Thursday, September 20, 2007

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals to release new EP

As Ryan & The Cards begin another long stretch of tour dates, they have also announced plans for a new EP to be released Oct 23 on Lost Highway Records. Follow The Lights is a seven song collection that includes both new and old compositions, several of which were recorded live in the studio this summer.

The two new songs on the disc, "Follow The Lights" and "My Love For You Is Real" will both be featured prominently in this fall's season of the ABC primetime drama "October Road" (airing 10pm on Mondays). "Follow The Lights" will also be used in bumpers leading up to the show's season premiere on November 26th. The complete sequence for Follow The Lights is:

1. Follow The Lights (new song)
2. My Love For You Is Real (new song)
3. Blue Hotel (first official release, recorded live in studio)
4. Dear John (live in studio)
5. This Is It (Cardinals version, live in studio)
6. Down In A Hole (Alice In Chains cover, live in studio)
7. If I Am A Stranger (live in studio)

Follow The Lights comes on the heels of Ryan's latest full length album Easy Tiger, which has been widely recognized as some of his finest work to date. The Associated Press described it as "the most cohesive and intricately arranged album [Adams] has ever made", and Time called it "a career breakthrough." Since Easy Tiger's release Ryan & The Cards have been on the road almost constantly, and as Variety recently put it, "[Adams is] probably giving the best performances of his career."

Full tour itinerary is below.

Sept 17 - Portland ME - Merrill Auditorium
Sept 19 - Montreal QC - St. Denis Theatre
Sept 21 - Toronto ONT - Massey Hall
Sept 22 - Ann Arbor MI - Michigan Theater
Sept 24 - Kalamazoo MI - Kalamazoo State Theatre
Sept 25 - Milwaukee WI - Milwaukee Riverside Theater
Sept 27 - Minneapolis MN - State Theater
Sept 28 - Madison WI - Barrymore Theatre
Sept 29 - Chicago IL - Chicago Theatre
Oct 1 - Iowa City IA - Iowa Memorial Union, main lounge
Oct 2 - Kansas City MO - Uptown Theatre
Oct 4 - Urbana IL - Foelinger Auditorium
Oct 5 - St. Louis MO - The Pageant
Oct 13 - North Charleston, SC - N. Charleston Performing Arts Center
Oct 14 - Atlanta GA - Fox Theater
Oct 15 - Birmingham AL - Alabama Theatre
Oct 17 - Mobile AL - Saenger Theatre
Oct 18 - Houston TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre
Oct 19 - Dallas TX - McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
Oct 21 - Tulsa OK - Cain's Ballroom
Oct 23 - Nashville TN - War Memorial Auditorium
Oct 24 - Indianapolis IN - Murat Theater
Oct 25 - Columbus OH - Lifestyles Community Pavilion
Oct 27 - Lakewood OH - Lakewood Civic Auditorium
Oct 29 - Pittsburgh PA - Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland
Oct 30 - Washington DC - D.A.R. Constitution Hall
Oct 31 - New York NY - Hammerstein Ballroom

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