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Besarte Elshani
- June 27, 2026 08:12
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Tonight (Saturday) Pristina will host not only a great artist, but also a night that promises to remain long in the memory of the public. A guitar, a piano and the voice of a world star bring back to life the soundtrack of several generations. The stage is set for Bryan Adams, who marked the history of world music
Pristina is one of the places where one of the greatest icons of rock and pop-rock, Bryan Adams, will stop with his “The Bare Bones” tour. “Everything I do (I do it for you)”, “Summer of '69”, “Heaven”, “Run to you”, “Cuts like a knife” and many other hits are expected to echo in the “1 Tetori” hall, but stripped of the pomp of large arenas and dressed only with the sound of guitar, piano and a voice that for more than four decades has remained among the most distinctive in the history of music. Winner of the “Grammy” award and author of soundtracks that have marked the history of pop-rock music, Bryan Adams continues to prove that good songs do not need embellishments. On Saturday also in Pristina. It is the first time that Adams sets foot in Kosovo, making the capital one of the stops of his “The Bare Bones” tour.
On Friday afternoon, in the hall where the concert will be held, the stage has begun to be erected to allow the sound of one of the biggest names in world music to resonate. Technical teams have begun assembling the stage, installing the lighting, sound system and visual elements that will accompany the concert. It is expected to arrive on the day of the concert.
From 20:30, when the concert is scheduled to take place, the audience will find the Canadian artist with only his guitar, accompanied on piano by long-time collaborator Gary Breit. Without an orchestra, without huge stage effects, but with songs that have accompanied several generations, “The Bare Bones” restores the works of Bryan Adams in their purest form.
The tour, which returned to the European itinerary in 2025 and continues this year, has passed through cities such as Rome, Reykjavik, Inverness, Skopje, Belgrade, Sofia, Bucharest and Tirana, while this week the artist has performed in Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia. On Friday, he held a concert in Montenegro. After Pristina, his journey continues in Thessaloniki.
From the organizational staff of "RedCloud" that organized the concert, Juli Lamani said that Adams knew Kosovo through big names on the world music scene.
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"Bryan had heard of Kosovo. He knew it because of the very important artists who are from Kosovo like Rita Ora, Dua Lipa. He had knowledge, but not much. It is a way to explore from a great artist who has made a career and has a consolidated career. Even small and unexplored markets arouse curiosity and interest in them," she said in a response to KOHĪN.
He announced that public interest had led to over a thousand tickets being sold by Friday. It is an intimate concert as conceived by the artist himself, and for him the cheapest ticket price was 67 euros, and for a seat very close to the stage one had to pay 124 euros, even though there are offers of discounts of up to 30 percent.
According to Lamani, the collaboration established with Bryan Adams at last year's concert in Tirana has made organizing this stop in Pristina easier.
"Events always have their difficulties, especially logistical ones, but it wasn't that difficult to bring Bryan Adams to Pristina, given that the company 'RedCloud' collaborated with him last year when we brought him to Tirana for the first time. It was a real success. We had many concertgoers from Kosovo who came to see him, so we said why not," she said.
The concert held in Tirana last spring was received with great interest and was considered one of the most important musical events of the season. It was precisely that success that paved the way for Pristina to come next year.
Regarding the repertoire, Lamani said that the audience will hear exactly the songs that made Bryan Adams a rock icon.
"Adams will sing his most well-known songs, which we all know, such as 'Heaven', 'Summer of 69', 'Everything I do' and other newer songs. The artistic program is expected to be an hour and a half to two hours maximum," announced Lamani, while also speaking about the financial organization of the concert.
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"There is a significant cost. Not a huge amount, but let's say it suits an artist like Bryan Adams. It's more economical when the artist is on tour than when you invite the artist to a more exclusive concert, when you invite them specifically for that concert," she said.
He recalled the artist's positive experience in Albania.
"Tirana was a good reference from last year's concert. I left Tirana with very good impressions. The audience received me very warmly, so we think that the audience in Kosovo will receive me the same way," she said.
According to Lamani, organizing such events has a much greater impact than the concert itself.
"Artists, concerts and all events that are organized both in Tirana and in Pristina have their importance. They diversify a lot in the event market, which is a very interesting and very good market to explore and invest in, because it brings local income, involves local companies in the implementation of the project. There is an increase in the economy every time such events are held. The concert can also attract people from the Balkans, because Pristina has relatively lower prices than other cities," said one of the concert organizers.
Regarding the choice of the space where the concert will be held, he assessed that the "1 Tetori" hall meets the requirements of this format.
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"The infrastructure and availability of the halls have an impact. For such a typology of concert, the '1 Tetori' hall fulfills all expectations very well. As in Kosovo, as in Albania, there is always room for improvement, but we have very good cooperation to develop this concert. Both with state and private institutions," she said further.
On Saturday night, Pristina will host not only a great artist, but also a night that promises to remain long in the public's memory. A guitar, a piano and the voice of a world star bring back to life the soundtrack of several generations.
