Wigan born singer-songwriter Richard Ashcroft is to perform at the M.E.N. Arena on November 30 as part of a nationwide tour.
The former Verve frontman has already performed two sell-out tours this year, including a gig in front of a 30,000 capacity audience at Old Trafford cricket ground.
His new album, Keys To The World, has recently gone platinum and includes the hit singles Break The Night With Colour, Music Is Power and Words Just Get In The Way. The Verve met at Wigan's Winstanley Sixth Form College in 1989.The band's third album, Urban Hymns, released in 1997, spawned a series of global hits, including Bittersweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work, and sold seven million copies.
He reinvented himself after the band split in 2000 and his solo career has flourished ever since.
Live 8
Last year, he sang a duet with Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park. But Ashcroft still maintains he is not driven by either fame or success. "I'm quite a shy, introverted person and I could easily melt away into the background," he said. "But I am driven to write tunes - creativity for me is almost like therapy, my songs take you into the underbelly of my mind and there's some dark stuff in there."
Richard Ashcroft will play the M.E.N. Arena on Thursday, November 30. Tickets cost £23.50 and £25. They will be available from Friday, July 21. Call the Box Office on 0870 060 1768 or click here.
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