While more archival release announcements were certainly good news for Ryan Adams fans and completists like myself, a much more exciting update arrived just moments ago via Facebook: One of a few new photos taken inside a recording studio and elsewhere features the following caption (and polite request) by Adams:
I wrote some new tunes this winter on my acoustic guitar. I think I’d like to play them for whoever wants to hear them. Please don’t yell at me.
Tour dates, photos, oh my:
Friday, June 10, 2011 Stockholm, Sweden Cirkus
Saturday, June 11, 2011 Oslo, Norway Folketeatret
Monday, June 13, 2011 Malmö, Sweden The Consert House
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark Koncerhauset
Thursday, June 16, 2011 Lisbon, Portugal Aula Magna
Friday, June 17, 2011 Porto, Portugal Teatro Sa Da Bandeira
Monday, June 20, 2011 London, UK Barbican
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Brighton, UK Dome
Thursday, June 23, 2011 Manchester, UK Bridgewater Hall
Saturday, June 25, 2011 Glasgow, UK Academy
Sunday, June 26, 2011 Oxford, UK Oxford New Theatre
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Amsterdam, Holland Concertgebouw
Here’s hoping a North American jaunt will soon follow, but until then, enjoy some intriguing studio shots for your speculative pleasure…
Does the above note refer to producer/engineers Glyn Johns and Niko Bolas? Apparently so: