The Verve

THE VERVE. English alternative rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space-rock ; by the mid-1990s the band had released several EPs and three albums. The band's commercial breakthrough was the 1997 album Urban Hymns which became one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history yielding the worldwide hit single "Bitter Sweet Symphony". Soon after this commercial peak, The Verve broke up in April 1999 citing internal conflicts. During an eight-year split, Richard Ashcroft dismissed talk of a reunion saying ; "You're more likely to get all four Beatles on stage". The original line-up reunited in June 2007, embarking on a tour later that year and releasing the album Forth in August 2008. In 2009, the band broke up for the third time ......