The Verve / Richard Ashcroft

2007-07-03T19:57:00.000+01:00

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2005-12-28T17:06:00.000Z

Pre-Order The New Album

You can now pre-order the new Richard Ashcroft's album and single at Amazon.co.uk:

Keys To The World (Album)

Break The Night With Colour (Single)

2005-12-01T19:51:00.000Z

Coldplay Reunites With Ashcroft for Tour

Rockers Coldplay plan to turn the second leg of their 2006 winter tour in North America into a super gig by inviting former The Verve star Richard Ashcroft to open for them.

Ashcroft joined the group on stage at Live 8 for a version of The Verve's anthem "Bittersweet Symphony" and will now join the "Fix You" band on their tour starting March 20.

Fiona Apple will support the group on all other dates on the tour, which begins in Vancouver, Canada on January 25.

2005-11-15T17:26:00.000Z

Break The Night With Colour MP3

Below is a link to an MP3 of Richards new single, Break The Night With Colour

http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1WBAKAZB0KF771XKKOJKP99BTY

2005-11-14T15:46:00.000Z

Richard Ashcroft : Video Exclusive

The exclusive first play of Richard Ashcroft's long-awaited new video Break the Night with Colour, will be shown on Channel 4 on the 29th November at 11.00.

2005-11-13T23:09:00.000Z

Richard Ashcroft Inspired By The Beatles

Like fellow-Lancastrian sixties obsessives Oasis, Richard Ashcroft has unsurprisingly said that he has drawn on the music of The Beatles while recording his new album, his latest attempt to reestablish his place in the UK music scene.

Ashcroft, whose new album 'Keys To The World' is released next January, claims that it's time to look at life at the Beatles did (even though it was 40 fucking years ago and the world has changed somewhat!).

Dicky says: What I like about great records, like 'Revolver', is when you analyse them, they actually go to a lot of different places.

"It was that period where they wrote about English life with a bit of Dylan sardonic twist, and I think we need that now - I think that's what I need to do now.

"I need to stake my claim again."

2005-11-13T13:55:00.000Z

Verve Download #1

Available below is the full radioshow by The Verve on Mark Radcliffe's show back in 1993, enjoy.

01. Chat
02. Star Sail
03. A Man Called Sun
04. Chat
05. 6 O'Clock
06. Gravity Grave

2005-11-12T19:11:00.000Z

Richard On Live 8 DVD

A DVD of this summers Live 8 has now been released and features the live performance of the duet of Richard and Coldplay performing The Verve classic Bitter Sweet Symphony.

To buy this DVD click here.

2005-11-08T16:17:00.000Z

New Single And Album Announced!

The first single from Richard's new album will be Break The Night With Colour, due for release on 9 January, taken from the forthcoming album Keys to the World which will be available from 23 January on Parlophone Records.

The track listing for the new album is:

01. Why Not Nothing?
02. Music Is Power
03. Break the Night With Colour
04. Words Just Get in the Way
05. Keys to the World
06. Sweet Brother Malcolm
07. Cry Til the Morning
08. Why Do Lovers?
09. Simple Song
10. World Keeps Turning

2005-11-08T16:10:00.000Z

Date Confirmed For December

The former The Verve singer will play at London King's College on December 7, his first shows in the capital since his dates at the London Brixton Academy three years ago.

Tickets go on general sale on November 12. For ticket availability after that time, go to NME Tickets or call them on 0870 1 663 663.

For the full details on Richard Ashcroft's new album including a new interview, see the new issue of NME, which is out tomorrow in London.

2005-11-05T13:04:00.000Z

Some Verve DVD News

The latest Later with Jools Holland 'Cool Brittania 2' dvd released (24/10/05). Features the live performance of Lucky Man.

To buy this DVD click here.

2005-11-04T23:55:00.000Z

Richard Ashcroft “My New Record’s Sh*t Hot”

Richard Ashcroft has been speaking exclusively to Xfm Online about his “raw” comeback record and 2006 headline shows, saying it’s his “duty to write tunes”.

Returning in the coming months with the first material since 2002’s ‘Human Conditions’, Richard Ashcroft gave Xfm an insight into the currently-untitled record’s sound.

“It’s sounding shit hot,” the former Verve frontman explained. “I’m pleased with it. It’s got a good mix to it: there’s some good raw rock ‘n’ roll on it, some moments of beauty and lushness, but there’re some tracks that are pretty raw, pretty heavy.

“And I think, lyrically, for me it’s hitting the spot,” he continued. “There’s a lot of different topics and things I’m going into, and for a time I was thinking about that very English way of writing tunes back from ’65 and ’66. The Stones, The Beatles, [all the songs] have a bit of Dylan twisted-ness in the sound, but they retain an Englishness to them.”

“That’s what I wanna be, a great English songwriter. I don’t want to be anything else, I realise that now. That’s my job, that’s my duty, to write tunes, not to f**k around.”

Ashscroft also revealed that while his past two solo albums have been highly produced, lavish affairs, the new as-yet-untitled record (while keeping some of the epic scale) will be a lot more rough sounding.

"There's still moments of beauty and lushness in there," he continued, "But there's definitely some tracks there are pretty raw, pretty heavy yeah."

And with the album set to hit stores in the coming months, naturally there’re already plans afoot for the man to return with some special headline live shows.

“I’ll be headlining my own shows in January, but keep your eyes out for some very small low-key stuff and working up for a big gig in Wigan, or somewhere in that region, in the summer.”

Keep checking Xfm Online for news of Richard Ashcroft’s comeback gigs and more news on the album as it emerges.

2005-11-04T23:27:00.000Z

Ashcroft Scared By Live 8 Comeback

Richard Ashcroft was terrified by the response he got when he played the London leg of Live 8 this summer - because he never thought his songs would last so long.

The Drugs Don't Work hitmaker was astonished by the enthusiastic reception when he joined rock superstars Coldplay to perform his old band's famous ballad Bitter Sweet Symphony.

The gig, which was viewed by millions on TV around the world, marked the comeback of The rock star after nearly four years out of the limelight.

He says, "The reaction after Live 8 scared me. Postmen have started shouting my name at me again.

"But it made me realise the extent to which my songs are lodged in people's minds."

2005-11-04T23:09:00.000Z

Richard Ashcroft Track Online

Fans that can’t wait for the new Richard Ashcroft album will soon be able to listen to one of the albums tracks. A new track called Keys to the World has been selected as one of the top 50 recommended downloads in Q December publication.

Q claims that Ashcroft is leaner and meaner and that he has relocated he’s soul.