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It's been a big week for Ryan Adams: the alt-country singer launched his first U.S. tour in over two years, released well-received new album "Ashes & Fire" on Tuesday, debuted the video for lead single "Lucky Now" and joined "Conan" for a late-night acoustic performance.
"Ashes & Fire" is Adams' first collection of new material since 2008's "Cardinology"--last year's "Orion" and "III/IV" were gleaned from his extensive archives--and arrived via his own PAX-AM Records through a domestic/foreign distribution deal with Capitol and Columbia, respectively.
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His solo tour kicked off on Sunday with Los Angeles shows at West Hollywood theater Largo at the Coronet and the Hollywood Forever Cemetery's Masonic Lodge that ran past the two-hour mark and ranged from his Whiskeytown days to moody 2004 album "Love Is Hell" to his latest effort.
Watch the official video and the "Conan" performance below:
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