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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

5️⃣0️⃣ years ago today! #OTD 1976: "BEAT ON A BASS with the 'B-sides,' straight 60's (them Kinks), own material, enthusiasm essential, excitement guaranteed. No kids or hard pros." Art school drop out Stuart Goddard seeks a rhythm section for his new band, and an ad drops in this week's... 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Born #OTD 1957: Happy Birthday to Adam Ant (+Wolfmen, One Thousand Motels +many more!) bassist Chris Constantinou aka Chris De Niro - 69 years young today! 🥳 Εύχομαι σου χρόνια πολλά τζιαί ευλοϊμένα! 📽️: Miss Thing from Bliss, broadcast 9/8/1985. ----- #BornOnThisDay 20/7/1957 🎂

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Sleepover Trading Co. @sleepovertrading.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Attention: This movie is NOT streaming. Can Bruce Dern save the world from Adam Ant? Will Michale Pare ever wear a shirt? For answers to these questions, you'll have to join us and Glam Stroker at The Community Theater to find out.

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#OTD 1985: It's the week following Live Aid and one-track-wonder Adam Ant is catching up with ex-Radio 1 presenter Pat Sharp for Sky channel's SkyTrax #OnThisDay 18/7/1985. Recorded a few yards from Adam's childhood home in St John's Wood, he reviews the latest videos/singles - still on a... 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

2️⃣5️⃣ YEARS AGO TODAY! #OTD 2001: Channel 4 returns with the latest in its popular retrospective countdown clip show series as Adam & Ants Marco Pirroni, Chris Merrick Hughes and Gary Tibbs chew the fat on 'Top Ten Years: 1981', screened #OnThisDay 14/7/2001. 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🕵️‍♀️ Ant Spotting Special: VIVE LE ROCK 'N' ROLL CONFESSIONS! 🐜🎶 Clash drummer Terry Chimes interviews ex Ants Marco Pirroni and Dave Barbe for new video podcast ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Confessions’. 🔗 Full Ant Lib Online feature linkypoo in comments... 👇

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Not That Artemis @notthatartemis.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Last night I finished the RIDICULOUS hand embroidery portion of the back of my new vest. I feel so very accomplished.

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

News of this book takes me back to when Adam and The Ants ruled the pop charts and the pop charts ruled me. This performance was so exciting if you were there in the middle of Ant mania. I cannot wait to read Marco's story 🐜 🐜 🐜 youtu.be/XlFb7SNQ1NM?...

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Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier

YouTube video by Slapdash Eden

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Dærick Gröss @daerickgross.com · 17/06/2026

hey, all you book-readin' punk/postpunk fans... a new book from the legendary Marco Pirroni (and his Firebird VII) will be coming out in september 👇

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Christian Lipski @christianlipski.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I am really looking forward to hearing about Marco's experiences with Siouxsie and Adam!

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Marco is brilliant. This will be the most sardonic and truthful book of all time.

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

💥 COMING 10TH SEPTEMBER! 🐜🎶 From punk to Prince Charming, Marco Pirroni's YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE is published 10th September 2026. Now available on pre-order - with a LIMITED SIGNED EDITION hard back up for grabs! See comments for deets and personal appearances 👇

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

"Rock on Tommy!" #OTD 1982: Adam Ant's on Saturday night peak time telly promoting Goody Two Shoes on ITV's Cannon & Ball Show #OnThisDay 29/5/1982. With a couple of comedic sketches plus musical performances including 'The Three Caballeros', surely a future in stage & screen beckons..?

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

4️⃣0️⃣ years ago today! #OTD 1986: Almost exactly 4 years on from announcing his split from the Ants, Adam Ant reunites with drummer Terry Lee Miall (then living down the road in Costa Mesa) for the Disneyland Summer Vacation Party TV special recorded 13/5/1986. Sex Pistol/fellow ex-pat... 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Born #OTD 1962: Happy Birthday to Adam & the Ants (+ Wide Boy Awake, (Lo)Max, Lavender Pill Mob) bassist Kevin Mooney - forever the baby of the band at 64 years young today! 🥳 🆕 'Junk Funk' Wide Boy Awake compilation coming later this year! 📽️: Ants Invasion - Old Grey Whistle Test, filmed 15/1/81

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

🚨 LIVE ADAM ANT NEWS 🚨 ANOTHER USA date supporting Squeeze added for September - with bonus Haircut 100 🇺🇸 Full confirmed live list in comments 👇🏻🐜🎶

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🎉 Happy 67th birthday to Man Called Marco - born #OnThisDay 27/4/1959! 🎂 We're very much looking forward to Marco's forthcoming memoir 'Your Money or Your Life'. In the meantime, here he is in all his leather-capped glory at the Montreux Pop Festival for Goody Two Shoes - filmed early May 1984.

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#OTD 1995: It's a busy day as Adam Ant, Marco, Dave Barbarossa and the boys are in Los Angeles (this LA in April malarkey must be an Ant thing.?!) for the US leg of Wonderful tour 20/4/95. This morning Adam & Marco perform Wonderful, Gotta Be a Sin and Alien for KSCA Music Hall, tonight... 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"And now, ladies and gentlemen, here's Grace!" #OTD 1984: Adam Ant and Grace Jones are making a movie...well not quite. They're in Hollywood for a new Honda scooter advert, and Entertainment Tonight's Dixie Whatley has the scoop - screened #OnThisDay 17/4/1984. 1/🧵

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The Monochrome Set @themonochromeset.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

THIS WEEKEND - SEE YOU THERE

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

4️⃣5️⃣ years ago today! #OTD 1981: The Americ-Ants Invasion invades the West Coast as Adam & the Ants arrive in LA to perform 'Antmusic' for Dick Clark's American Bandstand 12/4/1981. The good Antpeople of California are there, however the nation won't be seeing the recording until 16th May 1981.

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

#OTD 1990: Adam Ant's flipping between the continents as he promotes Manners & Physique, his first LP release in five years and performing Room at the Top live on Late Night with David Letterman #OnThisDay 3/4/1990 at the NBC Studio, NYC. 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

💥 SEE ADAM ANT LIVE IN 2026! 🐜🎶 6️⃣ Dates announced so far in 🇬🇧🇺🇸 🆕 Darker Waves Fest in sunny California added TODAY! 👀 😎 Are YOU joining the live Ant fun? 🌊🌊 See link for latest! 👇✨ adamandtheants.org/adam-ant-new...

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

"In The Ghosts of Maida Vale, we hear rock and pop musicians and presenters, past and present, including Jarvis Cocker, Annie Nightingale, Squeeze, Beyoncé, John Peel, Adam Ant and The Beatles." ~ Tonight (28/3/2026) on Radio 4 #AntSpotting www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, The Ghosts of Maida Vale

Matthew Sweet summons the spirits from the world famous BBC Maida Vale recording studios.

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

#OTD 1983: Recovering from his recent knee operation, Adam Ant is invited to perform a live rendition of the Supremes' 'Where Did Our Love Go' at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, California #OnThisDay 25/3/1983. Michael Jackson debuts the moonwalk and then things go wobbly for Adam, before... 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

🚨 LIVE ADAM ANT NEWS 🚨 Another 🇺🇸 Squeeze date revealed for Adam Ant support. Chicago IL tickets on sale 23rd April: www.ravinia.org/events/detai...

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Squeeze | Ravinia

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

#OTD 1999: It's the dawn of a new millennium and retrospective TV clip shows are all the rage. Tonight it's the turn of Channel 4's Top Ten Eighties Romantics, featuring new interviews with Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni and Chris Merrick Hughes - screened #OnThisDay 13/3/1999. 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

#OTD 2017: Back in the UK following the US leg of the Kings of the Wild Frontier celebratory tour, Adam Ant is the live music guest of short-lived 'The Nightly Show' #OnThisDay 10/3/2017. Hosted by the week's guest presenter John Bishop, we see the band pay tribute to Tom "Tommy x" Edwards... 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Another Ant landmark gone as the Edinburgh building formerly known as Clouds bites the dust 🏗️🚧😔 www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/iconic-...

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Happy Birthday to übertalented Chris Merrick Hughes - Adam & the Ants drummer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and splendid chap - 7️⃣2️⃣ years young today! 🎂🥳 📽️: Here he is giving Marco a run for his money on an acoustic guitar for Prince Charming from the Prince Charming Revue Dec 1981! 🐜🎶

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚨 ANT NEWS 🚨 MARCO PIRRONI will be making a personal appearance in conversation at Rebellion Festival Blackpool on the Friday as part of the Literary Festival to promote his forthcoming memoir 'Your Money or Your Life'. The event is SOLD OUT but stay tuned for more PA's TBA throughout the year...

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

#OTD 1982: Pinch, punch, it's first of the month and Adam Ant is back in England to record the forthcoming single but first he's got a date with Australia's Molly Meldrum for Countdown #OnThisDay 1/3/1982. The pressure's on to maintain momentum on the previous year's success, and Adam's... 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

POP'S PRINCE CHARMING: THIS IS MY LIFE by ADAM ANT #OTD 1982: Rock & Pop Awards 1981: British tabloid Daily Mirror publishes a double page spread dedicated to Adam Ant's life so far - in his own words #OnThisDay 23/2/1982. 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

#OTD 1983: Calamity! Returning to Cleveland for the 19th gig of the 2nd leg of the US Friend or Foe tour, Adam Ant hobbles away from Ohio as he tears a knee cartilage on stage at the Cleveland Music Hall #OnThisDay 21/2/1983. 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

#OTD 1984: The Strip Tour '84 continues in Philadelphia PA tonight for over 4,000 AmericAnts, but 4,000 miles east ARD is screening Adam Ant's performance of his latest Billboard Hot 100 hit on 'Formel Eins' #OnThisDay 20/2/1984. Presented by Peter Illmann, the show is West Germany's only... 1/🧵

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Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Adam Ant - From S&M to M&S...

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🚨 🇺🇸 ADAM ANT LIVE US DATES NEWS 🇺🇸 🚨 Confirmed 2026 dates so far: Hollywood Bowl - supporting Squeeze, with The Beat on Sat 19th Sept. Bourbon and Beyond festival in Louisville Kentucky on Sat 26th Sept. Tickets /passes available now from event websites (links in comments) - yee haw! 🤠🐜🎶

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

#OTD 1995: "THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE CHARMING" Wonderful has limped in to the lower 30s of the UK singles chart, so Adam Ant's bolstered the promo campaign by bringing in Marco Pirroni for a chinwag with NME's Sylvia Patterson, published 11/2/1995. 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sir Marco of Pirroni talks about Adam & the Ants getting onto #TOTP with Miranda Sawyer at the British Library this evening (5/2/26)... 📽️ British Library

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Autistic Therapist @ladynightshade.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Ok timeline cleanser. Show me your teen celebrity crushes in gifs. I'm pretty old, so....it was Adam Ant. My mom made me put his poster in my closet so I guess she too thought he was unacceptably sexy

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a man in a red top is standing in front of a door

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Gaijin "Jiangshi" Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Poster for JUBILEE (1978) Written and directed by Derek Jarman - BOTD in 1942

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🚨 LIVE ADAM ANT NEWS 🚨 TUESDAY 4th August in the Olympia, Winter Gardens, Blackpool ADAM ANT (playing a harder set of early classics plus all the hits) THE UNDERTONES ALTERED IMAGES Doors 6pm - 11pm curfew 🎫 GENERAL SALE: Monday 2nd February www.rebellionfestivals.com/ticket-info

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Sounds Clips @soundsclips.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Adam Ants gig at the Marquee reviewed by Stephen Lavers in Sounds 28th, January 1978.

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

#OTD 1984: Strip Tour '84 is on the road and an animated Adam Ant is on the 2nd of two nights in Atlanta 28/1/1984. He pops into WSB studios to hang out on The Dance Show with presenters Cal Dupri and Townsen Coleman. Even the usual old questions don't manage to temper Adam's new year enthusiasm.

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

#OTD 1978: Adam & the Ants conclude their Thursday residency at the Marquee in London's Soho 26/1/1978. Writer Nick Kent and photographer Denis O'Regan are in attendance, contributing to the NME (11/2/1978): "I've not seen such a turn-out of Chelsea has-beens for a rock band in years than... 1/🧵

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Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events @antpeople.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Born #OTD 1958: Happy Birthday to the one and only Gorgeous GARY "Damp Squibs" TIBBS - actor and Adam & the Ants bassist who turns 68 years young today! 🎂🥳 📽️: Christian D'or from Ants In Japan (Filmed 8th October 1981) --- #AdamAnt #AdamAndTheAnts #Antmusic #GaryTibbs

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