“I am not coming again till you cease flashing”
Ryan Adams stormed off stage throughout a set in Belfast that has been described by followers in attendance as “chaos”.
The singer-songwriter was taking part in on the metropolis’s Waterfront Corridor on Saturday (April 5) at a present to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of his debut solo album ‘Heartbreaker’.
Belfast Telegraph stories that it was midway by the set that Adams deserted the stage. “Cease fucking flashing. I warned you. You can kill me. I’ve epilepsy and Meniere’s illness. Fuck you, I’m not coming again till you cease flashing,” he exclaimed, earlier than throwing down his microphone and strolling off.
There had been indicators put up all through the venue to warn followers towards using flash pictures as a consequence of Adams’ situation, however it seems that some in attendance didn’t observe the rules, regardless of further requests from the artist.
Adams returned to the stage practically half an hour later, telling the 1400-strong viewers that he had suffered an “epileptic seizure” backstage.
It was, nevertheless, not the one second of erratic behaviour in the course of the present. Adams hand-delivered a duplicate of his upcoming novel The Biggest Film Ever Made to 1 fan, and requested that one disruptive viewers member be moved to the entrance of the venue so Adams might “keep watch over him”.
There have been stories of strained interactions with the viewers repeatedly by the set, whereas he additionally handed one lady a signed copy of an electronic mail that she had despatched to the Waterfront Corridor requesting a birthday shout-out.
It is onerous to know the place to start out with tonight’s Ryan Adams present on the Waterfront.
However the man wants assist badly. It is fairly unhappy to see somebody so proficient lose it in entrance of your eyes pic.twitter.com/zROoCJPkDG
— Gareth McCullough (@Gareth_McCull) April 5, 2025
A number of in attendance took to social media after the present to share their ideas on the expertise. “It’s onerous to know the place to start out with tonight’s Ryan Adams present on the Waterfront,” wrote one. “However the man wants assist badly. It’s fairly unhappy to see somebody so proficient lose it in entrance of your eyes.”
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Went to the worst ‘live performance’ I’ve ever been to tonight within the Waterfront Corridor. Ryan Adams forgot the bit about giving the viewers a superb efficiency in return for his or her hard-earned money! By efficiency I don’t imply throwing a tantrum dressed up as Oscar Wilde!! #RyanAdamsBelfast pic.twitter.com/mcatYCYAEQ
— Tracey (@anti_plasticbag) April 5, 2025
Want we’d left with you! It went from unhealthy to worse! How he thinks he deserves folks’s hard-earned cash for that I don’t know!
— Tracey (@anti_plasticbag) April 5, 2025
Ryan Adams on the Waterfront has been…an expertise?
— Keith Bailie (@KeithJBailie) April 5, 2025
Cannot say I’ve been to a gig just like the Ryan Adams one tonight.
However shout out to the man beside me who stored giving Ryan a thumbs up at random instances all through the… set?
— Scott Gilliland (@scotthgilliland) April 5, 2025
struggling to explain the chaos of ryan adams belfast tn.
— emmy (@emmyeliza__) April 5, 2025
Maybe the saddest a part of tonight’s Ryan Adams live performance in Belfast, close to the tip of the evening, a gaggle in entrance of me actively tried to make use of flash pictures to trigger one other seizure.
— Cardinal Smith (@Cardinal_Smith_) April 5, 2025
In 2019, Adams was accused by a number of ladies, together with ex-wife Mandy Moore and Phoebe Bridgers, of emotional abuse and manipulative behaviour, with additional allegations of sexual misconduct.
An FBI investigation concluded with none fees being filed and Adams later issued a prolonged apology for his “dangerous behaviour”, pleading for a “second likelihood” in music.
Moore stated she discovered it “curious” that his public apology was not accompanied by a non-public apology. “I’m talking for myself, however I’ve not heard from him, and I’m not in search of an apology essentially, however I do discover it curious that somebody would do an interview about it with out truly making amends privately.”
Adams later instructed Los Angeles Magazine that he felt his accusers “had been asking me to die”, including: “So I’m shedding my life’s work, and my dream of who I’m, my potential to offer for myself. And I now don’t have the emotional assist to assist repair this. The door has slammed and what am I going to do?”