Ryan Adams in concert We were lucky on Thursday and got tickets at the box office. The Batschkapp was extremely crowded. If there had been a fire or any other emergency it would have been almost impossible to escape. We arrived just before eight when the concert was supposed to start but the poor support band only started around nine and was saluted with many catcalls. It was a Swedish duo comprising a pianist and a singer. They did some romantic low-fi numbers. I liked the piano player but the singer was quite annoying as he sounded very affected. The public got more and more impatient after they had left the stage as there was no sign of the headliner. A guy next to us was quite pissed off of the delay and left around half past ten. Shortly afterwards Ryan Adams and the Sweetheart Revolution arrived on stage and started with a rocker. Ryan and his band were on top form. They were amazing as they switched from country ballads to punk songs. I really liked the hard rock guitar sound when there were three guitarists playing. Ryan has a very strong stage presence and talked a lot to the audience which did not understand most of what he was saying. He even got away with saying "I am sorry that your girl-friend has a crush on me" to a guy in the public. He behaved as a rock star but it was perfectly natural. Unfortunately the concert finished after only two hours as people did not insist enough on another encore. Ryan Adams was absolutely stunning. His music is pure power and emotion. I could hear many influences like Springsteen, Dylan, Presley, Neil Young, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead etc. But he has his own sound and I loved it. I'd say he is not the future of rockn'roll, he IS rockn'roll. Unfortunately next time he won't play in such a small place again.