Ginger & Friends

The Ginger live acoustic album – ‘The Great White Monkey’ Special Edition – is out on Monday (1st June) from all good record stores, and also online through the usual suspects – including HMV, Play, Amazon & Cargo. There are official signed copies on ebay through the official Round Records page to celebrate the release.

The tracklisting is as follows
CD1 –
1. (Intro)
2. 29 x The Pain
3. (Superskunk)
4. She’s So Taboo
5. (Buy A CD Player)
6. One Love, One Life, One Girl
7. Inside Out
8. Hocus Pocus
9. The Daftness
10. Re-Inventing The Wheel

CD2 -
1. (Song Writing Tips)
2. Geordie In Wonderland
3. Skychaser High
4. Nita Nitro
5. (Duran Duran)
6. I’m A Lover Not a Fighter
7. (Self Harm)
8. There’s Only One Hell
9. LTD
10. Spike Milligan 1
11. Pissjoy/Suckerpunch/Nurse Maxim
12. Spike Milligan
13. Dangerlust
14. Cheers
15. Does Your Mother Know/Sky Babies/Space Oddity,
16. I Wanna Go Where The People Go

It was recorded back in September 2003 at The Rugeley Rose Theatre.

Ginger has been confirmed to appear on the main-stage at the Guilfest Festival.

Ginger will be appearing on the main-stage on Friday 10th July, alongside Motorhead and The Stranglers.

For more info check out www.guilfest.co.uk

Ginger appears at a new one day festival in London on June 6 – Camden Rocks. Held in association with the Teenage Cancer Trust, ‘Camden Rocks’ promises to feature the very best of British talent.

Ginger is due on-stage at 8.15 at the Underworld for a 45 minute set, before Pete Doherty finishes the show.

In addition to Ginger, confirmed acts include – Carl Barat, Tyla & The Dogs, The Padingtons, The Black Spiders, EMF & Glamour Of The Kill

The one day event takes place at The Prince Of Wales, The Monarch, The Barfly and The Underworld, and will run from 12pm to 12 midnight (with an aftershow party running until the early hours).

35 ground breaking artists are slated to appear, and a number of DJs will appear including Lost Prophet Ian Watkin’s DJ alter-ego L’Amour La Morgue.

Tickets are £20 and are available from SeeTickets. For further information please visit CamdenRocks

Ginger is looking for either a piano/keyboard player who also plays pedal steel or a great female piano/keyboard player.

Ideally needed as soon as possible.

If interested, please drop a mail to website@thewildhearts.com with contact details, and details of instruments played etc and we’ll pass them along to Ginger

Ginger will be appearing at the DOLLAR$ FOR DEADBEAT$ one-off gig of Sorry & The Sinatras songs and other punk rock classics in London on Sunday (24th May)

DOLLAR$ FOR DEADBEAT$ – a benefit gig for Roger ‘Rags’ Segal of Sorry & The Sinatras. Roger got stuck in the UK when the Sorry & the Sinatras tour got cancelled and he is currently broke and homeless in London until he can get his flight back which was scheduled for the end of the tour. So we’ve gotten together a group of Roger’s friends to play a one-off gig doing Sorry & The Sinatras songs and punk & rock’n'roll classics to help raise money for Roger’s living expenses while he is in London.

Appearing on the night alongside Roger will be Ginger (The Wildhearts), Acey Slade (Murderdolls/Amen/Trashlight Vision), Dave Kerr (Sorry & The Sinatras, The Cherrykicks), Tom Spencer(The Yo-Yo’s, The Loyalties), Rich Jones (The Black Halos, Amen, The Loyalties), Eureka Machines (also playing a short set), Pat Lynch (Junkstar), Rich Rags (Madison Strays, Role Models) and some surprise guests. There will be drink specials and a late bar and this is a bank holiday Sunday so no work the next day!

Sorry & The Sinatras (featuring Scott Sorry from The Wildhearts) debut album ‘Highball Roller’ is out now on Undergroove! More info at http://www.myspace.com/sorryandthesinatras

Ginger is still introducing the world to some of the hidden musical gems out there over at Classic Rock as part of his ‘Secret History of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ series. The albums so far to make the grade are as follows:

• Jason and the Scorchers – ‘Lost And Found’
• The Long Ryders – ‘State Of Our Union’
• The Good Rats – ‘Ratcity In Blue’
• Maria McKee – ‘Maria McKee’
• Angel – ‘Sinful’
• And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – ‘So Divided’
• Cardiacs – ‘On Land And In The Sea’
• Imani Coppola – ‘The Black & White Album’