Richard Ashcroft (The Verve) will release his first solo album in four years, United Nations of Sound, on March 22 via Razor & Tie Records.  Ashcroft will be performing March 23 at the Bowery Ballroom in New York and on March 24 at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts in Boston. He will also be performing his new single ”Are You Ready?” with house band The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on March 22.

These will be Ashcroft’s first US shows since 2008.

United Nations of Sound features 12 songs produced by noted hip-hop producer No I.D. (Kanye West, Jay-Z, Common). For more info visit www.richardashcroft.co.uk.

Richard Ashcroft on Tour
3/23/11 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
3/24/11 Boston, MA @ Villa Victoria Center for The Arts (Jim Beam Live Music Series)

For the uninitiated…it is likely that this is how you best remember Richard Ashcroft: