As part of the continued fall out from a New York Times exposé detailing years of alleged sexual misconduct and abuse, Ryan Adams has cancelled his European tour.
Adams was prepared to put out three albums in 2019, starting with Big Colors which was slated for an April 19 release. Following the New York Times piece, and an ensuing FBI inquiry, looking into Adams’ interaction with an underage girl, all of his record plans have been halted. As of today – March 1 – his touring plans have been derailed as well.
“The Ryan Adams UK & Ireland tour has been cancelled,” a tweet from Ticketmaster reads. “Full refunds to ticket purchasers from authorised outlets will be processed by end of day on Monday. Please allow time for the repayment transaction to hit your account.”
In the original New York Times article, multiple women accused Adams of sexual misconduct and career manipulation, including well-known artists like his ex-wife, singer/actress Mandy Moore, and singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, and one underage musician with whom Adams pursued a sexual relationship.
20-year-old bassist Ava (identified by the Times by her middle name), allegedly had a nine-month relationship with Adams when she was 15 and 16. The Times reported thousands of texts sent between the two, beginning with Adams offering career help and evolving into sexual correspondences, phone sex and naked video calls. Adams reportedly frequently asked Ava about her age, with varying responses from the younger musician, and Adams repeatedly asked her to keep their interactions secret. At a certain point Adams allegedly texted the teenager, “If people knew they would say I was like R Kelley lol.” The FBI has since opened in an investigation into Adams’ misconduct.
As reported by the Times, “F.B.I. agents in the bureau’s New York office on Thursday [Feb. 14] took the first steps to open a criminal investigation…The agents, from the Crimes Against Children Squad, will seek to interview the woman, the official said, and try to obtain the text messages and any other evidence she may have in her possession. If they find her account credible, they will take other investigative steps, which could include subpoenaing both her cellphone records and those of Adams from their service providers, the official said.”
Through his lawyer, Andrew B. Brettler, Adams denies all of the allegations, saying that Adams “unequivocally denies that he ever engaged in inappropriate online sexual communications with someone he knew was underage.”
Adams also posted an apology on Twitter that reads, “I am not a perfect man and I have made many mistakes. To anyone I have ever hurt, however unintentionally, I apologize deeply and unreservedly. But the picture that this article paints is upsettingly inaccurate. Some of its details are misrepresented; some are exaggerated; some are outright false. I would never have inappropriate interactions with someone I thought was underage. Period. As someone who has always tried to spread joy through my music and my life, hearing that some people believe I caused them pain saddens me greatly. I am resolved to work to be the best man I can be. And I wish everyone compassion, understanding and healing.”
7 Comments comments associated with this post
NPR
March 2, 2019 at 6:28 amInstead of our usual “Tiny Desk” concerts we decided to debut Ryan’s new single in the premier of “Tiny Dicks”. Seriously he has a nub.
M Moore
March 1, 2019 at 5:55 pmYes the below are all components of serial dbagery and just being a terrible person.
or emotional rape
or evil torment
or mental abuse
or molestation of the mind
or spiritual rape
Phil covered his shit allot more than a few times and really stroked him harrrrrdddddd
Tostonesfix
March 1, 2019 at 3:38 pmAs usual, C- journalism from jambands.com. He is not really being accused of “sexual misconduct” or at least that is not the primary focus of the allegations. He is mostly being accused of emotional abuse by women who were consensual relationships with him. One was married to him. In my mind they are accusing him of serial douchebaggery to the degree that he has harmed them emotionally and has hurt their careers.
NYJoey
March 1, 2019 at 5:09 pm“serial douchebaggery” ???
or emotional rape
or evil torment
or mental abuse
or molestation of the mind
or spiritual rape
or plain ol’ torture
jaggerrich
March 1, 2019 at 2:11 pmI wonder what Phil Lesh, and maybe Bobby think of all this? Furthur covered a few of his songs here and there, and he (Ryan) appeared to be close pals with at least Phillip Lesh. I wonder if this kid is now F@&$ed for life career-wise, and, well all else otherwise, like “R. Kelly”. The me-too tsunami continues.
Babs
March 2, 2019 at 12:07 amConsidering that Bobby had at least one 14 year-old girlfriend when he was in his 30s (that I know of), I doubt he’s judging Ryan very harshly.
Bryan Adams
March 1, 2019 at 1:59 pmLOLZ!!!