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Britpop Group Reunite For First New Music In 6 Years
Britpop legends Cast have announced their first new music in six years.The 'Walkaway' group - now made up of 'All Change’-era members John Power (vocals/guitar), Liam ‘Skin’ Tyson (guitar) and Keith O’Neill (drums) - will...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 24 October 2023
Richard Ashcroft Announces Heritage Live Concert For Summer 2024
Richard Ashcroft is set to play a huge outdoor show in Essex next summer.The former Verve frontman is the first act confirmed for the Heritage Live concert series in 2024, with the musician set to...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 05 October 2023
Ride To Support Richard Ashcroft At South Facing Festival
Ride are set to support Richard Ashcroft at Crystal Palace Bowl's South Facing Festival.The former Verve frontman's upcoming open-air gig, as part of the summer concert series on August 6, just got even bigger, with...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 06 May 2022
C'mon Rihanna: Richard Ashcroft Wants To Work With Riri
Richard Ashcroft wants to write for Rihanna.The former Verve frontman has the desire to write big pop songs, and at the top of the list of artists he'd like to pen a hit for, is...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 08 November 2021
Richard Ashcroft: Netflix Wanted Bitter Sweet Symphony Row Tv Show
Richard Ashcroft has claimed Netflix wanted to make a TV show about 'Bitter Sweet Symphony'.The Verve's 1997 song was famously at the centre of a copyright row with the Rolling Stones over the use of...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 07 November 2021
Richard Ashcroft: People Should Stop Knocking Ed Sheeran
Richard Ashcroft has called for people to "stop knocking" Ed Sheeran's success.The former Verve frontman - whose new acoustic greatest hits collection, 'Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1', has proved a huge hit - is "buzzing" that...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 05 November 2021
Richard Ashcroft Drops Acoustic Rendition Of This Thing Called Life
Richard Ashcroft has released a stripped-back version of 2010's ‘This Thing Called Life’.The new cut is taken from the former Verve frontman's upcoming acoustic greatest hits collection, 'Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1'.The original featured hip-hop star...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 September 2021
Damon Albarn Chose Album Title 'Years Ago'
Damon Albarn chose his album title "years ago".The 53-year-old singer has released his latest solo album, 'The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows' - the follow-up to 2014’s 'Everyday Robots' - and explained...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 17 September 2021
Richard Ashcroft's Acoustic Greatest Hits Collection Features Liam Gallagher
Richard Ashcroft's acoustic greatest hits collection, 'Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1', features Liam Gallagher.The 49-year-old rocker has recorded stripped-back renditions of his most popular songs from his revered solo career and his time in The Verve.The...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 08 September 2021
Richard Ashcroft Teases Return With New Single Set To Drop Friday
Richard Ashcroft is set to return with a new single on Friday (19.02.21).The 49-year-old rocker took to his social media pages to tease his first new music since his 2018 LP 'Natural Rebel'.Ashcroft shared a...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 18 February 2021
Richard Ashcroft Working On Acoustic 'Greatest Hits' Collection
Richard Ashcroft is working on an acoustic 'greatest hits' collection.The Verve star has confirmed plans for his next album, and he revealed he's going to record some stripped back versions of ''some of the best...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 02 September 2020
Liam Gallagher: Oasis Have Unfinished Business
Liam Gallagher has insisted Oasis have ''unfinished business'', after he claimed rival sibling and ex-bandmate Noel rejected his song called 'Bin Bag'.The Britpop group's ex-frontman took to Twitter over the weekend to reveal he penned...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 08 June 2020
Six Band Reunions We'd Love To See In 2017
The trend of big bands and artists from yesteryear making a comeback and touring old albums showed no sign of slowing down in 2016. Even small-to-medium sized acts have opted to coin it in and...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 31 December 2016
Richard Ashcroft: 'Prince's Death Should Push Us All To Do More'
Tributes have been pouring out from the world's biggest music stars since the icon's untimely death on 21 April (16), and the former The Verve star hopes his death will inspire his peers...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 27 May 2016
Former Wham! Manager Jazz Summers Dies
Summers, who also worked with the Scissor Sisters, Badly Drawn Boy and Klaxons, was famous for helping George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's Wham! break the U.S. in 1985, and become the first western...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 16 August 2015
The Zombies To Release New Album
Still Got That Hunger will be out on 9 October (15), and was produced by the man behind The Verve's classic record Urban Hymns, Chris Potter. The band recently signed to The...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 10 August 2015
Former The Verve Guitarist Selling Off Band Equipment
Former The Verve star Nick Mccabe is selling off guitars and equipment to fans in a bid to boost his cash flow.Launching the big "clear-out" on his Facebook.com page earlier this month (18May14), the guitarist...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 May 2014
Gerard Butler Stars For Celtic Against Manchester Utd
Gerard Butler, the Scottish-born Hollywood star best known for his role as King Leonidas in '300', pulled on the Celtic shirt to face Manchester United on Tuesday evening (9th August 2011). The actor stole the...
By WENN on 10 August 2011
Bryan Adams Joins Killing Cancer Concert
Bryan Adams has joined the bill of the KILLING Cancer charity show. The Canadian rocker joins The Who, Jeff Beck, The Verve's Richard Ashcroft and Blondie legend Debbie Harry for the concert which is being...
By Bang Showbiz on 12 November 2010
The Charlatans' 'Emotional' Reunion
The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess says it was a hugely "emotionally experience" to have drummer Jon Brookes back on stage with the band on Saturday (23.10.10).Brookes - who was diagnosed with a brain tumour shortly...
By Bang Showbiz on 26 October 2010
Ashcroft Storms Off Stage Down Under
Former THE VERVE frontman RICHARD ASHCROFT disappointed fans in Australia by storming off stage at a music festival after just one song.The singer was due to perform a set at the Splendour in the Grass...
By WENN on 02 August 2010
Ashcroft Rules Out Verve Return
British rocker RICHARD ASHCROFT has confirmed his former band THE VERVE is over for good - because they could never top their previous achievements.The Bitter Sweet Symphony hitmakers split in 1999 but they reunited for...
By WENN on 07 July 2010
Brmc Old Romantics
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club admit they over romanticised England.The 'Love Burns' rockers got their first big break in England and said they had always been into a lot of English groups, but when they first...
By Bang Showbiz on 12 April 2010
Ashcroft Working With Rap Producer No I.d.
THE VERVE rocker RICHARD ASHCROFT has recruited KANYE WEST and JAY-Z's rap producer to take charge of his upcoming solo album.West's beatmaking mentor No I.D. reveals the Bittersweet Symphony singer reached out to him after...
By WENN on 18 December 2009
Rudebox To Pave Chinese Roads
Unsold copies of ROBBIE WILLIAMS' latest album will soon be used to resurface Chinese roads.The solo star's record label EMI has confirmed that over one million copies of RUDEBOX will be crushed and sent to...
By Contributor on 16 January 2008
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