The Gaa Gaas night 'Stay Sick!'. They were headliners on the second stage of the last ever Jersey Live Festival in 2016 performing after Richard Ashcroft the former frontman of Wigan rock pioneers The Verve had just finished his performance on the main stage. They also appeared at Drop Dead Festival in Lithuania, an event that originally started up at the legendary New York club CBGB. The band has shared festival/venue bills with the likes of Noel Gallagher, Primal Scream, The Stranglers, Richard Ashcroft, Madness, Happy Mondays, The Fall, John Cooper Clarke, A Flock of Seagulls, Specimen, Sex Gang Children, Zounds, Charles De
Richard Ashcroft fourth solo album, "These People", which was released 20 May 2016. Chris Martin of Coldplay has described Ashcroft as "the best singer in the world". Ashcroft was the only son of office worker Frank and hairdresser Louise Ashcroft (née Baxter); he also has two younger sisters. His middle name, Paul, is also the name of a paternal uncle. When Ashcroft was 11, his father died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage. Ashcroft soon "fell under the influence of his stepfather", who belonged to the Rosicrucians. Ashcroft attended Upholland High School, along with future bandmates Simon Jones, Peter Salisbury and Simon Tong,