Following a world tour to sold-out venues throughout the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Adam Ant confirms his 2019 ‘Friend or Foe’ UK Tour from 7th November to 12th December. Adam Ant will play his landmark ‘Friend or Foe’ album in its entirety as well as classic chart-topping singles and personal favourites. Tickets are available on Friday 8th March, 10am. For more information, visit www.adam-ant.com.
The ‘Friend or Foe’ album was Adam’s first release as a solo artist and included 3 hit singles. The massive hit ‘Goody Two Shoes’ reached #1 in the UK, was also #1 in Australia and hit #6 in the USA Billboard Chart. ‘Friend or Foe’, the single, was another top ten hit in the UK while ‘Desperate But Not Serious’ was the album’s third UK smash. ‘Friend or Foe’ his most successful solo album to date, made #5 in the UK and was certified gold album status on both sides of the Atlantic after selling over 100,000 copies. In the USA, the album reached #16 on the Billboard album chart and turned Adam Ant into a household name, resulting in a Grammy nomination for Best New
Artist and an MTV Award for ‘Sexiest Man Alive’!
From his early punk days in London to his explosion on the world stage that would lead to him becoming an icon, Adam Ant’s musical career spans the course of 9 albums and 22 chart-topping singles worldwide … at one point, Adam had 8 singles in the UK Top 40 in one week! His 1979 debut album ‘Dirk Wears White Sox’ was the first number one album in the UK Independent Albums Chart. The follow-up album ‘Kings of the Wild Frontier’ that featured his trademark Burundi beat style of African drumming, spent 12 weeks at #1 in the UK and was the best selling album of 1981. The ‘Kings of the Wild Frontier’ album produced three chart-topping singles, ‘Dog Eat Dog’#4 ‘Antmusic’ #2 and ‘Kings of the Wild Frontier’ #2 and won Adam a Brit Award for Best New Artist. On its day of release, the smash hit single ‘Stand and Deliver’ went straight to number one, and remained at the #1 top spot in the UK Singles Chart for 5 weeks, earning Adam the 2 prestigious Ivor Novello Awards for Best Songwriter of the Year and Best British Record.
As “antmania” continued to sweep the nation, the ‘Prince Charming’ album produced yet another #1 single ‘Prince Charming’ and firmly established Adam Ant as a global star.
Adam Ant Facts:
*22 hit singles
*Q Icon Award
*2 Ivor Novello Awards
*Winner of 1st Brit Award
*Grammy Nominee
*MTV’s Sexiest Man Alive
*8 singles in the Top 40
Adam Ant ‘Friend or Foe’ Tour 2019:
November:
Thursday 7th Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
Friday 8th Sheffield, City Hall
Saturday 9th Gateshead, Sage
Monday 11th Manchester, Opera House
Tuesday 12th Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
Thursday 14th York, Barbican
Friday 15th Hull, City Hall
Saturday 16th Blackburn, King George’s Hall
Monday 18th Carlisle, The Sands Centre
Tuesday 19th Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Thursday 21st Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
Friday 22nd Aberdeen, The Music Hall
Sunday 24th Middlesbrough, The Town Hall
Monday 25th Northampton, Royal & Derngate
Tuesday 26th Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Thursday 28th Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Friday 29th Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Saturday 30th Cardiff, St. David’s Hall
December:
Monday 2nd Southend-on-Sea, Cliffs Pavilion
Tuesday 3rd Bexhill-on-Sea, De La Warr Pavilion
Thursday 5th Southampton, 02 Guild Hall
Friday 6th Brighton, The Brighton Centre
Saturday 7th Torquay, Princess Theatre
Monday 9th Guildford, G Live
Tuesday 10th Margate, Winter Gardens
Thursday 12th London, 02 Academy Brixton
Tickets available from BookingsDirect.com, the venue box offices (online & by telephone) and select authorized ticket agents.
Brighton Centre concert tickets are also available from Brighton Centre Box Office: 0844 8471515 / www.brightoncentre.co.uk
The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea tickets are also available from the De La Warr Pavilion Box Office: Box Office 01424 229 111 / www.dlwp.com
