Sonnetby The Verve

By request!

Lead singer Richard Ashcroft wrote this song, which in the UK was the fourth single from their third album, Urban Hymns. The group was rather volatile, breaking up both before and after the album release, which originally started off as an Ashcroft solo effort.

The Verve lead singer Richard Ashcroft wrote this song, which in the UK was the fourth single from their third album, Urban Hymns. The group was rather combustible, breaking up both before and after the album, which started off as an Ashcroft solo effort.

Richard Ashcroft fun fact (according to NME): He's afraid of rats!

20 years this year - and they just released an anniversary edition of the album! www.bbc.co.uk

At the start of 1998, The Verve's label, Hut asked them to put out another single from Urban Hymns, an idea which the band disagreed with. Hut pressed them and so the band finally agreed to release "Sonnet", but only in a format that would make it ineligible for chart recognition. Consequently, "Sonnet" was released as part of a set of four 12-inch records, limited to just 5000 copies

The Verve formed in 1990, playing and disbanding several times and currently "on holiday"

Members of the Verve are in involved in a new project called Black Submarine. Read more here: www.nme.com