{"id":96481,"date":"2017-04-02T20:45:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T00:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=96481"},"modified":"2017-04-02T20:45:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T00:45:23","slug":"bryan-adams-russell-peters-get-help-from-justin-trudeau-for-junos-opening-skit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/02\/bryan-adams-russell-peters-get-help-from-justin-trudeau-for-junos-opening-skit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Adams, Russell Peters get help from Justin Trudeau for Junos opening skit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bryan Adams and comedian Russell Peters kicked off the Juno Awards on Sunday night with a little help from Justin Trudeau. (Photo: The JUNO Awards\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OTTAWA \u2013Bryan Adams and comedian Russell Peters kicked off the Juno Awards on Sunday night with a little help from Justin Trudeau.<\/p>\n

The show opened with a skit set backstage and Peters being waved into Adams’s green room. An incredulous Peters is told Adams is on the phone with the prime minister and the rock star exclaims: \u201cI’m Bryan (expletive) Adams.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scene ended with Trudeau requesting that Adams play \u201cSummer of ’69\u201d on the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love that song,\u201d the prime minister proclaimed.<\/p>\n

Peters followed with a somewhat off-colour opening monologue in which he proclaimed the audience of young girls was a \u201cfelony waiting to happen,\u201d and gave a shout out to Canada’s sesquicentennial, calling the country \u201cstill sexy at 150.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States is 241 and they’re aging horribly \u2013especially since January,\u201d Peters said, in reference to U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration. \u201cIt’s almost like the U.S. has a really bad spray tan all over it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peters also joked about the Canadian musical superstars who weren’t in attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrake is on tour,\u201d Peters noted, to groans from the audience. \u201cThe Weeknd is dating (Justin) Bieber’s ex, and the Biebs is in Brazil, probably punching a fan right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peters adopted a more serious tone for a moment to recognize that he was subbing in for Michael Buble, who bowed out of hosting duties last month to care for his young son Noah, who’s fighting cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy thoughts are with you Mikey and I love you buddy,\u201d Peters said.<\/p>\n

The awards show was expected to have a certain tinge of sadness.<\/p>\n

Among the artists in the running this year are the late Leonard Cohen, who’s up for album of the year, and singer Gord Downie, who’s nominated for songwriter of the year, and group of the year with his band the Tragically Hip.<\/p>\n

Feist was scheduled to pay tribute to Cohen’s life by playing a \u201cclassic song\u201d of his.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wealth of his work is so deep,\u201d she said on the red carpet before the show. \u201cIt came from, I felt, a really rich inner-life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The singer, born Leslie Feist, said she scoured YouTube videos of Cohen’s public speeches to better understand him and translate it into her performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had what I always felt to be a real potent privacy I admire,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn’t want a jamboree. To keep it as simple and spare as possible would be suitable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show’s opening also included Buffy Sainte-Marie introducing a performance from electronic group A Tribe Called Red and throat singer Tanya Tagaq.<\/p>\n

Juno organizers were keeping the lid on a mystery guest who will close the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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