Ryan Adams joins The Lemonheads on their new album

Ryan Adams has revealed that he will be drumming on and producing the next album from The Lemonheads.

Adams took to Twitter to break the news, writing:

Playing drums on the Lemonheads records too. Dream come true... Back to the punker sounds

As well as drumming, he will also be producing the record, which will feature Evan Dando alongside The Lemonheads' founding member Ben Deily – who left the band in 1989 - and the band's former bassist, Juliana Hatfield, who appeared on 1992's It's A Shame About Ray.

Adams wrote: "Looking forward to producing the new Lemonheads album this weekend with orig 2 songwriters Evan & Ben with@julianahatfield on bass."

The Lemonheads' last album of all-new material was 2006's The Lemonheads, which Evan Dando followed with the 2009 covers record Varshons.