Ryan Adams Enlists Bob Mould, Garry Shandling, Jeff Garlin in Weird Informercials

Ryan Adams‘ new, self-titled album is out tomorrow. To promote it, he’s shared a video in which actor Jeff Garlin (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”) reveals something very upsetting to Garry Shandling (“The Garry Shandling Show”): Listening to the album is such an emotional experience, it killed his parakeet. What follows is a game of telephone in which Adams, who’s seen recording in the studio with Bob Mould, is basically instructed to stop killing parakeets with his incisive songwriting. (That’s producer Don Was doing the instructing from the shadows.) Check it out below. Update: Adams has also posted a second video, a parody of an old noir film, also starring Garlin, Shandling, and Was. This time, listening to the new Ryan Adams album turns you into a zombie. Watch that below, too.

Adams has also added a few shows to his upcoming tour. Full dates below. And he’ll appear on “Letterman” on September 11. 

Ryan Adams:

09-08 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
10-01 Santa Barbara, CA – Arlington Theater
10-03 San Francisco, CA – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
10-05 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Hall
10-06 Seattle, WA – Paramount Ballroom
10-07 Vancouver, British Columbia – Orpheum Theater
10-09 Edmonton, Alberta – Francis Winspear Theater
10-10 Calgary, Alberta – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
10-12 Winnipeg, Alberta – Burton Cummings Theater
10-13 Minneapolis, MN – Northrop at the University of Minnesota
10-14 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater
10-16 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theater
10-18 Ames, IA – Stephens Auditorium @ Iowa State Center
10-19 St. Louis, MO – Peabody Opera House
10-20 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
10-23 Austin, TX – Moody Theater
11-06 Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theater
11-08 Columbus, OH – Palace Theater
11-09 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
11-11 Cleveland, OH – State Theatre at PlayhouseSquare
11-12 Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall
11-18 Boston, MA – Wang Theatre
11-19 Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre
11-22-23 New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom

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