Ryan Adams Is A Little Bitch

No doubt the guy is talented – I won't argue that.  I like most of his music, have seen him live four times, but the dude is one serious prima donna.  I recently saw him at the beautiful Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX – his best show of the four I've seen.  Roughly 2/3 into the set, he left the stage because of "technical difficulties" to return 30 minutes later and finish without incident.  Throughout the entire show, he was making bizarre hand gestures such as giving himself antlers with his fingers, making signs with his hands & frequently pointing to his ear.  I feel sorry for the sound guy.  He's one of these little lady boys who can't deal with anything outside their perception of an ideal situation.

I'm posting his remaining tour dates below.  If you want one of the most memorable and exciting evenings of your life, buy some tickets to his show and pay a few homeless drunks with a case of beer to heckle him.  In between every song tell them to scream "Summer of '69" and record his subsequent outbursts on film or video. Please note that "Run to You," "Heaven" & "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" will also work just as well.  From FOX News:

Throughout a show Thursday night, the 32-year-old singer-guitarist complained about the sound monitors onstage at the State Theatre. At one point, he moved two monitors, his microphone and his guitar pedals.

After 70 minutes he'd had enough. Adams announced "the last song," played it and didn't return for an encore. Many fans stood and booed.

"I don't know what the story was," guitarist Neal Casal told the Star Tribune afterward. "I just play guitar."

In 2003, Adams gave a famously bad performance at First Avenue, a rambling two-hour show where he griped about the sound system, played several songs twice and lambasted local rock legend Paul Westerberg.

Ryan Adams 2007 Tour Dates:

Sep 28 2007 8:00P
 Barrymore Theater Madison, Wisconsin

Sep 29 2007 8:00P
 Chicago Theatre Chicago, Illinois

Oct 1 2007 8:00P
 Main Lounge Iowa City, Iowa

Oct 2 2007 8:00P
 Uptown Theatre Kansas City, Missouri

Oct 4 2007 8:00P
 Foellinger Auditorium Champaign, Illinois

Oct 5 2007 8:00P
 The Pageant St. Louis, Missouri

Oct 13 2007 8:00P
 North Charleston PAC Charleston, South Carolina

Oct 14 2007 8:00P
 Fox Theater Atlanta, Georgia

Oct 15 2007 8:00P
 Alabama Theatre Birmingham, Alabama

Oct 17 2007 8:00P
 Saenger Theatre Mobile, Alabama

Oct 18 2007 8:00P
 Verizon Houston, Texas

Oct 19 2007 8:00P
 McFarlin Theater Dallas, Texas

Oct 21 2007 8:00P
 Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oct 23 2007 8:00P
 War Memorial Nashville, Tennessee

Oct 24 2007 8:00P
 Murat Theater Indianapolis, Indiana

Oct 25 2007 8:00P
 PromoWest Pavilion Columbus, Ohio

Oct 27 2007 8:00P
 Lakewood Civic Auditorium Lakewood, Ohio

Oct 29 2007 8:00P
 Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Oct 30 2007 8:00P
 Constitution Hall DC, Washington DC

Oct 31 2007 8:00P
 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, New York