Verve
Urban Hymns 10 Years On
31/08/07 20:59
Xfm is planning to
celebrate 10 years of broadcasting in the capital
by producing a series of documentaries highlighting
10 of the most influential and significant albums
released from each of the last 10 years. The hour
long shows will air each Sunday at 5pm starting
this week, the documentary on The Verve's Urban
Hymns will be aired on the 4th November.
The full list of programmes are:
02nd September 2006 – Arctic Monkeys ‘Whatever People Say, That’s What I’m Not’
09th September 2005 – Kaiser Chiefs ‘Employment’
16th September 2004 – Franz Ferdinand ‘Franz Ferdinand’
23rd September 2003 – The White Stripes ‘Elephant’
30th September 2002 - The Streets ‘Original Pirate Material’
07th October 2001 - Muse ‘Origin of Symmetry’
14th October 2000 – Queens of the Stone Age ‘Rated R’
21st October 1999 – Travis ‘The Man Who’
28th October 1998 – Fatboy Slim ‘You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby’
04th November 1997 – The Verve ‘ Urban Hymn
The full list of programmes are:
02nd September 2006 – Arctic Monkeys ‘Whatever People Say, That’s What I’m Not’
09th September 2005 – Kaiser Chiefs ‘Employment’
16th September 2004 – Franz Ferdinand ‘Franz Ferdinand’
23rd September 2003 – The White Stripes ‘Elephant’
30th September 2002 - The Streets ‘Original Pirate Material’
07th October 2001 - Muse ‘Origin of Symmetry’
14th October 2000 – Queens of the Stone Age ‘Rated R’
21st October 1999 – Travis ‘The Man Who’
28th October 1998 – Fatboy Slim ‘You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby’
04th November 1997 – The Verve ‘ Urban Hymn
VerveSpace Back Up And Running
31/07/07 20:07
After
disappearing over the weekend The Verve's official
MySpace is now back up and running.
Verve Reunion - How It Happened
04/07/07 21:29
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.
"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.
Verve On MySpace
27/06/07 13:47
The
official Verve myspace has just gone up as well as
Nick McCabe's, and Simon Jones myspace aswell,
where you can listen to stuff they recorded after
the Verve split.
Nick McCabe - http://www.myspace.com/nickmccabeuk
Simon Jones - http://www.myspace.com/simonjonesuk
The Verve - http://www.myspace.com/thevervetv
Nick McCabe - http://www.myspace.com/nickmccabeuk
Simon Jones - http://www.myspace.com/simonjonesuk
The Verve - http://www.myspace.com/thevervetv
Verve Reform
27/06/07 01:45
The
original band of Richard Ashcroft, Nick
McCabe,Simon Jones and Pete Sailsbury have got
together for the first time in almost a decade.
In a statement, the band have announced they were: "Getting back together for the joy of the music." It is believed they will take a summer break and then return to the studio to complete their next album.
The band broke up in 1999, with the tumultuous relationship between Ashcroft and McCabe being well documented with the two exiting the band repeatedly since they began in 1993.
The band are set to play:
Glasgow Academy (November 2,3)
Blackpool Empress Ballroom (5,6)
London Roundhouse (8,9)
Tickets are set to go on sale on July 6.
In a statement, the band have announced they were: "Getting back together for the joy of the music." It is believed they will take a summer break and then return to the studio to complete their next album.
The band broke up in 1999, with the tumultuous relationship between Ashcroft and McCabe being well documented with the two exiting the band repeatedly since they began in 1993.
The band are set to play:
Glasgow Academy (November 2,3)
Blackpool Empress Ballroom (5,6)
London Roundhouse (8,9)
Tickets are set to go on sale on July 6.
Bitter Sweet Victory
05/05/07 18:03
Bitter
Sweet Symphony has been voted the 18th greatest
indie athem ever by the readers of NME and the
listeners of XFM. The full
list, plus exclusive interviews with the acts
who've made it, features in this week's issue of
NME, which hits UK newsstands today (May
2)
Heres the top 10:
01. Oasis - Live Forever
02. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
03. Pulp - Common People
04. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
05. The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun
06. The Libertines - Time For Heroes
07. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
08. The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
09. The Strokes - Last Nite
10. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Heres the top 10:
01. Oasis - Live Forever
02. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
03. Pulp - Common People
04. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
05. The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun
06. The Libertines - Time For Heroes
07. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
08. The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
09. The Strokes - Last Nite
10. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor