The Verve Band || | 1997 || Themselves || Best Live Act || | rowspan="5" | 1998 || rowspan="2" | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" || British Single of the Year || |- | rowspan="2" | 1997 || Themselves || Best Foreign Group || | rowspan="2"|2008 The Verve The Verve were an English rock band formed in Wigan in 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboard player Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound with their debut LP "A Storm in Heaven", by the mid-1990s the band
Richard Ashcroft September and subsequent teasers "Born To Be Strangers" and "That's When I Feel It." The LP debuted at #4 on the UK album charts. Ashcroft is married to Kate Radley, a former member of Spiritualized. They married in 1995 and it was years before it was publicly revealed that the pair had married. Together, they have two sons: Sonny, born in 2000, and Cassius, born in 2004. The family lives in Taynton, Gloucestershire. Ashcroft is a Manchester United fan, and is an avid regular. He was in attendance for the 1999 Champions League Final, where he saw United win 2–1