Former frontman for The Verve Richard Ashcroft has announced a brand new tour of the UK and Ireland for April and May 2019. The tour will be in support of his upcoming fifth solo studio album Natural Rebel, and the tour will conclude with an historic date a London’s Olympia- the first gig of any kind to be played there since Primal Scream, eight years ago. Tickets go on sale at 9:30am on Friday October 12, and you can see the full list of dates below.
Fans who pre-order the album from the official store before or during the pre-release period will receive exclusive pre-sale access to the UK tour dates, which are available from October 10.
Natural Rebel will be released on October 19, and the tracklist reads like that:
- ‘All My Dreams’
- ‘Birds Fly’
- ‘Surprised By The Joy’
- ‘That’s How Strong’
- ‘Born To Be Strangers’
- ‘That’s When I Feel It’
- ‘We All Bleed’
- ‘A Man in Motion’
- ‘Streets of Amsterdam’
- ‘Money Money’
Ashcroft recently dropped a surprise new single called ‘Hey Colombo’, which seemed to be a response to the internet’s reaction to a bizarre incident when Ashcroft was making a guest appearance on Soccer AM. During his time on the Saturday morning TV show, fans noticed something strange fall from Ashcrofts clothing, before he swiftly picked it up. Many fans speculated that it looked like a bag of drugs, which Ashcroft has vehemently denied, and seems to have sparked the release of ‘Hey Colombo.’
Guessing the drugs still don't work? #SoccerAm pic.twitter.com/B7re0y1sxr
— Drew (@DrewWoodburn) September 22, 2018
19/04/2019- Guildhall- Portsmouth
20/04- Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
22/04- O2 Academy- Newcastle
23/04- Usher Hall- Edinburgh
25/04- Bonus Arena- Hull
27/04- O2 Academy- Birmingham
29/04- Olympia- Dublin
01/05- Dome- Doncaster
03/05- De Montfort University- Leicester
04/05- Olympia- London
