26 June 2007

Press release from Big Life Management

The Verve, Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Simon Jones and Pete Salisbury were back recording together in a London studio last week. After a summer break, they will return to the studio to complete their next album.

The Verve will also return to the live arena in November, playing the following 6 shows in the UK:

Friday 2nd Nov: Glasgow Academy
Saturday 3rd Nov: Glasgow Academy
Monday 5th Nov: Blackpool Empress Ballroom
Tuesday 6th Nov: Blackpool Empress Ballroom
Thursday 8th Nov: London Roundhouse
Friday 9th Nov: London Roundhouse

Tickets go on sale on Friday 6th July. For any further information please go to www.theververeturn.com.

The Verve reunite for tour

Richard Ashcroft and co write new songs

The Verve are set to reunite for a winter tour.

The original band of Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe,Simon Jones and Pete Sailsbury have got together for the first time in almost a decade.

In a statement, the band have announced they were: “Getting back together for the joy of the music.”

It is believed they will take a summer break and then return to the studio to complete their next album.

The band broke up in 1999, with the tumultuous relationship between Ashcroft and McCabe being well documented with the two exiting the band repeatedly since they began in 1993.

The band are set to play:

Glasgow Academy (November 2,3)
Blackpool Empress Ballroom (5,6)
London Roundhouse (8,9)

Tickets are set to go on sale on July 6

17 June 2007

Potentially huge Verve news

From: Dominic Mulligan
Date: 17.06.2007 22:56
Subject: [Verved-out] Potentially huge Verve news.
To: verved-out@yahoogroups.com

There's not been a lot of activity on this list, partly due to there not being much in the way of Verve news. However, this may soon change...

I live in Wigan. Brian Cannon, after microdot folded, made a second career of taxi driving here. My friend knows him (he's been on a few of the Oasis album covers, so yeah, he definitely knows him) and Cannon told my mate that he'd spoken to Richard, who'd stated that the band members had been offered £5 million each to reunite (~$10 million) and they'd accepted.

The Verve may be playing together again, soon. Still a rumour at this stage, but given Richard's career is as good as dead and the rest of the band have done virtually nothing and the rumour comes from a source I trust...
Source: verved-out@yahoogroups.com