He is also an actor, having appeared in two dozen films or television episodes between 1985 and 1999. The brain is more complex. Nov 13, 2015 - lily goddard daughter of Stuart Goddard aka Adam Ant. The album, the focal point of the comeback since 2010, finally received its release on 21 January 2013. 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. Browse Adam Ant tour dates and order tickets for upcoming events near you. He was born in Marylebone, London, and was the only child of parents Leslie Alfred Goddard and Betty Kathleen Smith. Title: Miscellaneous Album releases/Best of. In 1997, Adam married Lorraine Gibson, a 25-year-old PR assistant for Vivienne Westwood. It reached number one in the UK Album Chart, spawned three hit singles, became the UK number-one selling album in 1981 (and the 48th best-seller in 1980), and won Best British Album at the 1982 Brit Awards. 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. Adam Ant is currently single and there are no rumors of him being in a relationship with anyone. Adam Ant was one of the biggest popstars at the turn of the 1980s. The best dressed, suited and booted, verse-chorus-verse-chorus period since Abba.". His pop star son, Adam Ant, had a string of chart hits in . The band signed a major label deal with CBS Records and recorded Kings of the Wild Frontier during the summer of 1980. From inside his hat, he withdraws a tiny scrap of paper with his face on one side and a phone number on the other. 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He gained popularity as the lead singer of post-punk group Adam And The Ants . 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. The album reached number five on the UK Albums Chart and number 16 on the US Billboard Album Chart, becoming his most successful solo album. He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring 10 UK top ten hits from 1980 to 1983, including three UK No. [57] Ant later slotted in some more solo gigs, including the Soho Festival in London's Wardour Street on 11 July. [133], Ant, who does not own a television, enjoys reading, particularly historical novels. Then I was back onstage doing the Motown 25 [in 1983] show 10 days later, having had the operation. [18] The latter two adopted the stage names Count Wiczling and Chris De Niro respectively and were upgraded from live backing musicians to being full-time band members, featured on record sleeves,[18] logos[19] and even in song lyrics. Adam Ant is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter UK Release date: 21st January 2013. [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. After six assorted dates around the UK in early July, Ant's next major show was a headline slot at the Silverstone Classic Festival on 21 July[72] followed the next day by an appearance at Rewind in Perth and then at Camp Bestival on 27 July 2012. In 1982, he quit the group for a solo career, keeping only Marco Pirroni as a bandmember and co-songwriter. 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". [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". [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. [48] A few days into the new year, however, it was announced that the tour was postponed until the Autumn. A free concert in Rome took place on 14 June and a second full length 40 plus show US tour got underway on 17 July in San Diego and ran to 21 September in Anaheim. But he's got his own agenda, which ranges from the breakdown to his distaste for Radio 2's Nicky Campbell (who offended him by failing to play the whole of his new single when he visited the station this morning). He also reissued the Dirk album on white vinyl on his Blueblack Hussar label, with a launch party gig at the 100 CLub. Title: Compilations. His first involvement with the music industry was when he was at art school in North London playing with a band called Bazooka Joe. 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 It is with great regret that tonight's show in Glasgow and tomorrow'[.] Stuart Goddard was born in Marylebone, London, the only child of Leslie Alfred Goddard and Betty Kathleen Smith. Bless Heather. Since 2010, Ant has continued his music career, performing live regularly in his hometown of London and beyond, recording and releasing a new album Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter (2013, UK number 25), and completing eight full-length UK national tours, five US national tours, and two Australian tours. 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. From 1977 to 1982 he performed with Adam and the Ants, and their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox (1979) reached number one on the UK Independent Albums Chart. "[28] Subsequently in 1995, Adam Ant performed "Physical" live with Nine Inch Nails on their tour for two nights in a row. "[134], Ant has spoken candidly about his mental health issues and experiences with the effects of the illness. [8] He dropped out of Hornsey, short of completing his BA, to focus on a career in music. Upon recovery, he. [55] The tour closed in Manchester on 5 June with a show at the city's Manchester Academy. It had previously been at number 8 in the Midweeks. Last year, now back in London, he relapsed. Officially, he's here to discuss Here & Now 2002, a 1980s nostalgia tour set to plough through the nation's arenas in April. Goddard then attended Barrow Hill Junior School where he was a member of the cricket team and he passed the eleven-plus exam. I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. Watch. Ant's acting career began in 1977 when he appeared in Jubilee. Stuart Leslie Goddard, may be . He previously dated actresses Amanda Donohoe between 1977 and 1981, Jamie Lee Curtis in 1983 and Heather Graham in the early 1990s. PERFORMER "Adam Ant" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "13 - Adam Ant - Friend Or Foe.wav" WAVE TRACK 13 AUDIO TITLE "Friend Or Foe" PERFORMER "Adam Ant" ISRC GBBBN8200012 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "14 - Adam Ant - Strip.wav" WAVE TRACK 14 AUDIO TITLE "Strip" PERFORMER "Adam Ant" ISRC GBBBN8300014 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "15 - Adam Ant - Vive Le Rock.wav . Happy couple: Much of Adam Ant's recovery is reportedly down to the help of his girlfriend Clare He is on close terms with his ex-wife Lorraine, who is now making a living as a photographer.. He is the son of Betty Kathleen, an embroiderer, and Alfred Leslie Goddard, a chauffeur, who served in the Royal Air Force. The ceremony took place in Dayton, Tennessee. He jabs a fork into his Caesar salad. "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. She visited me every day.". I literally couldn't move. "[70] Ant also made further Australian TV appearances including a return to Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight recorded on 26 March for transmission on 28 March, including live performances of "Stand and Deliver" and new album track "Vince Taylor" with his full band.[71]. By the mid-1990s, he was almost forgotten. [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. [93], The music on Vive Le Rock has been said to be a "50s-style rock & roll sound". Ant toured the UK in 2016 and North America in early 2017, performing his Kings of the Wild Frontier album in its entirety. The album featured two United Kingdom No. Ludicrous it may seem from this remove, but at the time his penchant for fancy dress and constant reinvention was daring, as was the hypnotic African-inspired drumming, dubbed "Burundi beat", on his records. Adam Ant married Carol Mills in 1975, while they were still students at Hornsey College of Art. Discover Adam Ant's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. [31][32] In interviews from the time, Ant talked of numerous varied plans, including starting another new record label, reforming Adam and the Ants, and a star-studded benefit concert for a forest in Patagonia.[33]. [53], The Seaside Tour follow-up to the main UK tour and a warm-up to Ant's appearance at Hard Rock Calling 2011 in Hyde Park, London, on 26 June 2011,[56] third on the bill to Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks before an audience of 45,000. Stuart Leslie Goddard, aka Adam Ant, was born in London in 1954. Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar In Marrying The Gunner's Daughter (2013) "This is undeniable a messy album, but a creatively messy album at that. Ant also played the first full band concert in continental Europe of his 2010s comeback on 24 June 2012 at the Parkpop festival in the Zuiderpark in the Hague, Netherlands, with his set broadcast on Dutch national TV. Following the abrupt departure of Mooney in February 1981, bassist Gary Tibbs, formerly of Roxy Music, joined the band. Seems like the Jack Sparrow character was ripped off from the Adam Ant's 1981 dandy highway man 'Stand and Deliver', right down to the paint on the face. [4]:4 His home was two rooms in the De Walden buildings, St John's Wood. 461 talking about this. [12] The work schedule Ant imposed upon himself was punishing. Touch device users can explore by touch or with swipe gestures. 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. [48] During the tour, the first single of the new album was released "Cool Zombie", with the formerly planned A-side "Gun in Your Pocket" now as the B-side. "I got fucked by record labels. Adam Ants is an English singer and musician. [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. [7][9] In 1975, when he was living with his first wife at her parents' home in Muswell Hill, he suffered from depression and developed anorexia. [39][40], On 4 March 2010, Adam Ant registered his new label Blue Black Hussar Ltd. as a private limited company at Companies House. Search instead in Creative? Carol Mills was his first wife, and they reportedly dated before choosing each other as life partners. The title track was a successful single, as was a tour of the US in support of the album. His first wife was actualy Carol Mills, but when Stuart Goddard changed his name to Adam, what else could she become? He has also worked as an actor, appearing in many . [82] In an interview for Bizarre magazine published that month, Ant named the song co-written with Andy Bell as "Cool Zombie".[83]. Ant, a.k.a. No wonder the V&A museum has his old costumes on permanent loan. 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. After that, he gained a place in St. Marylebone Grammer school which was an all-boys school where he enjoyed history lessons, played rugby, and later became a school prefect. Adam Ant is an English singer, musician, and actor. 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. 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! [20] The LP Strip produced a top ten single, "Puss'n Boots", that reached No. Later he married a 24-year-old intern to fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and had a daughter Lily Goddard. Still known as Stuart Goddard, when he took the name Adam Ant, his wife Carol showed her support by changing her name to Eve (Adam & Eve). As part of the promotion, the band performed a live TV session for Channel 4 music show Bliss hosted by Muriel Gray. He released his fourth solo album Manners & Physique (1990) which was produced by Andr Cymone and featured a Minneapolis sound. Nomads: Directed by John McTiernan. 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? Then Ant - whose current favourite act is the most theatrical of the new decade, Marilyn Manson - says: "I'll give you my card." The couple divorced four years later, by 2002. [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. But I still don't take drugs.". Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard on 3 November 1954) is an English musician who gained popularity as the lead singer of 1980s New Wave/post-punk group Adam & the Ants and later as a solo artist. No wonder Campbell played only 15 seconds. It's been an out-of-body experience. [52] By the time the tour got underway on 16 May in Brighton, the original eleven date itinerary had been expanded to fifteen dates. Adam Ant. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket," he says belligerently. No credit card needed. Adam Ant. He renamed himself Adam Ant, because "I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Marking the release of the book, Ant did a UK book signing, which went from London to Edinburgh. A year later, the couple had a daughter, Lily Caitlin Goddard. Second Affair with Tessa Hewitt They started dating after they meet each other at the British Rock and Pop awards in 1981. Edgar Wright worked on Ant-Man for around eight years, and his original script even informed the film after his departure. Late 1979 saw the release of their dbut album Dirk Wears White Sox (1979, Do It Records), with Matthew Ashman on guitar, Andy Warren on bass and Dave Barbarossa on drums. This featured collaborations with former 3 Colours Red guitarist Chris McCormack, Ant's long-time songwriting partner Marco Pirroni, Morrissey's writing partner Boz Boorer and was also due to feature a member of Oasis (later identified as Andy Bell). Today. 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. Adam and the Ants started as part of the burgeoning punk rock movement. [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. Adam Ant is not having an affair with anyone presently. On 19 April, Ant performed his debut album Dirk Wears White Sox at the Hammersmith Apollo with a band including former Ants Dave Barbe and Lee Gorman, preceding this with several UK tour dates. Subsequently, for the second year running, Ant was scheduled to make appearances on the summer festival circuit, interspersed with various one-off dates around the UK. 0:00. It was then, in 1994, he had his first brush with clinical depression. He took an overdose of pills and, after having his stomach pumped, was sent to Colney Hatch psychiatric hospital in North London; he was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder and discharged after three months. 1 in the UKand demos for the upcoming Friend or Foe album, before moving on to other production work. 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. He recites the chorus and he's right - it's as radio-unfriendly as they come. Adam Ant, it reported, had been hospitalised after a nervous breakdown triggered by "losing his fame". He said: 'Look, what do you want?' 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