Bryan Adams to become a dad for the first time at 51

Rock singer Bryan Adams is set to become a father at the ripe old age of 51.

‘The Summer of ’69’ singer is expecting his first child in May with his personal assistant Alicia Grimaldi.She is a long-time employee who helps run his charitable efforts.The news was confirmed on Monday by the Canadian rocker’s spokeswoman.’Alicia Grimaldi and I are expecting a baby,’ Adams said in a statement. ‘She helped me start my foundation years ago and it looks like she’ll be running the family now.’His spokeswoman declined to describe the nature of their personal relationship. Adams maintains strict secrecy about his private life. Britain’s Sunday Telegraph, which broke the news, quoted an unidentified source as saying many of Adams’ friends did not know he was in a relationship.British-born Grimaldi helped set up the Bryan Adams Foundation in 2004, three years after graduating from Cambridge University, according to Adams’ Web site.Adams, famed for such rock songs as ‘Cuts Like a Knife’ and ‘Everything I Do (I Do It For You)’ is currently in the middle of a US theatre tour.- www.dailymail.co.uk

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