Richard Ashcroft - Solo Work

[dave's girl]

is it just me - or does his video actually show him walking round with a dead angel? only i was half asleep when i saw it, and i don't know whether it's mixed up in a dream or not - if you get what i mean. :lol:

[';']

what video are you talking about

[dave's girl]

his new one i think :lol: it's black and white it that helps.

[Alfie]

I like his new song a lot. It reminds me of something I heard a long time ago. Lovely song. Haven't seen the video though.

[dave's girl]

I like his new song a lot. It reminds me of something I heard a long time ago. Lovely song. Haven't seen the video though.

i wasn't that keen when i first heard it but it's really grown on me. i still need someone to see the video though to reassure me that I haven't gone mad :roll: :silly:

[';']

is the song called Check the Meaning
if that is the song, then you can go here http://www.richardashcroft.co.uk/go to music/video
or is it called C'mon People if that is the song then you can see it at that same site

[dave's girl]

is the song called Check the Meaning
if that is the song, then you can go here http://www.richardashcroft.co.uk/go to music/video
or is it called C'mon People if that is the song then you can see it at that same site

thankyou - god, you are a mine of useful information. :lol: now i can go check my sanity.

is the song called Check the Meaning
if that is the song, then you can go here http://www.richardashcroft.co.uk/go to music/video
or is it called C'mon People if that is the song then you can see it at that same site

thankyou - god, you are a mine of useful information. :lol: now i can go check my sanity.

contain yourself now i wouldnt want u to go crazy and like i said before i'm here to help and make people happy!

[';']

is the song called Check the Meaning
if that is the song, then you can go here http://www.richardashcroft.co.uk/go to music/video
or is it called C'mon People if that is the song then you can see it at that same site

thankyou - god, you are a mine of useful information. :lol: now i can go check my sanity.

contain yourself now i wouldnt want u to go crazy and like i said before i'm here to help and make people happy!

by the way that was me who replied i just forgot to log on

[Hicksy]

i had the chance to see Richard Ashcroft in Bristol and turned it down - although i can still get tickets - have i made the right decision?!? argh - the choices!! :(

[dave's girl]

i dunno...recent reviews have been good. it'd be interesting to see him just to see what his new stuff's like.

[';']

http://www.chartattack.com/Gallery/20000522-ashcroft.jpg

[Alfie]

Lovely pic. Check The Meaning's video is awful. The song is great but why couldn' t they make a normal video???

[';']

sure

[dave's girl]

Lovely pic. Check The Meaning's video is awful. The song is great but why couldn' t they make a normal video???

if they had it might have stopped me from thinking i'd gone momentarily mad. :oops: :?

[Alfie]

Hasn't he gone into religion a bit?
''Got my mind meditating'' Where the fuck did he get this out???

[';']

i dont know about this guy

[dave's girl]

Hasn't he gone into religion a bit?
''Got my mind meditating'' Where the fuck did he get this out???

not sure - he's had a kid and stuff hasn't he so maybe that's sort of affected his lyrics. i dunno - just guessing. :?

[';']

usually when artist do have kids it kind of changes their views so maybe hes a different thinker and writes different now

[Tracy]

I think it has a lot to do with the ol' happy baccy. He loves the stuff. I was reading an article in Big Issue and he is well mad...... :roll: I do like the song though and I do think he has a dead angel in his arms and what's all the people trying to move the building for .......i tell you ....off his rocker he is!!! :P 8)

[dave's girl]

the big issue has some really good interviews.

[Alfie]

Wasn't Alone With Everybody Richard's family album? A cheerful one. This one sounds like he has lost faith in somebody. Family? Friends? Dog?
Maybe I'm just waiting for the sound and vibe Nick McCabe could get out of his guitar.
Still think Check The Meaning's a great song, video is crap, Human Conditions should be a good album.

[';']

aahhh......the verve i love urban hymns. i dont know why but i always liked nick mccabe and simon

[::Hayley::]

i find Richard Ashcroft quite depressing :? :shock:

[Katharina]

aahhh......the verve i love urban hymns. i dont know why but i always liked nick mccabe and simon

"Bitter Sweet Symphony" is a classic - at least since "Cruel Intentions".... Love that movie!!! :D

[sarah**]

aahhh......the verve i love urban hymns. i dont know why but i always liked nick mccabe and simon

"Bitter Sweet Symphony" is a classic - at least since "Cruel Intentions".... Love that movie!!! :D

Kat, Cruel Intentions is one of my favourite movies! This makes up for me not liking Lord of the Rings :D

[Katharina]

It definitely does, hun!!! 8)

[::Hayley::]

i love that movie too. i think it has one of the best movie scenes EVER where the guy is @ the top of the elevator and the girl is comin up...and counting crows "colorblind" is playing... *goosebumps just thinking about it* :puppydogeyes: :roll:

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“ Waiting for a star to fall, and carry your heart into my arms, that’s where you belong ; in my arms baby yeah ”

[Katharina]

Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon - could there be a cuter couple?? 8)

[::Hayley::]

Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon - could there be a cuter couple?? 8)

i know.......what were their Cruel Intentions character names again?!sebastian or something :? i forgets :-o

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“ Waiting for a star to fall, and carry your heart into my arms, that’s where you belong ; in my arms baby yeah”

[Katharina]

Sebastian Valmont and Annette Hargrove... 8)

[::Hayley::]

Sebastian Valmont and Annette Hargrove... 8)

thanks :P annette???i would never have guessed that actually - i thought she was called something completely different! :shock:

[fifi]

i really miss the verve coz they had some classy songs like history and the drugs dont work but yeah i love r_a but he has gone a bit mad into religion but whatever makes ya happy. :-D ;)

[Guy'sChick]

[quote=Katharina]Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon - could there be a cuter couple?? 8)

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lol how about Guy'sChick and guy berryman :P :D

[';']

or ginger and guy berryman 8)

[Guy'sChick]

well ginger and guy berryman will be good im already taken

[Guy'sChick]

can i come at the wedding tho? :D

[';']

well ginger and guy berryman will be good im already takenaww...i wouldnt mind you taking him for a while :( :D

[';']

can i come at the wedding tho? :Dsure thing...and everyone else on the board.
did you know i've been to his house....lol
it was a time i was away from the board for a while.

haha it's in this board somewheres.....i think my thread in general :lol:

[Guy'sChick]

lol yeah i think ive read that! so is he a good kisses? and well pm me the further details :twisted:

[nightsurfer]

I liked that version of Bittersweet Symphony.... go him and Coldplay!

p.s. Did anyone see shots of Gwyneth and Apple with her pink ear muffs?

[mc_squared]

That was fantastic!! Hope somebody uploads it in quick time!! :P
What a brilliant combination - Richard Ashcroft was fab in Cologne.

[velocityarmour]

nightsurfer,
yeah i did saw the shots of Apple!! cute ;)
hopefully someone uploads the vid soon!

[berrywoman]

:embarrased: I MISSED IT!! I hope they show the entire set on VH1 at least the bit with Richard... :embarrased:

[mc_squared]

Chris called him "the best singer in the world"!!

[berrywoman]

:lol: Chris thinks everything is the best in the world!!!

[mc_squared]

True - he said the same about Jonny!

[yellow_fever]

Simply brilliant! I loved the collaboration. I didn't know what to expect from the performance when I heard about it :P Turned out awesome :lol:

[mc_squared]

And that song is an absolute anthem!!

[madge87]

GREAAAT PERFORMANCE!!!!!!!!!

[Cris_Santos]

:lol: Chris thinks everything is the best in the world!!!

:lol: :lol:

[Gas_Man]

i heard Richard Ashcroft sound checking at the Crystal Palace gig before Coldplay sound checked..and he was singing it live then.

[mc_squared]

:lol: Chris thinks everything is the best in the world!!!

:lol: :lol:

Including Victoria Beckham and the Crazy Frog?? Surely not!! :P

[Pai]

OOOOH!!! THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nightsurfer]

nightsurfer,
yeah i did saw the shots of Apple!! cute ;)
hopefully someone uploads the vid soon!

Bwahaha... at the rate it's going I'm gonna want videos of all the London performances, haha. :lol:

[Ireentje]

I saw those shots too, such a cute little girl :nice:

[gentleparachute]

Yep... Lovely, lovely absolutely super performance!

[Ireentje]

Richard Ashcroft has this really cool kind of raw quality to his voice, which I loved :)

[charlotte]

that song brought back so many memories... fantastic :happy:

[clocks-politik]

http://music.aol.com/artist/main.adp?tab=songvid&artistid=435023&albumid=0
you can watch it here

[*Justine*]

nightsurfer, thank you for calling him by his actual name!

[StephBerryman]

Does anyone know why the Verve disbanded?

[haymey]

Severe disagreement i think :veryangry2:

[nightsurfer]

nightsurfer, thank you for calling him by his actual name!

:lol: Sure, sure!

It's just that I'm more ignorant about the latest bands than I am about that song, haha...

[nightsurfer]

Severe disagreement i think :veryangry2:

Or, in other words, "irreconciliable differences" :)

[haymey]

They always say that! They just couldnt stand each other anymore! Shame really! :(

[Sarah87]

It was probably my favourite performance,yeah I know there were much more greater ones,but this one is just special.

[bonabon]

that song brought back so many memories... fantastic


it certainly did!

chris was really good as backup too. does anyone know exactly wat he was repeating near the end of the song? i think i got some, but who knows?

[Mackey]

He's also gonna come in holland with coldplay

[Ireentje]

Is he? :shocked:

[Jan]

Yeah, didn't you know that yet? :P

[stevemah]

can't wait to hear richard ashcrofts new album. does anyone have any information about it?

[sjcoutts]

Ok, after watching that Live 8 performance I'm even more excited to see him perform in Toronto. Such an amazing singer and he's just the opening act. I'd like to see Fiona Apple top that...

[Dan the Man]

It's just brand new!!!

He supports Coldplay so as Coldplay fans, we should support him by registering on his new forum!!!

[Dan the Man]

NEW ASHCROFT FORUM (http://forums.richardashcroft.com/index.php)

:cool:

[Lamposts]

And as fans of coldplay we should all go join
http://lamposts.noonhost.com/lamposts.html

[Dan the Man]

Any fans here??? Anyone excited about the new album???

I recommend any fans of his check out my sig!!!



IS he touring again with Coldplay this year???


http://forum.ashcroftunofficial.co.uk/phpbb2/

[an_cat]

He's the opening act in April, because I know that I'm seeing him on April 4th.


Great, great singer :thumbsup:

[shesawsparks]

I saw Richard Ashcroft live for the first time when i went to see Coldplay at Earl's Court in December. He was superb. He sang some of The Verve's old material like The Drugs Dont Work, Sonnet and Bittersweet Symphony, which i've always liked anyway but live they were just amazing. He also a song from the new album called Words Just Get In The Way. I also really like his new single Break The Night With Colour so i'm thinking of getting his new album now :blush: I'm also waiting for my copy of Urban Hymns to arrrive, from what i've heard it's an amazing album so i can't wait! :D

[Ted]

Ditto everything you said honey! :D

Saw him live as well and it was phenomenal. Worthy support artist to the mighty Coldplay!

[shesawsparks]

Defo. As support acts go, he was the best i've seen to date :D

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

he is very good singer,his band was gr8

[Dan the Man]

I'm also waiting for my copy of Urban Hymns to arrrive, from what i've heard it's an amazing album so i can't wait! :D

Greates album ever in my opinion!

[Gitta Rensolo]

I saw him live in Köln when he supported Coldplay and it was great!!!!

Bittersweet symphony is a legendary song!

[apple.]

I love his music! And I'm realy excited about the new album! I hope he will have a tour....and please, let him come to Germany!!!!!!
"take off your shoes Richie!!!" :P

[Manders]

HE IS PRETTY FUCKING SEXYXYXYXYXYXYXY.

[mc_squared]

Dickie rocks!! :cool:

[andyjean]

HE IS PRETTY FUCKING SEXYXYXYXYXYXYXY.

OMG he is the most perfect man on earth :heart: :heart:

[Dan the Man]

He's that attractive!?!?!?!

Anyway what would I know!!! :lol:



You should really check out my sig if you like him though!!! It's a great forum (although not as good as this one!!!)

I post under the name of Daniel over there and there are some great threads to look at...

[naty]

i also saw him as support act for coldplay last year, but i'm not that big fan.
but his new song is really good! i like it

[clockpolitiks]

Urban Hymns is one of my favorite albums of all time. Its really good. Not a bad song on the cd. It sucks for me though, because he starts touring with coldplay the day after the concert I'm going to. Now I have to sit through 2 nights of Fiona Apple for the orlando and tampa concerts.

[andyjean]

He's that attractive!?!?!?!

Anyway what would I know!!! :lol:



You should really check out my sig if you like him though!!! It's a great forum (although not as good as this one!!!)

I post under the name of Daniel over there and there are some great threads to look at...

:stunned: oh is that you Daniel? I'm andy_ashcroft over there, glad to meet you somewhere else too :D

[Marky]

I've just listened to the first 8 tracks for the second time. The album starts off well, then seems to fall away slightly after 5 tracks.

[Dan the Man]

He's that attractive!?!?!?!

Anyway what would I know!!! :lol:



You should really check out my sig if you like him though!!! It's a great forum (although not as good as this one!!!)

I post under the name of Daniel over there and there are some great threads to look at...

:stunned: oh is that you Daniel? I'm andy_ashcroft over there, glad to meet you somewhere else too :D


Yeah it's me andy! What's up!!! I'm bumping into loads of people from there all over the Internet these days!!! :D

[andyjean]

hey great to see you here too- don't participate in many forums so you're the first one I bump into :) how are things going? :smug:

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

he is amazing singer

[Lera]

I've grown on Verve's songs,haha,I liiiiike Rich.

[busybeeburns]

Peruse any British music magazine which has recently profiled Richard Ashcroft and chances are one of three descriptions — egomaniac, self-absorbed and superior to others — will surface.

Quite surprising, considering he opened his conversation to Metro with an amiable, “Hello. How’s the weather over there?” and maintained a gentlemanly tone throughout. This is the same Richard Ashcroft who reputedly once compared his artistry to Jesus Christ? Apparently someone has a personal axe to grind with the former Verve frontman.

“I could talk to any guy for 20 minutes about my insecurities and my own failings and how that’s a big driver for most of what I write about,” says, Ashcroft, 34. “But that won’t enter the conversation because of the preconceived ‘image’ one guy may have of me before he arrives.”

So what has been his ‘image’ of late? Since the Verve’s split in 1999, the man once dubbed Mad Richard has now focused on being Domesticated Richard with wife of 10 years, former Spiritualized keyboardist Kate Radley, and his two boys Sonny, who turns 6 this coming Thursday, and Cassius, 1.

“Away from making records, that’s been my life,” Ashcroft says succinctly.

Still, music drives Ashcroft to create, best summed up on a cut from his month-old third post-Verve effort, Keys To The World: Music Is Power.

And like the Verve classic Bittersweet Symphony, Music Is Power is largely driven by a sample — in this case, Walter Jackson’s 1964 hit It’s All Over, produced by Curtis Mayfield.

“A friend of mine made a compilation for me and I put it on while I was driving home from the south of France one night,” Ashcroft explains. “When the introduction of It’s All Over came on, I thought man, I could do albums with this kind of stuff. The phrase Music Is Power then popped into my mind as I kept playing this intro over and over.”

Ashcroft’s mulling over whether to release this as his next single. The first, Break The Night With Colour, already affirmed his star status by climbing to No. 3 on the U.K. charts.

Yet renewed interest in Ashcroft was truly sparked when he joined Coldplay for a rendition of Bittersweet Symphony during London’s Live 8 concert last July. It was there that Coldplay frontman Chris Martin introduced Ashcroft as “the best singer in the world.”

High praise indeed, though Ashcroft downplays the moment. “I’m sure it’s reawakened some people,” says Ashcroft, though noting that, aside from working with former Verve drummer Pete Salisbury on all three solo albums, it’s “doubtful” a full band reunion will ever materialize.

“For me, it’s all about the soul of my music, the lyrics and the connection it all makes to people.”

Richard Ashcroft’s popularity is on the rise again.

Ashcroft opens for Coldplay when the two acts hit the Air Canada Centre stage Wednesday and Thursday.

http://www.metronews.ca

[square_1]

That's awesome, he deserves it!

[Lera]

Thank you for that post,Ian :)

[andyjean]

yeah, thanks for posting that
it's about time for people to start appreciating his art

[*Sarah*]

does anyone know his recent setlist?

[Fixed]

Bought on ebay for £70 (yeah I know, I was desperate though) but am now unable to attend. If anyone is interested just send me an email or post on here (chris_dillon10@hotmail.com). Be quick though cos my mate's mulling over them too and I've posted on another board. Sorry if this is in the wrong board by the way!

I moved this from The Lounge - hope this is the right place :)

[Fixed]

I take it nobdy wants them ?

[Fixed]

I'm prepared to lower the price to £60 and lose a tenner, I just wanna get rid of them asap. Anyone want to go??

[Fixed]

Now on sale @ Ebay.

[Briggins]

Guess there was no interest.

[Fixed]

I have 2 tikets to sell as 2 of my friends aren't able to go now, so would appreciate it if you could please buy them from me, and not See Tickets or Ticketmaster, otherwise I've wasted a lot of money lol. Please ask your friends also if they're interested. Oh yeah, on 17th June if you didn't know! Thanks.

[Fixed]

I've got 2 tickets for Richard Ashcroft at Old Trafford on 17th June, face value. I'm trying to get 35 people to pay £2 which will cover the cost of both tickets and I'll do a draw and whoever is drawn wins the tickets, and they only had to pay £2 for them - if you're interested then let me know and tell your friends also.

[Vince Gormley]

Hi anyone got Richard Ashcroft The Drugs Don't Work from IOW.

Cheers

Vince

[Fixed]

Yay it's finally here, anybody else going to Old Trafford later to see the genius of Richard Ashcroft?! Akala is a bit of a surprise for support though, don't know how a rapper/urban artist will be received, good luck to him though :) If you aint going then get down there, tickets going for £15 for the best singer in the world as Chris said.

[Fixed]

You may have gathered that I'm the resident Richard Ashcroft groupie lol. Incase you're interested it was an amazing gig, on a par with Coldplay last December. After he sung Music Is Power he added another verse that went:

Rooney is power,
Let him play from the start,
Cos Owen aint match fit,
And Crouch is a star.

Genius :D

[Briggins]

Haha that is a nice added peice.

[Ondes Martenot]

Richard Ashcroft has been fined for being drunk and disorderly at an under-12s night at a youth club.

The 34-year-old former frontman of The Verve was arrested after police were called.

Around 60 kids were at the Bridge Centre Youth Club, Melksham, Wilts, at the time.

Ashcroft, who has two children, was taken to Melksham police station and handed an on-the-spot £80 penalty fine before being released.

The incident happened on Monday evening.

Earlier this year Ashcroft released Keys to the World, his third solo album since The Verve split-up.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/showbiz/tm_objectid=17272156%26method=full%26siteid=94762% 26headline=ashcroft%2ds%2dbooze%2dfine-name_page.html

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[RICK8]

Oh dear,when I saw this thread I was like "what the fuck"!!

He should know better....:dozey:

[Mimixxx]

Doesn't explain why he was there... :uhoh:

[Lera]

Poor Rich :mellow: I love this drunk bastard anyway :uneasy:

[dajrekshn]

if only he was drunk....:dozey:

[andyjean]

You may have gathered that I'm the resident Richard Ashcroft groupie lol. Incase you're interested it was an amazing gig, on a par with Coldplay last December. After he sung Music Is Power he added another verse that went:

Rooney is power,
Let him play from the start,
Cos Owen aint match fit,
And Crouch is a star.

Genius :D
no idea if anyone was recording? I'm dying to hear a bootleg!
heard song for the lovers through the phone and it was brilliant!!!

[mc_squared]

Dickie!!

[busybeeburns]

sounded good!

[harryp]

Yes mate I can cut it out and send it as mp3 if you like..:D

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

i will be :happy: if youll do it

[andyjean]

hah so guess who was the last posting on here?

[Lamposts]

so we can cryyyyyyyyy til morning... spill the detalis andyjean

[andyjean]

so yeah, that's about it: I flew over, went to 4 of his january dates and to his HMV signing where I got to meet him and grab my copy of the new album, signed and all :D:D:D

[Lamposts]

WOW!!!!!! thats awesome! What did ya say to him? :D

[andyjean]

felt stupid saying I came all the way from argentina, but he just looked straight at my eyes and said 'wow that's great, thank you so much for your support'
he looked really surprised and kept smiling back, he was really a charm and I was shaking haha he gave me his hand and signed my album and my Preston ticket
I was forth in the queue so I got the chance of taking a pic too, and then queued again to get my bf's cd signed (there were about 400 people there :stunned:) and when he asked who should he sign it for I said 'Stephen, cause you already signed mine' and he looked at me and said 'I know I did' :D I almost fainted that minute but was smart enough and said to myself what the hell and asked for a hug :lol: he said sure, stood up and hugged me and gave me a kiss too :blush:
I couldn't stop thanking him, gave me his hand again and left

wow that was one long post :D

[andyjean]

pics (these might come out huge):
(sorry for the quality, I was too nervous to concentrate hah)

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/andycec/IMG_6523.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/andycec/IMG_6527.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/andycec/IMG_6528.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/andycec/IMG_6519.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/andycec/IMG_6521.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/andycec/kttw1.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/andycec/kttw2.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/andycec/IMG_6529.jpg

[VERVE]

Hey, thanks for the pics!

I wish I could make a photo with Richard........


I read that some of you are also members of Ashcroftunofficial!
Im a member there too. :D

My username there is VERVE (suprise, suprise)......Great Forum.

[*Sarah*]

arghs...

I'm still angry when I think about what happened with the hamburg concert. cancelling a few hours before the show and then it took two months to get the money back... >.<

he still hasn't said a word about what was wrong. anyways...

[andyjean]

oh well as from what I've read he was ill :\
he've been having this really bad throat problem since christmas and he kept touring and all so it went worse apparently :sick:
went back to singing at Isle of Wight after a week or so of resting his voice and he sounded really rough there too, which proves how ill he was in the first place :smug:

[camofire]

andyjean you are seriously lucky meeting richard ashcroft in person and getting some great photos as well..amazing - i'm insanely jealous

[VERVE]

i'm insanely jealous

me too!!!!

[andyjean]

:blush: I know! I was really lucky :D worth the hours waiting! I was up north for his Preston show on sunday so went straight from the station (you can even see my bags in the pic :lol:)

[*Sarah*]

oh well as from what I've read he was ill :\
he've been having this really bad throat problem since christmas and he kept touring and all so it went worse apparently :sick:
went back to singing at Isle of Wight after a week or so of resting his voice and he sounded really rough there too, which proves how ill he was in the first place :smug:

yeah, well... I'm not saying I doubt that ;)
all I'm saying is... it could have been decided a bit earlier that the concert has to be cancelled :rolleyes:

[andyjean]

I'd say it should of been rescheduled!

[*Sarah*]

it doesn't look like anything's gonna be rescheduled at all...

[andyjean]

I know, his management should be named the worst management ever in fact, as he really should have done a bigger tour ie including european dates etc :rolleyes:

[andyjean]

I read that some of you are also members of Ashcroftunofficial!
Im a member there too. :D

My username there is VERVE (suprise, suprise)......Great Forum.

wow quite a coincide bumping into people from unofficial :D
don't think we ever talked on there though!

[Lamposts]

yea why didnt richie do European dates??? like ireland!

[Lamposts]

me too!!!!

me 3

[andyjean]

yea why didnt richie do European dates??? like ireland!
I knowwww! such a short and limited tour for 'Keys to the world' is shameful :\
there are some rumours of him doing some warm up gigs before his arena tour though, wouldn't get too excited if I were you anyway :rolleyes:

[andyjean]

it doesn't look like anything's gonna be rescheduled at all...
Looks like it was rescheduled after all! :thumbsup: Anyone here going to any of his French/German dates?

[Larry]

Looks like it was rescheduled after all! :thumbsup: Anyone here going to any of his French/German dates?

No, definitely not!

I'm fed up to the back teeth! It was a shame that he cancelled his concert in Hamburg just 5 hours before it should have started and I can't deal with it! It was also a torture to get my money back! :thinking:

Not with me!

[andyjean]

Ooh I'm confident this time, though I have to be honest, cancelling is quite common when it comes to him. These are kind of warm-up gigs, so I don't think he'll be cancelling right before his UK arena dates. Now that would be a serious shame!


But I totally get your reaction, I'm sure it was such a disappointment last time!

[*Sarah*]

:dozey: wohoo, it's rescheduled...

actually, I don't think I'll be there. it's on a wednesday anyway

[andyjean]

So anyone's excited about this tour? He might try and make it up for the cancelled dates! But yeah, not much hope left after that heh?

[*Sarah*]

I would have considered to be there if it was at the weekend ;)

[mc_squared]

No, definitely not!

I'm fed up to the back teeth! It was a shame that he cancelled his concert in Hamburg just 5 hours before it should have started and I can't deal with it! It was also a torture to get my money back! :thinking:

Not with me!

Are you still going on about that?? Have you considered therapy?:P

[andyjean]

Haha I guess I still don't understand how people can waste an opportunity just like that. Life is so unfair :\

[Larry]

Are you still going on about that?? Have you considered therapy?:P

No, I haven't!

But in my opinion it wasn't the right way how to treat the supporters! Sure, it's always possible that a concert might be cancelled, but you definitely know it more than just 5 hours ago.

[andyjean]

It's your call after all, and I don't want to sound as if standing up for him (cause I'm really not, I agree that he should have given some kind of explanation), but I think cancelling with only some hours of advance means exactly the opposite. He was REALLY ill and he was close to losing his voice, but anyway he sure wanted to perform all the same til the last minute. Again, it was doctor's advice, and yeah, it's kind of a very old issue.


I just can't help feeling happy for him being back on stage and rescheduling this tour :D

[Larry]

I just can't help feeling happy for him being back on stage and rescheduling this tour :D

Don't get me wrong... I'm also happy that he seems to feel better now and that he wants to reschedule his tour. But I will not be in the audience, that's all! ;)

[VERVE]

maybe i will have the time to go to a concert...dont know yet.....
would be cool to see him live!

he should ask McCabe, Jones and Tong to go with him on the road.
I would go everywhere to see that!

[*Sarah*]

does anyone know something about the support for the upcoming concerts?

[andyjean]

There's been nothing announced yet. Wonder who that will be too :thinking:

[mc_squared]

There's been nothing announced yet. Wonder who that will be too :thinking:

Lily Allen?:rolleyes:

[andyjean]

? :\

[*Sarah*]

anyways... please feel free to share if anything is announced :rolleyes: I'm actually still thinking about going to hamburg but I guess I'm gonna decide just a few days before ^^

[*Sarah*]

bought tickets for hamburg today :rolleyes:


sooo... any idea about the support? :lol:

[andyjean]

Oooh finally! Great news luckyyyy lucky girl :wink2:
No idea about the support to be honest, should ask at his forum and see what I can find!

[*Sarah*]

^I've already asked there ;)

so... he cancelled his paris gig for the third time today. people must feel really fooled by now :rolleyes:

[andyjean]

Right, was about to come on here to tell you to be emotionally prepared for a cancel in case it happens :laugh4:
I guess cancelling dates comes with his now, it's starting to get worrying :thinking:

[*Sarah*]

it's starting to get annoying :rolleyes:

[andyjean]

I FUCKING KNOW!
I would be annoyed if it was me! It's actually the THIRD time he cancels that Paris gig!

I just wish it's a management deal (still annoying, I know), and not something personal. He worries me, damn him!

[andyjean]

There's going to be one NEXT single:

WHY NOT NOTHING

Released on 20th November it will feature 'Sweet Brother Malcolm' as the B side.

DOUBLE A? Bad move, love.

[winnie]

Richard Ashcroft Gig yesterday. Fucking Awesome. Gotta love him! :nice:

[*Sarah*]

AWESOME gig, nice guy! we even got autographs :dance: :wideeyed:


http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/5611/6zk1.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4904/7wn1.jpg

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/2614/8yr5.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5232/3pf3.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/2341/5bq6.jpg

[andyjean]

AWWWWWWWWW bless you both for posting on here! :kiss:

Details please? :sneaky:
And you got autographs? Pleeeeeease I'm dying for the whole story now! *begs*

[winnie]

er.... Sarah, your turn, please! ;D

[andyjean]

Setlist?

[*Sarah*]

lol ehhm... ah, well. after the concert we waited at the backstage entrance and one stuff member (with a very british accent :laugh3: ) asked if we wanted to have something signed. he said richard was still in a meeting and it would take some time until he would leave. so we gave our tickets to that guy and richard could sign them. 20 minutes later he (ehm, richard ^^) came out, signed more autographs and took photos ;)

... yes. ^^

[winnie]

oh... well, I hardly remember... I'm not even good in Verve-Songs, as I hardly know 'em... but I remember these (probably in order: )

Keys To The World
Sonnet
Music Is Power
Why Not Nothing
The Drugs Don't Work
Sweet Brother Malcolm
New York
Lucky Man

--- Richard solo ---
A Song For The Lovers
History

--- Encore ---
Brake The Night With Colour
Bittersweet Symphony

a few songs are missing, but that's it basically...

[andyjean]

WOOO Thanks a lot for that! Haven't changed much the setlist, but that's not sorprising at all :rolleyes:

Wow Sarah that's amazing! Did you manage to get a photo with him? Lucky you, so glad it finally happened and he didn't cancell this time. Hope he's back on form and's feeling better for this tour.

[*Sarah*]

setlist:


keys to the world
sonnet
music is power
why not nothing
new york
science of silence (? i believe)
sweet brother malcolm
words just get in the way
lucky man

song for the lovers (acoustic, just him)
the drugs don't work (acoustic, just him)
lonely soul

break the night with colour
bitter sweet symphony


yes... I could be extremely wrong *g* ;)

[andyjean]

Oh no no, from some photos that've been posted on the official forum, that looks like the right order and all :thumbsup:

[*Sarah*]

wait, now I remember... he also played a new song called "she's so hot" ;) :wink3:

[andyjean]

Oh yes, THAT song.

:laugh4: It's very controversial on his forums! Truth is, I heard a tiny snippet from the NYC gig earlier this year and I thought it was kinda... poor? Lyrics are, don't know about the music. It sounded very similar to the Stones' 'She's so cold', ironically.

[*Sarah*]

actually, I don't remember the melody and stuff right now... dunno *g* ;)

[winnie]

I liked that song =D ;)

[andyjean]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsMAEvvj2sg

^ That's a clip from the song. Listening to it again I have to admit the melody's catchy and would like to hear a produced version of it. I've been a bit harsh on all Richard related lately, so I'm kind of trying to get back to normal now :laugh4:

[andyjean]

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5084/cimg0029fo7.jpg

Richard Ashcroft - Berlin Huxley's
24.10.06

Part 1: http://www.sendspace.com/file/kakh75
Part 2: http://www.sendspace.com/file/7sjsd7

Lucky Man video: http://www.sendspace.com/file/40652x

[*Sarah*]

^oh, very nice :) and it would be even nicer if the hamburg gig turned up some day... :nice:

[andyjean]

I'll keep an eye out for you, here's hoping!

[*Sarah*]

thank you! :)

[winnie]

Oh yeah =D and I wanna hear myself scream "RICHAAARD" on it, please :nice:

[*Sarah*]

lol... and of course you're screaming the german version of his name :cheesy: ;D

[andyjean]

:laugh3: Which is?

(If any of you manged to download the first part of it, would you mind reupping it? It's not a server thing cause I managed to get the other ones, but there don't seem to be available slots for that first one :thinking:)

[Fixed]

New fans forum for Richard up and running at:

http://richardashcroftonline.myfastforum.org/index.php

It would also be great to see any fellow Richard/The Verve fans at:

www.richardashcroft.com

Anybody going to see Rich during November/December on his arena tour?

[andyjean]

Sooo are you on the forums yourself?

BTW: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25147&page=6

[andyjean]

New video to 'Why Not Nothing': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX2KnfQ_gLM

Might I add that I'm quite put off by this one as I saw it back in january, which basically means Richard can't be arsed shooting a new one :rolleyes: The man these days!

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

i totally love why not nothing,i saw it on vh1 on monday in then & now with bittersweet symphony,solo is amazing

[andyjean]

Some new photos from the german tour:

http://www.repage.de/memberdata/ashcroft/ashcroft3.jpg

http://www.repage.de/memberdata/ashcroft/ashcroft4.jpg

http://www.repage.de/memberdata/ashcroft/ashcroft6.jpg

http://www.repage.de/memberdata/ashcroft/ashcroft7.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln25.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln20.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln05.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln23.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln27.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln12.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln15.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln21.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln07.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln04.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln14.jpg

[andyjean]

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln19.jpg

http://www.einslive.de/dersektor/images/richardashcroft2006_koeln13.jpg

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

hilarious pics,thank u for sharing

[andyjean]

No worries :wink2: By the way, those are from Nov 1st, Cologne.

[andyjean]

New single's cover:

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JCESF2.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V35696156_.jpg


I quite like it to be honest :nice:

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

yeah,i love the song

[andyjean]

Which one of those two?

[*Sarah*]

really nice cover :)

[andyjean]

Isn't it? I really liked the arwork to all this new album/singles/etc. I like the idea behind it too, not just a regular photo.

[andyjean]

Richard Ashcroft
radio sessions '00-'03

2000

bbc radio 1 evening session 5.6.00

1.bittersweet symphony
2.money to burn
3.you on my mind

bbc radio 1 jo whiley 21.6.00

4.interview
5.money to burn
6.interview
7.a song for the lovers
8.interview

Nulle part ailleurs c+ session france 4.9.00

9.a song for the lovers

bbc radio 1 jo whiley show 8.9.00

10.c'mon people we're making it now

2001

detriot radio session usa 21.1.00

11.i get my beat
12.you on my mind in my sleep
13.interview

the river radio session bolton usa 27.1.01

14.new york
15.interview
16.a song for the lovers

2002

oui fm radio paris france 5.10.02

17.check the meaning
18.buy it in bottles

bbc radio 1 jo whiley 8.10.02

19.check the meaning
20.history

bbc radio 1 madia vale session 9.10.02

21.check the meaning
22.buy it in bottles
23.science of silence
24.nature is the law
25.god in the numbers
26.bright lights
27.new york

rtl2 radio session paris france '02

28.check the meaning
29.buy it in bottles
30.nature is the law

2003

bbc radio 1 on the road mark & lard show at the life bar café bolton 28.3.03

31.buy it in bottles
32.lucky man

xfm radio session 10.4.03

33.buy it in bottles
34.check the meaning

[Fixed]

Thank you for the upload :) 'free service at full cap.' but will try again later.

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

great upload i like whz no nothing

[andyjean]

5.12.2006. Hammersmith Apollo, London.

Keys To The World http://www.sendspace.com/file/npzyq4
Sonnet http://www.sendspace.com/file/q0m454
Music Is Power http://www.sendspace.com/file/l2zz7b
Song For The Lovers http://www.sendspace.com/file/3kxsfx
Why Not Nothing http://www.sendspace.com/file/r4l3x6
Science Of Silence http://www.sendspace.com/file/1dzakw
New York http://www.sendspace.com/file/nbw22k
Sweet Brother Malcolm http://www.sendspace.com/file/w4u5d7
She's So Hot http://www.sendspace.com/file/86bwqd
Bittersweet Symphony http://www.sendspace.com/file/rze34c
The Drugs Don't Work http://www.sendspace.com/file/vz4jux
History http://www.sendspace.com/file/0n2pqy
Check The Meaning http://www.sendspace.com/file/wvpj5r
Lonely Soul http://www.sendspace.com/file/g7rdub
Lucky Man http://www.sendspace.com/file/j7l3e5
Break The Night With Colour http://www.sendspace.com/file/g8f3yu

[busybeeburns]

[Parlophone; 2006]
Rating: 2.0

http://static.pitchforkmedia.com/images/image/9304.keys-to-the-world.gif

Anyone with ample knowledge of Jim Morrison and proper distance from adolescent fandom recognizes the Lizard King's gift for comedy. Forget poetry, dude brought the laffs, from quasi-poetically stringing together the words "mute nostril agony" to regaling us with tales of "Indians scattered on dawn's highway." Priceless! Our ex-hippie gym teachers were right: The Doors frontman died way too young. Because, had the Shaman of Shtick made it through the 1970s, he might have realized his now-obvious comedic ambitions as fully as Richard Ashcroft, who used to catch Mojo Risin' comparisons back when his former band, the Verve, were actually psychedelic. Now, I slapped an 8.3 rating on a compilation of the Verve's singles as recently as 2004, and didn't hate Ashcroft's last two solo albums as much you all did, so my expectations were wide-open approaching Keys to the World, which the man self-hyped with Gallagher-brother aplomb as "hot shit." Riffing on John Lennon, he clearly meant "flaming pile."
See, Ashcroft's latest takes the over-seriousness of 2002's Human Conditions-- which he has personally likened to Marvin Gaye's best work-- and turns it still seriouser, into inimitable omg-wtf farce. Swept up in maudlin strings and chintzy brass, Ashcroft blurs his anguished syllables like Tom Petty doing Bob Dylan, embraces U2-jerkoff bombast, and follows his idiosyncratically generic muse into uncharted depths. Keys to the World is as hilariously indulgent as "Trapped in the Closet", if vastly less self-aware; it's also a more laughable satire of contemporary music than Bang Bang Rock 'n' Roll, though less durable and totally accidental.

Before Keys to the World, I never knew Coldplay's "Fix You" was subtle. Then I heard "The Words Just Get in the Way" (inevitably inferior to the similarly titled Gloria Estefan power ballad), on which, over colorless midtempo acoustic guitars, Ashcroft offers Chris Martin-like assistance: "When your back's against the wall/ There's no one left to call/ Then call me." And right on cue come the handclaps, the twangy guitar licks, dripping strings, and endless "Hey Jude" ad libs. "Sing it to me now!" Ashcroft instructs to a chanting chorus that, appropriately, consists only of himself.

Before Keys to the World, I never knew Bono was humble. The title track loops a C+C Music Factory-esque vocal sample amid canned MOR rhythms and melodramatic synths as Ashcroft jumps into a tragic, awkwardly worded tale: "Institutions, you went through them, ah/ From the age of five/ And no one loves you, cared/ If you lived or you died." But, like Africa's great white Time Person-of-the-Year hope with money-solves-everything ambitions, Ashcroft has another hubristic fix: "Perhaps I could make it better." How, Richard? "I've got the keys to the world, yeah, aw/ Mixed-up world/ I've got the keys to the world, yeah." For good measure, we also get an Everlast-style megaphone almost-rap. I promise.

Before Keys to the World, I never knew our world's problems could be presented so laughably by anyone not named Stephen Colbert. On fast-paced opener "Why Not Nothing", Ashcroft takes shots at the religious right ("the god squad"). But his slurred barbs soon fizzle into non-sequiturs: "Who the fuck are you when you take that mask away?/ Friend, I don't know/ Oh, where do we go?" Again Ashcroft has a keen suggestion for our betterment: "Take my advice, don't let 'em treat you like a fool." Then he emits porcine grunts for the last 30 seconds. On brightly adorned showstopper "World Keeps Turning", he mentions the U.S. president in suddenly apolitical fashion, and informs us of the Earth's movements with all the self-destructive solemnity of Copernicus: "The world keeps turning/ Everybody's learning/ Keep your head up."

Before Keys to the World, I agreed with the general consensus that music reviews should be relatively concise. But I still haven't told you about how "Cry to the Morning" reinterprets those three ominous "All Along the Watchtower" chords on music-box keyboard, how mechanically depressive single "Break the Night With Colours" bizarrely hints at Mr. Big's "To Be With You", or how the sprightly Cat Stevens folksiness that opens "Why Do Lovers?" transmogrifies into a fierce affirmation of a deity's existence, the stupefying one-liner, "The demons I've got they are amazing," and the stupefyinger, "Life is tough and life can be hard."

On Jim Morrison's sprawling, nipple-eyed "Celebration of the Lizard", chronicled on the 1970 double-disc Absolutely Live album, he captured psychotropic absurdity Ashcroft hasn't matched in years. He does this on the neighbor-loving ("until his wife gets home") title track from 1969's The Soft Parade, too. And also on the posthumous An American Prayer poetry disc, with impossibly kitschy blues-funk overdubbed by his surviving bandmates, money-grubbers even then. The drugs really worked for Morrison. Ashcroft, too, could leave audiences howling with that record's finest rib-tickler: "I will always be a word man, better than a bird man."

-Marc Hogan, January 31, 2006

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15066/Richard_Ashcroft_Keys_to_the_World

[AlexTHFC]

Really not a fan of either single or the album in general. Never liked his solo stuff too much, just not on the same level as The Verve, three genius albums. Nothing can beat listening to A Storm in Heaven on headphones in the dark!!

[Kite]

Do I take it that Richard Ashcroft is currently locked up in a studio recording solo LP number 4?

[VERVE]

Do I take it that Richard Ashcroft is currently locked up in a studio recording solo LP number 4?

I hope so....

[Lamposts]

Do I take it that Richard Ashcroft is currently locked up in a studio recording solo LP number 4?

*holds breath*

[winigwl]

i only no a few of his songs from when he openedd for coldplay, what ar his good ones

[Kite]

From his solo catalogue:
A Song for the lovers
Break the Night With Colour
Music Is Power
Check the Meaning
Nature Is The Law

[Lamposts]

From his solo catalogue:
A Song for the lovers
Break the Night With Colour
Music Is Power
Check the Meaning
Nature Is The Law

Yisser missing alot of good songs there Dave.

New York
I Get My Beat
Science of Silence
Lord I've Been Trying
Buy It In Bottles
Why Not Nothing
Keys To The World
Why Do Lovers
Cry Til Morning


His first two albums aren't that great but his third is pretty good.

[Kite]

I ain't an expert on the solo work on Richard...

[Lamposts]

Well luckly one of us is ;)

[o_detta]

Do I take it that Richard Ashcroft is currently locked up in a studio recording solo LP number 4?
oh, where did you hear that?

[winigwl]

thanks, i'll check them out