{"id":349223,"date":"2011-03-30T07:39:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T07:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/adam-ants-greatest-hits-comeback-tour-with-sachsgate-girl-georgina-baillie-in-tow\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T07:39:22","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T07:39:22","slug":"adam-ants-greatest-hits-comeback-tour-with-sachsgate-girl-georgina-baillie-in-tow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/adam-ants-greatest-hits-comeback-tour-with-sachsgate-girl-georgina-baillie-in-tow\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Ant&#8217;s greatest hits comeback tour with Sachsgate girl Georgina Baillie in tow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"122.04868110658\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 8:39 AM on 30th March 2011<\/p>\n<p>Eighties sensation Adam Ant is making a comeback with his first tour in 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Stand And Deliver and Prince Charming hitmaker appeared onstage at the Under The Bridge club in Chelsea today to announce his new act, The Good, The Mad And The Lovely Posse, which will embark on a UK Greatest Hits tour in May.<\/p>\n<p>And the singer &#8211; once voted sexiest man in America &#8211; will be joined by Georgina Baillie, the dancer and model who was at the centre of the Sachsgate scandal.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/74a18e79486_468x681.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"681\" alt=\"Comeback: Adam Ant announced his Greatest Hits tour with new band The Good, The Bad and the Lovely Posse, to begin in May, in London today\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Comeback: Adam Ant announced his Greatest Hits tour with new band The Good, The Bad and the Lovely Posse, to begin in May, in London today<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 56-year-old said today: &#8216;I&#8217;m really looking forward to it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ant &#8211; real name Stuart Goddard &#8211; said he was returning to performing because, &#8216;I missed it &#8211; that&#8217;s what I do. And the money.&#8217;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ant will play a 15-date tour starting in Brighton on May 16 which includes Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>He said these days he got more of a buzz out of performing &#8216;now I know what I&#8217;m doing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/8f92a47637_468x372.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"372\" alt=\"The Good, the Bad and the Lovely Posse: Sachsgate girl Georgina Baillie (far left) is touring with the Eighties singer\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Good, the Bad and the Lovely Posse: Sachsgate girl Georgina Baillie (far left) is touring with the Eighties singer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b844ecb1164_233x353.jpg.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"353\" alt=\"Heartthrob: The Prince charming singer was once voted Sexiest Man in America \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heartthrob: The Prince charming singer was once voted Sexiest Man in America <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Georgina Baillie, who also lends her voice to Ant&#8217;s upcoming album, apparently to be titled Adam Ant is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner&#8217;s Daughter, provides backing vocals on the tour along with Georgina Leahy.<\/p>\n<p> Baillie, 25, is the granddaughter of actor Andrew Sachs and was the subject of crude<br \/>\nmessages from Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross which were played on<br \/>\nRadio 2 in 2008. <\/p>\n<p>The incident &#8211; known as &#8216;Sachsgate&#8217; caused a furore and led to Brand and the<br \/>\nstation controller resigning. It also contributed to Ross leaving the<br \/>\nBBC last year.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years Ant has made headlines for his mental<br \/>\nhealth problems. In 2002, he threatened drinkers at a North London pub<br \/>\nwith an imitation pistol, but escaped a jail term on the grounds of<br \/>\nmental illness.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 Ant, who has dated Jamie Lee Curtis and<br \/>\nHeather Graham, said that he intended to make a comeback for the sake of<br \/>\nhis daughter Lily, now 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018She has never seen Adam perform and doesn\u2019t know what The Ants were all about,\u2019 he said at the time.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ff2384fe482_468x286.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"286\" alt=\"Eighties hitmaker: The 56-year-old has said previously that he wants to make a comeback because his daughter Lily has never seen him perform\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eighties hitmaker: The 56-year-old has said previously that he wants to make a comeback because his daughter Lily has never seen him perform<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve had this lifelong battle against manic depression, but I\u2019ve had to overcome it for her sake. Times got bad. I lost my mind. But I\u2019m back.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He says his problems began when he got married \u2013 \u2018too young\u2019 \u2013 at 21. \u2018I tried to commit suicide with an overdose,\u2019 he&#8217;s admitted previously.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018After I broke up the band, I went to America to try to make it there, and a crazy woman started stalking me. That sent me over the edge again, and I did time in a Miami psychiatric clinic.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on sale April 1 and are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketweb.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TicketWeb <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seetickets.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>Do you have a story about a celebrity? Call the Daily Mail showbusiness desk on 0207 938 6364 or 0207 938 6683. For U.S. stories, phone 310 642 2317.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Explore more:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt>People: <\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/ross_jonathan\">Jonathan Ross<\/a>, <\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/graham_heather\">Heather Graham<\/a>, <\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/ant_adam\">Adam Ant<\/a>, <\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/curtis_jamie_lee\">Jamie Lee Curtis<\/a>, <\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/goddard_stuart\">Stuart Goddard<\/a>, <\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/sachs_andrew\">Andrew Sachs<\/a>, <\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/baillie_georgina\">Georgina Baillie<\/a> <\/dd>\n<dt>Places: <\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/locations\/cities\/birmingham\">Birmingham<\/a>, <\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/locations\/cities\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a>, <\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/locations\/cities\/glasgow\">Glasgow<\/a>, <\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/locations\/cities\/london\">London<\/a>, <\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/locations\/continents\/america\">America<\/a> <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The rest is here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1371326\/Adam-Ants-greatest-hits-comeback-tour-Sachsgate-girl-Georgina-Baillie-tow.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Adam Ant's greatest hits comeback tour with Sachsgate girl Georgina Baillie in tow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Ant&#8217;s greatest hits comeback tour with Sachsgate girl Georgina Baillie in tow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:39 AM on 30th March 2011 Eighties sensation Adam Ant is making a comeback with his first tour in 15 years. The Stand And Deliver and Prince Charming hitmaker appeared onstage at the Under The Bridge club in Chelsea today to announce his new act, The Good, The Mad And The Lovely Posse, which will embark on a UK Greatest Hits tour in May. And the singer &#8211; once voted sexiest man in America &#8211; will be joined by Georgina Baillie, the dancer and model who was at the centre of the Sachsgate scandal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Adam Ant&#039;s greatest hits comeback tour with Sachsgate girl Georgina Baillie in tow - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/adam-ants-greatest-hits-comeback-tour-with-sachsgate-girl-georgina-baillie-in-tow\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Adam Ant&#039;s greatest hits comeback tour with Sachsgate girl Georgina Baillie in tow - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:39 AM on 30th March 2011 Eighties sensation Adam Ant is making a comeback with his first tour in 15 years. 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