“I think I am the only person who could play in that slot.” These are the words with which Richard Ashcroft convinced Noel Gallagher who chooses him as a opening for the English and Irish dates of the Oasis.
“For me it is a very important role,” Ashcroft said in an interview on Radio X. “You know, at the time the Oasis supported The Verve, then the thing overturned and we supported the Oasis at Aarls Court, so I as a solo artist I played with Oasis”.
“I said to Noel:” You know, I think I am the only person who could go to this slot. Especially for a large outdoor show “.” Ashcroft continued: «I think it's fantastic that we are still around. I lived almost all the story with them. From the first day. Even before their first album came out. They had a great success before me. They were in Top of the Pops. When my turn arrived, it was as if they had done everything. “
Verve and Oasis' careers have often intertwined in the past. In 1993 the Oasis were the opening band of the verve for what was the first national tour of the Gallagher. In '95, however, the situation had already overturned given the enormous success of the debut Defintely Maybe and they opened for the Oasis on a date in Paris. Ashcroft also lent his voice for All Around the Worldextracted from Be here now While in 2021 Noel participated in an acoustic reintrepping of C'emon people (we're making it now) by Ashcroft
