When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.

Ant eventually returned to performing performing as a guest on the NBC' show Motown 25: Yesterday Today Forever joined onstage by Diana Ross. " His father Leslie Goddard worked as a chauffeur and his mother Betty Kathleen Smith was a domestic cleaner briefly working for Paul McCartney. On Thursday 21 October Ant performed at the Union Chapel London.

He has also worked as an actor appearing in over two dozen films and television episodes from 1985 to 2003. Since 2010 Ant has undertaken an intensive reactivation of his musical career performing live regularly in his hometown of London and beyond recording and releasing a new album and with three full-length UK national tours a US national tour and a short Australian tour all now completed.