28/07/92 - INONU STADIUM, ISTANBUL

Bryan Adams Unlocks The Door To Istanbul (A&M Press Update):
Tuesday July 28 1992 marked the first outdoor stadium show in Istanbul history. Over 20,000 fans rocked for over 2 hours with Canadian superstar Bryan Adams.

Although other artists have played Istanbul before, never had there been a concert in an outdoor venue. The concert was delayed for over half an hour as concert-goers filed into Unonu Stadium. Thousands more watched from nearby hotel and apartment wondows or sat on a hill overlooking the stadium and were acknowledged from the stage by Adams.

The respone was exuberant, to say the least. And Adams commented after the show how surprised he was at the audience familiarity with the material. The stadium was ablaze with sparklers and the audience brought the star back for three encores.

Before the show, Adams was prestented with gold awards from Turkey for sales in excess of 50,000 copies for the album "Waking Up The Neighbours".

Also on hand was famed director Anton Corbijn, who is using the city of Istanbul and Iceland as backdrop for the next Adams video for the new single "Do I Have To Say The Words?". In the first week at radio in the United States, "Do I Have To Say The Words?" was added to over 140 stations and all indicators point to it being a huge success and possibly rivaling the mega-hit "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You".

The European leg of the Adams tour conludes August 2nd with an outdoor date in Thurles, Ireland. Bryan Adams begins a record breaking Canadian tour August 14 in Newfoundland.

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Pictures by Anton Corbijn (DIHTSTW promo vid)

Keith on a solo sending the 20 thousand Turks wild

Bryan sing to a sea of lighters

The band onstage