Richard Ashcroft a limited number of appearances in 2003, Ashcroft was absent from the music business for about two years. He later explained this in 2006, stating that "[e]veryone got it into their heads over the last few years that I was in my ivory tower like Lennon, baking bread all day. The fact of the matter was that I was bringing up kids". Ashcroft began playing gigs again in mid-2005, and, on 2 July at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, Coldplay invited him to perform with them during their set. They performed The Verve's hit "Bitter Sweet Symphony", after
Richard Band Richard Band Richard Howard Band (born December 28, 1953) is an American composer of film music. He has scored more than 85 films, including "From Beyond", which won the award for Best Original Soundtrack at the Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival. Band was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of the film director/producer Albert Band, the brother of director/distributor Charles Band, and the uncle of Alex Band. Since the late 1970s Band has been composing film music for horror and science fiction films regularly. His first notable score was for 1977's "Laserblast", which he co-composed with