Pitchfork — Artist: RPA & the United Nations of Sound Album: United Nations of Sound Release Date: July 19Label: Parlophone Tracklist: 01 Are You Ready 02 Born Again 03 America 04 This Thing Called Life 05 Beatitudes 06 Good Loving 07 How Deep Is Your Man 08 She... more info

Guardian Music — Academy, ManchesterRock singers don't come much more messianic than Richard Paul Ashcroft. Introduced by Chris Martin at Live 8 as "the best singer in the world", he has compared himself to Nostradamus, and he once told an interviewer he could fly. S... more info

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Guardian Music — Follow in the footsteps of Bob Dylan (?) and write a cracking football hit. Plus, spoof songs and fans for hire!And so I return to clean up the fag packets and empty bottles of Jack Daniel's left lying around by Rosie Swash after her stint at the hel... more info

The Quietus — RPA & the United Nations of Sound announce album and tour details more info

Altsounds — *RPA & The United Nations of Sound*, the new band from *Richard Ashcroft*, will release their debut album *'United Nations Of Sound'* on *19th July* and are on tour in the UK *next week*. Recorded in Los Angeles, New York and London, the al... more info

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Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Taken from a recent interview with Richard Ashcroft, read the full interview here.You're friends with Noel and Liam Gallagher what was your take on the Oasis split?I was sad like any fan of a band. I like bands I like to carry on.Any irony there?I'm ... more info

Addict Music — RPA & The United Nations of Sound, the new band from Richard Ashcroft, will release their debut album ‘United Nations Of Sound’ on 19th July and will tour the UK next week. more info

Guardian Music — Richard Ashcroft's new album has a tracklist that's funnier than anything pop satirists could come up with. But which other running orders out-spoof the spoofs? Ten years ago, my colleague on the soon-to-be-defunct Select magazine, Steve Lowe, had a ... more info