Richard Ashcroft is about to release his new solo album These People on May 20th. The ex-Verve leader has previously issued "This Is How It Feels" and "Hold On" from the album, and today Ashcroft shared the low budget (and somewhat awkward) official video for "Hold On" which is available to view below.
On April 21st Ashcroft performed a live session for BBC 2. He performed his new singles "This Is How It Feels" and "Hold On," plus performed "Lucky Man" and "Bittersweet Symphony." Stream the glorious acoustic version of "This Is How It Feels" featuring Ashcroft covering Prince's "Purple Rain" near the end -- the session took place only hours news broke about Prince's death.
During the interview portion of the session it was clear that Ashcroft believes he is on a creative high -- he's excited to create new music and is looking forward to releasing his new album and going on tour to promote it. He said he's ALL about playing fan favorites and also revealed that he hopes to release an acoustic album someday.
Stream the live session in full here.
Published May 16th, 2016