Richard Ashcroft has apparently admitted to Xfm that he recently got a bit paranoid about the possibility of a bird flu epidemic, telling Dominik Diamond: "I had my freak out nine months ago and thought about stockpiling food and everything." Don't mock. It's coming.
Elsewhere in Ashcroft news, the singer played a special gig for Radio 2 on Wednesday, backed by a forty piece orchestra as well as his usual five piece band, and played a selection of Verve tracks as well as material from his new album and previous solo outings for a 600 strong crowd of competition winners.
Ashcroft played the following tracks in the set, which will be broadcast on Radio 2 on 21 Jan at 8:30pm:
Music Is Power
History
Words Just Get In The Way
A Song For The Lovers
The Drugs Dont Work
Velvet Morning
Sweet Brother Malcolm
Lonely Soul
Paradise
Why Do Lovers?
Lucky Man
Sonnet
Break The Night With Colour
Bitter Sweet Symphony