He will play the Bohemia stage on Saturday 9th July, on stage at 7.25pm. Joining him will be ‘Random’ Jon Poole, Rich Jones and Denzil, and between them they will be rattling through a set of Wildhearts material to entertain you all.

Tickets are available from the Sonisphere ticket store here.

With the full release of ¡Chutzpah! Jnr, and re-releases of classic Wildhearts albums (all of which are available on the webstore), through to the visual and sonic candy of the Guitarmageddon shows, and Ginger’s addition to The Michael Monroe Band line-up, we ended with a very successful set of Ginger & Friends shows following his legendary birthday show at the Garage in London.

Says Ginger:

“Thank you for turning up, in your wondrous droves, to watch the Xmas shows.

Gx”

We’d like to thank all of you for your continued support over the past year, and to wish each and every one of you a fantastic Christmas and an even better 2011!

Take care out there!

The Wildhearts Web Team

We’ve got a new slouch beanie, gloves and scarf, pictured – all featuring the Smileybones logo – available separately or in a cash-saving bundle; an embroidered waffle zip hooded top with fleecy thermal lining, and a rather smart looking body warmer, although I believe the fashionista calls it a Gilet these days, with internal lining, a hood inside the collar, and all sorts of drawstrings and zippered pockets.

Following many requests, we’re launching both a Laptop/messenger bag, in black, with a padded inner pouch which will keep laptops (up to about 16″ screen size) safe from bumps, and a regular vintage messenger bag in a fetching shade of olive green. Both bags feature the band name and Smileybones logo emblazoned on them.

On the music side of things, we’re pleased to be able to bring the recent double-CD reissues of Earth Vs The Wildhearts, P.H.U.Q., Fishing For Luckies and Endless Nameless – complete with all the contemporary B-Sides, and for all you audiophiles out there who missed it the first time around, we now have the white vinyl double LP edition of 2007′s self-titled The Wildhearts.

If you didn’t grab one before, there are also a (very) few skatedecks left – so if you want one, don’t hang about because there really won’t be any more of that design once they’re gone – along with the rest of the usual stuff, much of which is still available at sale prices, so click on the Store link, head over there and see if anything takes your fancy, what with Christmas rapidly appearing on the horizon…

Limited to just 50 units Worldwide, this looks awesome whether you decide to ride it or hang it on the wall. For those of you who intend to ride it, the deck is 7.75” wide, in 7-ply laminated Canadian Maple manufactured to professional quality.

The deck is available to pre-order now, exclusively via the webstore – on a first come, first served basis – at £50 each, and will ship week commencing Monday 13th September.

Also, don’t forget… The Wildhearts classic Smiley Bones Tee and metal Smiley Bones lapel badge are both now available at the webstore. And, if that’s not enough, we are having a mighty SALE on many of the older items as we clear the way for new lines of merchandise. So get yourself some new stuff and pick up some bargains at the same time!

We finally see the return of the classic Smiley Bones in T-shirt form and, after scores of requests and failed chases around eBay, we also have the Smiley Bones metal lapel badge back. This is a 2” deep badge that comes with 2 spikes with butterfly clutches so ideal for attaching to thick garments such as leather jackets!

On top of this, we will be revamping and adding to the merch range over the next few months, so to make room we are having a sale on loads of the old stuff. Once it’s gone it’s gone so head over to our webstore and grab a bargain while you can!

Upon arriving back in the UK a few weeks ago at Heathrow (and being a little too wrapped up in seemingly important things like whether the plane would land in the snow or if my train would be running) I was immediately greeted and numbed by the horrific and shocking news reports that followed after the Haiti Earthquake. As the magnitude of the disaster continues to grow by the day, I was very keen (like most people) to do ‘something’.

Thus The Haiti Project – a charity download album – was born. Within a few days of sending emails and calls to my nearest and dearest friends an album quite literally ‘came together’.

The album is spearheaded by the anthemic debut track from The Sonic Graffiti, a new band from LA put together by Ginger, Billy Morrison, Michael Butler & Scott Lipps. The track entitled Mystery Number was recorded at Matt Sorum’s studio in August 2009 & was produced by the legendary Mike Clink.

I’d like to personally say a big thankyou to Ginger, Billy, Michael, Scott & Mike for donating this exclusive track, and allowing The Haiti Project to (hopefully) raise even more money.

http://www.facebook.com/thehaitiproject

The Haiti Project Tracklist:

1) The Sonic Graffiti – Mystery Number (Exclusive)
2) Eureka Machines – Being Good Is Ok, But Being Better’s Better
3) Electric Six – Newark Airport Boogie
4) Jackdaw 4 – Jesus Wants My Soul Back
5) The Loyalties – Sofa Surfin’ UK (Acoustic)
6) Antiproduct – When We Find Love
7) The Organ Beats – Happy Birthday/Come On Home
8) The Wildhearts – Unbroken
9) Tragedy: All Metal Tribute To The Bee Gees – Nights On Broadway
10) Radio Dead Ones – Take It On Trust
11) Ricky Warwick – Love Owes
12) Brijitte West (Feat. Jesse Malin) – How To Be Good
13) Moi? – This Is All That I Wanted
14) Laika Dog – Piano Song
15) Sorry & The Sinatras – Riverside
16) Children of The Unicorn – Nightshark

The album costs just £5 and can be downloaded from MusicGlue.

16 songs for £5!? Oh yes!

All of the money will be donated directly to the ongoing relief efforts and you’ll end up with 16 great tracks. Good deal.

http://www.facebook.com/thehaitiproject

From today ¡Chutzpah! Jnr, previously only available from the Xmess gigs, will be available from our webstore.

The mini-album, recorded during the same sessions as ¡Chutzpah!, features the following tracklist:

• Chutzpah! Jnr.
• The Snake, The Lion, The Monkey And The Spider
• All That Zen
• Vernix
• Under The Waves
• Some Days Just Fucking Suck
• People Who Died
• Zeen Requiem

The CD will cost £10 and there’ll be plenty of stock to satisfy the demand from those who weren’t able to attend the Xmess shows.

We apologise but, due to a rights issue with Vinyl Junkie, we are unable to ship this item to our Japanese fans – or indeed Asia at all. Sorry.

In related news, we’ll shortly be releasing a limited edition coloured vinyl of the ¡Chutzpah! album. No release details as yet, but we’ll keep you informed!

The Sonic Circus forum has been given a well-needed overhaul and brought under the Wildhearts umbrella so we’ve got a thriving community already but new faces are always welcome.

We’ve incorporated a chatroom too, which you’ll be able to access once you sign up for the main messageboard.

The original link will still operate for a while yet, but your new bookmark is http://www.thewildhearts.com/board/, or click the link in the menu banner.

The merch guys have done their thing and, for you guys who missed out before, the Xmess tour goodies are available from our Webstore.

All orders over £10 – so near enough all of them – will get a free Santa hat thrown in*. How can you resist…?

* while stocks last

Tickets for all of these show are still available, and you’ll find links to ticket agencies, and the venues themselves at the Tour page.

Remember, these shows also have the Chutzpah! Jr mini album available from them, as well as a load of new, festively-themed merch (details of which are here!)

Have fun, and see you down the front!