Adrian Eccleston

If you’ve not seen Adrian live, perhaps (good) live music is not your thing. Choose any venue that rocks on a regular basis and chances are Adrian has had something to do with it. From playing international festivals and touring with big-ticket artists to jamming in small, crowded bars, playing live is an integral part of Adrian’s success. His stage presence, creative vibe and fierce capacity for picking up music has made him one of the most sought after live guitarists for local and international artists. Most recently, Adrian can be found playing blazing guitar solos on tour with Drake. In 2009, Adrian completed a highly acclaimed North American tour (his second) with Grammy awarded artist, Kylie Minogue. As Kylie’s prized live guitarist, Adrian experienced the thrill of playing 3 sold-out shows in New York City and another at the legendary Hollywood Bowl. With Kylie’s X Tour, Adrian was an integral part of one of the most successful tours of 2008. The 75-show, worldwide tour set records in the UK. With these and other tours under his belt, Adrian has now performed live in over 35 countries, and on every continent. TOURING AND LIVE PERFORMANCES Adrian got his tour legs playing with such talent as Nelly Furtado, Divine Brown, Ursula Rucker, Amanda Marshal, Esthero, Jacksoul, Jarvis Church, Snow, Kyprios, Chin Injeti, Blaxam and many, many more. Other professional highlights include playing the sold-out – over 100,000 people! – 2004 Glastonbury music festival, opening for Prince and Bryan Adams, playing with Grammy award-winner Randy Crawford in Harare, Zimbabwe and performing for such notables as Stevie Wonder, Jack Nicholson, King Abdullah of the UA Emirates, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Edson “Pelé” Arantes do Nascimento and former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. TELEVISION APPEARANCES North American Prime Time appearances include Fox’s hit reality series The Casino, as well as Canadian Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, Ellen, Tyra Banks Show, Late Show with David Letterman, multiple episodes of Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show, One Life to Live and the ’06 finale of Saturday Night Live. With Kylie Minogue’s televised X Tour (2008), Adrian made his UK television debut. Adrian has also been featured in and performed at various award shows, including the Canadian Juno Awards, the American Music Awards, the World Music Awards, The BET Awards, and MTV Award shows around the world. See Adrian on Kylie Minogue’s ‘08 DVD release of The X Tour, as well as Nelly Furtado’s ’07 Live CD and DVD release “Loose: The Concert”. IN STUDIO Adrian has been writing and producing music in studio for over a decade. Awards include; Toronto Independent Music Award for his producing role on Lori Nuic’s Red Book Chronicles (2007); Juno awards in 2009, 2003 and 2000 for the artists Divine Brown, In Essence and Jacksoul. Adrian is well versed in classical, progressive and popular music, with Rock, Jazz, R&B, Reggae, Hip Hop, Soul and Blues remaining his fortes. As a session musician, Adrian has recorded guitar hooks for countless songs played on a variety of stations worldwide; “Crazy”, “Promiscuous” and “Maneater”, Nelly Furtado, Loose; “Thank Heaven For You”, Esthero, Wicked Little Girls; “Shady Day” and “The River”, Jacksoul, Resurrected; “One More Chance”, Divine Brown, The Love Chronicles; “Best Thing” and “Luv Song”, Melanie Durrant, Where I’m Going, and many more. words by Elana Safronsky.

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Official website:
www.musicisageless.com

MySpace:
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