Ричард Пол Эшкрофт (англ. Richard Paul Ashcroft 11 сентября 1971, Биллиндж, Уигэн, Великобритания) — британский рок-музыкант.
Более известен как вокалист и лидер британского рок-бэнда The Verve, в котором он работал, начиная с 1989 года. После распада группы в 1999 году Эшкрофт начинает сольную карьеру, выпускает альбомы Alone with Everybody (2000), Human Conditions (2002), Keys To The World (2006).
C 2007 группа воссоединилась в прежнем составе с бессменным вокалистом Ричардом Эшкрофтом, который без сомнения оставил достойнейший след в истории британской рок-музыки. Неповторимый, узнаваемый голос российским любителям рок-музыки знаком прежде всего по трэкам Bitter Sweet Symphony и Drugs Don't Work.
Фронтмэны Oasis и Coldplay, Ноэль Галлахер и Крис Мартин соответственно, — хорошие друзья Эшкрофта. Время от времени он поддерживает их на выступлениях. Трек Oasis «Сast No Shadow» посвящен Эшкрофту.
Ричард Эшкрофт женат на экс-клавишнице Spiritualized Кейт Рэдли (Kate Radley). У них два сына — Санни (2000) и Кассиус (2004). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Richard Ashcroft (born Richard Paul Ashcroft, on September 11, 1971, in Billinge, Wigan, England) is best known as the front man of The Verve, which he helped form in 1989.
After that band's demise in 1999, Ashcroft began his solo career, releasing alone with everybody in 2000, human conditions in 2002 and keys to the world in 2006. He performed vocals for the track Lonely Soul on UNKLE's 1998 release Psyence Fiction and his voice can also be heard on the The Chemical Brothers' album Come With Us track The Test.
He is good friends with Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher and Coldplay's Chris Martin (whom Ashcroft thanks for 'letting me be myself again'), and occasionally plays as support at Oasis and Coldplay concerts, including the European and second UK legs of Coldplay's 'Twisted Logic Tour'. He recently described himself as 'the best support act you'll ever see'. The Oasis track "Cast No Shadow" is dedicated to him. Chris Martin introduced him as "the best singer in the world" when he performed "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (which Martin called "the best song in the world") with Coldplay at the London Live 8 concert in 2005. On his second album Human Conditions The Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson guest stars on the song Nature is the Law.
Ashcroft is married to Kate Radley, ex-Spiritualized keyboard player.
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