Footage shows the moment a crazed fan rushed the stage to sing along to a performing Bryan Adams – before being thrown off stage by the rocker’s security.
The unsanctioned feature happened at Adams’ recent concert in Salt Lake City, as the Canadian crooner wanted to sing the opening bars of his seminal rock ballad Summer ’69.
As 63-year-old Adams leans back to catch her breath, the overzealous admirer is seen rushing to within feet of the musician, with safety nowhere to be seen.
The man – dressed in black ripped jeans and a white T-shirt – goes to grab the mic before continuing the song. Before being arrested, the concert crasher managed to bust out the lyric ‘Five and dime bought it.’
Despite being unplanned, the incident served to set Adams up — who was confused but unfazed by the interruption — to still deliver his iconic line, ‘It was the summer of ’69,’ apparently completely unfazed by the intrusion.
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Footage shows the moment a crazed fan rushed the stage to sing along to a performing Bryan Adams – before being ushered off stage by the rocker’s security.
The uncredited feature happened at Adams’ recent concert in Salt Lake City, as the Canadian crooner wanted to sing the opening bars of the summer of ’69. The concert crasher, after stealing the microphone and singing a song, is eventually escorted out by security
The impressively timed moment, which took place on Adams’ July 7 stop on her So Happy It Hearts tour, lasted just a few seconds, but quickly went viral after the clips circulated online.
It’s hashtag #BryanAdams briefly trended on Twitter in the singer’s native Canada, after thousands of attendees joined Adams as fans moved out of sight.
At that point, Adams – a consummate professional – returned to the mic and continued to sing the next song Several viewers on social media congratulated the singer for doing it without missing a beat.
‘Brian Adams picking up where the drunk guy left the stage,’ wrote one user, sharing the now widely viewed viral video of the encounter.
Another said: ‘This is how an entertainer handles a moment like this!’
‘Zero bit skipped,’ someone else observed.
‘Now that’s a pro!’ Another added, before noting ‘how the drummer totally nailed it too’.
The unidentified man – who was wearing black ripped jeans and a white T-shirt – grabbed the mic before continuing the song. He was able to release the iconic lyric ‘Bite it at the five and dime’ before being arrested.
Unprepared: Although unplanned, the incident left Adams confused but largely immobilized. He, along with the crowd, continued the song where the man had left off
The impressively timed moment, which took place on Adams’ July 7 stop on her So Happy It Hearts tour, lasted just a few seconds, but quickly went viral after the clips circulated online.
Adams – a consummate professional – is seen here singing the next, iconic lyric: ‘It was the summer of ’69’.
Some expressed similar satisfaction with how the I Do It For You singer handled the situation – while others slammed his security staff for allowing it to happen in the first place.
‘Now that [sic] A professional,’ the user wrote. ‘Though security needs to be fired.’
Someone else said: ‘Terrible security… Adams is a national treasure. He was in danger. Not good.’
Others acknowledged the fan – whose name has yet to be released – had some amazing vocal chops despite being slightly drunk.
‘The drunk was pretty good,’ someone simply wrote.
Another sarcastically remarked on the unlikely pair’s apparent on-stage chemistry: ‘It’s rehearsed.’
Some expressed satisfaction with how the I Do It For You singer handled the situation – while others slammed her security for allowing this to happen.
As for Adams — who continues her tour in Phoenix later this month — she also made light of the incident with a pair of humorous posts on social media.
‘Crashing the stage is not recommended!’ He wrote on Twitter, where thousands re-shared snippets of the strange scene.
In another post on Instagram soon after, the performer wrote: ‘Sometimes you gotta laugh…’ sharing footage of the incident.
In the caption, the artist tenderly included the hashtags #stagecrasher #summerof69.’
The incident comes amid a spike in bad behavior at concerts in recent months.
Last month in New York, popular pop artist Bebe Rexha, 33, was hit in the face with a cellphone, leading to a man being arrested and the singer receiving stitches in her native New York.
Later in the month, a man slapped and scratched pop star Ava Max, 29, while she was performing, insisting on safety. He was later banned from attending any more of the artist’s shows for life.
Adams, 63, went on to address the widely-watched incident in a post on social media
The incident comes amid a spike in bad behavior at concerts in recent months. Harry Styles was the most recent victim, hit by a thrown object while on stage for his Love On tour in Vienna. Other victims include Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X and Bebe Rexha
Earlier this month, country singer Kelsey Ballerini, 29, suffered a similar incident. While performing her song ‘If You Go Down’ in Boise, Idaho, she was hit in the eye by a bracelet.
A few days later, a fan threw a sex toy at Lil Nas X at Lollapalooza Stockholm, Sweden.
The object thrown in that case was an anatomical replica of the female anatomy, and the rapper later jokingly tweaked his Twitter handle to ‘p***y’ the next day.
Then, last week, video surfaced of Taylor Swift’s bracelet being thrown by fans at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
In that instance, the musician’s security kept the situation under control.
Harry Styles, meanwhile, was the most recent victim of bad behavior, hit by a thrown object while on stage at his Love On Tour concert in Vienna.
In that case, the former One Direction member was struck by an unknown object launched into his eye.
As for the shameless concert seen on Adams’ show, he has yet to be identified.