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Random music news for Friday, September 10, 2021

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Climate Change, Coldplay, Covid, Depeche Mode, Geddy Lee, iPhones, KISS, Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Ashcroft, Rush, Taylor Swift

Dogs really are a human’s best friend. Even more science on the subject has arrived. Pat the pup and then

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Random music news for Wednesday, September 2, 2020

September 2, 2020October 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Bay City Rollers, COVID-19, Ian Mitchell, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Metadata, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, R Kelly, raves, Richard Ashcroft, TikTok, Twitch

If you miss live music, try Antyfest. It features audiences of ants–as in the insects–reacting to performances from eleven different

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So how did The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft get the rights of “Bittersweet Symphony” back from the Rolling Stones? This explains everything.

June 26, 2019June 25, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bittersweet Symphony, Richard Ashcroft

One of the great music rights issues of the last quarter-century was how The Verve lost “Bittersweet Symphony” to The

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The Verve gets the rights back to “Bittersweet Symphony”

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABKCO, Allen Klein, Andrew Loog Oldham, Richard Ashcroft, Rolling Stones, The Verve

It a stunning bit of generosity, the songwriting credits to (and thus all the money derived from) The Verve’s 1997

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Richard Ashcroft can be a difficult (or at least weird) interview. For proof, let’s go to the video.

October 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Richard Ashcroft

I interviewed Richard Ashcroft exactly once back in 1993 when The Verve (they still had the “The” in their name

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Random music news for Friday, October 26, 2018

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Apple, Auschwitz, Bon Jovi, Christmas Music, Freddie Mercury, Google, Holograms, Justin Beiber, Pokémon, Richard Ashcroft, Sinead O'Connor, SiriusXM, Spotify

Here’s another great German word that has no English equivalent: kummerspeck. It literally means “grief bacon” and describes how you

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Last-second cancellation for Liam Gallagher/Richard Ashcroft show at CMW

May 14, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments CMW, Liam Gallagher, Richard Ashcroft, Sony Centre, Toronto

Toronto fans who showed up at the Sony Centre to see Liam Gallagher play with Richard Ashcroft were greeted by

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I Like This: Richard Ashcroft

April 15, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Richard Ashcroft, The Verve

Mad Richard has released the second single from his upcoming solo album, These People. Nice, but damn, I miss Nick

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 25 March 2016

March 25, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Daddy, Duality's Pride, Ghost, Ghost BC, Iggy Pop, Joywave, Lush, Pete Yorn, Richard Ashcroft, The Coral, The New Electri, Underworld

Just because today is a holiday doesn’t mean there can’t be a Top 11 list of recommended songs. In fact,

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News from the World of Rock Star Real Estate Transactions

January 12, 2014March 18, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Real Estate, Richard Ashcroft

When The Verve finally hit it big in the late 90s, singer Richard Ashcroft took some of his money and

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