A New Decade?
Is Captain Rock getting back in the saddle? The Verve are reforming and touring the UK in November. Like woah.
The Verve are set to reunite for a winter tour.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.
While this is certainly intriguing, I'd be more excited for this if Mad Richard hadn't spent the last few years becoming a house-trained pussycat, writing music for married people. That said, I certainly got chills when Ashcroft graced the stage with that lot of students during Live 8:
Can he become Capitan Rock again? Can he make The Verve relevant again? Hell, can he even make music that's relevant again? I hope so, but if The Verve aren't at least going to be as good as the following two videos, don't bother:
News of Verve reuniting seriously made my year. I hope it lasts longer this time. Nick's the one who makes Verve the Verve.