Richard Ashcroft in Colchester

Richard Ashcroft is an English rock singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer and principal songwriter of The Verve. His work with the band includes “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” “The Drugs Don’t Work” and “Lucky Man” from Urban Hymns; his solo catalogue began with Alone with Everybody and the single “A Song for the Lovers.” The Verve played a homecoming concert at Haigh Hall in Wigan in 1998 during the touring cycle for Urban Hymns. As a solo artist, Richard Ashcroft joined Coldplay at Live 8 in Hyde Park in 2005 to perform “Bitter Sweet Symphony.” After The Verve reunited in 2007, the band toured again and headlined the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 2008.