After Richard Ashcroft runs amok on BBC Breakfast and Bobby Gillespie sits aghast on This Week, Mark Beaumont hopes musicians might regain some self-respect.Not since the Mona Lisa – or maybe the aghast woman in that distracted boyfriend meme – has a single expression said so much. It spoke of the descent of British political discourse into ...

There are also high new entries for Queen, Dua Lipa and Greta Van FleetLady Gaga, Bradley Cooper and Richard AshcroftLady Gaga and Bradley Cooper have returned to the top of the UK albums chart with the soundtrack for A Star Is Born, holding off Richard Ashcroft‘s comeback album ‘Natural Rebel’. The former Verve ma...

In 'We Need To Talk About...', the new weekly column from NME's Jordan Bassett, J-to-the-B vents his spleen on the topical issues that matter the most (or the least, if it happens to be a slow news day). This week: how Richard Ashcroft’s public burning of an NME magazine, in protest at our bad review of his new album 'Natural Rebel', proves he...

The Verve frontman was a guest on the show last monthThe frontman appeared on the Sky Sports show last monthRichard Ashcroft claims that the ‘sachet’ seen falling out of his sock during his appearance on Soccer AM is a “doctored” image. The Verve frontman was a guest on the show last month when viewers spo...

"Miracles happen everyday"Richard Ashcroft performs supporting Liam Gallagher at Emirates Old Trafford on August 18, 2018 in Manchester, EnglandRichard Ashcroft has responded to a fan who said he stopped himself from taking his own life thanks to The Verve’s music. In an Instagram comment, ‘dobsw70’ recalled how the...