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Richard Ashcroft, will be taking to the iconic Dreamland stage as part of the 2024 Margate Summer Series with support from Black Grape and Dodgy.

As the frontman for Britain’s the Verve, Richard Ashcroft proved himself the spiritual descendent of rock & roll icons like Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison.

Urban Hymns, the Verve ‘s 1997 multi-platinum-selling third album was the peak of the Wigan quartet’s international success and led to Ashcroft being named Songwriter of the Year at the 1998 Ivor Novello Awards. They disbanded in 1999, allowing Ashcroft to kick-start a solo career with three U.K. Top Three albums in a six-year period: Alone with Everybody, Human Conditions, and Keys to the World.

Following a brief 2007 Verve re-formation, he again cracked the U.K. Top Five with 2016’s These People, 2018’s Natural Rebel, and 2021’s retrospective Acoustic Hymns, Vol. 1, the latter of which found Ashcroft reinterpreting many of his favourite Verve and solo songs. His most recent album, ‘Acoustic Hymns, Vol. 1’, was released in 2022 and reached No.2 in the UK Album Chart.