Bryan Adams still has what it takes.

Just ask the throngs of eager, CD-clutching fans that packed the Chinook Centre Music World location yesterday afternoon.

At first, it seemed like a typical Monday afternoon at the mall. So quiet, in fact, one wondered if they were in the right place.

Then I saw it. Fans spilling out the doors, holding their memorabilia tightly to their chests.

Every few minutes a cheer would go up from a different corner of Music World as the line, which snaked through the aisles, crept slowly forward.

They proved old and young, as nine-month-old Camryn Sleeman bopped and smiled in mom Jana’s arms.

They were from all over the world, and they all happily — and patiently — waited for hours just to get a peek at the Canadian superstar. Or, even better, his signature. One young fan even brought a school project dedicated to Adams, hoping to get it signed.

For some fans though, it would be just one more autograph to add to the collection.

“We’ve come from England,” said Kathryn Cave of Birmingham, with friend Jackie Wilson by her side. “We flew into Calgary this morning.”

The women are no stranger to Adams’ concerts. Cave has seen him live 69 times, and Wilson is catching up at 23. Cave says they’ve met Adams so many times they’ve “lost count,” adding he even recognizes them.

Though not everyone was going to last night’s concert, one thing seemed certain, these fans love their homegrown hero.