Richard Ashcroft

Richard Ashcroft (born September 11, 1971) is best known as the front man of The Verve, which he helped form in 1989. After that band's demise in 1999, Ashcroft began his solo career, releasing Alone With Everybody in 2000 and Human Conditions in 2002. He performed vocals for the track "Lonely Soul" on U.N.K.L.E.'s 1998 release Psyence Fiction.

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September 11 - 1971 - The Verve - 1989 - 1999 - Alone With Everybody - 2000 - Human Conditions - 2002 - U.N.K.L.E. - 1998 - Psyence Fiction

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He is good friends with Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher and Coldplay's Chris Martin, and occasionally plays as support at Oasis and Coldplay concerts. The Oasis track "Cast No Shadow" is about him. Chris Martin introduced him as "the best singer in the world" when he performed "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (which Martin called "the best song in the world") with Coldplay at the London Live 8 concert in 2005. On his second album Human Conditions Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson guest stars with the song "Nature is the law".

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Oasis - Noel Gallagher - Coldplay - Chris Martin - Bitter Sweet Symphony - London - Live 8 - 2005 - Beach Boys - Brian Wilson

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Ashcroft is married to Kate Radley, ex-Spiritualized keyboard player.

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Ashcroft is currently working on his third solo album at State of the Ark studios and Julian Kershaw has written string arrangements for some of the songs which have recently been recorded by London Metropolitan Orchestra. Strings are featured on 8 songs on the album which also features electric viola on some tracks - played by Bruce White. The engineer/producer was Chris West and the album is aimed for a 2006 spring release.

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State of the Ark - Julian Kershaw - London Metropolitan Orchestra - Bruce White - Chris West

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