A day later, on 19 March, Ant guested at a Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction gig at the Pipeline Bar, London E1, in which he provided lead vocals for the band's Top 20 hit "Prime Mover". His abruptly shoves away his plate and lights a cigarette. He also described the album as "very autobiographical, very personal. Adam Ant married Carol Mills in 1975, while they were still students at Hornsey College of Art. See all Adam Ant's marriages, divorces, hookups, break ups, affairs, and dating relationships plus celebrity photos, latest Adam Ant news, gossip, and biography. [12] The work schedule Ant imposed upon himself was punishing. Even in this celebrity hangout, Ant's outfit stands out (is it the blue sunglasses? He is also an actor, having appeared in two dozen films or television episodes between 1985 and 1999. He has not shared any information regarding his current relationships. Carol Mills was his first wife, and they reportedly dated before choosing each other as life partners. [48][63] Later in the year, Ant's postponed US tour finally went ahead, commencing 13 September in Los Angeles and finishing on 20 October in nearby Anaheim. Brushing them into a heap, he turns his attention to my hamburger and helps himself to a slab, followed by a forkful of chips. No wonder Campbell played only 15 seconds. The single "Wonderful" became Ant's third US Top-40 hit single. Nobody could have stopped me, or make me do it. "I can always get them back if I need to flog them. His parents divorced when Adam was seven, and his mother supported him by working as a cleaner, and briefly employed by Paul McCartney. Hang on - is this the clean-living insect who was so adamant about not smoking and drinking that he wrote a number one song (Goody Two Shoes) about it? Adam Ant is not having an affair with anyone presently. "[134], Ant has spoken candidly about his mental health issues and experiences with the effects of the illness. His father had been in the Royal Air Force and worked as a chauffeur, while his mother was an embroiderer for Norman Hartnell. Yet he never attained the household-name status he craved there, while at home he became a where-are-they-now figure, relegated to a misty past of vinyl albums and white stripes. Weird how in the trial yesterday, one of Depp's long time friend's said Depp was jealous of Adam Ant because one of his earlier ex-wife knew Adam Ant! I couldn't get to sleep and I didn't make love for seven years. It would be nice to think there's still a niche in pop for the Ant brand of eccentricity. "What with having a new baby and watching my marriage dissolve and not knowing where I'd get the dough to enjoy time with the baby, I felt like I was going to snuff it. This article is about the singer and musician. He has a daughter with his former wife, PR assistant Lorraine Gibson. [59] As with the previous leg, Ant passed the time until the tour playing one-off dates, appearing with his tour band in Bedford on 10 September[51] before three days later reuniting with 2010 band members Crewdson and Love for a charity show on board HMSBelfast. The A-list funnyman, 56 - who will soon be seen . ADAM ANT | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company ADAM ANT Singles Albums 1 UK Number 1s 3 UK Top 10s 7 UK Top 40s 11 UK Top 75s 2 Weeks at Number 1 13 Weeks in Top 10 36. Ant toured the UK in 2016 and North America in early 2017, performing his Kings of the Wild Frontier album in its entirety. [51] On 29 March 2011, BBC Radio 4 transmitted an interview of Ant by John Humphrys for the On the Ropes series in which Ant discussed his bipolar condition and its impact on his career. Adam Ant has been divorced from Carol Mills since 1982. [4]: 94 In 1977, together with drummer Paul Flanagan, they went on to form Adam and the Ants (initially named just "The Ants"), with the inaugural band meeting held in the audience at a Siouxsie and the Banshees performance at the Roxy Club in London's Covent Garden.[10]. I was very, very bad at pacing," he later remembered. The singer will return to the U.S. later this year for more dates, and he is already thinking of new material. [93], The music on Vive Le Rock has been said to be a "50s-style rock & roll sound". Then came depression, marriage woes - and an attack on his fish. It's his first interview since the shock split. And after 21 years in the music business, the record company couldn't give a fuck and dropped me. It was then, in 1994, he had his first brush with clinical depression. 9 in September 1982. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive". This punk group band came into the limelight when they released their album, Kings of the Wild Frontier in 1980. It's been an out-of-body experience. Ant became an outlet for Goddard's interest in eroticism, and early gigs saw him performing bondage routines on stage, which chimed with the punk era's fascination with subversive sex. Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard on 3 November 1954 in Marylebone, London) is an English musician who gained popularity as the lead singer of New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring ten UK top ten hits between 1980 and 1983, including three No.1s. [88][89] He performed the album in its entirety in an 18-date tour in North America before returning to the United Kingdom for 26 shows. The album featured two United Kingdom No. A further album, Bravest of the Brave, was recorded in 2014[3] and is still awaiting release. "After seeing the Pistols, I wanted to do something different, be someone else, but couldn't work out what and who," he said. [citation needed]. Adam Sandler makes a rare red carpet appearance with his stunning wife Jackie at SAG Awards 2023 - as star is nominated for Hustle; . Rick Springfield won the award, for 'Jessie's Girl'. The live, raw sound of the album just adds to the appeal. Adam Ant. His first solo album was Friend or Foe (1982), from which the debut single "Goody Two Shoes" reached number one in the UK and Australia in 1982, and became his first top-20 hit in the United States. Before that I was a little boy. In a series of interviews, Ant outlined the origins of his mental. [42] [13], A few months after Adam and the Ants split, Ant launched his solo career and retained Pirroni as guitarist and co-songwriter. He's also working on a book, "to be called, imaginatively enough, The Punk Diaries", based on the daily journal he kept from 1976-80. My band was happy to go. Twelve months later, an irascible but unscathed Ant is holding court in a West End bar. Browse Adam Ant tour dates and order tickets for upcoming events near you. Sign up free. 356. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket," he says belligerently. "Yeah, but there's a portrait in Primrose Hill called Dorian." Adam Ant Tour Dates. [54], There was only one serious negative onstage incident, at Fat Sam's in Dundee on 21 May 2011 when Ant reacted angrily to some crowd elements who booed his kilt decorated with the St George's Cross. He has a net worth of 10 million USD as of 2022, but his salary is not revealed yet. They had no idea they could sell it out. In 1997, Adam married Lorraine Gibson, a 25-year-old PR assistant for Vivienne Westwood. He signed with Capitol Records to release Wonderful (1995), which featured more acoustic songs than his previous albums. "It's pornographic, it's not radio-friendly," he warns. [5] Goddard's first school was Robinsfield Infants School, where he created a considerable stir by throwing a brick through the head-teacher's office window on two consecutive days. Jack Bond's documentary on Ant, The Blueblack Hussar, covering his life and performances from late 2010 to mid 2011, was released on DVD in July 2014 by Sunrise Pictures. I couldn't talk to people. The album was another moderate success, and featured the single "Room at the Top", which was a Top 20 hit on both sides of the Atlantic. Bless Heather. Following the abrupt departure of Mooney in February 1981, bassist Gary Tibbs, formerly of Roxy Music, joined the band. In 1994, when I was 10 years old on family vacation in SF, I got chased down the street in Haight-Ashbury by crust punks for wearing a Green Day "Dookie" t-shirt. Adam and the Ants started as a punk band, but by the early '80s they had taken a different path and started making . His own contribution to that period was considerable. [79][139] During an interview with BBC Radio 6 Music, he declared that "mental health needs a great deal of attention. He has dark brown hair color and her eye color is blue. [61] The first record release of Ant's 2010s comeback also occurred at this point, with the release of the Sex Drugs and HIV compilation album featuring Ant's version of "Get A Grip" which had been recorded a year earlier while the World Tour of London was in progress. [13] Merrick also briefly stayed as drummer and producer for the UK edition of the first solo hit single "Goody Two Shoes"which made it to No. Nov 13, 2015 - lily goddard daughter of Stuart Goddard aka Adam Ant. The complicated history of how Shania Twain swapped husbands with best friend after ex, Michael J Fox's wife and children: A timeline of Back to the Future star's beautiful, George Michael's stunning stripped back version of 'A Different Corner' is a lost. His most recent album was 2013's Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter. ", Documentary on Ant's return to music in 20102011, directed by. He is recruited by Steve Rogers to join the Avengers and befriends him, along . Other - Spouse. He dated his ex-wives before marrying them. Later Ant seemed to have reconciled with the fact. Both London concerts were filmed and later released as the DVD album Dirk Live At The Apollo. Ant eventually returned to performing, performing as a guest on the NBC' show Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, joined onstage by Diana Ross. [24], Ant paused his career in music at the end of 1985 to focus on his acting career. They also guested with such bands as Dweeb and Rachel Stamp. By the mid-1990s, he was almost forgotten. [4]:28 In the aftermath of this incident, Goddard was placed under the supervision of teacher Joanna Saloman, who encouraged him to develop his abilities in art and whom he later credited as the first person to show him he could be creative. Age: 68 (b. He began playing music at art college. For his guest spot on Nicky Campbell's show this morning, he took along not America but a new tune called Big Trouble, slated to be the first single on his own record label once he finds a distributor. Adam Ant is a spokesman for Mental Health issues, He suffers from Bi-Polar disorder and severe depression. She visited me every day.". The Adam and the Ants star - real. He said: 'Look, what do you want?' He was also one of the first artists to grasp the importance of video. Like many other creative geniuses, such as Stephen Fry, and Robbie Williams, Adam Ant has struggled with bipolar disorder. Ant later acted in Derek Jarman's seminal "punk" film Jubilee in 1977, as Adam and the Ants were beginning to gig around London with manager Jordan from the SEX Boutique on Kings Road. Adam is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He shrugs. Bowing from the waist, he sweeps out of the room. [42] [63] A five-date warm-up UK mini tour for Ant and his band nonetheless went ahead for 1924 January 2012. 21 January 2013 release date was officially announced by Ant onstage at his September 2012 concert in Chatham[84] by Ant's own record label Blueblack Hussar Records. This union of Adam and Eve didn't last long; they married in 1975 and divorced shortly. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with. Slack says the couple ended up in Pikeville back in 1996 because of a desire to visit Graceland in Memphis, an inability to read a map, a Cracker Barrel in Chattanooga and a beautiful cabin on Dayton Mountain. Adam Ant is an intellectual, a deep thinker, but without one whit of pretension in his manner. While Ant and his group, which retained longtime guitarist Pirroni alongside Kris Dollimore (The Godfathers, The Damned), Bruce Whitkin, Dave Ruffy (The Ruts) and Dave Barbarossa (Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow),[29] played in smaller venues than they had played in the 1980s, the houses were often packed with enthusiastic fans. The artist (born Stuart Goddard in 1954 London) cut his teeth playing bass in pub rock band Bazooka Joe until seeing the Sex Pistols' first gig in 1975 triggered his desire to change his stage name and persona to the eccentric Adam Ant. ONE WINTER DAY, while Adam Ant and his wife, Madam Ant, were busily sorting and stacking their storehouse of corn, kernel by kernel, along came a grasshopper. Early life. The couple divorced after 18 months of marriage. [62], A few days before the end of the second leg of his UK tour, it was officially announced that Ant would make his return to the US with a 15-date North American tour in February 2012, starting on 2 February in Ant's former adopted hometown of Los Angeles and running until 25 February in nearby Anaheim. [76] According to Ant, the album is a "live record that lends itself to performance" and will feature a "kind of concept. [57] Ant later slotted in some more solo gigs, including the Soho Festival in London's Wardour Street on 11 July. Pinterest. He takes a morose drag on his Lucky Strike. This trio of singles was promoted by some of the most lavish music videos of the period and paved the way for Ant's later acting career. Education: Attended Hornsey School of Art, London. Tracks like Cool Zombie, the first single from the album, Stay in the Game and the tribute to the old rocker Vince Taylor are just . Several songs were recorded, although only two "Miss Thing" from the new album and "Killer in the Home" from Kings of the Wild Frontier were actually transmitted. He resumed the US tour, completed on 18 May 1983 at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas, Texas. He also expressed interest in working with The Kaiser Chiefs. Adam Ant was the king of 1980s camp, shifting millions of records dressed as a pirate. Later he married a 24-year-old intern to fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and had a daughter Lily Goddard. [43], Ant played a sold-out headline concert, dubbed "The Pirate Metal Extravaganza" at the Scala in London on 30 April. [95] Ant himself later said that the album was styled after the bass heavy Minneapolis sound of which Andr Cymone, in Ant's words, was "one of the architects". The Righteous Brothers, 26 December 2022, 18:52 | Updated: 27 December 2022, 13:24. As part of the promotion of the paperback, Ant performed a reading of selected passages of the book along with acoustic songs (accompanised by childhood friend Dave Pash on guitar) at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London on 24 September. He studied graphic design at Hornsey School Of Art in London, but dropped out to pursue music. I just became a vegetable for three months. In 1982, he disbanded his group for a solo career retaining only Marco Pirroni as a bandmember and co-songwriter for later solo albums. One track from the EP, Jungle Rock, was eventually released on Boorer's 2008 solo LP Miss Pearl. Click to listen to Adam. [60] As with the previous tour, the itinerary was expanded from the initial 12 dates to an eventual 21 dates running from 10 November in Frome until 16 December in Norwich, (with a non-tour acoustic gig at a benefit event for London's Wilton Hall venue thrown in for good measure). "[9] Ant is involved in the Black Dog campaign, which promotes better understanding of mental illness.[134]. I have two very wonderful psychologists, and they very kindly took me in [to hospital] for a few weeks." On Thursday 21 October, Ant performed at the Union Chapel, London. [38] After the success of the first edition the paperback edition was published in September 2007, which contains a new epilogue that covers the year following the initial hardback release. In 1992, Nine Inch Nails released a cover of Adam & the Ants' "Physical (You're So)" on their Broken EP, originally released on the Kings of the Wild Frontier LP. So now I like vodka and champagne. His voice, still Bromley to the core despite a decade in California (he recently moved back to London), carries, and people glance over, wondering who the flamboyant middle-aged gent is. They were well known for their new wave music and he also produced hits as a solo artist. He has also worked as an actor, appearing in many films and television episodes. 1 singles. He did, Dayton, TN. From a hard-scrabble, rough and tumble working class background - this bloke is 100% salt of the earth. Adam Ant is me. [81] On his second visit to Iain Lee's show on Absolute Radio on 4 January 2011, two further new tracks were debuted, "Hard Men, Tough Blokes" and "punkyoungirl" [sic]. He is the son of Betty Kathleen, an embroiderer, and Alfred Leslie Goddard, a chauffeur, who served in the Royal Air Force. The leader of iconic New Wave/post-punk group, Adam and the Ants, and one of the most original and innovative stars of the '80s. He gained popularity as the lead singer of post-punk group Adam And The Ants . Lived here for two years and lived . There are some that will scoff at the very idea of a comprehensive, three-disc box set overview of Adam Ant's career, dismissing him as nothing more than a new wave fad. Let 'em laugh, since Antbox proves that he, along with trusty guitarist sidekick Marco Pirroni, was a post-punk heavyweight, adept at creating claustrophobic dark angular tunes . [78], On 31 December 2010, Ant gave an interview for The Sun (featured in the "Something for the Weekend" segment) in which he discussed in considerable detail the various controversies surrounding his recent life and musical activities. [91], The tone of Ant's debut solo album, Friend or Foe, was defined as glitzy glam pop with "tongue-in-cheek tunes, delivered with an excess of flair and good humour". Creative people are more prone to depression. [41] Despite the decidedly DIY nature of the release, the album reached number 25 on the UK Albums Chart, only one place lower than its predecessor had managed when released on the corporate EMI label nearly eighteen years earlier. He previously dated actresses Amanda Donohoe between 1977 and 1981, Jamie Lee Curtis in 1983 and Heather Graham in the early 1990s. There was a time when everyone under 30 would have recognised him, the most theatrical star of the camp early 1980s, but 20 years on he's essentially anonymous. Adam Ant Albums - The Complete Guide By John Earls | May 6, 2021 From punk to mature acoustic moods via funk and visionary pop, the nine official (and one unreleased) Adam Ant albums have been a wonderful ride By John Earls Adam Ant Albums: Dirk Wears White Sox Released 1979 Label Do It Chart positions UK No.16 US - But I still don't take drugs.". He scored 10 UK top 10 hits from 1980 to 1983, including three UK number one singles: 'Stand and Deliver', 'Prince Charming' and 'Goody Two Shoes'. After this came a band called The B-Sides. A further North American tour originally planned for AprilMay 2020 was shifted back to 2021 then 2022 as result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 11/3/1954) Adam Ant Photos (2) Adam Ant's Relationships (8) Carol Mills. Stuart Leslie Goddard, may be . At one point, with 15 hits in three years, he was so famous that fans (known as Antpeople after his slogan "Antmusic for sexpeople, sexmusic for Antpeople") besieged his houses in London and Hertfordshire. After his many more albums, Ant took a turn at acting after entering Hollywood. On 30-8-1981 Adam Wainwright (nickname: Adam) was born in Brunswick, Georgia, United States. After a lacklustre performance at Live Aid (so lacklustre that a single released the same week only reached number 50 in the chart), he repaired to Los Angeles and an acting career. The Blueblack Hussar is the character who had the stripe on his nose, who has virtually come back from the dead. Stuart Leslie Goddard, aka Adam Ant, was born in London in 1954. My hair fell out and I couldn't pick up a book as I couldn't concentrate. "It's about time they paid homage to the greatest period of pop artistry ever. He made his 55 million dollar fortune with All-Star, St. Louis Cardinals, NL wins leader. [8] He dropped out of Hornsey, short of completing his BA, to focus on a career in music. "I got fucked by record labels. Also around this time, they recorded a cover version of the T. Rex song "Dandy in the Underworld". [30] These new songs with Pirroni were for Ant's own new label Blend Records. Give yourself a break.' Stuart Goddard was born in Marylebone, London, the only child of Leslie Alfred Goddard and Betty Kathleen Smith. "Malcolm was a sort of mentor in my life", he said. The situation drove me round the twist." Adam and his band also played shows in Dublin, Glasgow, Middlesbrough and Stoke-on-Trent. [4]:319 [137][138], On 18 May 2010, Ant was returned to psychiatric hospital, where he remained until mid-June, subsequently returning home under outpatient supervision. I did it. Adam Ant is not having an affair with anyone presently. He summed up his upcoming album thus: "The Blueblack Hussar is me coming back to life. [4]:4, The first band Goddard joined was Bazooka Joe, in which he played bass guitar. Adam Ant, it reported, had been hospitalised after a nervous breakdown triggered by "losing his fame". [51] Just three days after the final Norwich date of the tour, Ant was back onstage again with two members of his live band on 19 December at a charity event at Ronnie Scott's. He celebrated his 68th birthday in 2022. ), but in the way of former rock royalty he ignores the bemused looks. On New Year's Eve 2012, Ant and his full band appeared on Jools Holland's Hootenanny New Year music show, performing new album track "Vince Taylor" as well as old hits "Stand And Deliver" and "Antmusic". In 96 he bought an old house up on Dayton, Mountain. [48] A few days into the new year, however, it was announced that the tour was postponed until the Autumn. In 1997, Ant married Lorraine Gibson, a 25-year-old PR assistant for Vivienne Westwood. [85] To promote the album, Ant performed a series of concerts around the British Isles during April and May (billed as a "Spring Tour") culminating in a gig at The Roundhouse on 11 May. Originally intended as a benefit record for the endangered mountain gorilla, it was never released, due to copyright and licensing issues relating to the title track. Adam Ant pulled out the gun, a replica Second World War revolver, threatened to shoot them if they didn't back off, and then disappeared. After his January 24, 2017 show in Boston MA Ant's guitarist and music director, Tom Edwards, suddenly died due to suspected heart failure; he was 41. It had previously been at number 8 in the Midweeks. Angie Greaves Adam Ants has also returned to the stage doing music tours in the U.S, Australia, and the U.K. Born Stuart Goddard in south London, he was midway through art school in the late 1970s when he dreamed up a fantasy character called Adam Ant. I might as well have been dead. Ant regrouped with new members, including Marco Pirroni, to release his second album Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980). [92], In a review for Strip, the songs were considered to contain a "mixture of driving, danceable rock with humour". Proverbs 6:6. (2012) With Spear of Destiny Outland (1987) With The Slits Revenge of the Killer Slits (2006) [9] Title: Soundtracks. The bands performing are: Siouxsie Sioux / Iggy Pop / Billy Idol / Love And Rockets / Echo and the Bunneymen / Adam Ant / The Human League / Molchat Doma / Gary Numan / Boy Harsher / Modern English / Gang Of Four / Twin Tribes / ABC / Ela Minus / The Vapors / The Soft Moon / The Motels . He appeared in films and TV shows like The Equaliser and Northern Exposure, and used his Brit-abroad status to woo actress Heather Graham, whom he dated for several months in the early 1990s. [4]:4 His home was two rooms in the De Walden buildings, St John's Wood. After approaching producer Malcolm McLaren to manage his band, McLaren instead took his backing band to form the group Bow Wow Wow. "It's about time we had 80s nostalgia!" Ant Anstead has confirmed the decision to divorce was not his. [68], Although poor ticket sales forced the cancellation of the Adelaide gig,[69] the remaining four concerts all went ahead. He also dated Jamie Lee Curtis in 1983 and Heather Graham in the early 90s. After the groups split up in 1982, Ant decided to pursue a solo career while also battling depression and a bipolar condition. His two marriages have averaged 3.8 years each. I split my cartilage in Cleveland doing "Goody Two Shoes", it was my body saying, 'Look, no!' [106], Ivor Novello Award: The Best Selling "A" Side[131], Ant married Carol Mills in 1975 when they were both still students at Hornsey College of Art[4]:92 and they divorced in 1982. [82] In an interview for Bizarre magazine published that month, Ant named the song co-written with Andy Bell as "Cool Zombie".[83]. Formed group the B-sides with Andy Warren, 1976; formed Adam and the Ants, 1977; performed radio debut on The John Peel Session, BBC Radio 1, 1978; signed with Decca Records, 1978; recorded debut album, Dirk Wears White Sox, 1979 . His shoe size is unknown. [4]:248 In 1990, Ant returned with Manners & Physique, a collaboration with Andr Cymone, a solo artist and an early member of Prince's band. In 1997, Ant married Lorraine Gibson but the marriage did not last long. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . No wonder the V&A museum has his old costumes on permanent loan. Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter (2013) - four tracks With Sinad O'Connor The Lion and the Cobra (1987) I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990) Universal Mother (1994) How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? [13] "I was totally fucked-up in the head. "I just didn't eat," he has said of this period, "I wasn't attempting to slim, I was attempting to kill myself." Adam is a musician and singer, best known for being the lead singer of the group Adam and the Ants. [65] While this exhibition was on, Ant took his band on tour to Australia with an initial five date schedule spread over a two-week period from 23 March to 8 April, taking in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. The next Adam Ant concert is on May 20, 2023 at Brookside Park in Pasadena, California, United States. [37], In September 2006, he published his autobiography, Stand & Deliver. While going through a divorce and a downward career spiral, his manager told him to find a nice quiet place to relax for a while. Title: Miscellaneous Album releases/Best of. I'm a punk rocker. Ants_Invasion on Instagram: "Adam Ant in 1990 (Source: Alamy Stock Photo Photographer: B4RXDP) #adamant #1990 #alamystockphoto #B4RXDP #heartjumper #ants_invasion". He has been in eight celebrity relationships averaging approximately 1.7 years each. [51][58] Ant also announced a follow-up UK tour (described as the "second leg" of the 2011 tour), initially scheduled to run for twelve dates from 11 November 2011 in Bristol until 13 December 2011 in Newcastle. [4]: 257, 326 He produced the musical Be Bop A Lula about rock 'n' roll singers Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran's days on tour in England, with a set designed by L.A. artist Michael Pearce. He released his third and final album with the group, Prince Charming (1981), which spawned two UK number-one singles "Stand and Deliver" and "Prince Charming". In his 31 December 2010 interview for The Sun, Ant discussed the side effects of medication for his bipolar condition: "In the past I've been a robot. Bisexual, male, female, gay, whatever." 0:00. Adam Ants is an English singer and musician. THE OFFICIAL ADAM ANT WEBSITE Home News Features Biography Performance Guide Media & Interviews Film, TV & Theatre Discography Gallery Contact Contact Forum Merchandise TOUR DATES TWITTER NEWS FEED Tweets by @adamaofficial FACEBOOK Home I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. The title track was a successful single, as was a tour of the US in support of the album. Soon after he began a solo career with hits like "Goody Two Shoes" His most recent solo album was 1995's "Wonderful", which spawned the top 40 US single by the same name. That's not White Stripes as in the modish Detroit band, by the way, but the one Ant painted across his face to signal affinity with American Indians when he released 1981's Kings of the Wild Frontier, his 5m-selling breakthrough album. A live CD of highlights of the gig was released the following year. Title: Compilations. The couple divorced in 2002. The couple later separated which pushed Ant into a mental crisis. Indeed, between December 1982 and February 1995, Ant's only public live concerts outside North America were the four aforementioned UK/Spanish shows, Live Aid,[25] a 1987 fanclub party performance,[26] and a September 1994 EMI corporate event in Brighton. He snickers. [52] By the time the tour got underway on 16 May in Brighton, the original eleven date itinerary had been expanded to fifteen dates. 461 talking about this. He now lives alone in a small flat in Primrose Hill, north London. 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