The Verve Info ..:::: INDEX ::::..

OCTOBER 19TH 2007 - Name of new verve songs + reunion tour rehearsals
	The names of the new songs are: Sit And Wonder Judas Appalachian Springs Mona Lisa Rather Be They were revealed by Simon Jones in his blog. "Should I give titles away yet?, I don't want to give the game away (already have), but I would like some feedback on all this - now's the time to speak up! What have we missed that you wanna hear? Is it too early to play new stuff? Do we skip the obvious? Do we do the obscure? Let me know!" "Richard will be joining us later when we've gotten the music together. Gotta say - 'twas the greatest few days playin' old tunes! Started with 'Life's An Ocean' and gotta say it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! So far we got a shortlist of about 20 odd tunes to pool from for these first gigs, in no particular order we played - 'Make It Till Monday', 'Virtual World','She's A Superstar', 'Gravity Grave','This Is Music', 'A New Decade', 'On Your Own', 'History', 'Stormy Clouds', 'Life's An Ocean', 'A Northern Soul', 'All In The Mind!' (Sounded Amazing), 'B.S.S' ['Bitter Sweat Symphony'], 'Drugs Don't Work', 'Sonnet', 'Lucky Man', 'Come On', 'Weeping Willow', 'Rolling People', 'Velvet Morning', 'Space And Time', 'Man Called Sun', 'Starsail' and new ones." Jones added that, in addition to the new songs he mentioned, the band had written a lot of new material which they intend to record early next year. "September was spent in Terry Britten's amazing studio in Richmond. It's brimming with vintage gear, an old E.M.I desk(Pink Floyd -'Dark Side Of The Moon' era) and billions of guitars, old analogue gear, a treasure trove of effects pedals (Nick like a kid in a toy shop!)," he explained. "The sessions have been pretty amazing, we certainly have an embarrassment of riches where material is concerned! We will need to do a lot of listening over the next few months before we reconvene in the new year to pull it all together! Plenty of hour long jams and killer choons! we just need to get the balance right." Source: NME

OCTOBER 2ND 2007 - More dates added
	The dates are: London O2 Arena (December 13) Glasgow SECC (15) Belfast Odyssey Arena (17) Manchester Central (20) Ticket sale and further info at www.theverve.tv Source: NME Besides, you can find in this week NME (6.10.07) an interview with the band.

JULY 4TH 2007 - Further info about the reunion
	Many talks about how and why. Today we know a little more about it. In todays NME, The Verve manager Jazz Summers has revealed why The Verve have got back together. "We did keep it quite quiet." explained the band's manager Jazz Summers. A couple of moths 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 bandmates 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. Source: NME through jobseek

JULY 2ND 2007 - What a surprise!
	We have a gift for you. Nope, we are not raffling any ticket from the forthcoming shows, just keep an eye on this space because we will bring it to you soon. And I'm sure you will appreciate it. Coming soon... and only here. (Press F5 or refresh some times to get the page up to date!)

JUNE 27TH 2007 - Nick and Simon at myspace
	Have a look at these nice spaces that our forum member "A Face In the crowd" has posted. A few words from them on each space and of course music, music, music!!! It's good to hear of you (and hear you) again guys. Keep on pushing, cos we know you're there. http://www.myspace.com/simonjonesuk http://www.myspace.com/nickmccabeuk

JUNE 26TH 2007 - THE VERVE IS BACK -- NEW ALBUM AND LIVE SHOWS ON THE WAY !!!!!
	Thank god. This time is confirmed. God bless music. Full report: 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. The Verve will also return to the live arena in November, playing the following 6 shows in the UK: Friday 2nd Nov: Glasgow Academy Saturday 3rd Nov: Glasgow Academy Monday 5th Nov: Blackpool Empress Ballroom Tuesday 6th Nov: Blackpool Empress Ballroom Thursday 8th Nov: London Roundhouse Friday 9th Nov: London Roundhouse Tickets go on sale on Friday 6th July. Source: http://www.theververeturn.com NME report: http://www.nme.com/news/the-verve/29261

JUNE 17TH 2007 - Potentially huge Verve news
	Please, pay attention carefully to the email below: From: Dominic Mulligan Date: 17.06.2007 22:56 Subject: [Verved-out] Potentially huge Verve news. To: verved-out@yahoogroups.com There's not been a lot of activity on this list, partly due to there not being much in the way of Verve news. However, this may soon change... I live in Wigan. Brian Cannon, after microdot folded, made a second career of taxi driving here. My friend knows him (he's been on a few of the Oasis album covers, so yeah, he definitely knows him) and Cannon told my mate that he'd spoken to Richard, who'd stated that the band members had been offered £5 million each to reunite (~$10 million) and they'd accepted. The Verve may be playing together again, soon. Still a rumour at this stage, but given Richard's career is as good as dead and the rest of the band have done virtually nothing and the rumour comes from a source I trust... Source: verved-out@yahoogroups.com

MAY 9TH 2007 - More from Nick McCabe
	The Draft EP is the debut from Bristol based band The Nova Saints. Produced by Paul Corkett (The Cure, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) and ex-Verve guitarist Nick McCabe, The Draft EP features four tracks ranging from the psych-pop of 'High Roller' and the glorious 'Slow Down' to the dirty rock 'n' roll of title track 'The Draft'. The EP is completed by 'Far Out' as re-mixed by Nick McCabe, his first recorded outing since re-mixing The Music in 2004. The Draft EP is self released on the band's own HR4 Records and limited to 500 copies. Source: http://www.myspace.com/novasaints

JULY 28TH 2006 - Simon Tong guitarrist of Damon Albarn's new band
	The new record will be called "The good, the ugly and the queen" which first single will be released in October 2006 and the record in January 2007. The band will be formed by The Clash bassist (Paul Simonon), drummer Tony Allen, Damon Albarn and Simon Tong. Source: http://www.nme.com/news/blur/23752

JULY 27TH 2006 - Nick McCabe makes surprise appearence
	It was the 22nd of July when Nick joined a Bristol Band called "The Nova Saints" for the last song named "The Last Song". The Nova Saints in myspace: http://www.myspace.com/novasaints Source: http://www.nme.com/news/verve/23732

NOVEMBER 8TH 2005 - Richard 3rd album announced
	It will be called "Keys to the world" and will be released January 23rd. The first single will be "Break the night with colour" and will be released January 9th.

JULY 30TH 2005 - Verve song in "Broken dreams" CD compilation
	The song is The drugs don't work and you will find this compilation in amazon or other places.

JULY 23RD 2005 - Life's an Ocean... by Coldplay
	It was in Paris, July 14th where Richard was supporting Coldplay. Richard joined Coldplay on stage at the end of the show and they performed Life's an Ocean.

JULY 2ND 2005 - Richard Ashcroft joins Coldplay to perform Bittersweet Symphony in the Live 8 concert
	COLDPLAY were joined onstage by former VERVE singer RICHARD ASHCROFT at LIVE 8 today (July 2). Continuing the theme of duets and collaborations which earlier saw Paul McCartney and U2 open the concert with ’Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, Ashcroft joined the group for a version of his former group’s hit ’Bitter Sweet Symphony’. Speaking to the 200,000 strong crowd, Coldplay singer Chris Martin said: “This is the greatest song ever written” before bringing the Verve man on. Following the show Ashcroft said: “It was Chris' idea - it was poetry. It felt right to be here singing this song on this stage.” The performance came in the middle of a three song set which also included Coldplay's 'In My Place' and 'Fix You'. During 'In My Place', Martin sang a little of Status Quo's 'Rocking All Over The World', the track that opened Live Aid 20 years ago. He also paid tribute to Bob Geldof declaring him a "hero of our times" for his fight against poverty and his organising of the show. Source: http://www.nme.com/news/112883.htm

AUGUST 20TH 2004 - "This Is Music: The Singles" is the name of new album
	This is a compilation album with all the verve single songs and 2 new tracks, previously unreleased like are "This could be my moment" and "Monte Carlo": 1. This Is Music 2. Slide Away 3. Lucky Man 4. History 5. She's A Superstar 6. On Your Own 7. Blue 8. Sonnet 9. All In The Mind 10. The Drugs Don't Work 11. Gravity Grave 12. Bittersweet Symphony 13. This Could Be My Moment 14. Monte Carlo Remember that the release date is October 11th 2004 and will be in CD & DVD format. The DVD contains all song videoclips. Album info

JULY 26TH 2004 - McCabe back in music
	THE MUSIC’s new single features a remix by ex-THE VERVE guitarist NICK McCABE. The band release their new single ’Freedom Fighters’ on September 6 via Virgin. The track is the first official single to be lifted from their second album ’Welcome To The North’, which follows on September 20. The enhanced CD version of the single features a McCabe remix of their song ’The People’. Other additional tracks across the formats include ’Come What May’, ’So Low’ and ’Getaway (slow version)’ across the formats. Source: http://www.nme.com/news/109281.htm

APRIL 19TH 2004 - Nick McCabe appears in John's Martin new record
	Nick McCabe has made a contribution in John's Martin new album, called "On The Cobbles" that will be released on April 26th. Is reported that Nick appears in track number 9 "Walking Home". Thanks to the-verve.net forum member "Nick McCabe is the Best!!" Source: http://home.wanadoo.nl/hvandenberk/rec27.htm

APRIL 06TH 2004 - Peter Salisbury opens a drumming shop
	Drummin is now open in Stockport town centre. Owned and run by Pete Salisbury, ex drummer with 'The Verve', the shop will be a magnet for anyone who, like Pete, loves listening to and playing the drums. Website: http://www.drummin.co.uk/

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