Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams left an viewers shocked over the weekend when he stormed off stage throughout a gig in Belfast.

The incident occurred as he was taking part in on the metropolis’s Waterfront Corridor on Saturday 5 April, in a present marking the twenty fifth anniversary of his debut solo album, Heartbreaker.

In accordance with the Belfast Telegraph, Adams angrily addressed the gang, accusing them of utilizing flash pictures and setting off his epilepsy.

“Cease fucking flashing. I warned you. You would kill me. I’ve epilepsy and Meniere’s illness. Fuck you, I’m not coming again till you cease flashing,” he mentioned, earlier than throwing down his mic and storming off stage.

Per NME, indicators had been positioned all through the venue warning followers in opposition to using flash pictures resulting from Adams’ situation, however some didn’t observe the rules regardless of additional requests from Adams himself.

Half an hour after storming off stage, Adams returned, informing the 1400-strong crowd that he had suffered an “epileptic seizure” backstage.

More odd behaviour got here from Adams all through the present, nonetheless; at one level he hand-delivered a duplicate of his upcoming novel The Best Film Ever Made to at least one fan within the viewers, and requested {that a} disruptive gig-goer be moved to the entrance of the venue so he might “keep watch over him”.

Many concert-goers have since taken to social media to share their expertise of the occasion, with one writing: “It’s arduous to know the place to start out with tonight’s Ryan Adams present on the Waterfront. However the man wants assist badly. It’s fairly unhappy to see somebody so proficient lose it in entrance of your eyes.”

It is arduous 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

“In case you haven’t been to see Ryan Adams but…don’t. Gained tickets to see him and nonetheless really feel like I’m due a refund. Left after 3 songs. Keep away from,” one other person writes, to which one other replies: “Want we’d left with you! It went from dangerous to worse! How he thinks he deserves individuals’s hard-earned cash for that I don’t know!”

Want we’d left with you! It went from dangerous to worse! How he thinks he deserves individuals’s hard-earned cash for that I don’t know!

— Tracey (@anti_plasticbag) April 5, 2025

One other person alleges {that a} group of individuals within the crowd intentionally shone flashes at Adams.

“Maybe the saddest a part of tonight’s Ryan Adams live performance in Belfast, close to the top of the night time, a gaggle in entrance of me actively tried to make use of flash pictures to trigger one other seizure,” the particular person writes.

Maybe the saddest a part of tonight’s Ryan Adams live performance in Belfast, close to the top of the night time, 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, Ryan 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.

A subsequent FBI investigation concluded with none prices being filed, and Adams then issued a prolonged apology for his “dangerous behaviour”, pleading for a “second likelihood” in music.

For a full listing of Ryan Adams’ forthcoming tour dates, head to his official web site.