The Verve appear at Coachella Festival

The Verve returned to America for the first time since their split a decade ago to perform at the Coachella Festival in California on Friday night - and frontman Richard Ashcroft told the faithful the band is back for good.

During a hits set, featuring the anthems 'The Drugs Don't Work' and 'Bittersweet Symphony', Ashcroft introduced "a new song" titled 'Sit & Wonder' and then told the "hardcore" fans that had showed up for the pre-headliner slot on the opening day of Cochella there would be more new material to come.