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Bryan Adams Returns To The Road With So Happy It Hurts 2023 Tour

FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS

Tickets on sale starting friday, february 3 at 12pm local at  ticketmaster.com.

Famed musician and singer-songwriter  Bryan Adams  announced his 2023  So Happy It Hurts Tour  with iconic group  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Produced by Live Nation, the notable run will hit 26 cities across the U.S. this summer, with stops in New York City, Boston, Tampa, Denver, Phoenix, San Francisco and more. The tour kicks off on Tuesday, June 6 in Baltimore at CFG Bank Arena and wraps on Thursday, August 3 in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena.  

The upcoming tour is in support of Bryan Adams’ 15th studio album, “So Happy It Hurts,” which was released March 11, 2022 via BMG. “So Happy It Hurts” is also nominated for Best Rock Performance at the upcoming 2023 Grammy awards, taking place this Sunday, February 5.

TICKETS:  Tickets go on sale starting Friday, February 3rd at 12pm local time. Check your local event listings on  ticketmaster.com  for more information.

SO HAPPY IT HURTS 2023 TOUR DATES:

Tue Jun 06 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

Wed Jun 07 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center

Fri Jun 09 – New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden

Sat Jun 10 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

Sun Jun 11 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena *

Tue Jun 13 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center

Wed Jun 14 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

Thu Jun 15 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

Sat Jun 17 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

Sun Jun 18 – Duluth, GA – Gas South Arena

Tue Jun 20 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live *

Wed Jun 21 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena

Wed Jun 28 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land

Thu Jun 29 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena

Sat Jul 01 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center

Sun Jul 02 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena

Mon Jul 03 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

Thu Jul 06 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Fri Jul 07 – Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center

Tue Jul 25 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center

Wed Jul 26 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena

Fri Jul 28 – Palm Springs, CA – Acrisure Arena

Sat Jul 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum

Sun Jul 30 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center

Wed Aug 02 – Portland, OR – Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Thu Aug 03 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

* Non-Live Nation Date

About Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams has the reputation of being one the most exciting live musicians in the world. His energetic vocals and stage presence have proven to entertain for over 40 years.

With 17 studio albums, and four new studio albums in 2022 including, “So Happy It Hurts” (nominated for a Grammy) and “Pretty Woman – The Musical”. In addition to Classic pt. I and pt. II, which feature new recordings of his greatest hits, released digitally and in ATMOS with Platoon, are also available physically with BMG.

His songwriting has garnered him numerous awards and accolades including three Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations and a Grammy Award and 20 Juno Awards.

Bryan Adams is a Canadian singer/songwriter who will be playing the USA, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and more, all in 2023.

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About Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Joan Jett grew up during a time when rock ‘n’ roll was off limits to girls and women, but as a teenager, she promptly blew the door to the boys’ club right off its hinges. After forming her band the Blackhearts in 1979, with whom Jett has become a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, she has had eight platinum and gold albums and nine Top 40 singles, including the classics “Bad Reputation,” “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll,” “I Hate Myself For Loving You,” and “Crimson and Clover.” With a career that has spanned music, film, television, Broadway, and humanitarianism, Joan Jett remains a potent force and inspiration to generations of fans worldwide. 

As a producer, she has overseen seminal albums by Bikini Kill, and the Germs’ LA punk masterpiece ‘GI.’ Jett and co-founder Kenny Laguna (her longtime producer and music partner) founded Blackheart from the trunk of Kenny’s Cadillac after countless rejections from no less than 23 labels. 40 years later, Blackheart is a thriving entertainment company producing music, film and television, and continues to champion emerging bands. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts continue touring the globe with headlining shows alongside fellow rock legends like The Who, Green Day, Heart, and Foo Fighters. After two COVID-19 postponements, the group returned to the road during summer 2022 for The Stadium Tour with Def Leppard, Motley Crue and Poison. ‘Bad Reputation,’ a documentary about Jett’s life, premiered to critical acclaim at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and is now available for streaming.

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Bryan Adams announces US tour with Joan Jett

The So Happy It Hurts Tour, featuring Bryan Adams supported by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, will arrive in The US in June

Bryan Adams has announced a run of US shows this summer. The So Happy It Hurts tour will take in 26 dates, beginning with a show at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, MD, on June 6, before winding its way across the continent and finishing at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA, on July 25. 

Support at all shows will come from Joan Jett, who spent much of last summer on the road as part of Motley Crue and Def Leppard 's drama-packed Stadium Tour package.

Tickets for the So Happy It Hurts tour are available now using the presale code 'SOHAPPYUSA'.

Adams is currently playing a residency at the Encore Theater at the Wynn, Las Vegas, and will head to Asia in March for a run of shows in Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand. More deatails are available at Adams' website .  

Jun 06: Baltimore CFG Bank Arena, MD Jun 07: Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, PA Jun 09: New York City Madison Square Garden, NY Jun 10: Boston TD Garden, MA Jun 11: Uncasville Mohegan  Arena, CT Jun 13: Buffalo KeyBank Center, NY Jun 14: Detroit Little Caesars Arena, MI Jun 15: Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, OH Jun 17: Nashville Bridgestone Arena, TN Jun 18: Duluth Gas South Arena, GA Jun 20: Hollywood Hard Rock Live, FL Jun 21: Tampa Amalie Arena, FL Jun 28: Sugar Land Smart Financial Centre, TX Jun 29: Fort Worth Dickies Arena, TX Jul 01: St. Louis Enterprise Center, MO Jul 02: Roset Allstate Arena, IL Jul 03: St. Paul Xcel Energy Center, MN Jul 06: Denver Ball Arena, CO Jul 07: Salt Lake City Maverik Center, UT Jul 25: Phoenix Footprint Center, AZ Jul 26: San Diego Viejas Arena, CA Jul 28: Palm Springs Acrisure Arena, CA Jul 29: Los Angeles Kia Forum, CA Jul 30: San Francisco Chase Center, CA Aug 02: Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum, OR Aug 03: Seattle Climate Pledge Arena, WA

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Produced by Live Nation, the notable run will hit 26 cities across the U.S. this summer, with stops in New York City, Boston, Tampa, Denver, Phoenix, San Francisco and more. The tour kicks off on Tuesday, June 6 in Baltimore at CFG Bank Arena and wraps on Thursday, August 3 in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena.

The upcoming tour is in support of Bryan Adams’ 15th studio album, So Happy It Hurts , which was released March 11, 2022. The album is also nominated for Best Rock Performance at the upcoming 2023 Grammy Awards , taking place this Sunday, February 5.

Tickets go on sale starting Friday, February 3 at 12pm local time. Check your local event listings on Ticketmaster for more information.

Bryan Adams’ So Happy It Hurts’ 2023 Tour dates:

Tue Jun 06 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena Wed Jun 07 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center Fri Jun 09 – New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden Sat Jun 10 – Boston, MA – TD Garden Sun Jun 11 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena Tue Jun 13 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center Wed Jun 14 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena Thu Jun 15 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Sat Jun 17 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena Sun Jun 18 – Duluth, GA – Gas South Arena Tue Jun 20 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live Wed Jun 21 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena Wed Jun 28 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land Thu Jun 29 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena Sat Jul 01 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center Sun Jul 02 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena Mon Jul 03 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center Thu Jul 06 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena Fri Jul 07 – Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center Tue Jul 25 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center Wed Jul 26 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena Fri Jul 28 – Palm Springs, CA – Acrisure Arena Sat Jul 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum Sun Jul 30 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center Wed Aug 02 – Portland, OR – Veterans Memorial Coliseum Thu Aug 03 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

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Exclusive: Bryan Adams Kicks Off So Happy It Hurts Tour In Baltimore

The rock icon is back on the road supporting his latest studio LP

Last night at the newly re-branded CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, rock icon Bryan Adams started the new leg of his So Happy It Hurts Tour. The run is in continued support of the hit songwriter’s fifteenth studio album of the same name which arrived last March via BMG. The anticipation in the room was palpable, and Adams stoked the atmosphere with pre-show video clips and a convertible flying around the arena. Yes, you read that right. Yes, that convertible from the album cover. And yes, here are photos below to prove it.

Bryan brought the noise right out of the gate, kicking things off with “Kick Ass” from his latest LP. He sprinkled in three other tracks from the record throughout the set – “Never Gonna Rain,” “I’ve Been Looking For You,” and the title track. With a back catalog like Bryan’s, introducing new music into a set filled with hits gets more and more difficult with each new album, but he manages to pull it off.

Adams, 63, would proceed to kick ass for 23 more songs. While it may not be 28 like when we covered his last tour, but it’s still much more than the average concert. Highlights included hits like “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started,” “18 ‘Til I Die,” “Somebody,” and “The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You,” plus the seminal “Cuts Like A Knife” and his signature anthem “Summer of ’69.” The opening riff of “Run to You” sent chills down your spine and ignited the crowd, while ballads “Heaven” and “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” sounded powerful.

A few tracks got the acoustic treatment. The full band performed “Here I Am,” with a lighter touch, and Bryan took on “Straight from the Heart,” and “All For Love” on his own. The latter two tracks closed out the evening.

Sadly, missing from the set was one of my favorite cuts – “I’m Ready” – but, with a bevy of big hits to choose from, unfortunately you just can’t play ’em all.

At one point, Adams turned to the crowd for song recommendations. He played “Never Gonna Rain” from his new record, and “The Boys Night Out” which he hadn’t dusted off since 2015. It was a fun moment that saw Bryan’s rockstar status become a bit more accessible.

Bryan Adams still has it, that much is certain. We’re not sure he ever really lost it, actually. At this point in his career, playing over 20 songs a night speaks volumes. The fact that he’s still churning out solid rock songs and packing arenas are testaments to his staying power. Nearly 40 years after the release of his debut album, its clear that he has transcended generations. And with essentially four decades of smash hits, his body of work has undoubtedly secured him a place in rock history.

Bryan Adams’ current tour will hit 25 more cities across the U.S. this summer, with stops in New York, Boston, Tampa, Denver, Phoenix, San Francisco and more. The run wraps on Thursday, August 3 in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena. Tickets are on sale now HERE .

Adams recently nabbed his first  GRAMMY® nomination  in over two decades. He took home the hardware in 1992 for his hit single “Everything I Do (I Do It For You).” His last nomination came in 1998. This year his up for Best Rock Performance for “So Happy It Hurts.”

On January 18, Adams revealed two brand new  live music videos  for his hit tracks “I’m Ready” and “Cuts Like a Knife.” The latter is the title track of his seminal 1983 album, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. To commemorate the milestone, Adams recored the album live at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London on May 11, 2022.

Bryan Adams broke out in 1983 with the release of his seminal album  Cuts Like A Knife . The following year, Adams catapulted to superstardom with the release of his masterpiece  Reckless . The album spawned six singles – “Run To You,” “Heaven,” “Summer of ’69,” “Somebody,” “One Night Love Affair,” and “Its Only Love.” All six songs cracked the Top 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, a feat only accomplished by Bruce Springsteen ( Born In The USA , 1984) and Michael Jackson ( Thriller , 1982).

Throughout his career, Adams has amassed 20 Juno Awards. In 1992, his ballad “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” garnered the GRAMMY® Award for Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media. In 2006, Adams was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. In 2011, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Bryan Adams announces ‘So Happy It Hurts’ tour with Euythmics. Get tickets

Forget the “Summer of ’69.”

We’re looking forward to “Winter of ’24.”

That’s when Bryan Adams returns to the road for the second leg of his ‘So Happy It Hurts Tour’ with The Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart on select dates from January through March.

Toward the end of the run, the 64-year-old Canadian rocker will swing into Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Saturday, March 16.

At all shows, fans can expect a career retrospective from Adams’ storied catalog as well as an introduction to his Grammy-nominated 2022 album “So Happy It Hurts” that shares a name with the tour.

And if you want tickets to rock out with your “first real six string” alongside Adams next year, you can snag your tickets as soon as today .

Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Nov. 17, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.

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A complete calendar including all 29 North American tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found here:

Adams has been touring all year long.

Most recently, he’s played a handful of shows in Cape Town, South Africa. For a closer look, here’s what audiences got to hear live — including a few requests! — there, courtesy of Set List FM :

“01.) “Kick Ass”

02.) “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started”

03.) “Somebody”

04.) “18 til I Die”

05.) “Please Forgive Me”

06.) “One Night Love Affair”

07.) “Shine a Light”

08.) “Heaven”

09.) “Go Down Rockin'”

10.) “It’s Only Love”

11.) “Kids Wanna Rock”

12.) “You Belong to Me”

13.) “I’ve Been Looking for You”

14.) “The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You”

15.) “When You Love Someone”

16.) “Here I Am”

17.) “When You’re Gone”

18.) “Thought I’d Died and Gone to Heaven”

19.) “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”

20.) “Back to You”

21.) “So Happy It Hurts”

22.) “Run to You”

23.) “Summer of ’69”

24.) “What If There Were No Sides At All”

25.) “Don’t Drop That Bomb on Me”

26.) “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?”

27.) “Cloud Number Nine”

28.) “Cuts Like a Knife”

29.) “Straight From the Heart”

30.) “All for Love”

“So Happy It Hurts,” Adams’ 15th studio album, dropped on March 11, 2022.

Comprised of 12 rock anthems — “So Happy It Hurts” and “Kick A–” slap — and powerful ballads, the record is a testament to Adams’ staying power.

And his efforts didn’t go unnoticed; the song “So Happy It Hurts” was nominated for Best Rock Performance at the 65th Grammy Awards.

Want to check out the whole album for yourself?

You can listen to “So Happy It Hurts” in its entirety here .

At most shows on the run, Adams will be joined by ’80s legend Dave Stewart aka half of The Eurythmics.

In case you need a refresher, Stewart and his bandmate Annie Lennox were behind huge hits “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This),” “Here Comes The Rain Again,” “There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart),” ‘Thorn In My Side” and “Miracle of Love.”

On top of rocking, Stewart also recently starred in the musical film “Who To Love” that premiered at the Roma Cinema Fest on Oct. 19.

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Thankfully, many of the biggest stars from the big hair decade understand just how much fans love their tunes and are touring all over North America this year.

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Set List: Bryan Adams’ So Happy It Hurts Tour

Bryan Adams has been steadily releasing music for more than four decades; in the mid-’80s, he had a string of radio hits (“Summer of ’69,” “Heaven,” and “Run to You”) that felt like a soundtrack of the times. Impressively, he hasn’t slowed down one bit. The Canadian rocker is currently touring his 2022 album So Happy It Hurts and says the newer songs slide seamlessly into his set list. “They fit in like they’ve always been there,” he tells Apple Music. “It’s uncanny.” Adams says he still gets a thrill out of performing, feeding off of the unpredictability of live shows. “It’s the crowd response—you can’t get that on a record," he says. Whether you’re prepping for an upcoming show or reminiscing about one you recently attended, listen to the set list right here.

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Bryan Adams Steps Up As Rock & Roll’s Guardian Angel On ‘So Happy It Hurts’ Tour [Review/Photos]

Bryan Adams has long been a beacon of sentimentality and nostalgia, especially in a music industry that’s always looking for what’s next. Even when the Canadian rocker was that next big thing, he found the spotlight, in part, with songs like “Summer of ‘69”, which hearkens back to simpler times.

Now, as that iconic track approaches its 40th birthday, Bryan has fashioned himself as a keeper of the flame for straightforward rock and roll, in a world where lines between genres and styles are blurrier than ever.

The 63-year-old staked his claim to that particular throne from the outset of his show at San Francisco’s Chase Center , on the final leg of his So Happy It Hurts U.S. tour. As has become customary on this go-round, the night began with “Kick Ass”, an anthem from his 2022 album So Happy It Hurts that features a voiceover from the actor John Cleese lamenting the demise of rock music—and nodding to Bryan as an “angel” sent to rescue the world from “bad music.”

That fed right into a stirring, 25-song set that had seemingly the entire crowd singing along to every word of every song. In some cases, like the balladic hit “Heaven”, Bryan deferred to the audience to carry entire verses.

He and his crew certainly did their part to involve fans in the production, in classic rock and roll fashion. Halfway through the main set, Bryan summoned his camera operator to search the arena for dancing fans during a pair of rockabilly songs: “You Belong To Me”, from 2015’s Get Up , and “I’ve Been Looking For You”, off his most recent album. Later on, he fielded an audience request—specifically asking for the deepest cut anyone could suggest—and wound up playing “Do I Have to Say The Words?” from 1991’s Waking Up The Neighbours .

Though Bryan and his band were hardly reliant on props and tricks, they did make entertaining use of an inflatable, drone-operated sports car from time to time. After keeping the crowd entertained following Joan Jett and the Blackhearts ’ opening set, the floating vehicle—with “Bryan Adams” scribbled on one side and “So Happy It Hurts” on the other—re-emerged for a ride as the band played the title track of the tour and its accompanying album.

And what would a proper rock concert be without at least a song or two with lighters (and phones) illuminating the building? Everyone put their lumens to work early on during “Shine a Light”, off the 2019 album of the same name, as well as at the very end amid Bryan’s solo encore of “All For Love”.

Beyond those live theatrics, Bryan and his band pulled off a tightly rehearsed show that offered each member ample opportunity to display his skills.

Keith Scott , Bryan’s brilliant lead guitarist, pulled off a surprisingly spot-on Tina Turner impression while singing the recently departed legend’s part on “It’s Only Love” from 1984’s Reckless . Pat Steward , who has recorded and toured with Bryan since the early ’80s, had his moment in the sun on drums during “The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You”. Bassist Solomon Walker stood out during the aforementioned rockabilly segment, due in large part to his acoustic upright bass. Gary Breit ’s keys were Bryan’s only accompaniment (other than his own acoustic guitar) on “Here I Am”, from the soundtrack for the 2002 film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron .

And though Bryan hardly hogs the spotlight with his own instruments, he made excellent dual use of his steel string Martin GPCPA4 Rosewood acoustic guitar and Hohner harmonic during “Straight From the Heart” to open the encore.

More than anything, Bryan’s distinctively (and powerfully) raspy voice took center stage from beginning to end. Whether riding high on hard-driving rock songs like “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started”, “18 ‘Til I Die”, “Cuts Like a Knife”, and “Run to You”, or crooning to full-on ballads like “Please Forgive Me” and “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”, his vocals were the one constant that tied the entire performance together.

That much has been true for Bryan Adams throughout his illustrious career. As iconic as his greatest hits are in word and melody, odds are, they wouldn’t have made him one of the best-selling musicians of all time without powerful pipes.

This many years on, it’s damn near miraculous that Bryan can still belt out his litany of standards as beautifully as ever. He will continue to do so in September, when he and his band play four shows in his native Canada.

Then again, for someone who’s assumed the role of rock and roll’s resident angel, it’s only right that Bryan Adams would have every musical tool at his disposal to keep the roots of the genre alive and kick-ass.

Scroll down to check out a gallery of images from Bryan Adams at San Francisco’s Chace Center courtesy of photographer Josh Martin .

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Trump Has Been Convicted. Here’s What Happens Next.

Donald J. Trump has promised to appeal, but he may face limits on his ability to travel and to vote as he campaigns for the White House.

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By Jesse McKinley and Maggie Astor

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The conviction of former President Donald J. Trump on Thursday is just the latest step in his legal odyssey in New York’s court system. The judge, Juan M. Merchan, set Mr. Trump’s sentencing for July 11, at which point he could be sentenced to as much as four years behind bars, or to probation.

It won’t stop him from running for president, though: There is no legal prohibition on felons doing that . No constitutional provision would stop him even from serving as president from a prison cell, though in practice that would trigger a crisis that courts would almost certainly have to resolve.

His ability to vote — for himself, presumably — depends on whether he is sentenced to prison. Florida, where he is registered, requires felons convicted there to complete their full sentence, including parole or probation, before regaining voting rights. But when Floridians are convicted in another state, Florida defers to the laws of that state, and New York disenfranchises felons only while they are in prison.

The Trump Manhattan Criminal Verdict, Count By Count

Former President Donald J. Trump faced 34 felony charges of falsifying business records, related to the reimbursement of hush money paid to the porn star Stormy Daniels in order to cover up a sex scandal around the 2016 presidential election.

“Because Florida recognizes voting rights restoration in the state of conviction, and because New York’s law states that those with a felony conviction do not lose their right to vote unless they are incarcerated during the election, then Trump will not lose his right to vote in this case unless he is in prison on Election Day,” said Blair Bowie, a lawyer at the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit watchdog group.

Mr. Trump will almost certainly appeal his conviction, after months of criticizing the case and attacking the Manhattan district attorney, who brought it, and Justice Merchan, who presided over his trial.

Long before that appeal is heard, however, Mr. Trump will be enmeshed in the gears of the criminal justice system.

A pre-sentencing report makes recommendations based on the defendant’s criminal record — Mr. Trump had none before this case — as well as his personal history and the crime itself. The former president was found guilty of falsifying business records in relation to a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who says she had a brief sexual tryst with Mr. Trump in 2006, in order to buy her silence.

At the pre-sentence interview, a psychologist or social worker working for the probation department may also talk to Mr. Trump, during which time the defendant can “try to make a good impression and explain why he or she deserves a lighter punishment,” according to the New York State Unified Court System.

The pre-sentencing report can also include submissions from the defense, and may describe whether “the defendant is in a counseling program or has a steady job.”

In Mr. Trump’s case, of course, he is applying — as it were — for a steady job as president of the United States, a campaign that may be complicated by his new status as a felon. Mr. Trump will likely be required to regularly report to a probation officer, and rules on travel could be imposed.

Mr. Trump was convicted of 34 Class E felonies, New York’s lowest level , each of which carry a potential penalty of up to four years in prison. Probation or home confinement are other possibilities that Justice Merchan can consider.

That said, Justice Merchan has indicated in the past that he takes white-collar crime seriously . If he did impose prison time, he would likely impose the punishment concurrently, meaning that Mr. Trump would serve time on each of the counts he was convicted of simultaneously.

If Mr. Trump were instead sentenced to probation, he could still be jailed if he were later found to have committed additional crimes. Mr. Trump, 77, currently faces three other criminal cases: two federal, dealing with his handling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election , and a state case in Georgia that concerns election interference.

Mr. Trump’s lawyers can file a notice of appeal after sentencing, scheduled for July 11 at 10 a.m. And the judge could stay any punishment during an appeal, something that could delay punishment beyond Election Day.

The proceedings will continue even if he wins: Because it’s a state case, not federal, Mr. Trump would have no power as president to pardon himself .

Jesse McKinley is a Times reporter covering upstate New York, courts and politics. More about Jesse McKinley

Maggie Astor covers politics for The New York Times, focusing on breaking news, policies, campaigns and how underrepresented or marginalized groups are affected by political systems. More about Maggie Astor

Our Coverage of the Trump Hush-Money Trial

Guilty Verdict : Donald Trump was convicted on all 34 counts  of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened his bid for the White House in 2016, making him the first American president to be declared a felon .

Next Steps: The judge in the case set Trump’s sentencing for July 11, and Trump already indicated that he plans to appeal. Here’s what else may happen .

Reactions: Trump’s conviction reverberated quickly across the country and over the world . Here’s what Trump , voters , New Yorkers , Republicans  and the White House  had to say.

The Presidential Race : The verdict will test America’s traditions, legal institutions and ability to hold an election under historic partisan tension , reshuffling a race that has been locked in stasis and defined by a polarizing former president.

Making the Case: Over six weeks and the testimony of 20 witnesses, the Manhattan district attorney’s office wove a sprawling story  of election interference and falsified business records.

Legal Luck Runs Out: The four criminal cases that threatened Trump’s freedom had been stumbling along, pleasing his advisers. Then his good fortune expired .

Connecting the Dots: As rumors circulated of Trump’s reported infidelity, two accounts of women  being paid to stay silent about their encounters became central to his indictment.

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Donald Trump found guilty of all 34 charges in hush money trial

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Our live coverage has ended. Follow  the latest news on Donald Trump's guilty verdict or read through the updates below. 

Stormy Daniels' attorney says she was "really emotional" after verdict

From CNN's Kaanita Iyer

Stormy Daniels' attorney Clark Brewster said his client was "really emotional" following former President Donald Trump's guilty verdict in the hush money case.

He told CNN's Kaitlan Collins that Daniels faced the "realization of the finality" and had "a lot of emotions flowing."

Brewster also responded to Trump attorney Todd Blanche saying he'd raise Daniels' testimony in appeal, arguing that "it was straightforward" and "they had an opportunity to cross examine her."

Stormy Daniels' friend said "it's a joyous day" after Trump's guilty verdict

From CNN's Piper Hudspeth Blackburn

Alana Evans, friend of Stormy Daniels and an adult film star told CNN’s Abby Phillip that she — and Daniels — absolutely feels vindicated by Trump’s guilty verdict, calling it a “joyous day.” 

"We were deemed credible, and it's heartwarming in that way because so many people judge us for who we are — our backgrounds — it's something that's thrown in our faces again and again ... it isn't a reflection of who we are as people," Evans said. Evans added that she's "really happy simply because it meant that at the end of the day, it really is a adult film star who is stepping forward and being the person to put that man to the truth."

Here's what happens now that Trump has been convicted in his hush money criminal case

From CNN's Devan Cole

A New York jury  convicting Donald Trump  on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records brought the former president’s weekslong trial to a close but ushered in a new phase of the historic case.

Now in the unique position of being the first former US president convicted of a felony, Trump faces the possibility of a prison sentence or probation for his crimes stemming from a hush money payment scheme he helped facilitate ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Trump – who is known for mounting lengthy appeals of court rulings against him – has said he will appeal the conviction, which can be done after he is sentenced.

Here’s what to know about the case following Trump’s conviction:

When will Trump be sentenced?

Judge Juan Merchan has set Trump’s sentencing for 10 a.m. ET on July 11. For now, the former president will remain out of prison as he awaits his sentencing. Prosecutors did not ask for Trump to post any bond.

Can Trump appeal his conviction?

Shortly after Trump was convicted, his attorney Todd Blanche asked Merchan for an acquittal of the charges notwithstanding the guilty verdict. The judge rejected the pro forma request.

Can Trump still be elected president?

Nothing in the US Constitution bars a convicted criminal from running for the nation’s highest office, University of California, Los Angeles law professor Richard L. Hasen has consistently said.

“The Constitution contains only limited qualifications for running for office (being at least 35 years old, a natural born citizen, and at least 14 years a resident of the U.S.),” Hasen continued.

Will the conviction cost Trump his right to vote?

Trump is a Florida resident. When it comes to the Manhattan guilty verdict just rendered,  Trump’s right to vote in Florida  in November’s election will depend on whether he is sentenced to a term in prison and if he has finished serving that prison sentence by the time of the election.

Florida’s felon voting prohibitions apply to people with out-of-state convictions. However, if a Floridian’s conviction is out of state, Florida defers to that state’s laws for how felon can regain their voting rights.

Read more on the aftermath of Trump's guilty verdict.

Correction: This post has been updated to reflect when Trump is allowed to file an appeal.

In pictures: Trump convicted in hush money case

For the first time in history, a former US president has been convicted of a felony.

A jury on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty  on 34 charges of falsifying business records. Prosecutors alleged that the former president engaged in a cover-up scheme to hide reimbursement payments made to his former attorney, Michael Cohen, who had paid hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels to stop her from going public about a past affair with Trump before the 2016 presidential election. Trump has denied the affair.

See more photos from the trial .

Trump is facing 3 other criminal cases while running again for president

From CNN’s Devan Cole, Amy O'Kruk and Curt Merrill 

The hush money criminal case against former President Donald Trump was only one of  four criminal cases  he is juggling while running again for president.

The former president still faces criminal indictments in Georgia, Washington, DC, and Florida. Trump has pleaded not guilty to every charge in these cases. 

Here's a recap of each case: 

• Hush money:  Trump was first indicted in March 2023 by the Manhattan district attorney on state charges related to a hush-money payment to an adult film star in 2016. Prosecutors alleged Trump was part of an illegal conspiracy to  undermine  the integrity of the 2016 election. Further, they alleged he was part of an unlawful plan to suppress negative information, including the $130,000 payment. He was found guilty of all 34 counts on Thursday.
• Classified documents:  Trump was indicted in June 2023 by a federal grand jury in Miami for taking classified national defense documents from the White House after he left office and resisting the government’s attempts to retrieve the materials. The National Archives said in early 2022 that at least 15 boxes of White House records were recovered from the estate, including  some that were classified . The charges were brought by special counsel Jack Smith. However,  Judge Aileen Cannon  has  indefinitely postponed the trial , citing significant issues around classified evidence that would need to be worked out before the federal criminal case goes to a jury.
• Federal election interference:  Smith separately charged the former president last August with four crimes over his efforts to reverse the 2020 election results. The indictment alleges Trump and a co-conspirator "attempted to exploit the violence and chaos at the Capitol by calling lawmakers to convince them ... to delay the certification" of the election. That case is currently on hold  as the Supreme Court  weighs Trump’s claims of presidential immunity in the matter.
• Fulton County:  State prosecutors in Georgia brought a similar election subversion case against Trump and others. An Atlanta-based grand jury on August 14, 2023, indicted Trump and 18 others on state charges stemming from their alleged efforts to overturn the former president’s 2020 electoral defeat. A trial date has not yet been set in that case.

Track the criminal cases  against Trump.

The post was updated with details from Thursday's verdict.

Melania Trump is in New York City, source says

From CNN's Kristen Holmes

Former first lady Melania Trump and her son, Barron Trump, are currently in New York, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The two were already in New York when the verdict was read earlier Thursday, although it was not immediately clear when they arrived in the city.

Melania Trump did not attend a fundraiser dinner with Trump at a private residence Thursday night in New York City.

She was not seen at court during the trial.

Schumer says “no one is above the law” after Trump verdict

From CNN's Morgan Rimmer

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer posted a brief statement about the verdict in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on social media. 

"No one is above the law. The verdict speaks for itself," the New York Democrat said. 

Trump attorney Todd Blanche outlines appeal arguments

Donald Trump's attorney Todd Blanche told CNN's Kaitlan Collins Thursday that the former president's legal team plans to argue in its appeal of the verdict that the jury was biased against Trump and the timing of the trial was unfair.

"Every single person on the jury knew Donald Trump as president, as candidate, from 'The Apprentice' so I don't accept that this was a fair place to try President Trump," Blanche said.

He added: "There was so much publicity around the witnesses and around – leading up to the trial that our system of justice isn't supposed to be a system where every person who walks into the courtroom knows about the case."

"The law says a person is entitled to a fair trial in front of a jury of their peers and we just think that because of everything around the lead up this trial, it made it very difficult for the jury to evaluate the evidence kind of independent of what they knew coming in," Blanche said.

Blanche previewed that Trump's legal team will now "vigorously fight" with motions due in a few weeks. And "if that is not successful," the attorney said they will appeal following the sentencing in July.

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From Pop-Tarts to Happy Meals, a food writer recreates American classics with an Asian flavor

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The cooking series is as playful as it is cathartic. Frankie Gaw conjured up fun brand names and designs to go with each meal. Frankie Gaw hide caption

Toasted sesame flavored Cheerios. A Pop-Tart topped with strawberry lychee frosting. And a Lunchable that includes a fried pork gua bao, cucumber salad and a Yakult.

Frankie Gaw's social media page is filled with videos of creations like these — items you won't usually find at your local American grocery store.

That’s the whole point, says Gaw, a Taiwanese American food creator and author of the cookbook First Generation.

“I asked myself, in an alternate universe, where the world is much more inclusive and embraced all of these diverse flavors, what are the things that Asian Americans would want to see?” he said.

Gaw talked with NPR about how his hit social media cooking series “Turning American classics Asian" came to be, and its origin as a tribute to his family and his Midwest upbringing.

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The grocery store seemed stuck in time

The idea sprouted after a trip to his local supermarket. Traversing through the aisles, Gaw noticed that much of the food stocked on the shelves resembled what he saw as a kid 20 years ago. Meanwhile, ingredients like soy sauce and miso were still strictly grouped in “Asian” or “International" aisles.

“Restaurants have been embracing more Asian ingredients, and it feels like grocery stores have remained the same," Gaw said.

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For many immigrants and children of immigrants, food is an intimate part of identity. For Gaw, straddling between the “Asian” aisle and the rest of the grocery store was also symbolic of his upbringing in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Growing up, Gaw felt like he was living a double life. In public, Gaw enjoyed McDonald’s chicken nuggets and fries. At home, he feasted on his grandmother’s beef noodle soup. It took time for him to embrace his dual-taste palette.

Years later in his Seattle apartment, Gaw began experimenting with his childhood favorites. He tinkered with Campbell's cream of mushroom soup and turned it into congee. He infused mac and cheese with miso. He went as far as designing the packaging for each meal as if he owned a food company.

Gaw shared his concoctions on social media. It took off. His food and his experiences at the grocery store resonated with people, especially other Asian Americans.

“It was a surprise. I didn't realize how many people had similar experiences as me," he said.

A love letter to his kid self

“Turning American classics Asian” is not just about Gaw’s appreciation for Asian flavors and ingredients, or a diss to American staples. Instead, it’s Gaw’s way of paying homage to both — and on a larger scale, to the experiences of Asian Americans.

“I have always straddled this sort of in-between space,” he said. “Growing up in the Midwest, I never felt Asian enough. But then, being with my Asian family, I didn’t feel American enough.”

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Had matcha flavored Twinkies or strawberry lychee Pop-Tarts been around when Gaw was younger, he thinks it would’ve helped him embrace that in-between experience.

“If I was in a generic American grocery store and then I saw rice cakes, I think that would’ve allowed me to break down the walls of, ‘Oh this only exists within my home,’ ” he said. “And I could’ve existed as my whole self out in the world.”

The project also relates back to his family and growing up in the Midwest

Gaw’s journey into cooking and his first cookbook were motivated by his father, who died in 2014 from lung cancer. Revisiting his father and his paternal grandmother’s old dishes was a way to grieve and keep his father’s memory alive, Gaw said.

In this cooking series, he also reminisces about the time spent with his mother. It’s because of her that Gaw was able to indulge on Lunchables, Twinkies and Pop-Tarts as a kid. She wanted to make sure he would fit in and make friends.

“My mom would stock the entire pantry so that when I go into lunch period, I was like the number one kid in the cafeteria with the best lunch,” he said.

The project also stems from Gaw’s Midwestern roots. In his neighborhood, restaurants were synonymous with fast food and Olive Garden was the place to go on special occasions.

Late nights with his parents at the McDonald's drive-through were common as a kid, Gaw said, because his parents were often exhausted after long hours at work. “It was a reminder of how much they had to hustle,” he said.

In Gaw’s version of a Happy Meal, he steams buns and marries ground pork with scallions and ginger, topping it off with a chili crunch ketchup.

As he cooks, he thinks about his father, his mother, his grandparents — and the comfort that these dishes would’ve brought them as they were adjusting to life in America.

“I think they always felt like they were on the outside breaking in," he said. "To see their food at a fast food institution, I think it would've made them feel like they have a seat at the table."

What verdict will voters render after jury finds Trump guilty in hush money case?

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The sometimes-breathless gavel-to-gavel coverage of former President Trump’s trial was no surprise, as a singularly divisive figure sat for more than a month at the defense table, the first president to face criminal charges and the possibility of a trip to jail.

But for all the trial’s spectacle, many political observers predict that the impact of Thursday’s 34 guilty verdicts will be muted and unlikely to change the dynamic in a presidential race that appears extremely close, just over five months before the last day of voting.

The New York jury’s verdict puts Trump in an unprecedented position: trying to win the White House as a felon, guilty of falsifying business records to bury the details of his extramarital one-night stand with a porn star.

While a Trump appeal could still remove the threat of probation or jail, he still will have to explain to voters why a man convicted of a political cover-up should be entrusted with the most powerful office in the world.

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Jurors deliberated for 9½ hours over two days before convicting former President Trump of all 34 counts he faced in a hush-money scheme surrounding the 2016 election.

May 30, 2024

Trump has provoked both admiration and despair — depending on the audience’s political leanings — with his ability to survive what some judged to be fatal missteps.

“I already gave up my membership in the He-Certainly-Can’t-Survive-This Club,” David Axelrod, the top strategist in Barack Obama’s two successful presidential campaigns, said in an interview. “Look at how many other times he has gotten away with things. He is an extraordinary escape artist.” (Axelrod and other experts spoke before the verdict.)

In 2016, candidate Trump famously told a campaign crowd that he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue in New York and shoot someone without losing his core supporters. Though the charges in the hush money case fell short of assault with a deadly weapon, they stand as a real-world test of Trump’s seeming invulnerability from political norms.

I already gave up my membership in the He-Certainly-Can’t-Survive-This Club

— David Axelrod

With about a month to go in the 2016 race, a previously secret video showed Trump boasting about his ability to sexually prey on women because of his fame. Many observers believed the “Access Hollywood” recording effectively killed his chances of winning the presidency. But Trump overtook front-runner Hillary Clinton in the final weeks of the race and won the presidency.

When Trump was thrown out by voters in 2020 in favor of Joe Biden, some pundits again predicted Trump’s days were numbered. But he pushed aside all his Republican primary challengers this year, despite a pair of legal setbacks: a jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996 and a judge’s order to pay a $454-million penalty for falsely inflating the value of his real estate empire.

Trump’s conviction plays out at a time when Americans are deeply divided, a fracture exacerbated by a sharply fragmented information ecosystem. Mainstream outlets parsed the detailed evidence presented by prosecutors in the trial, while right-leaning outlets bolstered Trump’s claims that the charges amounted to a political hit job by Democratic prosecutors.

After closing arguments Tuesday, one Newsmax cable television commentator suggested that the evidence in the case pointed to crimes — not by Trump but by Stormy Daniels, who testified she had sex with Trump in 2006, and by prosecution witness Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, who testified he helped facilitate the payments to keep Daniels quiet about the one-night stand.

A Marquette Law School Poll completed in mid-May suggested the verdict might have some effect on the presidential race.

When a national sample of voters was presented with the possibility that Trump would be found guilty in the New York case, 43% said they would vote for Biden, 38% would vote for Trump and 18% said they would vote for someone else or remained undecided.

Presented with the opposite outcome, Trump being acquitted, the survey tipped in his favor, with voters preferring him by 44% to 38% over Biden. Again, 18% favored another candidate or were undecided.

But both those results fall within the margin of error of more than 6%, said Charles Franklin, director of the Wisconsin-based poll. And previous experience suggests that public opinion about the hush money case might have been well settled for many voters long before the verdict, because the facts had been aired for many months, Franklin said.

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Trump guilty: Despite the former president’s felony conviction in his hush money trial, many voters will react to the jury decision with a shrug.

Franklin compared the long run-up to the verdict with the prolonged public debate that occurred during Trump’s first impeachment, when the onetime reality TV host was accused of soliciting foreign interference in a bid to help win the 2020 election.

“As the House considered the impeachment, then voted to impeach him and then the Senate voted to acquit him, the public’s views [of Trump] and of the impeachment and then of the conviction didn’t change,” Franklin said.

He predicted that future surveys about this week’s trial verdict were likely to show only a modest shift in voter sentiments.

Charles Cook, a nonpartisan political analyst based in Washington, agreed that it was hard to imagine the verdict swaying many voters.

“Swing voters, particularly the ‘pure independents’ who don’t lean to either party, tend to be driven by other issues and have other priorities in mind when making their decisions to vote,” Cook said via email. He said that the small group of voters who do not have hardened views on the 2024 race “don’t follow current events that much, believe all politicians and political parties are corrupt and are not particularly moved by this.”

The thought that Trump might entirely escape the wrath of voters seemed unfathomable to some.

“At some point, there is going to have to be a discussion of whether we want a liar and a convict in the Oval Office,” said Ben Austin, a Los Angeles Democrat who worked in President Clinton’s White House. “I mean, what kind of country are we?”

Reed Galen, a lifelong Republican who left the party and co-founded the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, wondered if GOP voters who once favored former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley might be put off by the revelations from the hush money case.

“Some of them were already highly skeptical of Trump, and this might take them off Trump Island, hopefully once and for all,” Galen said.

Q&A: Yes, Trump could be elected president as a convicted felon

Donald Trump faces multiple criminal charges, but a conviction would not legally prevent him from serving as president — in theory, even from jail.

But Trump stalwarts say his detractors should have long ago recognized that he is impervious to critiques by mainstream media outlets and old-guard Republicans. Even those who have accepted that Trump is a flawed candidate said they find him preferable in a country they are convinced is going the wrong way under President Biden.

“By now, a lot of Arizonans are just numb to the trial and all of this,” said Stan Barnes, a Republican who runs a public affairs and lobbying firm in the battleground state. “They’re a lot more focused on what kind of policies they want from the president. When Trump was in the White House, mortgage rates were [as low as] 2½%, unemployment was [low]. And the southern border felt secure.”

Barnes said nothing that happened in the Manhattan courtroom would change those views, predicting that many Americans will be ready to vote again to promote Trump and his “America first” agenda.

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