A Stormin' Picture Album
An exclusive look at the band on tour during the 1993-1994 tours of Europe and the United States. 1994 saw the Verve on the Lollapalooza Tour across the USA. They ended the touring season with dates in the United Kingdom. Among the fans, this was "the era." Pure rock'n'roll straight out of Wigan. It is impressing how the band could be so devastatingly loud at one moment, and so quiet and sensitive the next. John Leckie affirms, "at points you could hear a pin drop - and then it would just explode." A rollercoaster tour for the band became a hugely satisfying time for the fans.
King Tut's Wah-wah Hut May 22, 1993 Glasgow, UK |
The Whisky A Go Go July 7, 1993 Los Angeles, CA, US |
Anshe Slonim Synagogue July 15, 1993 New York, NY, US |
Pukkelpop Festival August 28, 1993 Hasselt, BE |
Tor 3 Dusseldorf, GE August 29, 1993 |
9:30 Club Washington, DC, US October 20, 1993 |
The Trocadero Philadelphia, PA, US October 21, 1993 |
The Fox Theatre Boulder, CO, US November 14, 1993 |
The Town Pump Vancouver, BC, US November 18, 1993 |
The RockCandy Seattle, WA, US November 19, 1993 |
The Cattle Club Sacramenton, CA, US November 23, 1993 |
The Cathouse Glasgow, UK December 10, 1993 |
The Waterfront Norwich, UK December 15, 1993 |
The Leadmill Sheffield, UK December 18, 1993 |
The Arena Amsterdam, NE February 18, 1994 |
Passage Du Nord-Ouest Paris, FR February 21, 1994 |
Schlathof Frankfurt, GE February 25, 1994 |
The Silverbowl Las Vegas, NV, US July 7, 1994 |
Sandstone Amphitheatre Bonner Springs, KS, US July 11, 1994 |
Marcus Amphitheatre Milwaukee, WI, US July 14, 1994 |
The World Music Theatre Tinley Park, IL, US July 16, 1994 |
Polaris Amphitheatre Columbus, OH, US July 19, 1994 |
Pine Knob Amphitheatre Clarkston, Detroit, MI, US July 23, 1994 |
Le Parc Des Iles Montreal, Que, CA July 27, 1994 |
Starlake Amphitheatre Pittsburgh, PA, US July 30, 1994 |
Saratoga Raceway Saratoga, NY, US August 2, 1994 |
Reading Festival Reading, UK August 26, 1994 |
Released June 1993 |
15-July-1993
- Anshe Slonim Synagogue - New York, NY, UUS
"The Synagogue had seen more glorious
days; the ceiling was badly in need of a new paint job and the mosaic stained-glass
windows lokked dark with accumulated soot. But Verve were practically born
to swim in the main hall's luxuriant echo-soup. Unfortunately tonight Verve
were playing for the know-it-alls; this was an invit- only affair for hacks,
flaks and guest-list regulars. Half the crowd drifted outside before the
set's end. More their loss. "Slide Away", "Already There" and "The Sun
The Sea" comprised a sumptuous, uplifting noise, a transportive throb-fest
that dispelled any lingering whiff of transatlantic shoegazer hype." -
MELODY MAKER
15-Dec-1993
- The Waterfront - Norwich, UK
"With Verve, it's always been about inspiration.
Never one's to set themselves shabbily realistic goals, they've always
gone after the big attainable ones - and it's that attitude that sets Richard
Ashcroft and co. high on a vertiginous perch from which they can either
tumble or soar." - THE EVENT
07-Jul-1994
- The Silverbowl - Las Vegas, NV, US
"….The Verve's hypnotic sound drifts out
over the barren landscape and after the
show I talk to some of the audience, one
of whom responds with Butt-head style
confusion, 'those guys were, like, wearing
cords?'" - LOADED
"The Verve are playing in what is essentially
a car park outside the main stadium, but are still mamaging to attract
and hold an impressively large crowd. 'Although I'm let down by the size
of the Second Stage and the actual importance that it's given, the feeling
of discovering a band in a small atmosphere stays with you for life. You
don't feel like the band's being forced upon you or sold like a burger,
you feel as if you've stumbled upon something and discovered it for yourself.'
- RICHARD in VOX magazine
11-Jul-1994
- Sandstone Amphitheatre - Bonner Springs,, KS, US
26-Aug-1994
- Reading Festival - Reading, UK
"Mad Richard stalks the stage like a preying
mantis high on Anandin when he might have
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Pete is arrested following the trashing
of a room in the West Inn Crown Centre Hotel, Kansas City. Apparently he
causes $450 worth of damage. The following day, Richard collapses from
dehydration after a mammoth bout of drinking.
"The Verve still strafed and bewitching
in spite of a terrible mix." - NME
had a speed/acid collision and really
learnt how to fly." - MELODY MAKER
