Ryan Adams

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Ryan Adams will hit Australia & NZ on his biggest Australian headline shows to date in May. Frontier Touring wish to advise Adams’ Brisbane performance at The Tivoli on Tues 23 May is sold out! Tickets for Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney are selling fast – don’t delay to avoid missing out.

Adams’ will also perform an exclusive, intimate headline show in NSW’s Byron Bay at The Northern Hotel on Wednesday 24 May. Tickets for this exclusive show will go on sale on Monday 27 March at 10am (local time). There is no pre-sale. Don’t miss the chance to see Adams up close and personal in this intimate setting.

Adams’ latest album, Prisoner is being hailed as one of the best of his career to date:

‘Devastatingly beautiful’ – Herald Sun

‘Lyrically, it even rivals his other great break-up record, Heartbreaker, for emotional rawness... It is to his endless credit that he can, more than 20 years into his mercurial career, still make the brutality of lost love a fruitful source of art.’ – Rolling Stone

‘Prisoner is the best album he’s made since Gold’ – BBC Radio 2

Adams’ AU/NZ tour kicks off at Auckland’s Civic Theatre before he heads to Brisbane, Byron Bay, Melbourne and Sydney, with all AU shows – including the new Byron Bay date – joined by special guests Middle Kids.

Frontier Touring are thrilled to confirm Australian and New Zealand headline shows for multiple-Grammy-nominated Ryan Adams this May, touring in celebration of his forthcoming sixteenth studio LP Prisoner (out 17 Feb 2017 via PAX-AM/EMI).

‘One of the most elegant singer-songwriters of his generation’ – The New York Times

‘One of the few truly great roots-rock troubadours left’ – Entertainment Weekly

The tour will kick off at Auckland’s Civic Theatre before Adams’ biggest Australian headline shows to date; playing Brisbane’s The Tivoli, Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena and Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion with special guests Middle Kids.

Self-written, recorded and produced over the past two years, Prisoner (out 17 Feb 2017 via PAX-AM/EMI, pre-order here) is a direct transmission from the singer-songwriter’s psyche and soul, right down to the album artwork painted by Adams himself.

Those lucky enough to catch Adams’ sold-out show in Sydney last December were amongst the first to hear tracks from Prisoner like ‘Do You Still Love Me?’ and ‘Doomsday’ performed live, wrapping up a mammoth year of touring that included Adams’ first ever headline shows at the famed Red Rocks and Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

‘His voice in fine form: its warmth and character engaging; its underestimated technical skill exposed’ – Sydney Morning Herald

‘It was damn near perfect. Fourteen years into his solo career, Adams may just be entering his prime’ – Pop Dose

Joining Adams for all Australian shows will be Sydney’s own Middle Kids. The trio have already picked up fans across the globe – including Sir Elton John - performing at SXSW, Great Escape Festival and Iceland Airwaves Music Festival. Watch the video for their latest single ‘Never Start’ here.

Don’t miss the chance to be amongst the first in Australia and New Zealand to hear tracks from Adams’ much-anticipated album Prisoner performed live this May. His shows have a penchant for selling out; act quickly to secure your tickets!