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CarFest back in 2011, and it has steadily grown a reputation for delighting audiences in both the north and the south of England. This year's CarFest North 2022 is being held from 22 to 24 July.

Richard Ashcroft has announced some huge support acts for his upcoming 2024 Wigan hometown shows.The former Verve frontman announced he was playing his first Wigan show in 25 years last November. Taking place this July at Robin Park, Ashcroft shared: “After 25 years, I’m back playing in my hometown.

Suede have announced a huge outdoor headline show in the UK for this summer – you can find all the details below.The band are due to perform as part of the Heritage Live concert series in the grounds of Audley End in Saffron Walden, Essex on Thursday, August 1. They’ll be joined by the very special guest openers Johnny Marr and Nadine Shah.Promoter Giles Cooper of GCE Live said: “It’s been an ambition of us all at Heritage Live to stage a show for the legendary Suede, and to have Johnny Marr as their special guest is a dream come true!“Both are icons of the British music scene and to have the brilliant, Mercury-nominated, Nadine Shah to open will mean this will undoubtedly be a night to remember for many years to come.

Thania Garcia Pearl Jam has simultaneously announced a world tour and the arrival of their twelfth studio effort, “Dark Matter,” slated for release on April 19. The band shared the set’s electrifying title track on Tuesday morning. The 35-date worldwide tour will launch in May, just a few weeks after the release of “Dark Matter,” and hit nine countries and 25 cities, starting with the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Pearl Jam have announced details of a huge world tour, covering North America, the UK, Europe and Australia, for later in the year – see full details below.It comes hot on the heels of the band unveiling news of their new album ‘Dark Matter’ earlier today (February 13). The record, their 12th overall and follow-up to 2020’s ‘Gigaton’, will be released on April 19 via Monkeywrench Records, and can be pre-ordered/pre-saved here.Alongside that, Eddie Vedder and co.

AIR have added a huge outdoor show to their upcoming ‘Moon Safari’ UK tour – now set to appear at the Halifax Piece Hall.Taking place on June 26, the newly-added show will see the French electronic music pioneers perform in the Yorkshire city as part of the TX Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall 2024 series.They are the latest headliners to be announced for the summer event – which runs between June 7 and August 24 – and join previously revealed artists including Grace Jones, Fatboy Slim, IDLES, Richard Ashcroft, Loyle Carner, Pixies, Nile Rodgers & Chic and more.“‘Moon Safari’ is such an iconic album and I know so many people have very special memories of listening to it on repeat in the final years of the last millennium,” said Nicky Chance-Thompson MBE DL, CEO of The Piece Hall Trust, of the new announcement. “What a joy it will be to hear it performed in full in our beautiful courtyard.

Snow Patrol, Paolo Nutini and Jamie T have been announced as headliners at Tramlines Festival 2024 – check out the full line-up below.Nutini will top the bill on Friday night of the Sheffield festival – which takes place at Hillsborough Park from July 26-28 – followed by Jamie T on Saturday and Snow Patrol on Sunday.Other acts announced for the 16th edition of the festival include Bombay Bicycle Club, Tom Grennan, The Human League, The Charlatans, Holly Humberstone, Yard Act and many more.The festival will also feature Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Snuts, Example, Soft Play, Miles Kane, NewDad, The Magic Gang and more.Pre-sale will go live on Thursday (January 25) at 12pm GMT, where a limited number of weekend and day tickets will be available. You can sign up here.Remaining tickets will be available in the general sale this Friday (January 26) at 12pm GMT.Check out the full line-up so far below.A post shared by Tramlines Festival (@tramlines)“I’m delighted to release the first wave of acts for Tramlines 2024,” said Tramlines Festival Operations Director Timm Cleasby in a statement.

Grace Jones has announced a new concert at West Yorkshire’s Halifax Piece Hall, as part of the venue’s Live at the Piece Hall series in the Summer of 2024.The Jamaican musician and fashion icon will be performing at The Piece Hall’s massive, 66,000 square-foot courtyard on Saturday, June 22. Three tiers of tickets will be made available, namely General Admission, which simply allows entry into the courtyard, Balcony Tickets, which entitle holders to access to the venue’s balcony level and an exclusive bar, and Live at Lounge, which allows holders access into an exclusive VIP area.General ticket sales for the event will be made available via Ticketmaster on Friday, January 26 at 10AM, local time.

Richard Ashcroft has announced details of a huge outdoor show, set to take place in London next summer.The announcement comes as the singer-songwriter has been revealed as the latest addition to the upcoming Kew The Music live music event, held in South West London.Set to take place over the summer, the week-long event will return to the UNESCO World Heritage site, Kew Gardens, between July 8 and July 12, 2024.For his appearance at next year’s instalment, Ashcroft will appear as the final headliner at the event and is set to take to the stage on the last day, Sunday, July 14.The upcoming set follows the two-time Ivor Novello winner’s work with The Verve over the years, as well as his run of solo albums, the most recent of which was his sixth solo LP, ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1’, which arrived back in 2021.As well as Ashcroft, other artists set to appear as headliners for the 2024 edition of Kew The Music include pop singer Mika, who will headline the event on Tuesday, July 9, and Passenger who will take to the stage on Thursday, July 11.Following the recent completion of their 2023 reunion tour, JLS will also be taking to the stage at the London live music event on Friday, July 12, and the upcoming instalment will be opened by British horticulturist, broadcaster, and writer Monty Don, who will be taking part in an ‘Evening In Conversation’ event on Monday, July 8.The headliners for Wednesday (July 10) and Saturday (July 13) are set to be revealed at a later date, as are the guests set to join Ashcroft on the final night of next year’s edition.Tickets for the Richard Ashcroft show will go on pre-sale from tomorrow (December 19) at 10am GMT.

Limp Bizkit, Richard Ashcroft and more have been announced as performers for the 2024 Margate Dreamland series.Other acts set to play at Margate Dreamland in the summer of 2024 include Madness, Simple Minds, Manic Street Preachers, Suede, IDLES, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Becky Hill, Busted, Craig David, DJ Spoony plus guests, Rudimental, Paloma Faith, Jack Savoretti, JLS and Jess Glynne.Limp Bizkit will play at the iconic Dreamland venue – which is located five minutes away from Margate station – on Saturday, June 15, 2024 and Richard Ashcroft is set to play on Friday, July 12, 2024.A ticket pre-sale for the shows will be available for those who sign up for the Margate Summer Series mailing list before Thursday, December 7 at 9am local time. General ticket sale is set to commence on Friday, December 8 at 9am local time.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have announced plans for a huge outdoor gig in Wigan next year.

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Richard Ashcroft will be returning to his hometown of Wigan for a huge show next year.The former frontman of The Verve will play Robin Park on July 20, marking his first show in Wigan for over 25 years.“After 25 years, I’m back playing in my hometown. Looking forward to an amazing night in Wigan,” he said in a press release.The Wigan show won’t be the only large-scale Ashcroft plays next summer, however.

New Order have confirmed they will play a special homecoming gig at Wythenshawe Park next year. The gig will take place next August Bank Holiday on Saturday, August 24.

Richard Ashcroft has announced a huge homecoming tour will take place in Wigan next summer. The gig will take place at Robin Park, Wigan on Saturday, 20 July.

Richard Ashcroft has recreated the music video for The Verve’s ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ for Sky Sports. Check out the clip below.The singer recreated the visual accompaniment to the 1997 hit for a Sky Sports promotion of Formula One, and filmed the clips a couple of days before last week’s British Grand Prix 2023 kicked off.Instead of walking the streets of London as in the original video, Ashcroft is seen performing the track around the UK’s Silverstone Circuit, which hosted the first British Grand Prix in 1948.

Richard Ashcroft has announced a show at Englefield House in Berkshire, England, this summer.The former The Verve frontman will play the grounds of the Elizabethan country house on July 22, as part of the Heritage Live concert series. He’ll be joined by special guests Ocean Colour Scene and The Sherlocks.Tickets for the show will be available and on general sale at 9am on Friday, March 31 – purchase yours here.

Jake Bugg played his 2012 debut single ‘Trouble Town’, perhaps better known as the theme song from BBC’s hit show Happy Valley, last night (March 23) at the Royal Albert Hall. Watch footage in the video below.Bugg was performing as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust‘s annual concert series when he played the song, taken from his self-titled debut album.

Roger Daltrey has spoken to NME about the upcoming Teenage Cancer Trust shows, as well as The Who‘s “big, bold and sexy” orchestral tour, and whether we’ll hear any new music from the band.The frontman, who is an Honorary Patron of TCT, enlisted the likes of Kasabian, Wet Leg, Courteeners and Underworld for the 2023 edition of the charity’s annual gig series at the Royal Albert Hall in London.To close proceedings, Daltrey will play a solo concert at the historic venue on Sunday March 26. He’ll be joined on the night by special guests Richard Ashcroft and Joan Armatrading.

Dozens of musicians, rappers and bands are set to entertain audiences on Manchester stages this October, with a jam-packed gig list from all genres and decades.

CarFest back in 2011, and it has steadily grown a reputation for delighting audiences in both the north and the south of England. This year's CarFest North 2022 is being held from 22 to 24 July.

Richard Ashcroft began his show at Leeds’ Millennium Square over the weekend with a dedication to founding Happy Mondays member Paul Ryder, following the bassist’s death a day earlier.As Ashcroft and his band took to the stage on Saturday (July 16), he told the crowd: “This one’s for Paul Ryder and Happy Mondays. Rest in peace.

Liam Gallagher has hinted at future collaborations with The Stone Roses‘ John Squire, teasing that a “super group [is] incoming”.Squire joined Gallagher on stage earlier this month for his two shows at Knebworth Park to close the sets with Oasis‘ ‘Champagne Supernova’. Squire also appeared at Oasis’ Knebworth gigs 26 years ago.“A big fucking round of applause for the coolest man on the planet,” Gallagher told the crowd as he introduced him. “The one and only John fucking Squire.”Now, Gallagher has hinted that the shows aren’t the end of his collaboration with Squire, taking to Twitter to say: “SUPER GROUP INCOMING LG JS.”See the tweet below:SUPER GROUP INCOMING LG JS— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) June 19, 2022Back in 2017, Gallagher stated his desire to form a dream supergroup would feature The Stone Roses and Richard Ashcroft.“The ideal ones would be the guys out of The Stone Roses.

Ride are set to join Richard Ashcroft at this year’s South Facing Festival.Back in March, it was announced that the former Verve frontman would make a headline appearance at the festival at Crystal Palace Bowl on Saturday, August 6.Now, Ride have been announced as Ashcroft’s “special guests” on the day, alongside Steve Lamacq, BDRMM, Tess Parks and Alan McGee.At the event, Ride will celebrate the 30th anniversary release their classic 1990 debut album ‘Nowhere’ and will perform the album in full at the event.South Facing Festival, which launched last year, runs between July 29 and August 21. The open-air concert series will also host performances from the likes of London Grammar, Bombay Bicycle Club, Jungle and Becky Hill.Tickets for the event are on sale now – buy yours here.Last year’s inaugural South Facing Festival included sets from Dizzee Rascal, Supergrass and The Streets.Ashcroft, who released his latest album ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol.1’ last October, is also due to perform at Millennium Square in Leeds this summer.

Richard Ashcroft has announced that he will be performing a headline show in Manchester this autumn. The former Verve frontman shared that he will be coming to the AO Arena for one night in October.

Richard Ashcroft has announced two new major headline shows for this autumn.The former The Verve frontman will play Manchester’s AO Arena on October 14 and Brighton’s The Brighton Centre on October 15. Tickets go on sale this Friday (March 25) at 9.30am –  purchase yours here.The gigs will follow other previously announced summer headline shows.

Richard Ashcroft has announced a show in London as part of this year’s South Facing Festival.The former Verve frontman will make a headline appearance at the Crystal Palace Bowl on Saturday, August 6. He’ll be joined on the night by some “special guests” who are yet to be confirmed.Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (March 18) – buy yours here.

Clean Bandit have teamed up with Swedish producer A7S for a new upbeat dance track, titled ‘Everything But You’.Arriving last Friday (February 18), the cut is a high-energy dancefloor filler, with summery production, smooth electronic elements and a catchy hook. It was co-written with a number of hitmakers, including Digital Farm Animals, Plested, Franklin and Tom Grennan.An accompanying animated lyric video also landed alongside the song, featuring surreal, scrapbook-like scenes.

Richard Ashcroft has announced that he’ll be performing a massive show at Leeds’ Millennium Square this summer.The former Verve frontman will take to the stage at the Leeds city centre venue on July 16 in support of his most recent record, ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol.1’.The Millennium Square show will follow Ashcroft’s previously confirmed appearance at Highest Point Festival in Lancaster in mid-May, and comes ahead of his sets at CarFest North and Splendour in Nottingham later in July.Tickets for the Leeds show go on sale this Friday (February 4) at 9:30am – you can get them here.Richard Ashcroft will headline an outdoor Summer show at @millsqleeds on 16th July 2022. Tickets go on sale this Friday 4th February at at 9.30am https://t.co/6rjHhq6Fb8 pic.twitter.com/c917hX83vg— Richard Ashcroft (@richardashcroft) February 1, 2022Last month, Ashcroft shared a new remix of ‘C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)’ featuring Liam Gallagher. The original collaboration appeared on ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol.

Richard Ashcroft has said that he wants to write hits for Rihanna.The former The Verve frontman said in a new interview that he’d like to write for the Bajan pop star – and thinks he’d be good at it because he pens “big melodies and big choruses”.He told the Daily Star‘s Wired column: “A big thing I want to do is write for other people. I want to know who writes for Rihanna and get an introduction.”The musician, who recently released an album of acoustic reworks, ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol.

Richard Ashcroft has said that Netflix wants to make a docudrama about the ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ copyright dispute.The Verve hit was the centre of an infamous copyright row with The Rolling Stones’ ex-manager Allen Klein over its sampling of the Stones’ ‘The Last Time’.The dispute was resolved in 2019, with Ashcroft and The Verve no longer having to pay royalties to Klein’s company ABKCO.

Richard Ashcroft has said people should “stop knocking” Ed Sheeran‘s success.Sheeran has enjoyed huge success in the UK and the US with his four albums +’, ‘x’, ‘÷’ and more recently ‘=’, which went to Number One in the album chart tonight (November 5).But he has often faced criticism over the years, most famously from Noel Gallagher back in 2015 when he heard he was playing three nights at Wembley Stadium.“I don’t think I can live in a world where that’s even possible.

Richard Ashcroft has shared a new acoustic version of his 2010 track ‘This Thing Called Life’.The song, originally recorded with No I.D. for Ashcroft’s RPA & The United Nations Of Sound side project, has been reworked for his forthcoming ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol.

Richard Ashcroft has announced the release of a new solo album, Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1, this October.

Richard Ashcroft has today (September 8) shared details of ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1’, an album of newly recorded acoustic versions of his solo work and The Verve classics.‘Acoustic Hymns Vol.

Richard Ashcroft, former frontman of The Verve and vocal anti-vaxxer, has seemingly contracted COVID-19, and as such won’t be performing at an upcoming festival.In a tweet, Ashcroft wrote “We are sorry to announce that due to COVID-19, headline act Richard Ashcroft will be unable to perform at Tunes in the Dunes on Saturday this year sept 4th.”Tunes In The Dunes is taking in Cornwall this weekend, with acts like Craig David, Jack Garratt and Ashcroft’s replacement, Fatboy Slim, headlining.While