Richard Ashcroft announces huge 2025 UK outdoor show with Lightning Seeds and The Zutons

21 October, 2024

three side by side photographs of The Zutons (left), Richard Ashcroft (centre) and Lightning Seeds (right) performing live on stage

Richard Ashcroft has announced a huge outdoor show at Blenheim Palace – find all the details below.

The former Verve frontman is due to headline the 10,000-capacity UNESCO World Heritage Site in Woodstock, Oxfordshire on Thursday June 19, 2025 as part of the Nocturne Live concert series.

Support on the night will come from Lightning Seeds and The Zutons.

Tickets go on general sale at 9am BST this Friday (October 25) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Alternatively, those signed up to the Nocturne Live mailing list can access a pre-sale at the same time tomorrow (Tuesday October 22).

The forthcoming Nocturne Live series will run over five nights, spanning Wednesday June 18 to Sunday June 22. More acts for next year’s edition will be announced in due course, according to organisers.

This week, Ashcroft will play two UK headline shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London (October 25) and the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton (27).

In other news, the singer-songwriter is reportedly set to open for Oasis on their huge 2025 UK and Ireland reunion tour next summer alongside Cast.

Earlier this month, Liam Gallagher told his followers on X/Twitter that it would be either Ashcroft or Manic Street Preachers supporting Oasis next year. “All we need now is to be CAST away on our jolly travels,” he added.

In a separate post, the frontman said Oasis “never set sail without the one and only RICARDO”, adding: “He’s our boy from day DOT come aboard Rkid.”

When asked if Ashcroft could appear at Oasis Live ’25 last month, Liam responded: “That would be BIBLICAL.”

Ashcroft’s stripped-back and reimagined album ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1’ peaked at Number Two in 2021.

In a three-star review of the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Natural Rebel’, NME wrote: “‘Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1’ is well worth a listen – and an excellent reminder of some of both Ashcroft and The Verve’s finest work.”

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