Booking Richard Ashcroft

Richard Ashcroft Biography

The English singer and songwriter Richard Ashcroft was born in 1971. Known at first as the lead singer for the band the Verve, Ashcroft launched his own solo career when the Verve disbanded in 1999. With the Verve, Ashcroft enjoyed a number of hit alternative songs, including the chart-topping “Bittersweet Symphony” and the hits “The Drugs Don’t Work,” “Lucky Man,” and “Love Is Noise.” But upon leaving the band, Richard Ashcroft launched a stellar solo career and has become known as an artist in his own right.

Ashcroft’s solo debut, “A Song for the Lovers,” rose immediately to the top ten on the UK charts after its release. His debut album, Alone with Everybody, also spawned the hits “Money to burn” and “C’Mon People (We’re Making It Now.)” His sophomore effort, Human Conditions, fared equally well, spawning the song “Check the Meaning.” Another two albums have followed since (Keys to the World in 2006 and United Nations of Sound in 2010), giving audiences the hit singles “Check the Meaning,” “Science of Silence,” “Buy It in Bottles,” “Break the Night with Colour,” “Music is Power,” and “Words Just Get in the Way.”

The song “Are You Ready?,” from the album United Nations of Sound can also be heard in the closing credits of the film The Adjustment Bureau (2011.) The song “ Future’s Bright” is also featured in the opening of the same film. Richard Ashcroft continues to perform and record, and is currently planning for his next album release.