Ashcroft - "British Music's Lost Its Verve"

Richard Ashcroft believes Britain’s music scene has become stale and dull as people chase fame.


The ex-Verve man, whose new group United Nations Of Sound release their debut this month, said: “There’s a blueprint now and it’s very boring.”


And you won’t find him collaborating with anyone either. Rich, 38, told this week’s ShortList mag: “You see albums coming out now and there are 15 different people on it.


“It’s Top Trumps music – ‘I’m going to Top Trump you with how many guests I’ve got.’”