NEWS ARCHIVES

 

17-09-08  Richard's smoking habit could threaten The Verve's shows.
The Verve refuse to line up lengthy concert runs because Richard's smoking habit leaves him struggling onstage.

 
25-08-08  Richard performed solo
Richard performed a stunning solo set at The Last Days Of Summer Festival at Stowe House in Buckinghamshire. Although Richard's performance was followed by Athlete and headliners Supergrass, Richard was undeniably the star of the show!

Performed in the grounds of one of the most expensive private schools in England, Richard joked about his old school using shiny toilet paper for tracing paper, and then sung his own short version of Working Class hero.

 
05-08-08  Richard's solo career to continue
During an interview with Zane Lowe at BBC Radio 1's Maida Vale Studios, Richard revealed that he had every intention of continuing with his solo career, and saw no reason why it shouldn't continue alongside The Verve. 

 
26 June 2007   The Verve reunion was announced.
It was announced that Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Simon Jones and Pete Salisbury would reunite. It came as quite a shock to fans as only earlier in the year Richard Ashcroft was quoted as saying "There would be more chance of getting all four Beatles together on stage than a Verve reunion". Dates for a November tour were announced - 2 each for Glasgow, Blackpool and London, and an album promised for the end of the summer. Simon Tong did not rejoin fellow bandmates, but chose to continue to work with The Good, The Bad and The Queen.