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The Verve reunite for tour

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The Verve are set to reunite for a winter tour.

The original band of Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe,Simon Jones and Pete Sailsbury have got together for the first time in almost a decade.

In a statement, the band have announced they were: “Getting back together for the joy of the music."

It is believed they will take a summer break and then return to the studio to complete their next album.

The band broke up in 1999, with the tumultuous relationship between Ashcroft and McCabe being well documented with the two exiting the band repeatedly since they began in 1993.

The band are set to play:

Glasgow Academy (November 2,3)
Blackpool Empress Ballroom (5,6)
London Roundhouse (8,9)


Tickets are set to go on sale on July 6.

To check ticket availability and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS, now.

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bendo 

May 26, 2008

this is great news thank you nme for that information i was hoping they would reunite. i watched nme tv recently and u were playing a verve song the channel is great i watch it every day.

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