Richard Ashcroft announced as special guest for Oasis’ 2025 Croke Park shows

Ashcroft wrote 1997 hit Bitter Sweet Symphony

Richard Ashcroft during the Teenage Cancer Trust show at the Royal Albert Hall (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Oasis have announced that Richard Ashcroft, the former lead singer of The Verve, will be joining them as a special guest on all of their Ireland and UK shows next year.

In August, brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher confirmed the Britpop band’s long-awaited reunion with a worldwide tour in 2025, saying “The great wait is over.”