1 in the charts in Australia. In November 1981, Adam & the Ants released another highly successful album, Prince Charming. [16] The new band made its debut at London's Astoria Theatre on 1 October 1982. I might as well have been dead. The duo continued to demo other songs around this time, including such titles as Tough Blokes, Justine, Picasso Meets Gary Cooper and Call Me Sausage, (the last of which leaked out into bootleg circulation among fans). Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive". Nobody could have stopped me, or make me do it. "[9], Upon his discharge from the hospital, Goddard renamed himself Adam Ant, choosing the name because, "I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant's success - busy schedule with touring and constant traveling, however, somewhat later appeared as a threat to his marriage with Mils and didn't do well and two years later in 1977, the couple parted their ways whilst Adam contributed more focus to his music. In September of that year, he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 and spent a further six months receiving in-patient psychiatric care. [49] By the time the tour got underway on 16 May in Brighton, the original eleven date itinerary had been expanded to fifteen dates. [39], On Tuesday 18 May 2010 Adam Ant was returned to psychiatric hospital – in his own words "at Her Majesty's Pleasure" —, albeit in a comfortable regime at a London NHS hospital, where he remained until mid-June, subsequently returning home under outpatient supervision. That same day, Ant held a press conference and media preview gig at Under The Bridge in 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. [37] That month also marked a return to live music. [57] 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, (with a non-tour acoustic gig at a benefit event for London's Wilton Hall venue thrown in for good measure). His first solo album was Friend or Foe (1982), which the debut single "Goody Two-Shoes" reached number one in the UK and Australia in 1982 and became his first top 20 hit in the United States. The broken glass injured a local musician. [77] He also discussed individual songs on the album — as well as Gun in Your Pocket (which, aside from the Troubador live performance, had also been given a club dancefloor play by Ant himself as guest DJ at the Family Affair clubnight in Shoreditch, London on 24 April 2010),[78] The interview in The Sun also made mention of Shrink, a song about Ant's experiences in the mental healthcare system. After having his stomach pumped, he was sent to Colney Hatch psychiatric hospital in North London, eventually being discharged after 3 months[8] on condition of supervision by Mills. [101] In his 31 December 2010 interview for The Sun, Ant also discussed the side effects of medication for his bipolar condition: "In the past I've been a robot.

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