The Verve Reforming

RedNome

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For three shows in Blackpool, London and Glasgow I think.

Happy days, I will be there with bells on :D

Full, original lineup I am led to believe also.
 
More Info, not that anyone seems interested mind.

They play the following dates:

Glasgow Academy – November 2/3
Blackpool Empress Ballroom – 5/6
London Roundhouse – 8/9

Tickets go on sale July 6th 9.00am (fecking cnuts, don't they realise people have to work, and not all have access to the internet)
 
I was at their last US show in Seattle
 
RedNome said:
More Info, not that anyone seems interested mind.
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Used to be quite into The Verve - saw them at Haigh Hall. Although that day was made even more memorable by the fact that we got pulled over by the police on the way there.

Might go and dig out A Storm in Heaven...
 
RedNome said:
For three shows in Blackpool, London and Glasgow I think.

Happy days, I will be there with bells on :D

Full, original lineup I am led to believe also.
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Crap. I was at there last ever concert in Wigan. Now I can't say that anymore. Bloody wankers.
 
TIT said:
Crap. I was at there last ever concert in Wigan. Now I can't say that anymore. Bloody wankers.
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:lol: Shite for news for you.

Great fecking news for me as I never got the chance to see them.
 
RedNome said:
For three shows in Blackpool, London and Glasgow I think.

Happy days, I will be there with bells on :D

Full, original lineup I am led to believe also.
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new material too apparently

The Verve have announced plans to reform and record new material.

The band have got back together eight years after their acrimonious split, lead singer Richard Ashcroft said in a statement on his website.

A statement added: "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."

Ashcroft also said the band, known for hits including Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work, planned six gigs in November in Glasgow, Blackpool and London.
 
Steev123 said:
Used to be quite into The Verve - saw them at Haigh Hall. Although that day was made even more memorable by the fact that we got pulled over by the police on the way there.

Might go and dig out A Storm in Heaven...
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Did you get Stings autograph?
 
EZee said:
new material too apparently

The Verve have announced plans to reform and record new material.

The band have got back together eight years after their acrimonious split, lead singer Richard Ashcroft said in a statement on his website.

A statement added: "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."

Ashcroft also said the band, known for hits including Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work, planned six gigs in November in Glasgow, Blackpool and London.
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Yeah, good point, I did see that also, forgot to mention it.

Will be interesting to see if they still have the same chemistry together.
 
EZee said:
new material too apparently

The Verve have announced plans to reform and record new material.

The band have got back together eight years after their acrimonious split, lead singer Richard Ashcroft said in a statement on his website.

A statement added: "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."

Ashcroft also said the band, known for hits including Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work, planned six gigs in November in Glasgow, Blackpool and London.
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Best news this week!
 
Saw them in Toronto on May 1st. Amazing show. I ended up listening to the back catalogue for the entire month.
 
Dr. Dwayne said:
Saw them in Toronto on May 1st. Amazing show. I ended up listening to the back catalogue for the entire month.
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Told you they still had it, the G-Mex show I went to was fecking great, glad you enjoyed it.

Decent enough tune, looking forward to the album.
 
Probably 70 or 75 pounds, depending on the exchange rates. That was for two tickets, by the by.
 
Dr. Dwayne said:
Probably 70 or 75 pounds, depending on the exchange rates. That was for two tickets, by the by.
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Ah fair dos then, about what we paid here.

I'm gonna miss their headline set on Sunday at Glasto which is a bit of a shitter, I guess I will have to make do with Radiohead at the LCCC instead :D
 
RedNome said:
Ah fair dos then, about what we paid here.

I'm gonna miss their headline set on Sunday at Glasto which is a bit of a shitter, I guess I will have to make do with Radiohead at the LCCC instead :D
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Man, I'd go see The Verve instead. I'm gonna listen to them on my way home from work today.
 
Dr. Dwayne said:
Man, I'd go see The Verve instead. I'm gonna listen to them on my way home from work today.
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feck no, no competition my good friend.

Radiohead = the greatest band currently recording, I'd sell my own Mother to see them live. The Verve were good live but they aren't a patch on radiohead (seen them 5 times now).
 
RedNome said:
feck no, no competition my good friend.

Radiohead = the greatest band currently recording, I'd sell my own Mother to see them live. The Verve were good live but they aren't a patch on radiohead (seen them 5 times now).
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Meh, I find them repetitively depressing. If I could, I'd slap Thom Yorke and tell him to man up but he'd probably write an entire album, crying about the whole incident.

This all stems from too much OK Computer hype. I found the album overly depressing, I do love Pablo Honey and The Bends.
 
Dr. Dwayne said:
Meh, I find them repetitively depressing. If I could, I'd slap Thom Yorke and tell him to man up but he'd probably write an entire album, crying about the whole incident.

This all stems from too much OK Computer hype. I found the album overly depressing, I do love Pablo Honey and The Bends.
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There best work came after Ok Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows, all quality and all different. If ever a band has evolved and changed their sound over time it is Radiohead, I just fecking love them. I will always respect a band that has the balls to completely go of the rails and go against everything they have done before.
 
RedNome said:
There best work came after Ok Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows, all quality and all different. If ever a band has evolved and changed their sound over time it is Radiohead, I just fecking love them. I will always respect a band that has the balls to completely go of the rails and go against everything they have done before.
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I bought Kid A the day it came out. Terrible record.
 
Dr. Dwayne said:
I bought Kid A the day it came out. Terrible record.
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You can't say that Doc, yes maybe you don't like it and fair enough, I won't argue with that as it is in no way going to be to everyones taste, especially after the global battering that OK Computer gave the world of music. But to say that it is a "terrible record" is something I have to take issue with as it is quite obviously not in anyway, shape or form. It's regarded as one of their best records by a large section of their support, which says alot considering what went before it. The only thing that can be thrown at it is that it is just different to what they had written before, not another OK Computer and fecking fair fecks to them for that, I wish more bands had the guts to do that then maybe the music scene wouldn't be as fecking stale as it is right now.

Rant over.

(No offence Doc, music is just something I get quite passionate about :smirk:)
 
RedNome said:
You can't say that Doc, yes maybe you don't like it and fair enough, I won't argue with that as it is in no way going to be to everyones taste, especially after the global battering that OK Computer gave the world of music. But to say that it is a "terrible record" is something I have to take issue with as it is quite obviously not in anyway, shape or form. It's regarded as one of their best records by a large section of their support, which says alot considering what went before it. The only thing that can be thrown at it is that it is just different to what they had written before, not another OK Computer and fecking fair fecks to them for that, I wish more bands had the guts to do that then maybe the music scene wouldn't be as fecking stale as it is right now.

Rant over.

(No offence Doc, music is just something I get quite passionate about :smirk:)
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No worries. Everyone has different tastes. I think it's a lyrical thing more than anything else, granted I have not listened to them in a long time so I'm just assuming all the lyrics will be depressing as feck.
 
Kid A is superb. Easily comparable to OK Computer and the Bends in terms of quality. Though it did take about 5 - 10 listens before I really started to appreciate it.

On the Verve, I saw them a few months back at the O2 Arena. Absolutely class, it's amazing to think they sounded as good then as they did at V98 10 years ago, when at their peak. Also saw Ashcroft live a couple of times as well. Such a great performer.

It was strange at the recent concert, all these years I've never quite got why people rate Lucky Man as one of their best songs but after hearing it that night I can finally see it. The only song they can never recapture live for me though is History.
 
The string intro to History is one of the most inspiring bits of music I've ever heard. What a track!

I wasn't too sure about the new single at first, but its definately a grower. The Verve have always been my favorite band apart from maybe Radiohead, great to have them back after so long. Lets just hope McCabe and Ashcroft continue to get along.
 
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