5️⃣0️⃣ years ago today! #OTD 1976: "BEAT ON A BASS with the 'B-sides,' straight 60's (them Kinks), own material, enthusiasm essential, excitement guaranteed. No kids or hard pros." Art school drop out Stuart Goddard seeks a rhythm section for his new band, and an ad drops in this week's... 1/🧵

Born #OTD 1957: Happy Birthday to Adam Ant (+Wolfmen, One Thousand Motels +many more!) bassist Chris Constantinou aka Chris De Niro - 69 years young today! 🥳 Εύχομαι σου χρόνια πολλά τζιαί ευλοϊμένα! 📽️: Miss Thing from Bliss, broadcast 9/8/1985. ----- #BornOnThisDay 20/7/1957 🎂

Attention: This movie is NOT streaming. Can Bruce Dern save the world from Adam Ant? Will Michale Pare ever wear a shirt? For answers to these questions, you'll have to join us and Glam Stroker at The Community Theater to find out.

#OTD 1985: It's the week following Live Aid and one-track-wonder Adam Ant is catching up with ex-Radio 1 presenter Pat Sharp for Sky channel's SkyTrax #OnThisDay 18/7/1985. Recorded a few yards from Adam's childhood home in St John's Wood, he reviews the latest videos/singles - still on a... 1/🧵

OUT NOW: MARCO on Word in Your Ear pod 🎙️🎧👇🏻 youtube.com/watch?v=izZN...

Adam & the Ants, pop stardom and Marco Pirroni’s brief spell in the spotlight

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2️⃣5️⃣ YEARS AGO TODAY! #OTD 2001: Channel 4 returns with the latest in its popular retrospective countdown clip show series as Adam & Ants Marco Pirroni, Chris Merrick Hughes and Gary Tibbs chew the fat on 'Top Ten Years: 1981', screened #OnThisDay 14/7/2001. 1/🧵

🕵️‍♀️ Ant Spotting Special: VIVE LE ROCK 'N' ROLL CONFESSIONS! 🐜🎶 Clash drummer Terry Chimes interviews ex Ants Marco Pirroni and Dave Barbe for new video podcast ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Confessions’. 🔗 Full Ant Lib Online feature linkypoo in comments... 👇

Last night I finished the RIDICULOUS hand embroidery portion of the back of my new vest. I feel so very accomplished.

News of this book takes me back to when Adam and The Ants ruled the pop charts and the pop charts ruled me. This performance was so exciting if you were there in the middle of Ant mania. I cannot wait to read Marco's story 🐜 🐜 🐜 youtu.be/XlFb7SNQ1NM?...

Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier

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new modern books@newmodernbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

MARCO PIRRONI - ‘YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE’ The long awaited autobiography. The true story of a pop phenomenon. This is Marco. Allow him to introduce his Firebird Seven. 10-09-26 tr.ee/P2_qxNZ6jC

hey, all you book-readin' punk/postpunk fans... a new book from the legendary Marco Pirroni (and his Firebird VII) will be coming out in september 👇

Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events@antpeople.bsky.social · 2mo ago

💥 COMING 10TH SEPTEMBER! 🐜🎶 From punk to Prince Charming, Marco Pirroni's YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE is published 10th September 2026. Now available on pre-order - with a LIMITED SIGNED EDITION hard back up for grabs! See comments for deets and personal appearances 👇

I am really looking forward to hearing about Marco's experiences with Siouxsie and Adam!

Ant Lib Ønline | Adam Ant/s News & Events@antpeople.bsky.social · 2mo ago

💥 COMING 10TH SEPTEMBER! 🐜🎶 From punk to Prince Charming, Marco Pirroni's YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE is published 10th September 2026. Now available on pre-order - with a LIMITED SIGNED EDITION hard back up for grabs! See comments for deets and personal appearances 👇

Marco is brilliant. This will be the most sardonic and truthful book of all time.

new modern books@newmodernbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

MARCO PIRRONI - ‘YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE’ The long awaited autobiography. The true story of a pop phenomenon. This is Marco. Allow him to introduce his Firebird Seven. 10-09-26 tr.ee/P2_qxNZ6jC

💥 COMING 10TH SEPTEMBER! 🐜🎶 From punk to Prince Charming, Marco Pirroni's YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE is published 10th September 2026. Now available on pre-order - with a LIMITED SIGNED EDITION hard back up for grabs! See comments for deets and personal appearances 👇

"Rock on Tommy!" #OTD 1982: Adam Ant's on Saturday night peak time telly promoting Goody Two Shoes on ITV's Cannon & Ball Show #OnThisDay 29/5/1982. With a couple of comedic sketches plus musical performances including 'The Three Caballeros', surely a future in stage & screen beckons..?

4️⃣0️⃣ years ago today! #OTD 1986: Almost exactly 4 years on from announcing his split from the Ants, Adam Ant reunites with drummer Terry Lee Miall (then living down the road in Costa Mesa) for the Disneyland Summer Vacation Party TV special recorded 13/5/1986. Sex Pistol/fellow ex-pat... 1/🧵

Born #OTD 1962: Happy Birthday to Adam & the Ants (+ Wide Boy Awake, (Lo)Max, Lavender Pill Mob) bassist Kevin Mooney - forever the baby of the band at 64 years young today! 🥳 🆕 'Junk Funk' Wide Boy Awake compilation coming later this year! 📽️: Ants Invasion - Old Grey Whistle Test, filmed 15/1/81

🚨 LIVE ADAM ANT NEWS 🚨 ANOTHER USA date supporting Squeeze added for September - with bonus Haircut 100 🇺🇸 Full confirmed live list in comments 👇🏻🐜🎶

🎉 Happy 67th birthday to Man Called Marco - born #OnThisDay 27/4/1959! 🎂 We're very much looking forward to Marco's forthcoming memoir 'Your Money or Your Life'. In the meantime, here he is in all his leather-capped glory at the Montreux Pop Festival for Goody Two Shoes - filmed early May 1984.

#OTD 1995: It's a busy day as Adam Ant, Marco, Dave Barbarossa and the boys are in Los Angeles (this LA in April malarkey must be an Ant thing.?!) for the US leg of Wonderful tour 20/4/95. This morning Adam & Marco perform Wonderful, Gotta Be a Sin and Alien for KSCA Music Hall, tonight... 1/🧵

"And now, ladies and gentlemen, here's Grace!" #OTD 1984: Adam Ant and Grace Jones are making a movie...well not quite. They're in Hollywood for a new Honda scooter advert, and Entertainment Tonight's Dixie Whatley has the scoop - screened #OnThisDay 17/4/1984. 1/🧵

THIS WEEKEND - SEE YOU THERE

The Monochrome Set@themonochromeset.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We've 3 gigs in April, tickets at the link below, see you there 😁 Friday 17th April - Birmingham, The Castle & Falcon Saturday 18th April - Hull, The Welly Sunday 19th April - Newcastle, Think Tank themonochromeset.co.uk

4️⃣5️⃣ years ago today! #OTD 1981: The Americ-Ants Invasion invades the West Coast as Adam & the Ants arrive in LA to perform 'Antmusic' for Dick Clark's American Bandstand 12/4/1981. The good Antpeople of California are there, however the nation won't be seeing the recording until 16th May 1981.

#OTD 1990: Adam Ant's flipping between the continents as he promotes Manners & Physique, his first LP release in five years and performing Room at the Top live on Late Night with David Letterman #OnThisDay 3/4/1990 at the NBC Studio, NYC. 1/🧵

💥 SEE ADAM ANT LIVE IN 2026! 🐜🎶 6️⃣ Dates announced so far in 🇬🇧🇺🇸 🆕 Darker Waves Fest in sunny California added TODAY! 👀 😎 Are YOU joining the live Ant fun? 🌊🌊 See link for latest! 👇✨ adamandtheants.org/adam-ant-new...

"In The Ghosts of Maida Vale, we hear rock and pop musicians and presenters, past and present, including Jarvis Cocker, Annie Nightingale, Squeeze, Beyoncé, John Peel, Adam Ant and The Beatles." ~ Tonight (28/3/2026) on Radio 4 #AntSpotting www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, The Ghosts of Maida Vale

Matthew Sweet summons the spirits from the world famous BBC Maida Vale recording studios.

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Want to know where/when to see Adam Ant live in concert in 2026? Check out our handy new Adam Ant gig guide over at Ant Lib Online - you know it makes sense! adamandtheants.org/adam-ant-new...

Adam Ant: In concert 2026 - Ant Lib Ønline | Adam & the Ants cømmunity øutpøst

If you're looking for live Adam Ant dates in 2026, then here's a handy guide to all the gigs announced so far.Hint: Bookmark this page for latest Adam Ant concert announcements, booking information an...

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#OTD 1983: Recovering from his recent knee operation, Adam Ant is invited to perform a live rendition of the Supremes' 'Where Did Our Love Go' at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, California #OnThisDay 25/3/1983. Michael Jackson debuts the moonwalk and then things go wobbly for Adam, before... 1/🧵

🚨 LIVE ADAM ANT NEWS 🚨 Another 🇺🇸 Squeeze date revealed for Adam Ant support. Chicago IL tickets on sale 23rd April: www.ravinia.org/events/detai...

Squeeze | Ravinia

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#OTD 1999: It's the dawn of a new millennium and retrospective TV clip shows are all the rage. Tonight it's the turn of Channel 4's Top Ten Eighties Romantics, featuring new interviews with Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni and Chris Merrick Hughes - screened #OnThisDay 13/3/1999. 1/🧵

#OTD 2017: Back in the UK following the US leg of the Kings of the Wild Frontier celebratory tour, Adam Ant is the live music guest of short-lived 'The Nightly Show' #OnThisDay 10/3/2017. Hosted by the week's guest presenter John Bishop, we see the band pay tribute to Tom "Tommy x" Edwards... 1/🧵