10:56AM Clem Bastow | After apparently fluking The Verve’s Urban Hymns, Richard Ashcroft has continually shown himself to be a tool of astronomical proportions and questionable talent (we should know, we couldn’t give his solo stuff away on eBay), and his latest
outburst is no exception.
Apparently, according to Dicky, all these Boyzone, Take That, Spice Girls and Led Zeppelin reformations can pale into insignificance with the news that The Verve are getting back together – and he thinks they should be given an appropriately large celebratory return performance.
The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft wants the band to headline Glastonbury 2008.
The star insisted it would be a “travesty” if they didn’t take centre stage at the event – though the recently-reformed band faces serious competition for one of the coveted slots.
Speaking to XFM, Ashcroft said: “I think it would be a travesty if we didn’t. Because I think what’s missing from a lot of the headliners is we’re one of the few bands that can jam without sounding like Lynyrd Skynyrd on a bad night, so we can actually take people on a proper journey, rock ‘n’ roll-wise.”
Oooh, Richard, you do not want to incur the wrath of the Skynyrd fans – we’ve seen them, and they are not pretty (and some of them keep axes and rifles as “pets”).
And beyond that, how about a nice, steaming cup of shut the fuck up? The fact that he thinks a protracted jam session is the mark of a good band is indicative of his skewed view of “the biz”.
All of this reminds us of one of our
favourite negative reviews of all time, on the topic of Ashcroft’s solo effort, Keys To The World: “In Richard’s head he no doubt thinks he’s made an album that stands up with the greatest rock records of our time. We can concur with part of that statement. Richard Ashcroft has made an album.”
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