Timeline | Come Pick Me Up

2016

Jenny Lewis at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles

Jenny Lewis performed her debut solo album Rabbit Fur Coat live for its 10 year anniversary. The show was third in a row of intimate concerts at the venue. Ryan Adams appeared for the encore, She's Not Me. M. Ward appeared during the main show.

Show pageJanuary 30

Ruby Amanfu records album at PAX-AM Studios

The singer Ruby Amanfu recorded at PAX-AM Studios with a dream team of Ryan Adams, Benmont Tench, Don Was, Charlie Stavish, Daniel Clarke, Todd Solondz and James Gadson. Ruby Amanfu has collaborated with Jack White and sings a duet with Beyonce on her 2016 Lemonade album. This summer Ruby had a breakthrough of sorts at the Newport Festival 2016 (playing on the same day as Ryan). These sessions were later described as recordings for her new album with Ryan co-writing the entire album and producing the sessions with Charlie Stavish being the engineer.

February

NPR interview by Bob Boilen (Audio)

There's new music from Bob Mould. His latest album, Patch The Sky, comes out March 25. One of this legendary musician's biggest fans — from his punk days of Hüsker Dü to the land of Sugar and his prolific and exciting solo records — is musician Ryan Adams. And as a fan and friend, Ryan invited Bob to his PAX-AM Studio and pressed record.

Music For Listening To Music To by La Sera

La Sera recorded their third album with Ryan Adams producing at PAX-AM Studios in early summer 2015. Famously the Ryan went on to record the '1989' with the musicians from this session. La Sera were introduced to Ryan through their mutual acquaintance Jenny Lewis and hit it off with their love for The Smiths and pinball! The album is a short concise piece of bubblegum pop with shimmering guitars and a good mix of uptempo tracks and ballads.

Recording with Butch Walker for Stay Gold album

While in Texas for SXSW Adams visited Butch Walker at his studio and laid down piano and guitar for several songs on what would eventually become Butch Walker's eighth album, Stay Gold, out August 26 2016.

March 14

Ryan Adams & The Shining at SXSW Music Festival, Austin

Ryan Adams and The Shining were added to the SXSW lineup at the last minute. The played at the JW Marriott Austin, where Universal Music and Marriott Rewards had converted the hotel into a music venue during the five-day festival. The show was open to SXSW Music and Platinum badge-holders and Marriott Rewards members. At the event Ryan made a few remarks about the loud, talking music execs at the show which made a few headlines including this one in Billboard: "SXSW: Ryan Adams Delivers Fan Favorites, Tells VIPs to 'Shut the F--- up' at Universal Showcase".

Ryan Adams performs at the Garry Shandling Memorial with Johnny Depp and others

About 500 family, friends and associates of comedian Garry Shandling, who passed away on March 24, gathered in L.A. for a memorial event and tribute. One of the musical acts that performed was Ryan Adams, who was joined by several musicians, most notably Johnny Depp, to perform a version of Adams' ballad "My Wrecking Ball." The lights were dim inside the theater and the stage sparsely decorated with a giant screen framed by three hanging lanterns on either side, a podium fronted by a floral arrangement, and a changing lightscape that started off the night as purple and changed to pink, blue and green.

Rolling Stone interview by Dan Hyman (Print)

"How Ryan Adams Saved His Career With 'Heartbreaker': Singer-songwriter looks back on 2000 solo debut, set for deluxe Pax-Am reissue" ran the headline in Rolling Stone. Being the only interview to precede the launch of Heartbreaker Deluxe Edition the release, which was highly anticipated by fans, got a short hand press wise after the immense press coverage of both '1989' and the self-titled 'Ryan Adams'.

Heartbreaker Deluxe Edition by Ryan Adams

The Heartbreaker Deluxe Edition is a 4LP+DVD and 2CD+DVD package that's been underway since early 2015 when the Record Store Day single Come Pick Me Up (Alternate Take) mentioned it. Without much fanfare it finally appeared on May 6 2016. It's the remastered 2015 Heartbreaker release, as well as 2 LPs/1 CD of outtakes and demos. Also included is a DVD of a solo performance from 2000.

Bob Mould at The Teragram, Los Angeles

Bob Mould played a good balance of Hüsker Dü, Sugar and solo stuff. Ryan played on 5 or 6 songs. Fred Armisen played drums and Jon Wurster sang on Beat On The Brat (without Ryan). (info courtesy of Ted Munoz)

Show pageMay 13

Ryan Adams w/ The Infamous Stringdusters feat. Nicki Bluhm at Telluride Bluegrass, Telluride

Originally billed as a solo performance, the Telluride set instead became the debut performance with the Infamous Stringdusters. As they were not announced beforehand, there was literally no expectations. The option to stream the performance was vetoed, probably because it was basically a dress rehearsal for an unrehearsed outfit. In the media the song that got the most attention was a cover of DIO's Holy Diver, dusted off for the special occasion.

Relix interview by Mike Greenhaus (Print)

Ryan talked to Relix in his studio. He discusses the reissued Heartbreaker album in detail and has some interesting stories to share about Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings role in the sessions. The interview, which first appeared online, would later appear in print in the July 2016 issue of Relix.

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Basilica Block Party, Minneapolis

Just a few streets over people were protesting the recent police shootings, blocking the streets. But the Basilica festival, tagged #PRAISETHELOUD, went ahead as planned. City Pages had the following to say: "This emphatic 17-song set (as well as Adams’ stellar previous two local shows) should finally put to rest the Good Ryan/Bad Ryan debates that have raged since his temperamental early days as a solo artist. The affable frontman was in good spirits throughout the performance, cracking jokes about the Gibson Les Paul he bought earlier in the day at Willie’s Guitars in St. Paul (“They’re so heavy. I don’t think I’m tall enough to even play it.”). He playfully teased the boisterous crowd about his past reputation (“You don’t even know what song this is. This might be the exact moment where I let you down completely.”) But nothing in the set proved to be a let down.

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Summerfest 2016, Milwaukee

The band played an 18-song set. Red Hot Blues, a b-side from the singles series, got its debut performance when someone yelled out for a blues.

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Rochester Hills

The first of two nights performing double headliners with Noel Gallagher & His Highflying Birds. Ryan and The Shining went on first and performed 70 minute set. Of the 14 songs performed it was the improvised song, Ballad of a Detroit Spider, that got the most media attention and made a few news stories.

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Stage AE, Pittsburgh

The second night with Noel Gallagher turned out to be a monster of a show. Even though both bands had agreed on doing 70 minute sets respectively, Ryan went overboard and played for almost two hours. The standouts and big surprises were two Oasis covers: Morning Glory and Supersonic. The music press from Rolling Stone to Pitchfork posted the covers and the reception was positive everywhere - except with ex-Oasis singer Liam Gallagher who posted an angry reply to Ryan and Noel on Twitter.

Kids Interview Bands interview by Piper (Video)

Piper interviewed Ryan Adams at the Promowest Fest in Columbus, Ohio on July 15, 2016.

Ryan Adams & The Shining at PromoWest Fest, Columbus

A new three-day music festival in the Arena District. Dubbed PromoWest Fest, Ryan Adams & The Shining played at the inaugural day. The set was just 12 songs with one improvised song, Cotton Candy.

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Sloss Festival, Birmingham

The old iron-making blast furnace once again served as host for Sloss Fest. Ryan and the band played a long set: 19 songs on a festival date! Cold Roses and When The Summer Ends were played as well as an improvised song.

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Forecastle Festival, Louisville

The band played 16 songs including one improvised song, Sing My Music In Louisville Kentucky.

Ryan Adams & The Shining at nTelos Wireless Pavilion, Charlottesville

Margo Price opened for the band and later joined them for 3 songs of their 21 song set: A Kiss Before I Go, Oh My Sweet Carolina and Come Pick Me Up. The acoustic duet on A Kiss Before I Go made a few headlines including one on RollingStone.com. The lighting engineer Gigi was serenaded by the band, who also played two improvised songs about Indiana Jones and Daniel's Mom's hugs: The Greatest Hug of All.

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Central Park Summer Stage, New York

Amanda Shires and her husband Jason Isbell openede for Ryan and the band with a 40 minute set. The band then played for 1 hr 45 minutes doing 18 songs. Consequence of Sound posted a rave review that praised the show and mentioned that a woman fainted halfway through the set, and when Adams noticed, he immediately paused the show, making sure she was getting water. While he patiently waited for her to get up, Adams very quietly introduced the band, asking for minimal applause so the poor woman had a chance to recover. And when someone told him to just play through, he slammed the inconsiderate schlub and begged the audience’s patience.

Ryan Adams at XPoNential Music Festival, Camden

JamBase reported: Ryan announced that he would be playing a festival set this evening which meant close to two hours of some tremendous rock and roll. Early on in the set, he lit up with a fiery and angst ridden version of “Shakedown On 9th Street” and a shout out to World Cafe host David Dye. During “Stay With Me” Adams pulled a prank on guitarist Mike Viola by having two people in robes sneak up behind him. “Halloweenhead” made an appearance with Viola mentioning Haddonfield, New Jersey in reference to John Carpenter’s Halloween. Adams followed that up with a wonderful guitar dance through “Cold Roses.”

Ryan Adams w/ The Infamous Stringdusters feat. Nicki Bluhm at Newport Folk Festival, Newport

Ryan and the Stringdusters played their second show together at the Newport Festival. This time the performance was broadcast by NPR and thus instantly available. The set opener was a surprising cover of Slayer, South of Heaven. Similarly they closed with another metal cover, The Wizard by Black Sabbath. An improvised song, I'm Frightened and I'm Rabid - a play on the band name Frightened Rabbit, made a few headlines in the music press. The musicality of the band is strong and old warhorses like Oh My Sweet Carolina and New York, New York come to life in these bluegrass versions.

Ryan Adams w/ The Infamous Stringdusters feat. Nicki Bluhm at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester

Amanda Shires opened for Ryan and the band. The show was announced as a solo show so the appearance of the Stringdusters was somewhat of a surprise. The show was a 23-song set consisting of bluegrass songs with the band, a duet with Amanda Shires, one improvised song and six songs performed solo. To Be Without You, Haunted House and Tightrope were all played for the first time. The two covers from Newport, South of Heaven and The Wizard, were also played.

Ryan Adams w/ The Infamous Stringdusters feat. Nicki Bluhm at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, New York

Ryan appeared on The Late Show with his new sometime backing band and performed one song: Oh My Sweet Carolina. The performance made the news in the music press, and the bluegrass interpretation was just beautiful.

Ryan Adams at Lincoln Theatre, Washington

The first solo concert of 2016. Ryan played a 20-song set including the 3 new songs from the previous concert (To Be Without You, Haunted House and Tightrope) as well as Was I Wrong? which made its debut. Two Fugazi covers were also played, Waiting Room and Promises, presumably after Ryan spent the afternoon hanging out at Dischord Records, the label started by Ian MacKaye of Fugazi. Ryan also played Glenn Tipton, a Sun Kil Moon cover previously played in Mexico 2015, but this performance is the first circulating recording of the cover.

Ryan Adams at KCRW, Los Angeles

Ryan dropped by the KCRW morning show (10 AM local time) and played 3 acoustic songs (Lucky Now, New York, New York and My Winding Wheel). Ryan talks about playing festivals, The Shining, doing covers, moving to LA from New York, the Heartbreaker Deluxe Edition and his next album. About his next album he said, I don't think I've ever worked this hard on an album. It's the most songs I've ever written for an album and it's been amazing. Whatever this was was so cathartic in a way where I listened back to what I had to say and went "That's really messed up!" I feel whatever I'm making bookends so much of what I've gone through in the past couple of years. It's not some thing made of darkness, I've really found ways of writing that can be optimistic and helpful to myself.

Ryan Adams at 88.5 KCSN, Los Angeles

The appearance was announced on the same day of the show. It aired live at 4:35 PM local time and lasted 20 minutes. After the interview segment the station played 16 Days by Whiskeytown. Ryan played 3 acoustic songs, the last of which was an improvised song (I'm The Alt-Country Danzig). The song was a fairly detailed about the events of the day, and it was fun to hear an improvised song being made up and performed without the reaction and approval of a crowd. The interview didn't reveal anything new about the upcoming record.

Capitol Studios posts picture of Ryan Adams putting "finishing touches" on his new album

Ryan Adams posted a picture of Daniel Clarke recording overdubs for the album. Capitol Studios posted a picture of Ryan himself laying down some electric guitar.

August 3

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Santa Barbara Bowl , Santa Barbara

The band played a strong 19-song set with the Jenny Lewis-band Nice As Fuck opening for them. Jenny Lewis joined Ryan and the band on Oh My Sweet Carolina.

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Greek Theatre, Los Angeles

Nice as Fuck opened for the band again. The set was the same as the night before but for one extra song: This House Is Not For Sale. Jenny Lewis joined the band again for Oh My Sweet Carolina.

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Outside Lands 2016, San Francisco

Ryan Adams joined Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit on the Rolling Stones song Sway during Isbell's set. A standard cover in Isbell's set it was a first for Ryan Adams. The song is a highlight on the '71 Stones album Sticky Fingers, from which Ryan has now covered 4 songs: Bitch, Brown Sugar, Wild Horses and Sway. The main set by Ryan Adams & The Shining was televised/streamed and included another collaboration with Jason Isbell on Oh My Sweet Carolina on which Jason played a very tasteful solo. The 3 encores were not streamed.

Back to work on the new album at Capitol Studios

Day off = back to work finishing the new beastly record at @capitolstudios Rad Photo by @noahabramsstudio

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According to Ryan's Instagram the sessions for his new album have wrapped on Wednesday August 10th.

August 10

Ryan Adams & The Shining at The Wilma, Missoula

Show pageAugust 13

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City

Show pageAugust 15

Ryan Adams & The Shining at Red Rocks, Morrison

Adams will play Red Rocks on August 17, and will be joined by alternative noodler Kurt Vile and his band, the Violators. Tickets are $45-$55 and go on sale Friday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. via axs.com. Though not advertised as a double-bill, Adams and Vile is the latest in a run of loaded shows this summer at Red Rocks. In June, Chromeo, Jamie xx and Four Tet will play together; later that month, Modest Mouse and Brand New will share the stage. Late July sees the Avett Brothers play with J. Mascis, and at the end of August, Tame Impala will be joined by Mac DeMarco. Even that’s leaving out a lot of impressive shows.

Show pageAugust 17

Ryan Adams at Harvest Picnic, Christie Lake

Show pageAugust 26

Butch Walker's eighth album, Stay Gold, featuring Ryan Adams is released

Ryan was going to produce Butch Walker again this time, but the schedules didn't allow for it. He told Walker he still wanted to be involved and made it out to Texas in March. He plays guitar and piano and is also just an "overall co-conceptualizer of the whole record" according to Walker.

Ryan and AirCanada Twitter storm

The practice of booking a seat for a precious guitar (in this case the Buck Owens acoustic guitar) is a surprise to Air Canada, and Ryan Adams and his tour manager are boarded last on the flight out of Canada. The whole experience was detailed on Twitter in a series of complaints. The storm was over before any one got hurt.

August 27

New album is announced for November

In a short interview with Entertainment Weekly the release date for the upcoming album was revealed to be November 4, 2016. No album title or song titles were included. The album is said to be inspired by AC/DC, Bruce Hornsby, Bruce Springsteen and Bachman/Turner Overdrive.

Ryan Adams attends Capitol Records 75th Anniversary Gala at Capitol Records Tower on November 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

November 15