adams and the guitarist is Keith Scott, so the way they've switched the names around on the pick could be either a joke or a sign that it's a tribute band?
But Adams lives in London, or used to. I can imagine them doing a low-key warmup gig.
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Funkfingers Frets: 14963
April 2022
On what day were you (or the gig goer) presented with the plectrum? Friday, perchance?
Tickets have recently gone on sale for an Adams UK tour. He could have been in town for business or publicity purposes. A secret fan club only appearance is a good way to get word of mouth working for you.
If Adams' organisation is anything like the Richard Thompson one, registered fan club members get a pre-sale day and nab the best seats at every venue.
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RaymondLin Frets: 12160
April 2022 edited April 2022
I once saw Fat Boy Slim at the height of his popularity at a pub in Brighton doing a set. £3 entry fee. I found out through friends at uni when i was living in halls.
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TTony Frets: 28238
April 2022
Low key warm-up gig?
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Sassafras Frets: 30332
April 2022
Isn't it more likely to belong to Keith Adams and Bryan Scott?
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Tall_martin Frets: 241
April 2022
No idea when the giver got the pick.
I was given it yesterday.
Is long term guitarist is Keith Scott
And it's
ive been spelling it wrong!
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bertie Frets: 13582
April 2022
Sassafras said:
Isn't it more likely to belong to Keith Adams and Bryan Scott?
take your pick
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April 2022 edited April 2022
Tall_martin said:
Is long term guitarist is Keith Scott
And it's
ive been spelling it wrong!
I did say that...
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stickyfiddle Frets: 28253
April 2022
Entirely possible. I saw Coldplay do a small show at Dingwalls in 2012 - that couldn’t have been more than 250 people.
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EricTheWeary Frets: 16583
April 2022
When I was a teenager I went to a Magnum warm up gig. 50 or so people, I guess, in a pub and they played to 2000 sized audiences on that tour. When I was a student Spear of Destiny played our student union a couple of times to try out new material before playing town hall sized venues. So, whilst those were a long time ago I feel that these things do exist. So, it's possible I'm sure.
Bryan seems to have houses in Ontario, London and Paris so a warm up gig in London seems on the cards. He was also quite ill with Covid last year so doing something less pressured makes sense.
So, on balance, I've no idea really.Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell.
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Loobs Frets: 3865
April 2022
Don't see why it couldn't be true. Big bands play secret small shows all the time.
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monquixote Frets: 18119
April 2022 tFB Trader
I went to small value gigs by both Pixies and Idlewild prior to them doing much larger tours.
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newi123 Frets: 942
April 2022
Prince played a gig at Ronnie Scott`s - recently Richie Sambora was at Bush Hall for a one off gig. When was this?
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Philly_Q Frets: 24452
April 2022
newi123 said:
Prince played a gig at Ronnie Scott`s - recently Richie Sambora was at Bush Hall for a one off gig. When was this?
Aerosmith played at the Marquee in 1990, with Jimmy Page. I failed to get a ticket...
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April 2022 edited April 2022
Someone who works for me went to see Bryan Adams at an "intimate" gig at Pryzm in Kingston Upon Thames last month.
A quick Google search says the capacity at Pryzm is 2000, but that may be from its days as a nightclub (It was called Voltz when I was at Kingston Uni in the early 90s) Either way compared to the stadiums and areas he's played at over the years it's pretty "intimate"
Not beyond the realms of possibility that he did an even smaller gig for 200 people while he was here
Defo a bit odd that the names on the pick are mixed up though
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TeleMaster Frets: 10490
April 2022 edited April 2022
The Stones did a series of gigs for their Stripped tour that didn’t have many people at all. It’s perfectly plausible. And who knows when it was.
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Mattharrier Frets: 460
April 2022
Keith Scott is Bryan Adams's lead guitarist. It could be that they played a gig under the pseudonyms of Keith Adams and Bryan Scott, much as the Foo Fighters have done gigs as the Holy sh*ts.
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April 2022 edited April 2022 tFB Trader
There a venue called Trading Boundaries near Sheffield Park Sussex, it’s basically a big country house that sells Oriental furniture, a great restaurant, has a permanently art exhibition by Roger Dean there. It’s also a music venue I doubt if it holds more than 100 people. This year they have Focus for two nights Toyah for one night, earlier in the year they had Yan Ackerman doing three nights, also Curved Air.
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