Congratulations to everyone who managed to get tickets for Ginger’s Birthday gig, and commiserations to those who will miss out because the show has now sold out.

Preparations are already well under way, and It’s looking to be pretty special. No clues though: you’ll just have to wait and see what’s planned.

See you all there!

The last birthday show sold out within weeks – and for good reason. This is a one of a kind show.

Indeed, this one’s nearly sold out now too. So if you don’t want to miss out, get in quick and grab your tickets from Ticketweb.

The next day in a welcome diversion from the unexpected rain, Ginger and 8 other acoustic guitar wielders set about rousing the crowd with a succession of Wildhearts classics in a format dubbed ‘guitarmageddeon’. The crowd was in fine voice and Ginger commented afterwards on Twitter: “Back from Download. Had WAAYYY too much fun. Acoustic set was an AMAZING experience. Thank you for being so wonderful”

The full line up was as follows:

• Adam (No Americana)
• Dave Kerr
• Rich Jones
• Billy Morrison
• Ginger
• Jase Edwards
• Chris Catalyst
• Dav (No Americana)
• Tom Spencer
• Denzil (drums)

See the following YouTube links for a few samplers of the mayhem.

• TV Tan
• Geordie In Wonderland
• I Wanna Go Where The People Go
• Sick of Drugs
• Suckerpunch

There are also photos by Mark Lathem

The setlist included:

I Wanna Go Where The People Go
Suckerpunch
Someone That Won’t Let Me Go
Red Light Green Light
Nita Nitro
Sick Of Drugs
TV Tan
29 times the pain
Geordie In Wonderland

As well as the already scheduled appearance with Michael Monroe on Saturday 12th, Ginger is to headline the Jägermeister acoustic stage on Sunday 13th June.

Ginger will be hitting the stage at 7.20pm – accompanied by Billy Morrison, Chris Catalyst, Jase Edwards and Rich Jones (so far…) – for a half hour set of Wildhearts songs that he’s determined will be “the loudest, most OTT acoustic gig ever, or we will have failed. And we don’t fail. Right?”

So you’ve heard the man: bring your best singing voices and expect mayhem and surprises!

Tickets and more information are available from the Download website.

You can watch the guys discussing tour plans and Rock’n'Roll lifestyles here.

The song, called Patience And Gratitude, will only be available as part of this video clip, and you can check it out here.

Subscribe to Ginger’s YouTube channel to ensure you don’t miss what will undoubtedly follow this first foray into film-making.

Upon arriving back in the UK a few weeks ago at Heathrow (and being a little too wrapped up in seemingly important things like whether the plane would land in the snow or if my train would be running) I was immediately greeted and numbed by the horrific and shocking news reports that followed after the Haiti Earthquake. As the magnitude of the disaster continues to grow by the day, I was very keen (like most people) to do ’something’.

Thus The Haiti Project – a charity download album – was born. Within a few days of sending emails and calls to my nearest and dearest friends an album quite literally ‘came together’.

The album is spearheaded by the anthemic debut track from The Sonic Graffiti, a new band from LA put together by Ginger, Billy Morrison, Michael Butler & Scott Lipps. The track entitled Mystery Number was recorded at Matt Sorum’s studio in August 2009 & was produced by the legendary Mike Clink.

I’d like to personally say a big thankyou to Ginger, Billy, Michael, Scott & Mike for donating this exclusive track, and allowing The Haiti Project to (hopefully) raise even more money.

http://www.facebook.com/thehaitiproject

The Haiti Project Tracklist:

1) The Sonic Graffiti – Mystery Number (Exclusive)
2) Eureka Machines – Being Good Is Ok, But Being Betters Better
3) Electric Six – Newark Airport Boogie
4) Jackdaw 4 – Jesus Wants My Soul Back
5) The Loyalties – Sofa Surfin’ UK (Acoustic)
6) Antiproduct – When We Find Love
7) The Organ Beats – Happy Birthday/Come On Home
8) The Wildhearts – Unbroken
9) Tragedy: All Metal Tribute To The Bee Gees – Nights On Broadway
10) Radio Dead Ones – Take It On Trust
11) Ricky Warwick – Love Owes
12) Brijitte West (Feat. Jesse Malin) – How To Be Good
13) Moi? – This Is All That I Wanted
14) Laika Dog – Piano Song
15) Sorry & The Sinatras – Riverside
16) Children of The Unicorn – Nightshark

The download album costs just £5 and is available from MusicGlue.

16 songs for £5!? Oh yes!

All of the proceeds will be donated directly to the ongoing relief efforts and you’ll end up with 16 great tracks. Good deal.

http://www.facebook.com/thehaitiproject

Ginger is on at 10.15 LA time (6:15 am on Thurs UK time)

Ginger recently covered Maria McKee as part of his Secret History Of Rock’n’ Roll series for Classic Rock, describing her as “…such a talent. Authentic, magical and quite unlike any other voice“.

The evening is billed as “A Very Special Night at the Countryside of Österlen” from 7pm – 11.30pm at Kulla Dansbana, Rörum, Österlen.

The line-up is:
Maria McKee
Ginger
Mikael Rickfors
Esther Rose Parkes
Maria Blom
Maria Anderberg

Support from: Modern Day Escape and Selah Sue

The band includes Billy Morrison, Scott Lipps & Michael Butler. Ginger is due on at 10pm. Expect more surprises and special guests!