Bryan Adams Surprises Detroit Crowd With Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo for Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition”

Bryan Adams gave fans at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit an unplanned treat on Saturday, August 15, 2026, calling Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo up to join him onstage during his concert. It marked the first time the pair had performed together with Adams during the tour, and the moment produced a joint cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition.”

Adams told the Detroit crowd that Benatar and Giraldo had been opening for him since the previous October, but that the show marked their debut sharing his stage. He explained his choice of song by noting the city’s musical heritage, telling the audience he wanted to mark being in “Motown city.”

Adams and Benatar traded off on lead vocals during the performance, while Giraldo and Adams’ longtime guitarist Keith Scott exchanged guitar solos. Once the song wrapped, Adams thanked the crowd, calling the collaboration “awesome.”

• Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo are both inducted members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
• Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972, his first chart-topper there in over nine years.
• The song earned two Grammy Awards, for best rhythm & blues song and best R&B vocal performance, male, and entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.

What’s Next for Bryan Adams and Pat Benatar’s Tour

The Detroit concert was the second-to-last stop on the shared tour featuring Adams alongside Benatar and Giraldo, with the run set to close out the following night, Sunday, August 16, in Milwaukee. Adams is scheduled to keep touring behind his album Roll With the Punches with four shows planned in his home province of Ontario later in August.

Benatar and Giraldo have their own upcoming dates on the books, including August shows in Las Vegas and Rancho Mirage, California. The duo is also lined up for a series of additional concerts on the West Coast, largely in California, once early fall arrives.

Bryan Adams Performs “51st State” as a Protest Song in Detroit

Adams also played his newer single “51st State” during the Detroit stop, a track he has described as “a love letter to Canada.” He has framed the song as a direct rebuke of comments from U.S. President Donald Trump regarding annexing Canada, and the show’s location near Windsor, Ontario, gave the message an especially engaged audience just across the Detroit River.

Speaking with Billboard earlier in August 2026, Adams explained the single’s origin, saying he originally wrote the song for a documentary project before deciding it deserved a wider release. He chose to put it out on Canada Day, July 1.

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• Bryan Adams Brings Out Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo for Surprise Stevie Wonder Cover in Detroit | Billboard