Stopcryingyourheartout.com — There could be an awkward moment next Tuesday night when the winner of the best Brits Album Of 30 Years is announced.Acts including Coldplay, Dire Straits and Travis are nominated - but organisers are having a nightmare persuading any of them to turn... more info

Undercover, Australia — United Nations of Sound is the new band for former The Verve singer Richard Ashcroft. more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: Ashcroft's new band release album in March.Richard Ashcroft's new band, United Nations Of Sound, release the album Redemption on March 29th 2010. 'Are You Ready' (produced by No. I.D., so far most associated with hip hop acts such as Kan... more info

Guardian Music — Can artists like Richard Ashcroft and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy really escape their musical past by changing their names?Reading Naomi Klein's 10th anniversary edition of No Logo, I was struck by how many parallels can be drawn between political... more info

Addict Music — Everyone's favourite Northen Brit Poper Richard Ashcroft has returned from his hiatus and premièred a video featuring new material on-line. more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — The ex-Verve frontman debuts the first song from his United Nations Of Sound project with Jay-Z collaborator No I.D. more info

Here Comes The Flood — Watch the Richard Ashcroft video Are You Ready?, with his new band United Nations Of Sound. more info

Stereogum — The Verve broke up (again), Richard Ashcroft released a NSFW video about human trafficking, and now he's onto the next one: working with producer No ID (most recently masterminding "Death Of Auto-Tune" and "Run This Town"), and fronting a band cal... more info

NME — The Verve man returning with United Nations Of Sound more info

NME — Mani's tortoise, Gaga's Yoko plea, Marilyn Manson gets hitched? – your music gossip stop more info