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THE VERVE GOT NERVESome of the very best music to come out of the British invasion's 1990s second wave was by the alt-rock act the Verve - the poster boys for the saying "Watch what you wish for." A sketch of their history would read: School chums who struggled...
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Published: 2008-04-22 Provider: New York Post Keywords: Jones, Verve, band, happened, music, [the, hard, making, songs, music
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The Verve Reportedly Break Up For the Third TimePhoto: Joyner/Getty The Verve have once again decided to call it quits, breaking up for the third time in the band’s 19 year tenure after reuniting for last year’s comeback album Forth. According to the U.K.’s Mirror, Verve guitarist Nick McCabe and bassist Simon Jones haven’t spoken to frontman Richard Ashcroft since August 2008, and that the band’s indefinite holiday from each other has become a full-blown split. “As far as Nick and Simon are concerned the Verve no longer exists,” a source c
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Published: 2009-08-12 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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BACK ON THE BLOCKAFTER a summer filled with reunions of blast-from-the-past acts like the Yazoo Band (or "Yaz" as they're more popularly known), the Verve, Extreme and Soul Asylum, it looks like the trend of nearly forgotten musicians hitting the road is extending...
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Published: 2008-09-05 Provider: New York Post Keywords: band, strong, Sept, album, released, Corgan, Loveless, acts, record, rock, tour, music
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“Solid Air” Singer-Songwriter John Martyn Dead at 60Photo: Hussein/Getty British singer-songwriter John Martyn, best known for his 1973 album Solid Air, died today, January 29th, at the age of 60. A note on Martyn’s official Website reads, “With heavy heart and an unbearable sense of loss we must announce that John died this morning.” No cause of death was provided. In a career than spanned four decades Martyn worked with artists including Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Steve Winwood, the Band’s Levon Helm and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour. But it was Solid Air that earned him most acclaim. In 2006, Martyn played the album in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow’s Parties Don’t Look Back series. The title track “Solid Air” is reportedly a tribute to Pink Moon singer-songwriter Nick Drake, a good friend of Martyn’s who died of an overdose 18 months after Solid Air’s release. Martyn’s final studio album, 2004’s On the Cobbles, features contributions from Paul Weller, Mavis Staples and the Verve’s Nick McCabe. Martyn has been credited in the past for influencing artists like U2, Portishead and Clapton, who covered Martyn’s “May You Never,” Phil Collins, who played drums on Martyn’s 1980 album Grace and Danger and produced his 1981 Glorious Fool, told the BBC, “John’s passing is terribly, terribly sad. I had worked with and known him since the late 1970s and he was a great friend. He was uncompromising, which made him infuriating to some people, but he was unique and we’ll never see the likes of him again. I loved him dearly and will miss him very much.” David Gilmour’s Twitter also made note of Martyn’s passing, saying “Sorry to hear - and say - that John Martyn passed away this morning.”
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Published: 2009-01-29 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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Forth by The VerveThe English rock band reunites after its 1999 split to release its fourth album. [Rock, Alternative, Pop]
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Published: 2008-08-27 Provider: Metacritic
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The Verve Return To America With Coachella SetBritish rockers The Verve returned to America for the first time since their split a decade ago to perform at the Coachella Festival in California on Friday night - and frontman Richard Ashcroft told the faithful the band is back for good.[...] Read more!
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Published: 2008-04-27 Provider: StarPulse
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My Coachella: MGMT Moments after MGMT’s Saturday show in the Mojave tent, Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden told us that they might need to “learn how to play for a large crowd.” Why is that? “We’re just not ones for stage banter,” said VanWyngarden. “But this crowd loves that. We said ‘fuck yeah’ once and they went crazy. And when our sound guy shouted out the word alcohol at sound check, that got the crowd going too. So, maybe we should do more of that.” Rock Daily made the band chat a bit more with our Coachella quiz: Best show seen so far: VanWyngarden: The Verve Friday night was the best so far, and Aphex Twin. I can’t wait to see Kraftwerk and Prince tonight. He’s gonna do all the hits. I know it. He knows what people want. Best Coachella drug: Both: Marijuana. VanWyngarden: We were given a tree branch of marijuana in San Francisco. It was a lot. And, we have to smoke it all because we’re going to Europe on Monday and you can’t bring it with you. We took it to a party last night and took it to a level ten and we were rewarded for smoking pot all day with a Siberian tiger. There was a Siberian tiger at the party, a baby tiger. We got to pet the tiger. A baby Siberian tiger on a leash and we were so high. It was pretty cool. If I had five minutes alone with Prince: VanWyngarden: I’d want him to just spin around and look at me and then snarl and say something like, a sound, just like an, awww. If he did that to me I’d probably get a boner. Best backstage perk? VanWyngarden: Percacet. [Laughs]
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Published: 2008-04-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Coachella
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Coachella Day One Wrap-Up: Jack Johnson, The Raconteurs, The Verve As the afternoon of Coachella Day One wore on, the sounds of electric guitars getting jacked into high gear called everyone’s attention back to the main stage, where the Raconteurs were settling in. “I haven’t seen the sun in weeks,” goes the first line of “The Saboteurs” (though nobody in the heat-baked crowd could truly make that claim), and Jack White, decked out in all black, moseyed over to Brendan Benson as the two guitarists faced off and worked at their instruments. “How are you doing, you desert people?” White later asked before launching into the country-blues groove of “Top Yourself” from the band’s new LP Consolers of the Lonely. While the bedraggled Benson was an able frontman, the crowd was arrested by the natural leader White, whose guitar playing took center stage on “Blue Veins.” The track began with a lengthy, squealing solo that demanded he pause and catch his breath. White ended the song scratching a pad that made his axe stutter as the song built into a giant jam. The set demonstrated how White has taken the band to a new level, stretching out songs and turning up the volume. White and Benson cranked up the distortion even on pop hit “Steady As She Goes,” giving a desperate edge to White’s refrain, “Are you steady now? Are you steady now?” Click here for photos from Day One of Coachella The sun fully set during the Raconteurs set, leaving the Verve to soundtrack the magical part of the Coachella day when the temperatures drop, stars dot the sky and the Port-a-Potties start to ripen. The band didn’t disappoint, breaking out epic Britpop anthems that set shimmers of sound across the desert night. Singer Richard Ashcroft looked the part of the perfect frontman, tapping his chest or pointing skyward, crooning with his eyes closed in bare feet and sounding every bit as sharp as he did ten years ago when the band broke in the States. When Ashcroft strapped on an acoustic guitar and strummed the opening chords of the aching “The Drugs Don’t Work,” a
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Published: 2008-04-26 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Coachella
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Radiohead Lead Featured Artists Coalition, Seek Greater RightsPhoto: Getty Radiohead, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and Iron Maiden are among the initial artists to sign up for and usher in the launch of the new Featured Artists Coalition. As the music industry continues to shift into the digital age, the Coalition seeks to protect the artist’s rights over their own music. “We want all artists to have more control of their music and a much fairer share of the profits it generates in the digital age,” a statement on the FAC’s website reads. “We speak with one voice to help artists strike a new bargain with record companies, digital distributors and others, and are campaigning for specific changes.” The FAC has also penned a six-step manifesto for “fair play,” including increased compensation for commercial use of their music and changes to copyright law. Other members of the Coalition include Kate Nash, Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry, Gang of Four, Billy Bragg and the Verve. Related Stories: • The Future According to Radiohead • Best Festival Band: Radiohead • Musicians Unions Avoiding Digital Rights Fight For Now
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Published: 2008-10-06 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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Paul McCartney Album “Should Be Ready By the Summer,” Morello Record Also Due Just seven months after the release of Memory Almost Full, Sir Paul McCartney is already brewing up a new album. According to his publicist, “Paul started recording last week, but he has been writing for a while. It should be ready by the summer.” McCartney is reportedly working with producer Youth, a founding member of the band Killing Joke and the producer of albums such as the Verve’s Urban Hymns and, in some capacity, Guns N’ Roses’ long-delayed Chinese Democracy. Not to be outdone by McCartney’s prolificacy is Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who released his first solo album as the Nightwatchman in April 2007. Despite touring as both a member of the reunited Rage and as a solo entity, a second solo album is already near completion, with the working title of The Fabled City in place. While no release date is set, Morello expects the album out later this year.
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Published: 2008-02-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, In the Studio
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The Verve - Verve Dispel Rift Rumours With United ShowLATEST: Reunited British rockers THE VERVE hit back at reports of a rift within the band - by playing a sensational headlining set to close a U.K. music festival. Last ...
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Published: 2008-08-18 Provider: Contact Music
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The Verve Reveals Brief U.S. TourWhile the Verve's currently busy writing their first album since 1997's Urban Hymns, the band has confirmed a brief tour beginning
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Published: 2008-02-28 Provider: Artist Direct
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