Editing Anthony Field (section)

==The Wiggles==
{{Main articles|The Wiggles}}
The Wiggles recorded their first CD in 1991; it sold 100,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|title = About us|work = The Wiggles Official Website|url = http://www.thewiggles.com/us/about/|access-date = 1 August 2007|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928025338/http://www.thewiggles.com/us/about/|archive-date = 28 September 2007|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Field worked as a preschool teacher for two years before the success of the Wiggles and their extensive touring schedule, which he strongly disliked, forced him to quit.<ref name="whatsup"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=31}}</ref> After the production of their second album, the Wiggles adopted colour-coded shirts to wear on stage. According to Field, he wore blue because Cook and Fatt already owned shirts in their colours of red and purple respectively, so he and Page "met in a Sydney [[department store]] and literally raced to see who got the blue shirt".<ref>{{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=32}}</ref> Page ended up wearing a yellow shirt and Field originally wore a green polo shirt, but changed to blue to avoid clashing with [[Dorothy the Dinosaur]].[[File:63423main wiggles wave.jpg|thumb|Field (right/blue shirt) with the original line-up of the Wiggles, during a trip to [[NASA]] in 2004.|left]]

Each Wiggle developed a "[[shtick|schtick]]" based on their actual behaviours, which evolved into caricatures, and served the same purpose as the uniforms in differentiating their characters and making them memorable to young children; Field's was eating.<ref>{{cite news|last=Durden|first=Douglas|title=A new face|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=5 August 2007|url=http://www2.timesdispatch.com/lifestyles/2007/aug/05/-rtd_2007_08_05_0197-ar-191040/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204132201/http://www2.timesdispatch.com/lifestyles/2007/aug/05/-rtd_2007_08_05_0197-ar-191040/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2013|access-date=20 May 2012 }}</ref> Field created and played the original [[Captain Feathersword]]; the role was taken over by [[Paul Paddick]] in 1996. Field also played Wags the Dog.<ref>{{cite news|last = Meacham|first = Steve|title = The master of sword play|work = The Sydney Morning Herald|date = 3 December 2005|url =http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/12/01/1133311137232.html?page=fullpage|access-date = 18 March 2007}}</ref>

[[File:Anthony field110807.jpg|thumb|right|Field on stage in 2007]]

By the mid-1990s, despite the success of the Wiggles, Field reported being suicidal and "frequently gripped by anxiety, sadness, and negativity".<ref>{{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=39}}</ref> By mid-2004, shortly after his marriage and the birth of his first child, Field's serious medical issues, worsened by their heavy tour schedule, caused him to consider quitting or re-inventing the Wiggles, despite their great success in the U.K. and North America. After meeting [[chiropractor]] James Stoxen in Chicago in 2004, Field improved his health to the point that he was able to continue. He began to hire teams of chiropractors for himself, his fellow bandmembers, and castmembers in every city they performed, which he credited with making it possible for them to fulfill their touring requirements.<ref>{{Harvnb|Field|2012|pp=81–82}}</ref> In early 2013, Field became the only original member of the group to remain after Fatt, Cook, and Page retired. He remained in the group because he wanted to continue to educate children and as Wiggles manager Paul Field stated, "to placate American, British and Canadian business partners".<ref name="dictator" />

In July 2020, he and the other classic Wiggles appeared in the Soul Movers music video for "Circles Baby".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jenke|first=Tyler|date=25 June 2020|title=The Soul Movers Team Up with Original Wiggles Lineup for Live Stream|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-soul-movers-live-original-wiggles-lineup-13187/|publisher=Rolling Stone Australia}}</ref>

Field's musical influences include [[Lightning Hopkins]], [[Elvis Presley]], and [[The Rolling Stones]].<ref name="field-13">{{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=13}}</ref> He plays several instruments, including the tin whistle, bagpipes, guitar, drums, trumpet, violin, bouzouki and [[didgeridoo]]. Field, with input from the other members, produced most of the Wiggles' music, DVDs, and live shows.<ref name="dictator">{{cite news|last = Sams|first = Christine|title = I'm No Dictator, Says Blue Wiggle|work = Sydney Morning Herald|date = 19 May 2012|url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/im-no-dictator-says-blue-wiggle-20120519-1yxgg.html|access-date = 19 May 2012}}</ref>