{"id":231953,"date":"2025-07-02T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/231953\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:12:10","slug":"richard-ashcroft-announces-new-album-lovin-you-ahead-of-oasis-reunion-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/231953\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Ashcroft announces new album \u2018Lovin\u2019 You\u2019 ahead of Oasis reunion tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/richard-ashcroft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Ashcroft<\/a> has announced plans to release a new album ahead of his support slot at the upcoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/oasis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oasis<\/a> tour.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1222\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\"><b>Read More:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/oasis-2025-reunion-dream-setlist-3788142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Supersonic setlist: what Oasis need to play on their 2025 reunion tour<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After rumours that the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-verve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Verve<\/a> frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/liam-gallagher-responds-to-rumours-of-richard-ashcroft-supporting-oasis-on-reunion-tour-3793657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">could be hitting the road with the Gallagher brothers<\/a>\u00a0on their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/oasis-reunion-tour-uk-ireland-stadium-2025-liam-noel-gallagher-tickets-3787539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impending reunion shows<\/a>, Ashcroft was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/oasis-confirm-richard-ashcroft-as-special-guest-for-2025-uk-and-ireland-reunion-tour-3804758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced last October as Oasis\u2019 special guest<\/a>\u00a0for the UK and Ireland leg alongside\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/cast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Ashcroft has announced his seventh studio album \u2018Lovin\u2019 You\u2019, his first since 2018\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/richard-ashcroft-natural-rebel-review-2390213#:~:text=But%20&#039;Natural%20Rebel&#039;%20is%20best,for%20me%E2%80%9D%20with%20%E2%80%9Cit&#039;s%20like\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natural Rebel<\/a>\u2019 and follows 2021\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/richard-ashcroft-acoustic-hymns-vol-1-review-3076035#:~:text=At%20first%20glance%20it%20may,particularly%20in%20a%20live%20setting.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acoustic Hymns, Vol. 1<\/a>\u2019.\u00a0You can pre-order it <a href=\"https:\/\/richardashcroft.lnk.to\/LovinYouAlbum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first new music from Ashcroft since his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/john-lewis-2024-christmas-ad-richard-ashcroft-covering-the-verve-sonnet-3812679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> John Lewis Christmas advert cover of \u2018Sonnet\u2019 last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The songs on \u2018Lovin\u2019 You\u2019, which is released on October 3, were written by the former Verve man, who co-produced the album with Chris Potter and Emre Ramazanoglu.<\/p>\n<p>It will be released on standard black vinyl, CD and digital formats along with a range of exclusive vinyl variants: his official store offers a neon orange vinyl, Amazon UK have a regular orange version, and select independent stores will stock a blue version. You can view the artwork below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Richard Ashcroft&#8217;s seventh solo album &#8216;Lovin&#8217; You&#8217; will be released on  October 3rd. Available on LP, CD, Cassette, and digital, plus exclusive,  limited edition colour vinyls. Pre-Order now: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ZWaDhlRvW\">https:\/\/t.co\/7ZWaDhlRvW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Er9IBSjkOw\">pic.twitter.com\/Er9IBSjkOw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Ashcroft (@richardashcroft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/richardashcroft\/status\/1940334641040220398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His album, follows recent single<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/richard-ashcroft-warms-up-for-oasis-tour-with-uplifting-new-single-lover-3864256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u2018Lover\u2019<\/a>, which was the first taster from the record. The song interpolates Joan Armatrading\u2019s classic \u2018Love And Affection\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It comes ahead of his support slot with Oasis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/oasis-reveal-full-doors-and-stage-times-for-them-and-support-acts-at-cardiff-live-25-reunion-tour-opener-3874916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> which kicks off this Friday (July 4) at Cardiff\u2019s Principality Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/oasis-reunion-tour-uk-ireland-stadium-2025-liam-noel-gallagher-tickets-3787539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the first of 19 shows in the UK and Ireland<\/a>, which Ashcroft will be supporting.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the shows kicking off, Liam recently revealed that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/liam-gallagher-reveals-stage-time-for-oasis-live-25-opening-night-at-cardiff-3873628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the opening show in Cardiff will have a start time of 8:15pm<\/a>, telling fans: \u201cDon\u2019t be late or we\u2019ll start without you and you don\u2019t want that now do ya\u201d. Yesterday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/oasis-reveal-full-doors-and-stage-times-for-them-and-support-acts-at-cardiff-live-25-reunion-tour-opener-3874916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doors and stage times for the opening acts were revealed on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/oasis-confirm-richard-ashcroft-as-special-guest-for-2025-uk-and-ireland-reunion-tour-3804758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking about his Oasis support slot when it was confirmed<\/a>, Ashcroft said in a statement: \u201cAs a fan from day one I was buzzing for many reasons when the news of Oasis\u2019 return was announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can say with no exaggeration that the songwriting talent of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/noel-gallagher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noel<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/liam-gallagher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liam<\/a>\u2019s pure spirit as a lead singer helped to inspire me to create some of my best work. It was the perfection of \u2018Live Forever\u2019 that forced me to try and write my own. They dared to be great, made the dreams we had real and I will always remember those days with joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded: \u201cNow it\u2019s time to create more memories and I\u2019m ready to bring it. See you next summer. Music is power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Ashcroft also recently revealed that\u00a0he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/noel-gallagher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noel Gallagher<\/a>\u00a0that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/richard-ashcroft-on-why-he-told-noel-gallagher-he-was-the-only-person-to-support-oasis-on-reunion-tour-3864853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he was \u201cthe only person\u201d who could open for\u00a0Oasis\u00a0at their UK reunion shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3809676 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Liam-and-Noel-Gallagher.-CREDIT_-Simon-Emmett.jpg\" alt=\"Oasis\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"  \/>Oasis\u2019 Liam and Noel Gallagher. CREDIT: Simon Emmett<\/p>\n<p>Today (July 2), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/oasis-announce-30th-anniversary-reissue-of-whats-the-story-morning-glory-share-new-unplugged-acquiesce-3875290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oasis also announced a special 30th anniversary reissue of \u2018(What\u2019s The Story) Morning Glory?\u2019<\/a> and shared a new unplugged version of \u2018Acquiesce\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>A deluxe version of the iconic album will be released via Big Brother Recordings in various formats on October 3, a day after the original version of the record came out in 1995. You can pre-order it <a href=\"https:\/\/oasismusic.lnk.to\/30wtsmgPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The reissue will come in various vinyl formats and will feature five new unplugged versions of classic tracks, produced and mixed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/noel-gallagher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noel Gallagher<\/a> and his engineer Callum Marinho, including \u2018Wonderwall\u2019, \u2018Morning Glory\u2019, \u2018Champagne Supernova\u2019, \u2018Cast No Shadow\u2019 and the aforementioned \u2018Some Might Say\u2019 B-side, which you can listen to below. It will also be released as a double CD.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the shows kicking off, Liam recently revealed that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/liam-gallagher-reveals-stage-time-for-oasis-live-25-opening-night-at-cardiff-3873628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the opening show in Cardiff will have a start time of 8:15pm<\/a>, telling fans: \u201cDon\u2019t be late or we\u2019ll start without you and you don\u2019t want that now do ya\u201d. Yesterday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/oasis-reveal-full-doors-and-stage-times-for-them-and-support-acts-at-cardiff-live-25-reunion-tour-opener-3874916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doors and stage times for the opening acts were revealed on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Preparations are well underway, and on Monday (June 30),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/listen-to-oasis-soundcheck-in-cardiff-ahead-of-live-25-reunion-tour-kicking-off-3875046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">footage of Oasis allegedly soundchecking within the Principality Stadium<\/a> was also shared online. If you\u2019re heading down to the show, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/heres-the-weather-forecast-for-oasis-live-25-reunion-tour-opening-night-in-cardiff-3875155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you can also check out the weather forecast here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richard Ashcroft has announced plans to release a new album ahead of his support slot at the upcoming\u00a0Oasis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,481,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-231953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-indie","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114783580587306931","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}