12/04/26 Glasgow, UK - Royal Concert Hall - Setlist & Reviews

[JohnC]

SETLIST

On 9.05 Off 10.50

Oh My Sweet Carolina
Ashes and Fire
If I am a Stranger
Dirty Rain
Winding Wheel
The Rescue Blues
Please Do Not Let Me Go
Do I Wait?
Firecracker
Everybody Knows
Sweet Lil' Gal (23rd/1st)
Why Do They Leave?
English Girls Approximately
Chains of Love
16 Days
Mr.Cat >
NY NY
The End
Lucky Now
Come Pick Me Up
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Round & Round

[JohnC]

just before The End "this is a song about my asshole Dad"-i kakked

good show and in Ryan's words "a wonderful" audience

my last Ashes & Fire show

must admit i enjoyed the first Euro leg shows the best especially Stockholm and Glasgow but the show has developed and Ryan's playing is now almost flawless apart from The End tonight when the backing tape misfired

everyone going to up coming shows -enjoy!!!

[ploggit]

A good night, if not a great one. I had a great seat, bang in the middle at the front from where I was tempted to dive the 10 feet onto the stage and grab that black folder containing who knows what hidden gems!

Like John, my last Ashes & Fire show and I missed the unpredictability of the earlier shows. But I shouldn't complain....

Could be an expensive evening too - I thought Jason Isbell was great and will be investing in some back catalogue ASAP. I know I'm not alone in thinking how great it would be if Ryan and Jason worked together.

[tdubbs26]

Originally Posted by JohnC

apart from The End tonight when the backing tape misfired

What does this mean? He was using a backing track?

[Livicol]

Originally Posted by tdubbs26

What does this mean? He was using a backing track?

He made a slight ass of it,he blamed the backing tape afterwards............
Jokingly

First post,Hi ya
Highlight for me,amongst many,Please Do Not Let Me Go.
Lowlights ...............all the Cat shit(on Twitter as well !)

[candydoll]

Originally Posted by JohnC

just before The End "this is a song about my asshole Dad"-i kakked

good show and in Ryan's words "a wonderful" audience

my last Ashes & Fire show

must admit i enjoyed the first Euro leg shows the best especially Stockholm and Glasgow but the show has developed and Ryan's playing is now almost flawless apart from The End tonight when the backing tape misfired

everyone going to up coming shows -enjoy!!!

hi JC Happy you all have had some great shows... XO S.

[tchoclee]

round and round? is that a cover or a new song?

[spotondrums]

Originally Posted by tchoclee

round and round? is that a cover or a new song?

RATT. Hair metal band from the Late 80's early 90's...

[franco_1979]

Shit tapes were sold out, none on sale at this show.

[JayB]

Did Jason join him for Round & Round? I believe they've played that together in the US, no?

[wires&waves]

No Jason didn't come out for the last song - all Ryan solo. Great gig all round and nice to hear The End.

[marigold]

Fantastic Gig and great Glasgow crowd. We had such a great night!
Enjoy the rest of the tour guys.
Highlights for me were 'if I am a stranger' and basiclly all of the songs on piano were beautiful. Dont think I could ever get bored of that version of NY NY.

[marigold]

Just read on Ryan's twitter page which gives me a huge smile -

Glasgow, You rock!!! I wasn't feeling so hot today and You were my FAV show of the tour!!!!! Thank you so much. XO

[Monkey Socks]

My blog review of last night, my last on this current tour (on the Twitter thing below, I notice from Ryan's timeline that he's been suffering pretty badly from symptoms from his Menieres over the last few days, which makes these performances all the more astounding...)

Glasgow loves Ryan Adams. The wild applause which greeted his arrival on stage was as loud as some you might hear at the end of a great set. Before long, Ryan realised that in this city he'll be clapped just for walking across the stage.

And unlike the "existential hopelessness" in the relationships he sings about, Ryan seems to love Glasgow too. Whether it's at the Barrowlands, the Academy or the more genteel environment of the Concert Hall, Ryan always has a great time playing in Glasgow.


"This is a song about rain. I know you don't get a lot of that here...so just try to imagine," he joked as he led into the fourth song of the evening, Dirty Rain - which is growing in stature with every performance. An early precedent to joke with the audience - missing from his polished performance the previous night - had been set, though it didn't detract from the quality of the show.


For a self-professed sad bastard, Ryan Adams does humour like a seasoned stand-up. He couldn't help but ponder, following the recent holographic performance of Tupac, how crazy it would be for an artist to walk out on stage to see the audience is just one giant hologram. "We should play that joke on KISS," he mused. "They deserve it, they're always playing jokes on us, coming out dressed like rock clowns from Mars."


The "greatest hits" setlist established on this European tour was tweaked slightly for a receptive Glasgow audience. Out went Let It Ride, replaced by the superior Why Do They Leave? Ryan's voice aches with despondancy here in harmony with a ghostly harmonica.


There was also room for an airing of the hushed ode to his cat in "Mr. Cat" before the gig resumed an air of seriousness with New York, New York.


These shows, with their "greatist hits" feel, do a fine job in encapsulating the career of Ryan Adams. Almost all of his best work is showcased here (you could, if you were being picky, make a case for some of the few albums not represented; Strawberry Wine from 29, for example, but as he remarked, you'd need two concerts for him to play everything) and on a night like this, when his humour subtly compliments the extraordinary voice and the increasingly ambitious guitar, the very best qualities of Ryan Adams are presented to the audience.

It's why Glasgow adourns him with such love, and why Ryan almost immediately took to Twitter to declare it his "FAV show of the tour!!!!"

[tchoclee]

got lucky enough to meet him beforehand then share a few tweets with him was amazing night

[Talisker]

Late to this one but been coming down after a 3 gig week and a busy time at work.

This was a special night for me for a number of reasons:

Glasgow is my fav city.

I was with my sis..mega fan and gig partner extraordinaire.

First time seeing Jason who is fast becoming a fav of mine..his set was excellent and I'm even more into him now.

Fab venue, great seats and a brilliant crowd (no drunken tossers thank the universe).

DRA on top form ..loved the set..finally got to hear Mr Cat..legendary.

Got to share a wee chat with "Johnnie" after the gig and he gave me a plectrum..really nice guy.

My fourth solo show (seventh overall) and a great one at that. Feel like I have been lucky to catch these shows and excited for what comes next.

Ryan's tweet after the show was lovely. I tweeted him back and got an immediate response. To know that he was feeling under the weather and pulled that out of the bag was incredible.

Say what you like about sameness of sets etc. but for me, on that night, in that space, with that crowd, I was in heaven.

Thank you DRA.

[gotnogal]

Originally Posted by Talisker

Late to this one but been coming down after a 3 gig week and a busy time at work.

This was a special night for me for a number of reasons:

Glasgow is my fav city.

I was with my sis..mega fan and gig partner extraordinaire.

First time seeing Jason who is fast becoming a fav of mine..his set was excellent and I'm even more into him now.

Fab venue, great seats and a brilliant crowd (no drunken tossers thank the universe).

DRA on top form ..loved the set..finally got to hear Mr Cat..legendary.

Got to share a wee chat with "Johnnie" after the gig and he gave me a plectrum..really nice guy.

My fourth solo show (seventh overall) and a great one at that. Feel like I have been lucky to catch these shows and excited for what comes next.

Ryan's tweet after the show was lovely. I tweeted him back and got an immediate response. To know that he was feeling under the weather and pulled that out of the bag was incredible.

Say what you like about sameness of sets etc. but for me, on that night, in that space, with that crowd, I was in heaven.

Thank you DRA.

Great that you had another fantastic night Helen.