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
Stella Ashcroft Stella Ashcroft Stella Ashcroft (born 27 July 2002) is an artistic gymnast from New Zealand, specialising in the vault, beam and floor events. In 2018 she competed at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Ashcroft is from Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2016 she won a bronze medal at the Pacific Rim Championships. In 2017, she won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Junior Commonwealth Gymnastics Championships in Namibia. In 2018 Ashcroft received a New Zealand Racing Board Scholarship. In 2018 she competed at the gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, her first event as a senior athlete.