Ginger Wildheart Band Halloween Mini-tour

By Kris | September 5, 2014

The Ginger Wildheart Band will play a special six-band Halloween show, plus a small number of additional dates.

The dates are:

Thursday 30th October – York Fibbers
Friday 31st October – Wolverhampton Slade Rooms [sold out]
Saturday 1st November – Manchester Roadhouse
Sunday 2nd November – Glasgow Classic Grand

The full lineup for Halloween is: The Ginger Wildheart Band, Eureka Machines, Scaramanga Six, Baby Chaos, Tropical Contact, Oaf. At York and Manchester, support will be Eureka Machines and Scaramanga Six. At Glasgow support will be Eureka Machines and Baby Chaos (featuring Ginger on guitar).

To commemorate the 1st Annual Hallowe’en Hootenanny (as we hope it will come to be known), a limited number of posters for the event are being made available to purchase, designed by the devilishly talented Dave Pearson.

However, as the show is now sold out, and will undoubtedly be a rather hot and sweaty night, we’re making these available for purchase and delivery in advance. You can buy the print (size approx. 594mm x 297mm on heavyweight art paper) from here, and make sure it makes it home in one piece!

Ginger’s Halloween Hootenanny

By Kris | July 25, 2014

Ginger has announced a Halloween Hootenanny show at Wolverhampton Slade Rooms on the 31st October.

Tickets are on general sale from: http://www.wolvescivic.co.uk/-/show-details/102896

The show will feature the Ginger Wildheart Band, Eureka Machines, Oaf, Tropical Contact and other special guests, followed by an aftershow party with Ginger and others DJ-ing until 3am.

Ginger says: ‘I’m very excited to present my first Halloween special, an event that I hope will develop into a Midlands tradition if this one goes well.

I’m gathering together six of my absolute favourite bands to perform, including Eureka Machines, Scaramanga Six and The Ginger Wildheart Band, and there will be an aftershow party with the likes of myself, Chris Catalyst, Rich Jones and Random Jon Poole acting as resident DJs for the night.

Don’t make any plans for the next day, this Halloween we plan on bringing the biggest party of the year.’

G·A·S·S· month 3

By Kris | July 5, 2014

Month 3 of Ginger’s online fanclub project G·A·S·S· is now available at http://g-a-s-s.co/

This month features the barnstorming lead track “Only Henry Rollins Can Save Us Now”, featuring Kelli Compulsive, backed by “Do You?” and “Petite Mort” which has the amazing vocals of Yolanda Quartey.

The demos section includes one of the songs Ginger wrote for Alice Cooper, “Friction in my System”, which after 15 years has finally seen the light of day. On top of this there is all the content that goes with the project including horror reviews, backstage video with the Courtney Love band, exclusive t-shirts, amazing artwork and much more.

Here’s a few of the things that people are saying about G·A·S·S·

G.A.S.S. launched

By Kris | June 2, 2014

Ginger Associated Secret Society, better known as G·A·S·S·, launched at the start of May and is live at www.g-a-s-s.co!

By signing up to Ginger’s brand new fan club, you can expect to receive 36 brand new songs over the course of the next year (3 per month), as well as other bonus tracks such as previously unreleased songs and unheard demos. Ginger will be recording regular podcasts with interesting (and sometimes surprising) news and updates, and there will also be video updates and Ginger’s personal diary page. Members will also have exclusive access to competitions with some pretty amazing prizes!

Ginger explains:

The base tier of membership, the Digital tier, will get all of this content, updated at least once a month, and full access to the www.g-a-s-s.co website where it all resides, alongside stunning artwork from a number of fantastic artists.

The middle tier of membership, the Physical tier, will get all of the above, along with an exclusive, members-only T-shirt, and a G·A·S·S· (tote) bag full of other goodies including a bottle opener, badge and sticker.

The top tier of membership, the Contact tier, gets you everything from the Digital and Physical tiers, and adds a stunning screen print, and access to “Meet & Greet” experiences, where you can come along to pre-show sessions and meet Ginger, get things signed, pictures taken, and be treated to a few more songs in a much more intimate setting.

The pricing for UK signups is:

Digital – £30
Physical – £60
Contact – £90

European and Rest of World signups will be charged higher to account for postage costs – full pricing details are available on the sign up page.

Visit www.g-a-s-s.co to read the full details and sign up now, and keep up-to-date on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gingerassociatedsecretsociety and Twitter at www.twitter.com/g_a_s_s.

The Wildhearts at the Download Festival and Edinburgh Warm-Up Show

By Kris | May 2, 2014

The Wildhearts have been added to the line up for the Download Festival at Castle Donington.

CJ says: “Well, they just can’t get rid of us. It’s only 20 years since we first played Donington – and in 2008 they turned the power off on us. Who knows what will happen this year? Bring it on!”

The band are due to play the Zippo Encore stage on Saturday 14th June. See http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/ for full details and ticket prices. Jon Poole will be the bass-player for these shows.

The band will also play a warm-up show at Edinburgh’s Studio 24 on Friday 13th June. Tickets are on sale now. Support is from Love Zombies.

The Wildhearts Strike Back – 2014 Tour

By Kris | April 7, 2014

The Wildhearts are on tour from Tuesday 8th April, bringing back into the fold bassist Scott Sorry, who will accompany Ginger, CJ and Ritch at shows around the UK. The band will be ably supported by The Von Hertzen Brothers and Ginger side-project Hey! Hello!

We’ll be capturing all the highlights here, including photos, setlists and videos (look away if you don’t want spoilers!).

There will also be some fantastic new items of merch available on the tour, including “Rock City vs The Wildhearts” – a live CD of the Earth Vs show recorded at Nottingham Rock City last year. This live album is exclusive to the tour, and won’t be available to purchase from regular record shops or online retailers. We’ll also have some fantastic new clothing items available as well, so make sure to stop by the merch stall and take a look!

Wildhearts Tour Support Confirmed

By Kris | February 9, 2014

The special guests for The Wildhearts April tour have been confirmed as The Von Hertzen Brothers. The Wildhearts will also be supported by Ginger’s sideproject Hey! Hello! featuring Victoria Liedtke.

Says Ginger: “I’m beyond excited about having The Von Hertzen Brothers appear with The Wildhearts. They’re one of the best bands in the world and I’m a huge fan. They’re going to make a lot of friends on this tour, I can guarantee that”

Tue 8th April Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall
Wed 9th April Bristol, Academy 1
Thu 10th April Manchester, Academy 1
Sat 12th April Nottingham Rock City
Sun 13th April Newcastle, Academy 1
Mon 14th April Glasgow, ABC
Wed 16th April Cambridge, Junction
Thu 17th April London, Electric Ballroom

CJ’s PledgeMusic Campaign Goes Live

By CJ | January 31, 2014

Mable CD & Devilspit Hot Sauce!

Hey, it’s only been 7 years since the last one and I’m thinking it’s time I pulled my finger out and got back up on the old horse.

Mable is basically me working in my home studio throughout summer/winter 2013 writing, demoing, and going a little stir crazy. It’s a power pop five knuckle shuffle bunch of songs that combines everything I love about music that’s melody, harmonies and guitars, all put together with a quirky rock slant.

Along with the new album I will be working with Chilli Devil Sauces to bring you the first in a line of hot sauces, debuting with ‘Devilspit’ and it’s a bumstinger.

My brand new hot sauce made to my own secret recipe. Devilspit is a gourmet, hand made, combination of chilli sauce, BBQ sauce and beer. Three of my favourite things all in one bottle. This one will not be the hottest sauce I bring out, but it’s a good introduction to the line and, trust me, it will hurt a little… say a 7/10 on the heat scale. The sauce is handmade with all natural ingredients and definitely no chilli extract just pure honest heat.

The bottle contains 225g of sauce and also comes with a signature pic.

So, there you go, a new album and a hot sauce… what’s not to love!

13 REISSUE

My first solo album 13 has been out of print for the last 6 years, so we are reissuing it as part of the Pledge campaign. You can pick up a signed copy on CD on the right hand side of this page.

In addition, we are releasing a special limited edition vinyl set that will contain my first album 13 AND my new album Mable. Strictly limited to 300 pieces.

Head off to PledgeMusic to see the available packages and pledge your support.

Ginger’s Birthday Gig 2013

By Kris | December 22, 2013

Ginger’s birthday gig of 2013 was a roaring success, strewn with guests and featuring several Ginger band incarnations from Hey! Hello! to the Ginger Wildheart Band to The Wildhearts.

Read on, for the story of the show:

Wildhearts to tour, support by Ginger’s Hey! Hello!

By Kris | November 18, 2013

The Wildhearts are to tour in April featuring Scott Sorry on bass and supported by Ginger’s sideproject Hey! Hello! featuring Victoria Liedtke

Says Ginger: “The Wildhearts always seem to regroup when the timing is absolutely right for everyone. I absolutely cannot wait to get back onstage with the lads, and we’re all excited to be playing with our brother Scott again.”

Scott Sorry: “After a four year long break, I am excited as hell to hit the road again with The Wildhearts. April couldn’t come soon enough.”

Tue 8th April Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall
Wed 9th April Bristol, Academy 1
Thu 10th April Manchester, Academy 1
Sat 12th April Nottingham Rock City
Sun 13th April Newcastle, Academy 1
Mon 14th April Glasgow, ABC
Wed 16th April Cambridge, Junction
Thu 17th April London, Electric Ballroom

Tickets for all shows go on sale at 10am on Friday 22nd November.

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