Fans Go Topless for Bryan Adams’ Closing Tour in the U.S.

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Bryan Adams returned to Milwaukee after 15 years for the final U.S. stop of his Roll With the Punches tour, delivering a high-energy, career-spanning set of over 25 songs.
During the concert, Adams encouraged fans to wave their shirts, resulting in many attendees — both men and women — going topless and dancing enthusiastically to “Twist and Shout.”
Adams shared stories about his collaboration with Tina Turner and performed his emotional song “Here I Am,” while also humorously reflecting on his reluctance to make music videos.

“Summer of ’69” rocker Bryan Adams finally returned to Milwaukee after a 15-year hiatus, and fans went a little crazy on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, at the Fiserv Forum. The concert marked the final stop of his Roll With the Punches tour in the U.S. before he returns to his homeland of Canada for a while.

Milwaukee has waited a long, long time for the Canadian rocker to return. He was scheduled to perform in February 2024 but canceled six of his shows with no explanation.

“Literally, we were trying to figure out the last time we were in Milwaukee,” Adams told the crowd, and quickly answered. “Too long! So welcome to the Roll With the Punches tour. We’ve got lots of music to catch up on, and I’m going to try and squeeze in as many songs as I can remember.”

And that he did.

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Adams delivered a relentless, career-spanning set list that spanned five decades. He belted out hit after hit, surpassing over 25 songs. He opening with 1991’s “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started” and 1983’s “Straight From the Heart,” following later with his beloved ballads “Heaven,” “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman,” “Please Forgive Me” and “Everything I Do, I Do It for You.” Rarely finding a moment to take a seat, the crowd rocked to Adams’ chart-toppers like “Run to You,” “Somebody,” “Cuts Like a Knife,” “This Time” and, of course, one of his closers, “Summer of ’69.”

Fans Go Topless at Bryan Adams Concert?

Midway through the show, Adams encouraged the crowd to wave their shirts in the air, and fans happily obliged, ripping off their tops and circling them above their heads as cameras captured the men (bare-chested, beer-bellied and having fun) and women (in just bras — some sexy, some not so much, but nobody cared) as they proudly danced to his cover of “Twist and Shout” while being spotlighted on the Jumbotron.

Performing With Tina Turner

“When I was 24, one of my dreams came true, which was to sing with the great Tina Turner,” Adams told the crowd. “My friend Jim and I had written a song, and the idea was maybe, just maybe, if we got it to her, she would do it. Back then, there weren’t anything like email, so you couldn’t just send it, you know? I had a cassette tape, and I put it in the snail mail, and two weeks later, it landed in her management office, and they called me. They said, ‘Hey, you know, Tina actually likes your song, and she wants to meet you, and you’re gonna be in Vancouver at the same time she is, so why don’t you guys have a talk?’ Hell yeah. So, I went backstage, and I waited around, and I will never forget it. It was a long hallway, and at the back of the hallway I saw this hair coming towards me. And she’s saying; ‘Where is he? Where is he?’ And then one of the security guards go, ‘Oh, it’s that little shit over there.’”

And the rest is history. Adams went on to collaborate with Turner for the 1985 duet “It’s Only Love.”

He asked the crowd to be kind, before he played both parts of the duet, as he’s no Tina Turner!

Adams’ Song “Here I Am” Was a Tearjerker

SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON, Hans Zimmer, Bryan Adams recording songs for film, 2002 (c) Dreamworks/courtesy Everett Collection

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Adams moved the audience, especially this mama whose kids grew up idolizing the film and song, when he played the often-forgotten song he composed with Hans Zimmer, “Here I Am.” The song was from the beloved 2002 animated film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, a must-watch if you’ve never seen it (narrated by Matt Damon), and behind him on the Jumbotron played a video of a single stallion running along the coastline.

Those MTV Videos Make Him Cringe

Immediately after he rattled our memories with that Spirit ballad, the self-deprecating 66-year-old rocker asked the audience not to laugh, as he was about to share something he wasn’t all that keen about during the height of his career, and that was making music videos.

Bryan Adams, This Time video, Roll With Punches tour 2026

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He teased not to laugh at his hair before he showed the original video to his 1983 hit “This Time,” and then played along to it. While he shared that he didn’t enjoy churning out videos every time he released a song, he knew he needed to conform to the video norms of the time, as MTV was in its prime. “My videos now, from back then,” he laughed. “I want to jump behind the sofa.”

From the second he took the stage, Adams brought the energy, humor and emotion, and left Milwaukee (and the U.S.) with a memorable celebration of his timeless rock anthems and a nostalgic step back in time to many people’s younger days. Let’s hope that Milwaukee doesn’t have to wait another 15 years before another encore performance!