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John Peel

Wednesday, October 27th, 2004

We have a message from Ginger following the sad death of John Peel. “It with great sorrow that we find out that John Peel is dead. Without John Peel, music would not have the scope that we all enjoy. He gave meaning to making music as a personal statement. He championed so many great bands […]

Wildhearts Christmas Tour

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

Ginger has news about the Christmas tour: “although to be confirmed, we hope to have CARDIACS on the bill as special guests. One of our all time favourite bands, for anyone that hasn’t seen this band in concert CARDIACS are one of the most amazing bands to ever grace a stage, and we will be […]

Vote for the Wildhearts Setlist

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

For fans wanting to help choose The Wildhearts setlist for the Christmas tour, the song vote page is now on the website. You can select 15 songs – once the votes are collated they’ll be used to form the setlist for the band’s Christmas tour. In order to keep things fair (and make sure everybody […]

Tour dates updates and DVD

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

Ginger has details on the recent changes to the tour dates: “As eagle-eyed readers of the site will notice, the London date has replaced the Cambridge date, and vice versa. From what I gather to be official, the 13th of December is on a GAY night. This means a gay disco would take place within […]

A Break in the Weather – Singles Club collection

Saturday, October 16th, 2004

Ginger has another album in the pipeline: “A Break In The Weather”, a collection of ‘singles club’ tracks which will come out on January 31st. The album will also feature unreleased tracks, including “The Dying Art Of The Chorus” (with Barney, of Napalm Death), as well as original artwork from the creator of ‘the singles […]

Acoustic tour extra dates – Autumn 2004

Saturday, October 16th, 2004

Ginger has also added more dates to the acoustic tour – he will be playing the following shows:Bristol Bierkeller, November 19thNewcastle Archer, November 26thYork, Cert 18, November 27thNewport TJ’s, November 28th See the gigs page of the website for full tour details.

The Wildhearts Strike Back – Live Album

Saturday, October 16th, 2004

The Wildhearts are releasing their first official UK live album – The Wildhearts Strike Back – on 25th October. The album (double album in fact) features blistering versions of established live favourites and more obscure b-sides recorded from several shows during the band’s recent UK tour. The full tracklist for the album is: I Wanna […]

Wildhearts December 2004 tour update

Wednesday, October 13th, 2004

The Wildhearts UK tour dates have been revised and are now as follows:8th London – Astoria9th Manchester – MDH10th Glasgow – Garage11th Sheffield – Leadmill 13th Cambridge – Junction 14th Bristol – Anson Rooms15th Wolverhampton – Wulfrun Hall

Acoustic Gigs – November 2004

Wednesday, October 6th, 2004

We have confirmation of three more acoustic gigs with Ginger, Random Jon and Hot Steve:12 Nov – Preston Mill13 Nov – Doncaster Leopard 14 Nov – Mansfield Mill

Live footage request

Wednesday, October 6th, 2004

“Okay guys, work on the documentary has officially started. What I need you guys to do is find me footage, footage, FOOTAGE. I am looking for specifically: * Live footage from the first years of the bands formation (’89 to ’93)* Television appearances (especially The James Whale show)* Live footage of interesting events on stage. […]