Editing Adam Ant (section)

==Musical career==
===1977–1982: Adam and the Ants===
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Adam and the Ants began performing around London while Ant acted in [[Derek Jarman]]'s film ''[[Jubilee (1978 film)|Jubilee]]'' in 1977. They were initially managed by [[Jordan (Pamela Rooke)|Jordan]] from the [[Sex (boutique)|SEX]] boutique on [[Kings Road]]. His debut as a recording artist was the song "[[Deutscher Girls]]", which featured on the film's soundtrack, along with "Plastic Surgery" which was performed in the film. In late 1979 they released their debut album ''[[Dirk Wears White Sox]]'' (1979, [[Do It Records]]) featuring [[Matthew Ashman]] on guitar, [[Andy Warren (British musician)|Andy Warren]] on bass and [[David Barbarossa|Dave Barbarossa]] on drums.

Ant approached [[Malcolm McLaren]] to manage the band, who subsequently hired the rest of the Ants to form [[Bow Wow Wow]] fronted by [[Annabella Lwin]]. The second version of Adam and the Ants featured [[Marco Pirroni]] (guitar), [[Kevin Mooney]] (bass guitar), and two drummers, Terry Lee Miall and [[Chris Hughes (record producer)|Chris Hughes]] (formerly of [[Dalek I Love You]]), who used the name "Merrick". The band signed a deal with [[Columbia Records|CBS Records]] and recorded ''[[Kings of the Wild Frontier]]'' during the summer of 1980. The album gained success in the United Kingdom, and the "Antmania" that ensued put the band at the forefront of the [[New Romantic]] movement. The single "[[Antmusic]]" went to No.&nbsp;2 on the [[UK singles chart]] by December 1980. Following the departure of Mooney in February 1981, bassist [[Gary Tibbs]], formerly of [[Roxy Music]], joined the band.

In November 1981, Adam & the Ants released the album, ''[[Prince Charming (album)|Prince Charming]],'' that featured two United Kingdom No.&nbsp;1 singles – "[[Stand and Deliver (Adam and the Ants song)|Stand and Deliver]]" and the title track, "[[Prince Charming (Adam and the Ants song)|Prince Charming]]" – as well as the No.&nbsp;3 UK hit "[[Ant Rap]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/the-artist-formerly-known-as-prince-charming-629059.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201121405/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/the-artist-formerly-known-as-prince-charming-629059.html |archive-date=2008-12-01 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=The Independent, December 2000|work=The Independent|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref> In March 1982 the group disbanded.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2011-04-27 |title=The rise and fall of Adam Ant |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/8478052/The-rise-and-fall-of-Adam-Ant.html |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref>

===1982–2001: Solo career===
A few months after Adam and the Ants split, Ant launched his solo career and retained Pirroni as guitarist and co-songwriter.<ref name="auto" /> Merrick also briefly stayed as drummer and producer for the UK edition of the first solo hit single "[[Goody Two-Shoes (song)|Goody Two Shoes]]"—which made it to No. 1 in the UK—and demos for the upcoming ''[[Friend or Foe (album)|Friend or Foe]]'' album, before moving on to other production work.<ref name="gaznterrycontractualsep82">News of Adam No.2, p.7, Arlington Press Ltd UK1982</ref> The ''Friend or Foe'' album also produced another top ten single, "[[Friend or Foe (Adam Ant song)|Friend or Foe]]", which reached No. 9 in September 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/adam%20%26%20the%20ants|title=Official charts for artist: Adam and the Ants|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028161110/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/adam%20%26%20the%20ants/|archive-date=28 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ant recruited a new band for touring, consisting of new dual drummers Bogdan Wiczling (ex-[[Fingerprintz]]) and Barry Watts (ex-[[Q-Tips (band)|Q-Tips]]), plus guitarist [[Cha Burns]] (also ex-Fingerprintz), bassist [[Chris Constantinou]] and the former Q-Tips brass section of trumpeter Tony Hughes and twin saxophonists Stewart van Blandamer and Steve Farr.<ref>Sleevenotes for single ''Desperate But Not Serious''</ref> The new band made its debut at London's [[London Astoria|Astoria]] Theatre on 1 October 1982. A US tour began in New York on 8 November. On the 19th tour date on 20 February 1983 in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, Ant suffered a knee injury onstage (a relapse of a previous injury suffered while filming ''Jubilee'' in 1977), forcing the postponement and/or cancellation of dates throughout February and March while he recuperated.  Ant eventually returned to performing, appearing as a guest on the [[NBC]] special ''[[Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever]]'', singing "[[Where Did Our Love Go]]" with [[Diana Ross]]. He resumed the US tour, completed on 18 May 1983 at the Bronco Bowl in [[Dallas]], Texas.<ref name="gigs83">{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/1983.html |title=1983 |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313134404/http://www.adam-ant.net/1983.html |archive-date=13 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During his recuperation from the knee injury, Ant worked with Pirroni on new material<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|214–215}} that formed the basis of Ant's second solo album, ''[[Strip (Adam Ant album)|Strip]]''. With promotion on the ''Strip'' album complete, Ant reduced his band to the quartet of himself, Pirroni (now out of retirement again), Wiczling and Constantinou.<ref name= "WWBF back">{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/discography/Discographyimages/singles/apollo/uk/back.jpg |title=We Will be Fine – Apollo 9 |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=21 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812040922/http://www.adam-ant.net/discography/Discographyimages/singles/apollo/uk/back.jpg |archive-date=12 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The latter two adopted the stage names ''Count'' Wiczling and Chris ''De Niro'' respectively and were upgraded from live backing musicians to being full-time band members, featured on record sleeves,<ref name= "WWBF back" /> logos<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/discography/Discographyimages/singles/apollo/uk/a.jpg |title=Apollo 9 |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=21 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808191611/http://www.adam-ant.net/discography/Discographyimages/singles/apollo/uk/a.jpg |archive-date=8 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and even in song lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antlady.nl/lyrics/ScorpioRising.html|title=Scorpio Rising|website=Antlady.nl|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208172936/http://www.antlady.nl/lyrics/ScorpioRising.html|archive-date=8 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The LP ''Strip'' produced a top ten single, "Puss'n Boots", that reached No. 5 in the UK charts in October 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ADAM ANT {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19582/adam-ant/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> Ant formally unveiled his new four-piece band at the 1984 Montreux Pop Festival,<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|234}}

In July 1985, Ant secured a spot at the [[Live Aid]] concert – the first live performance of the "Ant/Marco/Wiczling/De Niro" band – but was asked to cut his set to one song, for which he chose his new single, the ''[[Vive Le Rock]]'' title track<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8314-1671546,00.html | title = Sound advice | last = Paphides| first= Peter | date = 2 July 2005 | access-date = 12 September 2006 | newspaper = Times Online | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Ant later claimed to regret playing the fundraiser, saying, "I was asked by [[Bob Geldof|Sir Bob]] to promote this concert. They had no idea they could sell it out. Then in Bob's book, he said, 'Adam was over the hill so I let him have one number.'... Doing that show was the biggest f**king mistake in the world. Knighthoods were made, [[Bono]] got it made, and it was a waste of f**king time. It was the end of rock 'n' roll."<ref>{{cite web | url= http://louderthanwar.com/adam-ant-brands-live-aid-a-mistake-and-a-waste-of-time-and-the-end-of-rock-n-roll/ | title= Adam Ant brands Live Aid a "mistake" and a "waste of time" and the end of 'rock n roll' | work= Louder Than War | date= 26 August 2011 | access-date= 18 March 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120830202929/http://louderthanwar.com/adam-ant-brands-live-aid-a-mistake-and-a-waste-of-time-and-the-end-of-rock-n-roll/ | archive-date= 30 August 2012 | url-status= live }}</ref>

A year after the hit single success of "Apollo 9", which reached No. 13 in September 1984, the parent album ''Vive Le Rock'' was released in September 1985, to mixed reviews. As part of the promotion, the band performed a live TV session for [[Channel 4]] music show ''Bliss'' hosted by [[Muriel Gray]]. Several songs were recorded, although only two – "Miss Thing" from the new album and "Killer in the Home" from ''Kings of the Wild Frontier'' – were actually transmitted.<ref name="gigs85">{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/1985.html |title=1985 |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328122139/http://www.adam-ant.net/1985.html |archive-date=28 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ant paused his career in music at the end of 1985 to focus on his acting career.<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|244}} His [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]] show was Ant's last full-length concert until February 1993. Indeed, between December 1982<!--I.E. JUST AFTER THE END OF THE "FRIEND OR FOE" UK/EUROPEAN TOUR--> and February 1995,<!--I.E. JUST BEFORE "WONDERFUL" UK TOUR--> Ant's only public live concerts outside North America were the four aforementioned UK/Spanish shows, Live Aid,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/giglist.html |title=Gig List |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328122143/http://www.adam-ant.net/giglist.html |archive-date=28 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> a 1987 fanclub party performance,<ref name="gigs87">{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/1987.html |title=1987 |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328122146/http://www.adam-ant.net/1987.html |archive-date=28 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and a September 1994 [[EMI]] corporate event in [[Brighton]].<ref name="gigs94">{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/1994.html |title=1994 |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328122152/http://www.adam-ant.net/1994.html |archive-date=28 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> He severed ties with CBS in late 1986, following the release of the ''Hits'' audio/VHS compilation.<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|248}} In 1990, Ant returned with ''[[Manners & Physique]]'', a collaboration with [[André Cymone]], a solo artist and an early member of [[Prince (artist)|Prince]]'s band. The album was another moderate success, and featured the single "[[Room at the Top (Adam Ant song)|Room at the Top]]", which was a Top 20 hit on both sides of the Atlantic. "Rough Stuff" became the second single for the United States and Germany as "Can't Set Rules About Love" charted in the United Kingdom.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

In  1992, [[Nine Inch Nails]] released a cover of Adam & the Ants' "Physical (You're So)" on their ''[[Broken (Nine Inch Nails EP)|Broken]]'' EP, originally released on the ''Kings of the Wild Frontier'' LP."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nine Inch Nails – Broken|url=https://www.discogs.com/Nine-Inch-Nails-Broken/master/3466|access-date=2020-07-01|website=Discogs|year=1992 |language=en}}</ref> Subsequently in 1995, Adam Ant performed "Physical" live with Nine Inch Nails on their [[Self Destruct Tour]] for two nights in a row.

In 1995, Ant released the album, ''[[Wonderful (Adam Ant album)|Wonderful]]''. The title track was a successful single, as was a tour of the US in support of the album. While Ant and his group, which retained longtime guitarist Pirroni alongside [[Kris Dollimore]] ([[The Godfathers]], [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]]), Bruce Whitkin, Dave Ruffy ([[The Ruts]]) and Dave Barbarossa (Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1995/music/reviews/adam-ant-1200441322/|title=Adam Ant|first1=Troy J.|last1=Augusto|website=Variety.com|date=25 April 1995|access-date=14 November 2020}}</ref> played in smaller venues than they had played in the 1980s, the houses were often packed with enthusiastic fans. The tour was cut short due to Ant and Pirroni both contracting [[Infectious mononucleosis|glandular fever]].<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|298}} Ant also played three shows at [[Shepherd's Bush Empire]] in London and did a mini tour of [[Virgin Records|Virgin Record]] Shops playing selected tunes from the album ''Wonderful'' and signing records. Adam and his band also played shows in [[Dublin]], Glasgow, [[Middlesbrough]] and [[Stoke-on-Trent]].
[[File:Adam Ant - State Theatre.jpg|thumb|left|Adam Ant performs at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ on April 3, 2024.]]

In 1996, Ant and Pirroni recorded two new songs, "Lamé" and "Inseminator", for the soundtrack to Ant's latest film ''Drop Dead Rock''. Also around this time, they recorded a cover version of the [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] song "[[Dandy in the Underworld (song)|Dandy in the Underworld]]". The duo continued to demo other songs around this time, including such titles as "Tough Blokes", "Justine", "[[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]] Meets [[Gary Cooper]]" and "Call Me Sausage" (the last of which leaked out into bootleg circulation among fans).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cartrouble.nl/interviews/marco2005-x03.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719014136/http://www.cartrouble.nl/interviews/marco2005-x03.html |archive-date=19 July 2011 |title=MARCO PIRRONI INTERVIEW 2005
|website=Cartrouble.nl |access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref> These new songs with Pirroni were for Ant's own new label Blend Records. Pirroni later referred to these recordings as the ''Blend Demos''. They also guested with such bands as Dweeb and [[Rachel Stamp]]. In 2001, following the [[11 September attacks]], Ant recorded a charity single for New York firefighters; a double A-side of [[Neil Diamond]]'s "[[America (Neil Diamond song)|America]]" with his own song "Big Trouble".<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3640005/Adam-and-the-fall.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Paul | last=Lester | title=Adam and the fall | date=9 April 2005 | access-date=3 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215135142/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3640005/Adam-and-the-fall.html | archive-date=15 December 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.cartrouble.nl/news/archive/cnn2005-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110724151134/http://www.cartrouble.nl/news/archive/cnn2005-1.html |archive-date=24 July 2011 |title= CNN 2005 Archive (part 1) |website= Cartrouble.nl |date=11 April 2011 |access-date= March 27, 2017}}</ref> In interviews from the time, Ant talked of numerous varied plans, including starting another new record label, reforming Adam and the Ants, and a star-studded benefit concert for a forest in [[Patagonia]].<ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news|last=Higginbotham|first=Adam|date=8 September 2002|title=You wouldn't know him from Adam|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2002/sep/08/features.magazine37|url-status=live|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305151019/http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2002/sep/08/features.magazine37|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref>

===2002–2009: Autobiography===
In 2003, the Channel 4 television special titled ''The Madness of Prince Charming''<ref name=":0" />
was aired in the UK documenting Ant's career and his struggle with mental illness (he was diagnosed as suffering with [[bipolar disorder]]).

In 2003, Ant and ''Wonderful'' collaborator, [[Boz Boorer]], teamed with the [[Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund]] (now called The Gorilla Organisation) in a reworking of "Stand and Deliver" as "Save the Gorillas" for an EP of the same name along with four primate/rainforest-themed covers. Originally intended as a benefit record for the endangered mountain gorilla, it was never released, due to copyright and licensing issues relating to the title track. One track from the EP, "Jungle Rock", was eventually released on Boorer's 2008 solo LP ''Miss Pearl''.<ref name="adamantnetarchive">{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/archive.html |title=news archive |website=Adam-ant.net |date= |access-date=2012-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/04128-news-quietus-exclusive-adam-ant-working-on-new-album |title=News &#124; Quietus Exclusive: Adam Ant Working On New Album |publisher=The Quietus |date= 20 April 2010|access-date=2012-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adam-ant.net/stg.html|title= Save The Gorillas (Unreleased CD)|website=Adam-ant.net|date= |access-date=2022-07-18}}</ref>

Ant made a guest appearance on an EP released in 2005—''Mike's Bikes'' by former Ants bassist Kevin Mooney's new band, the Lavender Pill Mob, on Mooney's own label Le Coq Musique. Ant provided lead vocals for "Black Pirates", a reworking of the song "Chicken Outlaw" by Mooney's earlier band Wide Boy Awake, inspired by Mooney's departure from the Ants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adamandtheants.org/ant-talk/interview-kevin-mooney-2005 |title=Interview " Kevin Mooney " 2005 &#124; Ant Lib Ønline &#124; Adam & the Ants Cømmunity Øutpost &#124; Adam Ant News & Events |website=Adamandtheants.org |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317000429/http://www.adamandtheants.org/ant-talk/interview-kevin-mooney-2005 |archive-date=17 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2006, he published his autobiography, ''Stand & Deliver''. Marking the release of the book, Ant did a UK book signing, which went from London to [[Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.adam-ant.net/signings.html
| title = Book signing pictures and dates
| date = 27 October 2008
| access-date = 27 October 2008
| publisher = adam-ant.net
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081101132008/http://www.adam-ant.net/signings.html| archive-date= 1 November 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> After the success of the first edition the paperback edition was published in September 2007, which contains a new epilogue that covers the year following the initial hardback release.  As part of the promotion of the paperback, Ant performed a reading of selected passages of the book along with acoustic songs (accompanied by childhood friend Dave Pash on guitar) at the [[Bloomsbury Theatre]], London on 24 September.  A live CD of highlights of the gig, ''Live at the Bloomsbury'' was released the following year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.adam-ant.net/bloom.html | title=Live at the Bloomsbury }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.adam-ant.net/240907.html | title=240907 }}</ref>

===2010–2012: Independent label and return to touring===
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[[File:Adam Ant 1.jpg|thumb|200px|Adam Ant on stage in 2011]]
On 4 March 2010, Adam Ant registered his new label Blue Black Hussar Ltd. as a [[private limited company]] at [[Companies House]].<ref name="Failure Page">{{cite web|url=http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/a49ab31ca9ff0004090d365580ee13e0/compdetails|title=Failure Page|website=Wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081343/http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/a49ab31ca9ff0004090d365580ee13e0/compdetails|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> That month also marked a return to live music. Ant's first live performance since The Bloomsbury in 2007 was at Through The Looking Glass bookshop in London on 18 March, at which he played "Ants Invasion", "[[Cartrouble]]", "Physical", and a cover of [[Iggy Pop]]'s "[[The Passenger (song)|The Passenger]]". A day later, on 19 March, Ant guested at a [[Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction]] gig at the Pipeline Bar, London E1, in which he provided lead vocals for the band's Top 20 hit "Prime Mover".<ref name="gigs2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/2010.html |title=2010 |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313134131/http://www.adam-ant.net/2010.html |archive-date=13 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Ant performed another low key show at the [[Southwark Playhouse]] on Saturday 20 March.<ref name="gigs2010" /> During the intervals Ant talked about [[Sony Records]], how he rejected an alleged £2.6&nbsp;million [[O2 (UK)|O2]] deal, and a new album collaboration with [[Chris McCormack (guitarist)|Chris McCormack]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adamandtheants.org/ant-news/adam-ant-appearance-zodiac-mindwarp |title=Adam Ant Appearance with Zodiac Mindwarp |website=Adamandtheants.org |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426055250/http://www.adamandtheants.org/ant-news/adam-ant-appearance-zodiac-mindwarp |archive-date=26 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ant played a sold-out headline concert, dubbed The Pirate Metal Extravaganza at the [[Scala (club)|Scala]] in London on 30 April.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.adam-ant.net/april10.html | title=Adam-ant.net – April 2010 News }}</ref> He also performed some smaller [[guerilla gig]]s in Autumn 2010, which received no advance billing, including a solo show at the Dark Mills festival at London's Colour House Theatre on 4 September 2010, the launch party of the Illamasqua store on 16 September (at which [[Boy George]] served as DJ), and a guest spot at the [[Monster Raving Loony Party]]'s annual conference in [[Fleet, Hampshire]], on 25 September. On 21 October, Ant performed at the [[Union Chapel, Islington|Union Chapel]], London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#union |title=Latest News |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410031748/http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#union |archive-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ant headlined at the Scala again on 18 November,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scala-london.co.uk/scala/event.php?id=1475 |title=Event |publisher=Scala London |date=18 November 2010 |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302152613/http://www.scala-london.co.uk/scala/event.php?id=1475 |archive-date=2 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> joined by a trio of female backing singers. The gig received positive reviews and three days later again topped the bill at a tribute concert for former Ant Matthew Ashman on 21 November at the same venue, in a show also featuring later Ashman bands Bow Wow Wow, [[Chiefs of Relief]], [[Agent Provocateur (band)|Agent Provocateur]] and London rock act Slam Cartel. Ant was back playing live two days later on 23 December, when he and backing vocalist [[Georgina Baillie|Georgina Baillee]] guested onstage at the Christmas party of West Rocks at Shepherds Bar in [[Shepherd's Bush]] and played live again at Proud, [[Camden Town|Camden]] on 5 January 2011<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.zani.co.uk/reviews.aspx?id=220 |url-status= dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005033754/http://www.zani.co.uk/reviews.aspx?id=220 |archive-date=5 October 2011 |title= Adam Ant; ZANI – Stands Proud| date= January 2011| website= Zani.co.uk | access-date= March 27, 2017}}</ref> and at [[Madame Jojo's]] in [[Soho]] on 17 January.<ref name=whatsnew>{{cite web |url=http://adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html |title=Latest News |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970621041510/http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html |archive-date=21 June 1997 |url-status=live }}</ref> He finished the month by playing further dates of his World Tour of London with a two-night stand at the [[100 Club]] on 26 and 27 January 2011.<ref name=proudc>{{cite web |url=http://www.adamandtheants.org/ant-news/adam-ant-plays-free-gig-proud-camden |title=Adam Ant Plays Free Gig at Proud, Camden |website=Adamandtheants.org |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317000808/http://www.adamandtheants.org/ant-news/adam-ant-plays-free-gig-proud-camden |archive-date=17 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html |title=Latest News |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410031748/http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html |archive-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ant spent time in Paris where he played low-key shows (his first gigs outside the UK in nearly 16 years.).<ref name="net2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/2011.html |title=2011 |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313134101/http://www.adam-ant.net/2011.html |archive-date=13 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 29 March 2011, [[BBC Radio 4]] transmitted an interview of Ant by [[John Humphrys]] for the ''On the Ropes'' series in which Ant discussed his bipolar condition and its impact on his career. That same day, Ant held a press conference and media preview gig at Under The Bridge in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] at which he formally unveiled plans for an eleven date UK concert tour (as with the Paris concert, the first such event in 16 years) due to run from 16 May to 4 June 2011. Also announced at the Chelsea event was a public screening of the December 1981 Prince Charming Revue concert video plus a question-and-answer session to be held in [[South London]]'s [[Coronet Cinema]] on 11 May 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/images/aatourtm.jpg |title=Adam Ant & The Good The Mad & The Lovely Posse |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=21 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808182244/http://www.adam-ant.net/images/aatourtm.jpg |archive-date=8 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> By the time the tour got underway on 16 May in [[Brighton]], the original eleven date itinerary had been expanded to fifteen dates.<ref name="net2011" />  Ant completed the schedule of tour dates<ref name="robbmanc" /> which were overwhelmingly enthusiastically received.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/may/25/adam-ant-academy-sheffield-review | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Dave | last=Simpson | title=Adam Ant – review | date=26 May 2011 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220164518/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/may/25/adam-ant-academy-sheffield-review | archive-date=20 December 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref>

There was one negative onstage incident at Fat Sam's in [[Dundee]] on 21 May 2011 when Ant reacted angrily to some crowd elements who booed his kilt decorated with the [[St George's Cross]].<ref name="dundee">{{cite web |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Living/Music/article/14228/adam-ant-finally-unplugs-the-jukebox-as-fat-sam-s-heckling-wears-thin.html |title=Adam Ant finally unplugs the jukebox as Fat Sam's heckling wears thin |website=The Courier |access-date=11 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329031851/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Living/Music/article/14228/adam-ant-finally-unplugs-the-jukebox-as-fat-sam-s-heckling-wears-thin.html |archive-date=29 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The tour closed in [[Manchester]] on 5 June with a show at the city's [[Manchester Academy]].<ref name= robbmanc>{{cite web |url=http://louderthanwar.com/blogs/20-thoughts-during-adam-ants-brilliant-manchester-gig |title=20 thoughts during Adam Ant's brilliant Manchester gig |website=LouderThanWar.com |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128214917/http://louderthanwar.com/blogs/20-thoughts-during-adam-ants-brilliant-manchester-gig |archive-date=28 January 2012 |url-status=live |date=6 June 2011 }}</ref>

[[File:Adam Ant, G-Live Guoldford.jpg|thumb|Adam Ant at G-Live, [[Guildford]], December 2011]] The Seaside Tour follow-up to the main UK tour and a warm-up to Ant's appearance at [[Hard Rock Calling#Hard Rock Calling 2011|Hard Rock Calling 2011]] in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], London, on 26 June 2011,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#hardrock |title=Latest News |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410031748/http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#hardrock |archive-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> third on the bill to [[Rod Stewart]] and [[Stevie Nicks]] before an audience of 45,000.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Lily |author2=Keenan |url=http://londoncosmopolitan.blogspot.com/2011/06/hard-rock-calling-2011.html |title=London Cosmopolitan: Hard Rock Calling 2011 |website=Londoncosmopolitan.blogspot.com |date=27 June 2011 |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326115959/http://londoncosmopolitan.blogspot.com/2011/06/hard-rock-calling-2011.html |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ant later slotted in some more solo gigs, including the Soho Festival in London's [[Wardour Street]] on 11 July.<ref name="net2011" /><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.artreview.com/profiles/blogs/soho-festival-2011 | url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110820053734/http://www.artreview.com/profiles/blogs/soho-festival-2011 |date= July 2011| title= Soho Festival 2011| archive-date=August 20, 2011| access-date= March 27, 2017 }}</ref>

Ant also announced a follow-up UK tour (described as the "second leg" of the 2011 tour), initially scheduled to run for twelve dates from 11 November 2011 in [[Bristol]] until 13 December 2011 in [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#newtour |title=Latest News |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410031748/http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#newtour |archive-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> As with the previous leg, Ant passed the time until the tour playing one-off dates, appearing with his tour band in [[Bedford]] on 10 September<ref name="net2011" /> before three days later reuniting with 2010 band members Will Crewdson and Johnny Love for a charity show on board {{HMS|Belfast}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/2011130911.html |title=2011130911 – HMS Belfast |website=Adam-ant.net |date=13 September 2011 |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812022909/http://www.adam-ant.net/2011130911.html |archive-date=12 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> As with the previous tour, the itinerary was expanded from the initial 12 dates to an eventual 21 dates running from 10 November in [[Frome]] until 16 December in [[Norwich]].<ref name="net2011" /> Just three days after the final Norwich date of the tour, Ant was back onstage again with two members of his live band on 19 December at a charity event at [[Ronnie Scott's]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://adam-ant.net/2011191211.html |title=2011191211 – Ronnie Scotts |website=Adam-ant.net |date=19 December 2011 |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617072159/http://www.adam-ant.net/2011191211.html |archive-date=17 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first record release of Ant's 2010s comeback also occurred at this point, with the release of the ''Sex Drugs and HIV'' compilation album featuring Ant's version of "Get a Grip" which had been recorded a year earlier while the World Tour of London was in progress.<ref>{{cite web |title=Latest News |url=https://www.adam-ant.net/sexdrugsandhiv.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410031748/http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#hiv |archive-date=10 April 2010 |access-date=11 April 2012 |website=Adam-ant.net}}</ref>

A few days before the end of the second leg of his UK tour, it was officially announced that Ant would make his return to the US with a 15-date North American tour in February 2012, starting on 2 February in Ant's former adopted hometown of Los Angeles and running until 25 February in nearby [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]].<ref name=whatsnew /> A few days into the new year, however, it was announced that the tour was postponed until the autumn.<ref name="net2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/2012.html |title=2012 |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722010457/http://www.adam-ant.net/2012.html |archive-date=22 July 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> A five-date warm-up UK mini tour for Ant and his band nonetheless went ahead for 19–24 January 2012.<ref name=whatsnew />

An exhibition of photographs of Ant – titled ''Adam Ant – Dandy in the Underworld'' ran from 7 March 2012 to 29 April 2012 at Proud Camden in London, featuring images of Ant throughout his career, including the work of Chris Duffy, Gerard McNamara, [[Jill Furmanovsky]], Denis O'Regan, Chris Cuffaro, Hannah Domagala, Robert Matheu, David Corio and [[Janette Beckman]].  To promote this exhibition, Ant performed a solo charity concert at the gallery on 6 March<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.m-magazine.co.uk/news/general-news/adam-ant-photo-exhibition/ |title=Adam Ant photo exhibition |website=M-magazine.co.uk |date=31 January 2012 |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204232957/http://www.m-magazine.co.uk/news/general-news/adam-ant-photo-exhibition/ |archive-date=4 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> with the same two band members as the [[Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club]] concert from the previous December. The concert was well received, although an inebriated [[Chrissie Hynde]] who was in attendance, heckled throughout the performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holymoly.com/music/news/chrissie-hynde-heckles-adam-ant-intimate-camden-charity-gig62061 |title=Chrissie Hynde heckles Adam Ant at intimate Camden charity gig |website=Holy Moly! |access-date=11 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412133525/http://www.holymoly.com/music/news/chrissie-hynde-heckles-adam-ant-intimate-camden-charity-gig62061 |archive-date=12 April 2012 }}</ref> While this exhibition was on, Ant took his band on tour to Australia with an initial five date schedule spread over a two-week period from 23 March to 8 April, taking in [[Sydney]], [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Melbourne]], [[Adelaide]] and [[Brisbane]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#oz |title=Latest News |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410031748/http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#oz |archive-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> In mid February, Ant made a warm-up visit to Australia, including an appearance on the ''[[Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight]]'' show recorded on 13 February 2012 for transmission on 15 February<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/adamhillsIGST/stories/s3427740.htm |title=Adam Ant – Special Guests – Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight |website=ABC.net.au |date=15 February 2012 |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419015806/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/adamhillsIGST/stories/s3427740.htm |archive-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and promotional work in Melbourne and Sydney.<ref name="auspromo">{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#australiapromo |title=Latest News |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410031748/http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#australiapromo |archive-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Although poor ticket sales forced the cancellation of the Adelaide gig,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/adelaide-not-the-right-ants-nest/story-e6fredq3-1226280981258 |title=Adelaide not the right ants' nest |website=Adelaide Now |date=25 February 2012 |access-date=11 April 2012}}</ref> the remaining four concerts all went ahead. The ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' gave a reservedly positive review of the opening Sydney date on 23 March (which it rated three stars out of five), noting "In a set plus two encores (the first cheered for; the second not really but played anyway) comprising 30 songs, it was kind of the equivalent of throwing a lot of make-up at the mirror and seeing what stuck."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/much-less-bite-but-this-ant-still-inspires-20120325-1vsn7.html |title=Much less bite but this Ant still inspires |website=Smh.com.au |date=26 March 2012 |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328041910/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/much-less-bite-but-this-ant-still-inspires-20120325-1vsn7.html |archive-date=28 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ant also made further Australian TV appearances including a return to ''Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight'' recorded on 26 March for transmission on 28 March, including live performances of "Stand and Deliver" and new album track "Vince Taylor" with his full band.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.starobserver.com.au/celebrity-2/2012/03/08/abc-hosts-mass-same-sex-tv-wedding/73663 | title= ABC hosts mass same-sex TV wedding | website= Starobserver.com.au | access-date= 11 April 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120311050358/http://www.starobserver.com.au/celebrity-2/2012/03/08/abc-hosts-mass-same-sex-tv-wedding/73663 | archive-date= 11 March 2012 | url-status= live | date= 8 March 2012 }}</ref>

[[File:Adam Ant Midtown.jpg|thumb|left|Adam Ant at [[Music Midtown]], [[Atlanta]], 2012]]
Subsequently, for the second year running, Ant was scheduled to make appearances on the summer festival circuit, interspersed with various one-off dates around the UK.  This got off to an early start when Ant stepped in as replacement headliner at the [[Bearded Theory]] festival in Derby on 18 May 2012, when the [[Levellers (band)|Levellers]] had to pull out due to one of the band members being injured. Ant also played the first full band concert in continental Europe of his 2010s comeback on 24 June 2012 at the [[Parkpop]] festival in the [[Zuiderpark (Rotterdam)|Zuiderpark]] in [[the Hague]], Netherlands, with his set broadcast on Dutch national TV.  After six assorted dates around the UK in early July, Ant's next major show was a headline slot at the [[Silverstone]] Classic Festival on 21 July<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#silverstone |title=Latest News: Silverstone Classic Festival |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410031748/http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#silverstone |archive-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> followed the next day by an appearance at Rewind in [[Perth]] and then at [[Camp Bestival]] on 27 July 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#bestival |title=Latest News: Bestival |website=Adam-ant.net |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410031748/http://www.adam-ant.net/whatsnew.html#bestival |archive-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The rest of the summer saw Ant mix festivals such as the [[Summer Sundae Weekender]] on 18 August, [[Solfest]] on 24 August and the [[Isle of Wight Festival 2012|Isle of Wight Festival]] with dates in such locations as [[Swindon]], [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Warrington]] and [[Croydon]].<ref name="whatsnew" /><ref name="net2012" /> Later in the year, Ant's postponed US tour finally went ahead, commencing 13 September in Los Angeles and finishing on 20 October in nearby Anaheim. The third UK tour of the 2010s, the Blueblack Hussar Tour, commenced on 1 November in [[Glasgow]] and ran to 30 November at London's [[Shepherd's Bush Empire]].<ref name="whatsnew" /> During the tour, the first single of the new album was released – "Cool Zombie", with the formerly planned A-side "Gun in Your Pocket" now as the B-side. On New Year's Eve 2012, Ant and his full band appeared on [[Jools Holland]]'s [[Jools' Annual Hootenanny|''Hootenanny'']] New Year music show, performing new album track "Vince Taylor" as well as old hits "Stand And Deliver" and "Antmusic".{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

===2013–present: Release of new album, touring===
[[File:Adam Ant Concert.jpg|thumb|Adam Ant performing live at the Republik in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], in a concert by the [[BAMP Project]]]]
Ant's album, the focal point of the comeback since 2010, finally received its release on 21 January 2013. Its gestation had a long history which had been running alongside the live comeback; in 2009, it was announced that Ant was planning on putting a new record out. He also expressed interest in working with [[The Kaiser Chiefs]].<ref>{{cite magazine
| url = http://www.thequietus.com/articles/adam-ants-wants-to-work-with-kaiser-chiefs
| title = Adam Ant for new album and wants to work with The Kaiser Chiefs
| date = 10 August 2008 | access-date = 10 September 2008 | magazine = The Quietus
}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine
| url = https://www.nme.com/news/adam-and-the-ants/40316
| title = Adam Ant for new album and wants to work with The Kaiser Chiefs
| date = 8 October 2008 | access-date = 8 May 2010 | magazine = NME
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100425063831/http://www.nme.com/news/adam-and-the-ants/40316
| archive-date= 25 April 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

In an April 2010 interview for the NME, Ant announced he was also working on a new album, with the title ''[[Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter]]''. This featured collaborations with former [[3 Colours Red]] guitarist Chris McCormack, Ant's long-time songwriting partner Marco Pirroni,  [[Morrissey]]'s writing partner [[Boz Boorer]] and was also due to feature a member of [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] (later identified as [[Andy Bell (Welsh musician)|Andy Bell]]).<ref name="holymoly.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.holymoly.com/celebrity-news/adam-ants-comeback-all-delusion45650 |title=Adam Ant's comeback "all delusion" &#124; Celebrity News |website=Holy Moly! |access-date=11 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712214236/http://www.holymoly.com/celebrity-news/adam-ants-comeback-all-delusion45650 |archive-date=12 July 2011 }}</ref> According to Ant, the album is a "live record that lends itself to performance" and will feature a "kind of concept. It's a very old-fashioned, old-school, step-by-step album".  He also described the album as "very autobiographical, very personal."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/adam-ant-interview-071513|title=Adam Ant Interview – Adam Ant on Punk|first=Mick|last=Stingley|work=Esquire|access-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227061731/http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/adam-ant-interview-071513|archive-date=27 December 2014|url-status=live|date=15 July 2013}}</ref> In addition, Ant re-recorded a song in tribute to the late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, who died earlier that month, and who also once managed Adam & The Ants. Named "Who's A Goofy Bunny Then?", the track was only previously available as a demo recorded in the early 1980s, but Ant stated he wanted to release a new version in tribute to the late punk manager. "Malcolm was a sort of mentor in my life", he said. "As close as you can get to a surrogate father". The song took its name from a term of endearment bestowed upon McLaren by Ant – referring to his "quite prominent teeth".<ref name="NME-April-2010">{{cite web
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 |date=20 April 2010
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On 31 December 2010, Ant gave an interview for ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' (featured in the "Something for the Weekend" segment) in which he discussed in considerable detail the various controversies surrounding his recent life and musical activities. He summed up his upcoming album thus: "The Blueblack Hussar is me coming back to life. I'm like [[Terminator (character)|The Terminator]] —- I was a dead man walking".<ref name="medicationhell" /> He also discussed individual songs on the album — as well as "Gun in Your Pocket" (which, aside from the [[Troubadour (London nightclub)|Troubador]] live performance, had also been given a club dancefloor play by Ant himself as guest DJ at the Family Affair club night in [[Shoreditch]], London on 24 April 2010),<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.davidmantell.com/Family_Of_Noise/Adam_Ant_Live.htm
| title = (Archive of) Family of Noise website – Adam Ant Live!
| date = 15 April 2010
| access-date = 25 January 2011
| publisher = Family of Noise website (defunct from 1 February 2011, archive of page)
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120317143006/http://www.davidmantell.com/Family_Of_Noise/Adam_Ant_Live.htm
| archive-date = 17 March 2012
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}}</ref> The interview in ''The Sun'' also made mention of "Shrink", a song about Ant's experiences in the mental healthcare system. Ant had previously discussed both of these songs in his April 2010 interview with [[Simon Price]] for online fanzine ''The Quietus''.<ref name="quietus">{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/04165-adam-ant-interview-oasis-lady-gaga-madonna-punk|title=A Wild Nobility: An Adam Ant Exclusive |first= Simon| last= Price| date= April 27, 2010 |work=The Quietus|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref> On his second visit to [[Iain Lee]]'s show on Absolute Radio on 4 January 2011, two further new tracks were debuted, "Hard Men, Tough Blokes" and "punkyoungirl" {{sic}}.<ref>{{cite book| title= Iain Lee Show| publisher= Absolute Radio | date= 4 January 2011}}</ref> In an interview for ''Bizarre'' magazine published that month, Ant named the song co-written with Andy Bell as "Cool Zombie".<ref>{{cite journal| title= Adam Who's Sane – Adam Ant Interview | journal= [[Bizarre (magazine)|Bizarre]]| date= January 2011}}</ref>

21 January 2013 release date was officially announced by Ant onstage at his September 2012 concert in [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/475180/adam-ant-readies-analog-sounding-album-for-early-2013-release |title=Adam Ant Readies 'Analog-Sounding' Album for Early 2013 Release |magazine=Billboard |access-date=31 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212030937/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/475180/adam-ant-readies-analog-sounding-album-for-early-2013-release |archive-date=12 February 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> by Ant's own record label Blueblack Hussar Records.<ref name="Failure Page"/> Despite the decidedly [[DIY punk ethic|DIY]] nature of the release, the album reached number 25 on the [[UK Albums Chart]], only one place lower than its predecessor had managed when released on the corporate [[EMI]] label nearly eighteen years earlier. It had previously been at number 8 in the [[Midweeks]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.com/new-album-8th-in-the-mid-week-chart/ |title=The Official Adam Ant Website |website=Adam-ant.com |date=23 January 2013 |access-date=27 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515094432/http://www.adam-ant.com/new-album-8th-in-the-mid-week-chart/ |archive-date=15 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> To promote the album, Ant performed a series of concerts around the [[British Isles]] during April and May (billed as a "Spring Tour") culminating in a gig at [[The Roundhouse]] on 11 May. A free concert in Rome took place on 14 June and a second full length 40 plus show US tour got underway on 17 July in [[San Diego]] and ran to 21 September in Anaheim.<ref name="whatsnew" /> Prior to the tour, Ant and his band appeared on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]'' to promote the new album, performing a live version of the track "Vince Taylor".
[[File:Adam Ant by Aaron Rubin at The Masonic (2).jpg|thumb|Adam Ant in 2017 at [[SF Masonic Auditorium]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]]]
During early 2014, Ant was at work recording his next album, titled ''Bravest of the Brave''.<!--A DRAFT ARTICLE FOR THIS EXISTS AT Draft:Bravest_of_the_Brave BUT DO NOT WIKILINK UNTIL IT IS CLEARED TO BE A PROPER ARTICLE-->  On 19 April, Ant performed his debut album ''Dirk Wears White Sox'' at the [[Hammersmith Apollo]] with a band including former Ants Dave Barbe and Lee Gorman, preceding this with several UK tour dates. He also reissued the ''Dirk'' album on white vinyl on his Blueblack Hussar label, with a launch party gig at the [[100 Club]]. Both London concerts were filmed by noted film director Leigh Tarrant and later released as the DVD album ''Dirk Live At The Apollo''. Ant subsequently performed the full album again with his regular band for four nights at the [[Islington Assembly Hall]] in November 2014 and a full UK tour in Spring 2015.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

[[Jack Bond (director)|Jack Bond]]'s documentary on Ant, ''The Blueblack Hussar'', covering his life and performances from late 2010 to mid 2011, was released on DVD in July 2014 by Sunrise Pictures. Leigh Tarrant's film was released by Ant's own production company BlueBlack Hussar but has now been out of print since its initial release in late 2014 and remains a highly sought after concert release.{{according to whom|date=November 2024}} This remains Ant's last professionally filmed concert to date. Further, Tarrant's originally commissioned insider documentary ''White Sox'' which captures a candid look at Ant during his Spring 2014 UK tour is currently unreleased and awaits distribution as of 2024.

Ant toured the UK in 2016 and North America in  early 2017, performing his ''Kings of the Wild Frontier'' album in its entirety. Sony Records issued a deluxe box set of the album linked to the UK leg of the tour, including a gold vinyl pressing of the album (as previously announced by Ant at the 100 Club gig in 2014).  After his January 24, 2017 show in Boston, Ant's guitarist and music director, Tom Edwards, suddenly died due to suspected heart failure; he was 41.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/adam-ant-cancels-shows-guitarist-dies-1961201|title=Adam Ant cancels show due to death of guitarist|website=NME|language=en-UK|access-date=2019-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704225906/https://www.nme.com/news/music/adam-ant-cancels-shows-guitarist-dies-1961201|archive-date=4 July 2019|url-status=live|date=27 January 2017}}</ref> After cancelling shows in New York and Philadelphia, the tour continued. Later the same year, he toured the UK and announced he would return to North America with another tour, titled Anthems: The Singles<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/adam-ant-announces-anthems-the-singles-tour-including-beacon-theatre/|title=Adam Ant announces "Anthems: The Singles" tour, including Beacon Theatre|website=BrooklynVegan|date=20 March 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507054200/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/adam-ant-announces-anthems-the-singles-tour-including-beacon-theatre/|archive-date=7 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> in the autumn, and afterwards would be taking the Kings tour to  Australia and New Zealand.

Ant announced the ''Friend or Foe'' tour, which traveled North America and the United Kingdom from September to December 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/adam-ant-to-showcase-1982-lp-friend-or-foe-on-u-s-tour-809600/ |title=Adam Ant to Showcase 1982 LP 'Friend or Foe' on U.S. Tour |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=18 March 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319121919/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/adam-ant-to-showcase-1982-lp-friend-or-foe-on-u-s-tour-809600/ |archive-date=19 March 2019 |access-date=2 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-ant.com/friend-or-foe-uk-tour-2019/ |title=Adam Ant: Friend or Foe Tour |website=Adam-ant.net|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408225303/http://www.adam-ant.com/friend-or-foe-uk-tour-2019/ |archive-date=8 April 2019 |access-date=2 November 2019 }}</ref> He performed the album in its entirety in an 18-date tour in North America before returning to the United Kingdom for 26 shows. A further North American tour originally planned for April–May 2020 was shifted back to 2021 then 2022 as result of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. It was eventually scrapped due to the glut of rescheduled tours, but a 19-date Antics Tour of the UK did go ahead.

In 2023, Ant was scheduled to perform at the [[Cruel World Festival]] in [[Pasadena]], [[California]] on May 20.<ref>{{cite web|first=Damien|last=Jones|url=https://www.nme.com/news/siouxsie-sioux-and-iggy-pop-lead-cruel-world-festival-2023-line-up-3385361|title=Siouxsie Sioux and Iggy Pop lead Cruel World Festival 2023 line-up with other acts including the Human League|publisher=NME|date=23 January 2023|access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref> However, shortly before the festival was to take place, Ant cancelled his appearance, due to "unforeseen circumstances".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rockcellarmagazine.com/cruel-world-festival-2023-review-photos-weather-alert/ |last=Paul |first=George A. |title=Cruel World Festival 2023: Best Moments Before Inclement Weather Ended the Night Early |date=22 May 2023 |website=Rock Cellar Magazine |access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref>  He played at the festival in 2024 and toured the United States later that year,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adam-ant.net/2024.html|title=2024|website=www.adam-ant.net}}</ref> but a planned United Kingdom leg was postponed until late 2025 after Ant was taken ill days before the schedule started.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stickler |first=Jon |date=4 December 2024 |title=Adam Ant Reschedules Antmusic Tour To Autumn 2025, Adds New Dates - Stereoboard |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/246031/9 |website=Stereoboard.com}}</ref>