Richard Ashcroft confirmed as main support for Liam Gallagher’s outdoor Irish gigs


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Richard Ashcroft plays the Albert Hall in Manchester, May 2016. (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever Media)




Richard Ashcroft has been confirmed as the main support for Liam Gallagher‘s outdoor Irish gigs in June.

The Verve frontman will be backing his long-time friend at Malahide Castle in Dublin on June 15th and the Belsonic event in Belfast on June 16th. Also on the bill is Louis Berry.

It would be no surprise if Gallagher and Ashcroft are on the same bill again at some point when the former gets stuck into a few months of big headline shows and festival appearances in support of last year’s debut solo album As You Were.

“While the cathartic bombast is a definitive aspect of Liam’s enduring appeal with his fanbase, there are softer moments on the album portraying a rarely seen sensitive side which endearingly conflicts with the well-documented public persona,” we said of it.

“Paper Crown encompasses a stripped back acoustic ballad highlighting the positive impact of cleaner living on Liam’s voice as he sings of insecurity of a past lover being left to ponder a lonely existence, stemming from a drastic fall from grace due to the treatment of others.”


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