We've had confirmation of another acoustic gig, this time on Sat Oct 30th at Nottingham Junktion 7. See the gigs page of the website for details of this and all other gigs. Support at the forthcoming gigs will be from Chris Gordon (Deckard/Baby Chaos). Ginger urges anone going to the Railway show to get there "extra early, as he will be going on at 6:30, and it would be nice to see a full house for his set... which is astounding, by the way."

A further Ginger acoustic date to report - St Albans has been added to the tour. This gig takes place on Fri Oct 1st at St Albans Horn. Ticket details for this and all other shows are on the gigs page of the website

A London acoustic gig has added to Ginger's current acoustic tour. This will take place on Saturday October 2nd, at Kingston 'The Peel'.

Contact details for the venue are as follows: 160 Cambridge road, Kingston. tel:020 8546 3516 (11:00 curfew)

More acoustic gigs for you, Ginger and co will be playing:

18th Sept - Glasgow Barfly
3rd Oct - The Railway Inn, Winchester

Ginger tells us that "The Winchester gig is only 50 mins from London and the venue is right next to the train station. The doors will be opening early (6:00, 6:30) and the show will finish at 10:30, so get in sharpish. See you all there...

Oh, and it's on Hot Steve's birthday too."

For a full list of dates, see the gigs page.

We've being receiving a number of questions about the ULU DVD gig that was advertised in Kerrang. This gig is not currently going ahead, although the band are looking at rescheduling this in the New Year - when we have any further information we'll let you know.

A couple more dates have been added to Ginger's acoustic tour:
York, Cert 18 - Friday 17th Sept
Sunderland, Voodoo Room, Upstairs @ Pure, Sunday 19th Sept

Also Ginger is selling an acoustic CD at the gigs which was recorded last year at Rugely. At time of writing, these CDs aren't expected to be available anywhere else, so all the more reason to go along - and if you can't, Ginger suggests getting a friend on the Wildhearts mailing list who is going to grab you a copy. Ginger tells us there will also be t-shirts available.

Ginger is playing the following acoustic gigs in September: 3rd - Rugely Red Rose, 4th - Nottingham Rock City, 7th - Wrexham Central Station, 15th - Leicester Charlotte; Random Jon Poole and Hot Steve will be in tow, so mayhem is inevitable!

Ginger has a message for any artists who have worked with the band in the past: "if there are any artists that have not been paid for artwork/T-shirt designs etc. that we have used in the past, can they please get in touch with me? - Thank you." Please use the website@thewildhearts.com account and all messages will be passed onto Ginger.

A message from Shelly and Dan, to whom Ginger dedicated a song at the Bulldog Bash: "Ginger sang my future husband and I a song at Bulldog 2004, but we couldn't make it!!! and had to be satisfied with hearing it over the phone. I would be eternally grateful to anyone who taped the Wildhearts set, and could let us have a copy. Thanks Shelly and Dan". If you can get in touch at website@thewildhearts.com and we'll pass on any messages

The Wildhearts are to headline this Saturday night (14th August) at the Bulldog Bash. Chuck Berry has had to withdraw due to ill health and The Wildhearts have stepped into the breach to make their 4th consecutive appearance at the Bulldog Bash. For full details check out www.bulldog-bash.co.uk

A quick message from Ginger following his 'Larry The Cable Guy' appeal: "Thanx so much for all the Larry The Cable Guy stuff, but I am now getting repeat copies of the same stuff, so stop already!

Thanx... you lot are too cool by far!"

In addition to their appearance at the Leeds / Reading festivals, The Wildhearts have now been confirmed to play at the Azkena festival (in Spain) on 11th September - check out the lineup on the official website: www.azkenarockfestival.com

Ginger says: "It looks like we will be playing the festival on Sept 11th. I'll be going to the whole weekend as it is the best bill I have ever seen since I've been attending festivals. Matthew Sweet? Redd Kross? Urge Overkill? Hoodoo Gurus? Velvet Revolver? Fuck man, I am too excited to be any more specific about exact details... just go for the whole weekend and we'll see you there at some point!"

There's a number of messages from Ginger here that we've been asked to pass along, firstly a message of thanks for all the help with Night Calls 411:

"I thank you all for your help tracking down 'Night Calls 411'. I have had loads of offers that should see me through! Once again I thank you all for being so fucking cool!!!

You restore my faith in humanity, every fucking time!

Now, if anyone has heard of a comedian called (this may be wrong, but it could ring some bells) "Jerry The Cable Guy". He's a Redneck stand up comedian, calls panties 'undergarments', wears a baseball cap and a cut-off lumberjack shirt, has a catch phrase that goes something like 'Now that was funny, I don't care who you are, that was funny'... and is side splittingly hilarious.

I nearly lost a testicle laughing at this guy.

If anyone can help by sending me something then PLEASE include a return address.

I am gonna award you guys with some KICK ASS stuff in return!!!"

Please send any info to the website@thewildhearts account or post Ginger direct using the PO Box address on the website. And another request that the UK based you can probably help with:

"I am re-locating to the Philippines and want to sell my Jeep. It's a Mitsubishi Shogun v 300 (P reg) and if anyone out there knows anyone from Auto Trader, or knows anything about selling cars, I would be more than insanely happy if they'd help.

And I will hand out a magnificent and suitably brilliant award for duties rendered.

When it's time to sell up shop, being a part of this huge family comes in REALLY handy.

And don't worry for a second about the change of environment affecting The Wildhearts. The only thing that will change is that I will be seen smiling a lot more and looking sinisterly healthy."

We're sad to hear that Changes One - a great supporter of Ginger and the Wildhearts through thick and thin - is set to close.

From importing 'Tokyo Suits Me' and 'Black Leather Mojo' from Japan, through the opening of the C1 new store, complete with an acoustic appearance from Ginger (see gig report), to the Ginger singles club and more recent Wildhearts albums and singles, owner Ian's fast and friendly service has made many friends in Wildhearts-land.

Says Ian "I'm naturally sad and disappointed but life is full of difficult decisions . At least I'm choosing to close down and move on as opposed being forced to close down as many small businesses do... I would like to thank everyone who has bought music from Changes One or attended C1 gigs and events. I trust its has brought you some good enjoyment and happiness".

While we're sad that Ian is moving on, I hope you'll join us in wishing him all the best with his future ventures - and you can help him out one last time by checking out his final sale at: http://www.changesone.co.uk

We have a request from Ginger that we hope one of you kind folks out there can come good on:

"Had a great time in USA and it's good to be back home safely. I am however missing one quintissentially American thing so badly that I wonder if anyone can assist?

On the bus we became avid followers of the Playboy channel and the most bizzarre, hilarious, "did I just see/hear THAT" television programme I have ever seen: something called 'Night Calls 411, with Crystal Knight'. There is no way that this thing will ever be available here in UK and I am seriously missing this unique and unbelievable show, badly. I gotta prove to people that this thing actually exists!

If anyone has the Playboy channel on satellite and they would kindly record some shows on CDR for me, I will happily trade for something far more rewarding.

Any help? Reply via the web site - website@thewildhearts.com and use the PO Box address on the website for posting."

This week saw the release in Japan of the Guitar Wolf tribute album - "I Love Guitar Wolf Very Much", featuring a contribution from The Wildhearts. Ginger explains all:

"We were asked by Hijaku (guitar Wolf manager) at the tail-end of the last Japanese tour if we would like to record a song for the Guitar Wolf album, and of course we said "arigato".

Choosing a song would have been impossible, unless I already had designs on doing a cover of "Wild Zero" with The Wildhearts one day. Which I did.

I always thought we'd do an amazing version of "Wild Zero" since I first heard it and hey presto... the proof of said statement is unleashed onto an unsuspecting, but largely deserving public.

Our version is sonic warfare that rivals even the mighty 'Wolf' themselves... but alas, nothing comes close to the majestic fury of Guitar Wolf."

The album, also featuring The D4, The John Spencer Blues Explosion, Snuff and Puffy Amiyumi among others, is released on Ki/oon Records and is available from amazon.co.jp

There's been a little confusion about when the guys will be on in New York on Saturday - here's the official word from Ginger:

"I have been assured that we are playing at 10:30pm, and will play for an hour.

We are not headlining now, which confuses the fuck out of me, but we will play for an hour, and lay waste to the other bands on the bill. Get there at 10:00pm, to avoid dissapointment and run the risk of missing the start of our set. Things can change from now 'til then (no shit!), but we will definitely go onstage no earlier than 10:00pm."

Ginger has a music recommendation for readers of the website:

"Can I send a plea to the readers of our web site to go and listen to Deckard.

They are the most underrated band currently playing, and deserve a listen by every pair of ears that own a Wildhearts album, or rather the owners of every pair of ears, as obviously ears do not own anything. Their new album, 'Dreams of Dynamite and Divinity' is superb. Download something from their website for proof that I cannot lie. Download a track called "When Picking Fights", from any source available, in fact. Just make sure that you buy the album after falling in love with this song.

Real quality stuff, from real quality people.

And try to find their first album, 'Stereodreamscene', as it is a classic of all time. Only better."

The first installment of Ginger's journal from the last US tour is now online

We'll be updating it with the rest of that tour over the next few days. You can also take a look at Metal Sludge where the diary for the current US tour is being printed

Ginger has has the following message for UK based voters:
"There are elections in the UK on June 10th. I urge you not to waste your vote on any of the candidates that fail to represent you.

NHS funding hasn't been increased, and people are sitting in hospital beds awaiting treatment, while others need those same beds. Ken Livingstone, the bastard behind the Congestion Charges, is the local representative for London too. A fiver is nothing to pay in theory, but if you forget to pay due to other commitments in life, or can't find a bleedin' outlet and don't own a credit card, the fine is upped to £40 at 10:00pm that same day. I haven't found one person that takes the money over the phone that believes this is fair.

If that isn't enough reason to NOT vote Labour, then think of this? Who else you gonna vote for? You could not vote at all, but isn't that a waste getting swept under the carpet marked 'voter apathy'. Your other alternative is to make the effort to go and vote, but spoil your ballot paper - mark it as 'None of these candidates will represent me' for instance. That way we can voice our dissatisfaction with the system we've had foisted upon us. Pass it around"

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