Ryan Adams fever is real. It's here. And if you have it, you can count yourself lucky.
The singer's 14th album, Ryan Adams, is due today (Sept. 9), and he just announced three new tour dates (one in Austin, two in New York) to go along with the dozens of gigs already set in stone.
Adams has been keeping very busy. He dropped a hilarious promotional video on Monday, and has been pushing his new singles "Gimme Something Good" and "My Wrecking Ball" in advance of the LP.
Recently, he sat down with NPR to discuss the new music.
"When people come to the studio, they can listen to records; we have manual typewriters and stationery and reference books for them to look at, and lots of old-fashioned '60s and '70s pulp magazines," he said. "All kinds of stuff to sort of inspire someone, should they be in the middle of a process and need that."
Adams also talked about working in his own studio, which is located right near the PAX-AM one.
"I would record my own music in my own place, to the point where I started to amass more songs than I had even made next door," he said. "And they took on a feeling that reminded me of the way that I played, and the kinds of music that I played, when I first started. It felt like starting again. And I knew that I needed to follow that thread."
Here's his full sked, including a stop at the London iTunes festival on Sept. 21.
09/14: London, UK @ South Events Lawn
09/18: London, UK @ O2 Sheperds Bush Empire
09/19: London, UK @ Sheperds Bush Empire
09/21: London, UK @ iTunes Festival
09/23: Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Grote Zaal
09/24: Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
09/25: Glasgow, UK @ Royal Concert Hall Glasgow
10/01: Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theatre
10/03: San Francisco, CA @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
10/05: Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
10/06: Seattle, WA @ The Paramount Theatre
10/07: Vancouver, Canada @ Orpheum Theatre
10/09: Edmonton, Canada @ Winspear Centre
10/10: Calgary, Canada @ Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
10/12: Winnipeg, Canada @ Burton Cummings Theatre
10/13: Minneapolis, MN @ Northrop Auditorium
10/14: Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theatre
10/16: Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
10/18: Ames, IA @ Stephens Auditorium
10/19: St. Louis, MO @ Peabody Opera House
10/20: Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
10/23: Austin, TX @ ACL Live - Moody Theater
11/06: Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
11/08: Columbus, OH @ Palace Theatre Columbus
11/09: Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
11/11: Cleveland, OH @ State Theatre at Playhousesquare
11/12: Toronto, Canada @ Massey Hall
11/18: Boston, MA @ Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre
11/19: Upper Darby, PA @ Tower Theatre
11/22: New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
11/23: New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
