KARACHI, Jan 30: The visiting Canadian rock star, Bryan Adams, performed at a concert ‘Rock for a Cause’ here at a local club on Sunday night, held under the banner of Shehzad Roy’s Zindagi Trust for the benefit of the Oct 8 quake victims.

The concert took place amid strict security. People mostly youngsters had arrived well before the appointed hour to get good seats, some as early as 5.30pm.

By the time the concert started at around 9pm, the food stalls had done most of the day’s business. The crowd cheered wildly as Bryan Adams and his band members took to their places on stage.

During a brief pause between performances Adams said that that Shehzad Roy had told him backstage that the Zindagi Trust would be able to build/rebuild some 20 schools with the amount raised from ticket sales.

The concert lasted for well over two hours. At the end of Adams performance a splendid fireworks display lit up the clear night sky.—Faisal Quraishi