Richard Ashcroft has announced a huge headline show in Manchester for later this year. Find all the details below.
The soloist and former Verve frontman will take to the stage at the city’s Co-op Live arena on Saturday November 8. It’ll follow the release of his long-awaited seventh album, ‘Lovin’ You’, which is released on October 3 (pre-order/pre-save here).
Tickets go on sale on general sale at 9.30am BST this Friday (July 18) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Alternatively, fans can access a pre-sale at the same time tomorrow (Wednesday July 16) by pre-ordering ‘Lovin’ You’ via Ashcroft’s official store.
The forthcoming Manchester gig marks just one of two scheduled headline dates for the singer-songwriter this year. Ashcroft will also top the bill at the Live At Scurrier House series in Cornwall on August 23.
He is currently opening for Oasis on the UK and Ireland leg of their massive Live ’25 reunion tour, along with Cast.
So far, the historic run of dates has seen Oasis perform two nights in Cardiff and a pair of big homecoming concerts at Manchester’s Heaton Park. They’ll return to the latter venue tomorrow (July 16), ahead of two further shows there on Saturday (19) and Sunday (20).
Fans who have already pre-ordered the album will automatically receive a pre-sale link + code.
The pre-sale will start at 9:30am on Wednesday 16th July.
— Richard Ashcroft (@richardashcroft) July 14, 2025
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Last week, Ashcroft responded to an Oasis fan who went viral after Shazaming ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ at one of the Cardiff dates. He later addressed the moment at the first Manchester gig, joking: “Get your Shazams out!”
During Oasis‘ set, Liam Gallagher dedicated ‘Cast No Shadow’ to the one and only Richard Ashcroft”. The latter will join the Gallaghers for their seven nights at London’s Wembley Stadium, and at their shows in Edinburgh and Dublin.
The upcoming ‘Lovin’ You’ will follow 2018’s ‘Natural Rebel’ and 2021’s ‘Acoustic Hymns, Vol. 1’. Ashcroft has already previewed the LP with the single ‘Lover’, which was released in May.
The song interpolates Joan Armatrading’s classic ‘Love And Affection’, which earned the praise of the legendary songwriter herself: “I love how he’s used my song and I love his song.”
Meanwhile, Ashcroft recently revealed that he’d told Noel Gallagher that he was “the only person” who could open for Oasis at their UK and Ireland reunion shows.
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