Simon Tong

Simon Tong, who was with The Verve from 1996 until they split in 1999, will not be part of the reformed band, as he is now working with Damon Albarn on his The Good, The Bad, and The Queen project.

Glastonbury 1993, the movie

Due for release at the end of the month, this 3-disc collection is said to contain extra concert footage from The Verve, as well as other bands.

Why the reunion?

In yesterdays NME, The Verve manager Jazz Summers revealed why The Verve got back together. "We did keep it quite quiet," explained the band's manager Jazz Summers. A couple of months ago, Richard Ashcroft had a conversation with me and said, "You know, we made fantastic music...I think it would be fantastic if we got back together."

Despite their turbulent history, Ashcroft rang his former band mates and suggested they reconvene. "We didn't make any decision until they'd been in the studio and made some music - that's the reason for doing it," said Summers.

There have been suggestions that The Verve's return is all about generating large amounts of cash. "I think The Sun said they'd been offered £20 million to get back together," laughed Summers. "If they want to pay us £20m to do a gig then maybe, but no, it was all about the music. They're all really excited about what happened in the studio."

Ashcroft and McCabe, along with original bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Pete Salisbury will start work on an album in September.

If you're buying tickets for The Verve and calling from the US, take note

If you bought tickets and called from the US (or anywhere outside the UK), know that seetickets does not deliver outside the UK. Their tickets are sent a month prior to the scheduled event (but can be days in some cases) and require a signature for delivery. You will need a UK address. To sort things out call their customer service: 011-44-870-264-3333 (from the US).

November Tour tickets go on sale tomorrow and will be priced at £29.50 (about $60) and go on general sale on Thurday July 5 at 9am from gigsandtours.com.