The Verve

Verve won't return

Music Gossip

8 Jul 2010

Richard Ashcroft doesn't think The Verve will ever get back together. The band's former frontman - who since splitting from the group last summer has formed new group United Nations of Sound - believes there is little point in the band reuniting because…

RPA and the United Nations of Sound - United Nations of Sound

7 Jul 2010

(Parlophone) ‘I wanna put you in my arms,’ warns sometime Verve shaman Richard Ashcroft, for the RPA of the title is he, on ‘Are You Ready?’, ‘and give you a love embrace.’ Following his old band’s only modestly successful comeback, Ashcroft remains…

The Verve's split pledge

Celebrity Gossip

19 Sep 2008

The Verve have reassured fans they will not be "careless" enough to split up again. The UK band have had a rocky past, disbanding on two occasions - once in 1995 and again in 1999 at the peak of their commercial success - due to in-fighting but…

The Verve's V triumph

Celebrity Gossip

18 Aug 2008

The Verve defied rumours of another split to headline the Virgin Mobile V festival this weekend. The reformed rockers played triumphant greatest hits set to close the two-day event at Chelmsford last night (17.08.08). They also played to rain-soaked…

The Verve - Forth

14 Aug 2008

PSYCH-ROCK (Parlophone) Even their most evangelical of fans – of which there are still plenty – might have doubted The Verve’s reformation. Much of the solo material of the previously unimpeachable Richard Ashcroft flattered to deceive, and none of it…

T Break 2008 line up announced

5 Jun 2008

16 new and unsigned bands will be performing at the T in the Park music festival at Balado on the 11th, 12th and 13th July. The bands, selected from 48 acts playing in the qualifying heat gigs held in Edinburgh and Glasgow earlier this year, now…

Kings of Leon, Muse and The Verve to headline V Festival

4 Mar 2008

The final major festival of the summer season, V Festival, has announced most of its bill for this year, with Muse, The Verve and Kings of Leon among the big players appearing. The festival, which takes place on two sites in Chelmsford and…

T in the Park line-up

28 Feb 2008

This year’s T in the Park line-up features seasoned acts such as Rage Against The Machine, The Verve, REM, Stereophonics, Prodigy and Chemical Brothers alongside more recent success stories The Fratellis, Kaiser Chiefs, and Glastonbury headliners Kings…

REM, The Verve and Rage Against the Machine top T in the Park bill

15 Feb 2008

REM, The Verve and Rage Against the Machine have been announced as the headliners for this year’s T in the Park according to Rage Against the Machine’s official website www.ratm.com. The festival, now in its 14th year, will play host to tens of…

The Verve - reformed and on tour

1 Nov 2007

Of all the seminal bands to have announced their reformation this year, The Verve are perhaps both the most and least in need of a revival. Although each of the group’s four founder members would no doubt welcome the wage packet – even Richard…

Top gigs to watch out for over the next few months

10 Sep 2007

Richard Hawley Sheffield-born singer-songwriter and ex-Pulp/Longpigs man returns with more highly acclaimed epic guitar pop. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 0131 668 2019, Fri 14 Sep. Gwen Stefani Everyone’s favourite ska rocker turned electro pop…