Richard Ashcroft to play Last Days of Summer Festival

Organisers of The Last Days of Summer Festival have officially confirmed that The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft will make his only solo appearance anywhere in the UK this year at Stowe House Country Estate near Silverstone, Bucks on Bank Holiday Monday, August 25th.

Richard Ashcroft will join a line-up that includes Supergrass, Athlete, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Black Kids, The Rascals, Young Knives, Royworld and VIP sets from BBC Radio One’s Gilles Peterson and Portishead DJ Andy Smith.

As the frontman of The Verve, Ashcroft’s summer has already included sets at V and Glastonbury. On his solo plans, Ashcroft recently noted: “I will continue my solo stuff. But it seemed a shame to leave this (The Verve) thing dormant when there is so much talent there.”

Richard Ashcroft will be performing a solo gig on the same day that The Verve release their new album He will be performing some of The Verve’s songs with his band, but this is very much a solo gig, so don’t expect the rest of The Verve to play a surprise gig!

The Last Days of Summer will also include an ice slide, made from five tonnes of snow by Milton Keynes’ SNO!Zone, a snowboard simulator, funfair, food village, market stalls and bungies.

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