Richard Ashcroft is contractually obligated to record another album for Parlophone. Ashcroft played a solo gig on 25 August 2008 as part of the Last Days of Summer Festival in Buckingham. The Verve broke up for a third time sometime between the last rehearsals in late 2008 and the summer of 2009. It was announced in August 2009 by a band's friend. A b-side compilation was considered a possibility, as Richard's team has asked the fans through his site about their feelings on such an album, but it's now very unlikely. In December 2009, Richard contributed the lead soundtrack song for the
Catherine Ashcroft Catherine Ashcroft Catherine Ashcroft (* in North West England) is an English musician (Irish Folk). She plays self-told whistles and Uillean pipes. In 2008 Ashcroft recorded her first CD "Take Flight and Follow" in the "Stenkrith Studios" in Kirkby Stephen. There she met Belfast's songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and singer Maurice Dickson, both form the band "Mochara" (Irish for "my friend") since that year. They perform Celtic music. In common Ashcroft and Dickson have published three music albums: "In Your Blood" in 2010, "Spirits and Dreamers" in 2013 and "Live at the Island" in 2015. Ashcroft participated in Riverdance's China tour in