The Wildhearts & Backyard Babies out on tour!
By Kris | January 10, 2020
The Wildhearts are back out on tour, with long-time friends Backyard Babies along side on a co-headline tour at the end of this month!
Both bands are sporting brand new album releases – The Wildhearts with “The Renaissance Men” and “Diagnosis”, and Backyard Babies with “Sliver & Gold”. They’ll be supported at all shows by CKY, making this one hell of a tour line-up to start 2020 with!
Catch all these fantastic bands in the following towns and cities:
Tue 28th January – Newcastle O2 Academy (Tickets)
Wed 29th January – Belfast Limelight (Tickets)
Thu 30th January – Glasgow QMU (Tickets)
Fri 31st January – Manchester O2 Ritz (Tickets)
Sat 1st February – London Kentish Town O2 Forum (Tickets)
Mon 3rd February – Cardiff Tramshed (Tickets)
Tue 4th February – Birmingham O2 Institute (Tickets)
Tickets are on sale now from the usual outlets!
The Renaissance Men Tour, Part 2
By Kris | June 12, 2019
The Wildhearts head back out on tour in October for part 2 of The Renaissance Men tour, in support of their storming brand new album!
Catch them in the following towns and cities:
Sat 5th October – Brighton Concorde 2 (support from The Professionals and Janus Stark)
Sun 6th October – Reading Sub89 (support from The Professionals and Janus Stark)
Mon 7th October – Chester Live Rooms (support from The Professionals and Janus Stark)
Tue 8th October – Hull Welly (support from The Professionals and Janus Stark)
Thu 10th October – Holmfirth Picturedrome (support from Janus Stark)
Tue 15th October – Cambridge Junction (support from Ferocious Dog and Janus Stark)
Wed 16th October – Bath Komedia (support from Ferocious Dog and Janus Stark)
Thu 17th October – Southampton Engine Rooms (support from Janus Stark and Desperate Measures)
Mon 21st October – Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill (support from Last Great Dreamers and Janus Stark)
Tue 22nd October – Dover Booking Hall (support from Last Great Dreamers and Janus Stark)
Fri 29th November – Buckley Tivoli
Fri 6th December – Nottingham Rock City (By Request set)
They will also be travelling further afield into Europe, making the following stop-offs:
Fri 11th October – Helsinki Virgin Oil and Co (Finland)
Sat 12th October – Stockholm Fryhuset (Sweden)
Sun 13th October – Oslo Pa Bryn (Norway)
Thu 24th October – Amsterdam Q Factory (Netherlands)
Fri 25th October – Essen Turock (Germany)
Sat 26th October – Paris Backstage (France)
Sun 27th October – Ostend Manuscript (Belgium)
Sat 30th November – Madrid Sala Mon Madrid Conciertos (Spain)
Tickets are on-sale now from The Wildhearts Webstore and all the other usual ticket outlets!
The Wildhearts announce May tour in support of new album, “Renaissance Men”!
By Andy B | January 16, 2019
In support of the imminent release of their brand new album, “Renaissance Men”, The Wildhearts are heading out on tour across the UK in May!
They will be taking in the following cities and venues:
Fri 3rd May – Manchester Academy 2
Sat 4th May – Edinburgh Liquid Room
Mon 6th May – Cardiff Tramshed
Tue 7th May – Bristol SWX
Thu 9th May – London Brixton Electric
Fri 10th May – Norwich Waterfront
Sat 11th May – Leeds University Stylus
Sun 12th May – Newcastle Riverside
Tickets are on-sale now from The Wildhearts Webstore and all the other usual ticket outlets!
Ginger’s cracked mirror finish Silvertone Apocolypse Pro guitar up for grabs!
By Andy B | April 24, 2018
Ginger is having a bit of a spring clean, and is auctioning off his Silvertone Apocalypse Pro guitar, used to record the “Wildhearts Live In The Studio DVD”, and the self-titled White Album.
Check out this beauty on eBay here.
We also have lyric sheet to Caffeine Bomb, hand written and signed by Ginger himself up for grabs on eBay here.
But be quick – bidding for both of these items ends this weekend!
Help Our Brother, Scott Sorry
By Kris | December 23, 2017
On December 22nd, our brother and bassist Scott Sorry was diagnosed with a cystic brain tumour.
He will be undergoing surgery on December 26th, with the hope the surgeons will be able to remove it successfully, but as Scott lives in the US, the costs of his medical treatment are very large.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help raise some funds to help Scott and his family out – there’s no good time for news like this, but Christmas time seems to add an extra cruel twist to the news.
If you are able, please spare whatever cash you can – the cost of a pint with your mates, for example, would all go to help out Scott with his recovery. You can donate at www.gofundme.com/scottsorry
Thank you for your support!
Wildhearts Acoustic Tour
By Kris | October 23, 2017
Ginger and CJ will be heading out on tour this December, for a short acoustic tour of the UK, where they will perform an intimate set of Wildhearts songs as you’ve never heard them before!
They will be appearing in the following towns:
09th December 2017 – Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool
10th December 2017 – Bar Metro, Bolton
11th December 2017 – Fulford Arms, York (SOLD OUT!)
12th December 2017 – Plug, Sheffield
13th December 2017 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
14th December 2017 – Bannermans, Edinburgh (SOLD OUT!)
18th December 2017 – The Globe, Cardiff
19th December 2017 – Cavern Club, Exeter
20th December 2017 – Engine Rooms, Southampton
21st December 2017 – The Live Rooms, Chester
Tickets are available from www.omerch.eu/shop/thewildhearts – get your tickets quick, as these shows will sell out fast!
UPDATE: Edinburgh and York have already sold out – get your tickets quick!
Manchester Show Rescheduled + Fishing For Luckies in Nottingham
By Kris | December 27, 2016
The Wildhearts were sorry to have to cancel the final show of the tour in Manchester, as Ginger was suffering from a serious stomach bug. He soldiered on through the previous show in London, but had to throw in the towel after 20 minutes of the Manchester Hey! Hello! set. See the video below for Ginger’s on-stage apology at the time.
The Manchester show was immediately rescheduled for 26th January. Original tickets are still valid, additional tickets are on-sale at: https://thewildhearts.probitymerch.com/listings/. Refunds are available until 10th January from point of purchase for anyone who cannot make it to the rescheduled show.
For people travelling significant distance to the rescheduled show, the kind folks in Ginger’s Associated Secret Society are collecting donations to help people with travel costs, and to link people up with floors to crash on etc. See Moshville for full details.
An additional ‘Fishing For Luckies’ show has been announced for Friday 27th January at Nottingham Rock City, prior to a Japanese ‘Fishing For Luckies’ show on 31st January at Tsutaya O-East in Tokyo.
The Wildhearts announce December Tour
By Kris | September 21, 2016
The Wildhearts set out on a 5 date UK tour this December, including Ginger’s Annual Birthday Bash at the O2 Forum in London on December 17th.
The Wildhearts, with the line up of Ginger and CJ on guitars and vocals, bassist Jon Poole and Ritch Battersby on drums, are supported by Danny McCormack’s new band The Main Grains and Dirt Box Disco for the first 3 shows. The Manchester show will see Hey! Hello! in place of Dirt Box Disco and Ginger’s Annual Birthday Bash in London features a formidable seven bands.
On top of this Danny will be joining The Wildhearts each night for a few songs on the encore.
Full dates are:
Wed 14th – Glasgow O2 ABC – w/ Dirt Box Disco & The Main Grains
Thur 15th – Newcastle Riverside – w/ Dirt Box Disco & The Main Grains
Fri 16th – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall – w/ Dirt Box Disco & The Main Grains
Sat 17th – London O2 Forum – w/ 7 band bill inc. Dirt Box Disco, Hey! Hello! and The Main Grains
Sun 18th – Manchester Ritz – w/ Hey! Hello! & The Main Grains
Tickets go on general sale on Friday 23rd at 9.00am.
These shows have led Ginger to exclaim…
“It’s going to be another very messy Xmas, with me and the lads playing non-stop party songs from throughout our career. And I’m especially looking forward to sharing a stage with Danny again. These shows will be a celebration of life, and it brings together two people who should be dead by now. The Birthday Bash is particularly insane this year, featuring a seven band bill.
All in all, it’s gonna be a cool yule.
Gx”
PHUQ live – download available now!
By Kris | June 3, 2016
‘Never Outdrunk, Never Outsung – PHUQ Live’ recorded during last year’s 20th anniversary PHUQ tour is available now on download as part of Ginger’s latest ‘Round Records’ PledgeMusic campaign.
‘Never Outdrunk, Never Outsung’ (named by Wildhearts fan Tom Reed in tribute to The Wildhearts’ dedicated fans) is available on CD and beautiful 2x transparent purple LP from the 1st July, containing the full album track listing played in full plus a selection of encores.
Never Outdrunk, Never Outsung – PHUQ Live tracklisting:
“I Wanna Go Where The People Go”
“V Day”
“Just In Lust”
“Baby Strange”
“Nita Nitro”
“Jonesing For Jones”
“UYAYFC”
“Woah Shit, You Got Through”
“Cold Patootie Tango”
“Caprice”
“Be My Drug”
“Naivety Play”
“In Lilly’s Garden”
“Getting It”
Encores:
“Stormy In The North, Karma In The South”
“Weekend (5 Long Days)”
“Red Light, Green Light”
“White Lies”
“29 x The Pain”
The Wildhearts Announced for Download 2016 Festival
By Kris | February 15, 2016
The Wildhearts have been added to the Download Festival line-up for 2016.
The band will be appearing on Friday 10th June on the 3rd stage. Says Ginger: “Yep, that’s right… The Wildhearts are playing Download Festival on the Friday. Watch us then see Rammstein next door. Just as it should be.”