#OTD 1983: Calamity! Returning to Cleveland for the 19th gig of the 2nd leg of the US Friend or Foe tour, Adam Ant hobbles away from Ohio as he tears a knee cartilage on stage at the Cleveland Music Hall #OnThisDay 21/2/1983. 1/🧵

#OTD 1984: The Strip Tour '84 continues in Philadelphia PA tonight for over 4,000 AmericAnts, but 4,000 miles east ARD is screening Adam Ant's performance of his latest Billboard Hot 100 hit on 'Formel Eins' #OnThisDay 20/2/1984. Presented by Peter Illmann, the show is West Germany's only... 1/🧵

Adam Ant - From S&M to M&S...

🚨 🇺🇸 ADAM ANT LIVE US DATES NEWS 🇺🇸 🚨 Confirmed 2026 dates so far: Hollywood Bowl - supporting Squeeze, with The Beat on Sat 19th Sept. Bourbon and Beyond festival in Louisville Kentucky on Sat 26th Sept. Tickets /passes available now from event websites (links in comments) - yee haw! 🤠🐜🎶

#OTD 1995: "THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE CHARMING" Wonderful has limped in to the lower 30s of the UK singles chart, so Adam Ant's bolstered the promo campaign by bringing in Marco Pirroni for a chinwag with NME's Sylvia Patterson, published 11/2/1995. 1/🧵

Sir Marco of Pirroni talks about Adam & the Ants getting onto #TOTP with Miranda Sawyer at the British Library this evening (5/2/26)... 📽️ British Library

Ok timeline cleanser. Show me your teen celebrity crushes in gifs. I'm pretty old, so....it was Adam Ant. My mom made me put his poster in my closet so I guess she too thought he was unacceptably sexy

Poster for JUBILEE (1978) Written and directed by Derek Jarman - BOTD in 1942

🚨 LIVE ADAM ANT NEWS 🚨 TUESDAY 4th August in the Olympia, Winter Gardens, Blackpool ADAM ANT (playing a harder set of early classics plus all the hits) THE UNDERTONES ALTERED IMAGES Doors 6pm - 11pm curfew 🎫 GENERAL SALE: Monday 2nd February www.rebellionfestivals.com/ticket-info

Adam Ants gig at the Marquee reviewed by Stephen Lavers in Sounds 28th, January 1978.

#OTD 1984: Strip Tour '84 is on the road and an animated Adam Ant is on the 2nd of two nights in Atlanta 28/1/1984. He pops into WSB studios to hang out on The Dance Show with presenters Cal Dupri and Townsen Coleman. Even the usual old questions don't manage to temper Adam's new year enthusiasm.

#OTD 1978: Adam & the Ants conclude their Thursday residency at the Marquee in London's Soho 26/1/1978. Writer Nick Kent and photographer Denis O'Regan are in attendance, contributing to the NME (11/2/1978): "I've not seen such a turn-out of Chelsea has-beens for a rock band in years than... 1/🧵

Born #OTD 1958: Happy Birthday to the one and only Gorgeous GARY "Damp Squibs" TIBBS - actor and Adam & the Ants bassist who turns 68 years young today! 🎂🥳 📽️: Christian D'or from Ants In Japan (Filmed 8th October 1981) --- #AdamAnt #AdamAndTheAnts #Antmusic #GaryTibbs

Did you know there's loads coming up this year in Antland? No?!! Well check out our 2026 preview over on the new Ant Lib Ønline - link in comments! If reading stuff sounds like too much like hard work, we asked Chrome to give us a summary illustrated with a video of dubious quality...

#OTD 1981: The 'Year of the Ant' starts with a rather handy 'primer' introducing Adam & the Ants to the Record Mirror readership, published as latest single 'Antmusic' hits the N°2 position in the UK singles chart. "The reason I've used the warrior theme is because warriors are the peacocks. 1/🧵

ANTRANT: THE PRESSURES OF PRINCEDOM #OTD 1982: What a difference a year makes - an off-brand Adam Ant is on the cover of NME for a 4-page interview feature published 16/1/1982. Photos from Anton Corbijn show a somewhat stark, less glamourous side... 1/🧵

#OTD 1982 (again): Meanwhile back on the road, Adam & the Ants are in Newcastle, playing the 1st of two nights at the City Hall #OnThisDay 8/1/1982. "You could actually hear The Ants' music - and very good it was too..." reports Mark Dawson of local rag Sunday Sun. 1/🧵

"ANT RAP" #OTD 1982: Adam's back Ant yappin' at Mark Ellen for Britain's biggest teen music magazine Smash Hits, published 7/1/1982 as latest single 'Ant Rap' is stuck at the N°4 position in the UK singles chart. "It's a risk putting it out as a single. I could have just brought out... 1/🧵

MEET THE ANTS #OTD 1978: Adam & the Ants play the Roxy, Covent Garden 7/1/1978: "Everyone hated the Ants musically because they were in their early stage when the sound was a bit erratic and out of tune and the pace was frightening. 1/🧵

#OTD 1978: Adam and the Antz kick off 1978 with the first of a 4x weekly Thursday night residency at the Marquee Club, Wardour Street. Entry is 65p and veteran resident DJ Jerry Floyd spins da tunes 5/1/1978 Adam 📸 credit: Christian Cavallin

I only went to 4 gigs this year, but there were so many magical moments, seeing my music heroes from different eras of my life: Nine Inch Nails, Oasis (in Manchester); Adam Ant & Gary Numan. I feel so much gratitude for these amazing gigs ❤️🖤❤️ #oasis #nineinchnails #adamant #garynuman

Born #OTD 1956: Happy 70th Birthday Adam Ant drummer 1982-1985 turned Zildjian Company's marketing big cheese Bogdan 'Count' Wiczling! 🎂🥁🥳 ✨We wish you a 'yabba-dabba-ding-ding' of a day!✨ 📺: Dick Clark's Nitetime (1985)

"I remember him talking about Marco Pirroni as if he were the new guitar messiah he'd rescued from the undignified, melancholic Rema-Rema. Adam was the alchemist, and I was one of the sad, lonely abusers." ~ Gary Asquith #AntSpotting www.darkentries.be/interviews/a...

Bye Bye '25! - Hello 2026! 🐜🎶 Spanks to everyone who's enjoyed, commented and contributed to Ant Lib shenanigans this past year. Special spanks to Adam and the gang for #antmusic2025 A special Ant Lib round-up of reviews of this year's tour +video edit now on Ant Lib Ønline 👇🏻 AM4SP! x

"MY FACE IS MY FORTUNE" #OTD 1981: Following a whirlwind 12 months the 'Year of the Ant' ends with Adam's final interview feature courtesy of Australian Women's Weekly published #OnThisDay 30/12/1981. Adam talks to Jeremy Pascal about his family, image & body, and the genesis of the Ants: 1/🧵

#OTD 1981: Following a short Xmas break, the Prince Charming Revue is back on the road (or should that be beach?!) as Adam & the Ants arrive at the Brighton Centre for 3x nights of extravagance to end their phenomenal, record-breaking year #OnThisDay 28/12/1981. 📸: Vibe Nation

🎄 MERRY XMAS FROM 1981! 🧑‍🎄 #OTD 1981: A week into the Prince Charming Revue tour, Adam Ant nips to BBC TV Centre in Shepherd's Bush to be groped by girls (again) and talk to DJ Simon Bates about his year - screened just before the Queen's Speech #OnThisDay #Christmas Day 25/12/1981. 1/🧵

🎄 MERRY XMAS FROM 1981! 🧑‍🎄 #OTD 1981: A week into the Prince Charming Revue tour, Adam Ant nips to BBC TV Centre in Shepherd's Bush to be groped by girls (again) and talk to DJ Simon Bates about his year - screened just before the Queen's Speech #OnThisDay #Christmas Day 25/12/1981. 1/🧵

"SUCCESS HAS MADE ME WORK TWICE AS FAST, TWICE AS HARD. BUT I'M NOT TWICE AS HAPPY" #OTD 1981: Here comes the Mirror Man as William Marshall reports from behind the scenes of the Prince Charming Revue at Drury Lane published #OnThisDay 22/12/1981. 1/🧵

#OTD 1981: Back home from the Cornish Riviera and the warm-up shows of the Prince Charming Revue, Adam Ant is mixing in royal company again at the Children of Courage awards lunch, hosted at the House of Lords, Westminster #OnThisDay 16/12/1981. 1/🧵

#OTD 1983: With the Strip video vetoed from pre-watershed schedules of the sensitive four UK TV channels, Number One magazine runs a double page spread to offer fans a glimpse of Adam Ant's latest promo #OnThisDay 10/12/83. On one side, the Strip song lyrics are surrounded by on-set photos... 1/🧵

GIRLS FILLED THE STAGE WITH BRAS #OTD 1984: Adam Ant reflects on the raunchy Strip Tour '84, revealing all to British tabloid the Sunday Mirror 9/12/1984: "Adam Ant recalls a concert when frenzied girls threw everything to the winds - literally. 'Afterwards I counted a pile of more than... 1/🧵

Born #OTD 1957: Happy Birthday to Adam/Antz drummer/legend that is Mr Dave Barbe/Barbarossa - who turns 68 years young today! 🥳🎂 ✨We hope you have a 'Beautiful Dream' of a day!✨ 📺: Zig & Zag Show (1995)

My personal review of Adam Ant at Milton Keynes Theatre, with a small back story of why I love him. #adamant #miltonkeynes #mktheatre www.jasminestorm.com/post/adam-an...

With Lester Square making a guest appearance, don't miss this 😍

Our first gigs of 2026 are 2 full performances of 'Lost Weekend', joined by original guitarist Foz. These will sell out, get your tickets now Friday 6th March - Lost Weekend, The Deaf Institute Manchester Saturday 7th March - Lost Weekend, Mono Cafe Bar Glasgow Tkt info themonochromeset.co.uk

White Horse News: Adam Ant Guitar auction boosts fundraising appeal #AntSpotting whitehorsenews.co.uk/adam-ant-gui...

Happy #DirkDay 🖤🤍 everyone! 🥳 #OTD 1979: Released on the Do It label 30/11/1979, Dirk Wears White Søx is produced by Adam Ant and although influenced by soul and funk (!) is acknowledged as one of the most "seminal" albums of the post-punk/new wave era. 1/🧵

#OTD 1977: "What did you want?" "For him to obey my every command or be disciplined if he didn't." "How did you do that?" "Simply by sending him to see The Ants of course..." Adam & the Ants are headlining the Marquee 26/11/1977 and UK Subs are a last minute /unbilled support.

#adamant #sheffieldcityhall

2 drummers knocking out a Burundi beat will always be awesome. #AdamAnt #SheffieldCityHall

4️⃣5️⃣ years ago today! #OTD 1980: Home in London, Adam & the Ants return to the Lyceum, WC2 23/11 With support from Cuddly Toys and God's Toys, as well as Ant Disco curated by the lovely Jordan, and prizes for best dancers/dressed fans, Sunday is certainly funday. 📸: Gerard McNamara, Peter Anderson

Adam Ant (yes, for real!) on stage in Manchester this evening

#OTD Saturday 22nd November 1980 4️⃣5️⃣ years ago Adam & The Ants + God's Toys + Ant Disco [DJ set] Friars, Aylesbury “The Frontier Tour - An Ant Music Review” a week after Adam had appeared on front-page of Sounds. Ant Disco included tracks selected by Jordan [see Friars newsletter] 💙

Adam and the Ants album 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier' advert in Sounds 22nd, November 1980.

Adam And The Ants gig at Sheffield reviewed by Pete Scott in Sounds 22nd, November 1980.

Love Andy Warren? 'Course ya do! 😎 He's moonlighting from The Monochrom Set on a nu tewn called 'The Gallopers' with the Would-Be-Goods! Video link in comments... #AntSpotting

#AdamAnt 🥰

Live Review: Adam Ant w/ Yee Loi (Support), York Barbican [19/11/25] Dandy Forever: Adam Ant Turns York Into a Pirate Parade Words and Photos - John Hayhurst Adam Ant doesn’t stroll onstage so much as materialise, hat first, like he’s just swung in from the balcony and crashed a highwayman raid.…

Couple of 80s nostalgic gigs. ABC playing Lexicon of Love with a full orchestra in Bournemouth and Adam Ant in Bristol. Both great fun. Still going strong.