Richard Ashcroft Live Vol. 1

2025 was a phenomenal year for Richard Ashcroft’s live shows, from kickstarting an incendiary atmosphere as special guest at Oasis’s huge stadium shows to a sold-out Manchester Co-op Live headliner which The Guardian praised for delivering “a vast, cathartic sing-along, with scenes resembling a gigantic Last Night of the Proms.” And that power is undiminished going into 2026, with a series of arena shows underway ahead of a run of festival headline sets and major outdoor venues this summer. It makes for the ideal context for today’s release of his first ever live album, ‘Live Vol 1’.

‘Live Vol 1’ presents an artist at the peak of his powers, his voice as strong and engaging as ever. Greeted by a roar of approval for ‘Sonnet’, the album traverses further classics from The Verve (‘The Drugs Don’t Work’, ‘Lucky Man’ and more) as well as the big solo hits (‘A Song For The Lovers’, ‘Break The Night With Colour’) and fan favourites (‘C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)’, ‘They Don’t Own Me’).