Ryan Adams Won't Play Stonehenge After All

But he will play moe.down, so that's something
Ryan Adams Won't Play Stonehenge After All

Eighth wonder of the world Ryan Adams' draw amongst the megalith-loving set is just too great. NME.com reports that organizers of the Salisbury International Art Festival have put the kibosh on Adams' June 5 set at Stonehenge for fear of drawing too many onlookers without tickets.

This would be a much cooler news item had the structural integrity of the 4,000+ year old monument been suspect; instead, Ryan and the fest planners are merely trying to squelch freeloaders. Lame.

UPDATE! APPARENTLY, NME GOT THIS ALL WRONG. ACCORDING TO RYAN'S PUBLICIST, "THE PROMOTERS CITED STRUCTURAL ISSUES FROM AMPLIFIED MUSIC, EXCESSIVE CROWDING AND TRAFFIC HAZARDS. RYAN "DEFINITELY WANTED TO PLAY STONEHENGE" AND "WAS VERY UPSET AT THE PROMOTERS' DECISION AND PROTESTED IT AS MUCH AS HE COULD".

And it appears that it was Stonehenge or nothing, as "a suitable alternative site cannot be found, and Adams is no longer taking part in the festival," according to NME.com.

It's not the same, but Mid-Atlantic region fans will get a crack at Adams in a few May dates, as will, um, moe. fans at September's moe.down in Turin, New York. And his new album Easy Tiger's still due out June 5, and Adams and his band the Cardinals are still all over the Tiny MotoristMinnie Driver album.

He's on an easy plateau:

05-15 Glenside, PA - Keswick Theatre
05-16 Kingston, NY - Ulster Performing Arts Center
05-17 Morgantown, WV - Metropolitan Theatre
09-01 Turin, NY - moe.down

Posted by Paul Thompson on Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 4:15pm