The Verve: "Getting back together for the joy of the music."
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This news is sweeter than bittersweet. After eight years of hiatus The Verve, led by the shamanic Richard Ashcroft, are getting back together for a winter tour. The original line-up of Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones and drummer Pete Sailsbury released a statement stating they were "getting back together for the joy of the music."It was Ashcroft's and McCabe's egos that finally broke up the band in 1999 after a decade of public feuding and drug use. "Bittersweet Symphony" NME expects that the band will head into the studio to begin work on a follow-up to 1997's Urban Hymns following some summer down time.
The reunion shows will take place in the UK only, with tickets going on sale July 6th. 11/2: Glasgow Academy11/3: Glasgow Academy11/5: Blackpool Empress Ballroom11/6: Blackpool Empress Ballroom11/8: London Roundhouse11/9: London RoundhouseSource: http://www.nme.com/news/the-verve/29261
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