Richard Paul Ashcroft (born September 11, 1971 in Billinge Maternity Hospital, Billinge Higher End, Wigan) is an English singer-songwriter. He is the lead singer of The Verve, an English rock band that he helped form in 1989.
The Verve suffered huge ups and downs in its first 10 years of existence, from great disappointment because of the lack of mainstream commercial success on the band's first 2 albums, both being hailed by critics at the time, and impressive popularity in the late 90's with the release of Urban Hymns in 1997. In 1999 the band broke-up and Ashcroft embarked on a successful solo career. Ashcroft released three solo albums, the last being 2006's Keys to the World. In June 2007 Ashcroft and the rest of the band announced that they were getting back together for a stadium tour in the UK in November & December 2007, and were working on a future release, probably for 2008.
(minder lezen)Richard Paul Ashcroft (born September 11, 1971 in Billinge Maternity Hospital, Billinge Higher End, Wigan) is an English singer-songwriter. He is the lead singer of The Verve, an English rock band that he helped form in 1989.
The Verve suffered huge ups and downs in its first 10 years of existence, from great disappointment because of the lack of mainstream commercial success on the band's first 2 albums, both being hailed by critics at the time, and impressive popularity in the late 90's with...
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