The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft has just added two more dates to his run around the UK, which starts this May at the Highest Point Festival in Lancaster. And now he’s running for a bit longer, seeing the sights that make up Manchester and Brighton this coming October. Tickets go on sale at 9:30 am this Friday and can be found at this link.
Richard announces new October headline shows in Manchester and Brighton
Tickets go on general sale 9:30am Friday from https://t.co/CDauzTJiPv
But Fans can get presale ticket access from 9:30am Thursday via https://t.co/QiZy3QVb8Q pic.twitter.com/oTwoqSMBjA— Richard Ashcroft (@richardashcroft) March 22, 2022
The tour promises to have a number of Ashcroft’s old The Verve hits, as well as some new tracks, such as from his latest album, Acoustic Hymns Vol.1. Released in October last year, the album seemed to please fans, reaching no. 2 on the UK Official Albums Chart and featuring Ashcroft reimagining “some of his biggest shows“. It even featured another star of the nineties, Liam Gallagher, on the album’s track “C’Mon People (We’re Making it Now)“, a remix of which was released in January.
Some other things Ashcroft’s got coming up include a part in Edinburgh’s The Big Top concert series, occurring on 17th June at the Royal Highland Centre. The festival has managed to attract a number of big names, with the likes of Madness, Biffy Clyro and Fatboy Slim also due to headline.
Then there’s news of an all-day special performance in London’s Crystal Palace Bowl, joining in a series of gigs by South Facing Festival, which is still to announce some of the other performers joining its stage in the near future.
It’s good to see him back in action, especially after pulling out of last year’s Tramlines Festival in Sheffield, not feeling comfortable with it being used by the government as a “testing programme“ for COVID-19’s transmissibility. He said at the time “Apologies to my fans for any disappointment but the festival was informed over 10 days ago that I wouldn’t be playing once it had become part of a government testing programme. I had informed my agent months ago I wouldn’t be playing concerts with restrictions. The status of the festival was one thing when I signed up for it, but, sadly was forced to become something else. “
If you want to order Ashcroft’s latest album, you can look here. His upcoming tour dates can be seen below. As for future endeavours, Ashcroft’s not shy about who he’d like to work with, recently talking of his hopes to write hits for Rihanna, arguing that his “big melodies and big choruses“ could be a good match for the pop star.
Richard Ashcroft UK Tour Dates
12-14/05/2022 – Highest Point Festival – Lancaster
17/06 – Royal Highland Centre – Edinburgh
16/07 – Millennium Square – Leeds
22-24/07 – CarFest North – Chester
23/07 – Wollaton Park – Nottingham
24/07 – Splendour in Nottingham – Nottingham
06/08 – Crystal Palace Bowl – Bromley
06/08 – Crystal Palace Bowl – Bromley
14/10 – AO Arena – Manchester
15/10 – Brighton Centre- Brighton
