There was a very good article in Word magazine recently about which living bands (in that their members are still alive) were most and least likely to reunite, should the lucrative reunion tour offer arrive in the post. I don't remember what they said about The Verve. I think they put a reunion down as quite likely. If they did, they were right. The Wigan boys have announced they will reunite for a tour this winter, apparently "getting back together for the joy of the money". Oh, hang on, I think they said for the "joy of the music". Whatever. The band originally split in 1999, of course, after numerous run ins between frontman Richard Ashcroft and guitarist Nick McCabe. The dates of the reunion tour are as follows:
2 & 3 Nov: Glasgow Academy
5 & 6 Nov: Blackpool Empress Ballroom
8 & 9 Nov: London Roundhouse