{"id":26886,"date":"2025-08-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26886"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:42:15","slug":"ash-instores-outstores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26886","title":{"rendered":"Ash &#8211; INSTORES &amp; OUTSTORES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">New LP AD ASTRA LP \/\/ 3 OCTOBER [featuring Graham Coxon]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UK &amp; IRELAND TOUR DATES \/\/ ON SALE NOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To coincide with the release of their forthcoming ninth studio album <em>Ad Astra<\/em> via Fierce Panda Records on 3 October, ASH have unveiled details of seven intimate Instore and Outstore shows. Tickets available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/ash-official.com\/pages\/shows\">https:\/\/ash-official.com\/pages\/shows<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-New-Credit-Andy-Willsher-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-New-Credit-Andy-Willsher-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-New-Credit-Andy-Willsher-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-New-Credit-Andy-Willsher-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-New-Credit-Andy-Willsher-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-New-Credit-Andy-Willsher-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-New-Credit-Andy-Willsher-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-New-Credit-Andy-Willsher-1140x814.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Containing eleven brand new tracks, including their raucous take on surprise single and <em>Beetlejuice<\/em> staple <em>Jump In The Line<\/em> and the most recent single <em>Give Me Back My World<\/em><\/strong>,<strong> the <em>Ad Astra <\/em>album sees Graham Coxon appear on two particularly sassy songs and catches the perennial power pop kings in typically rocket-fueled form.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INSTORES &amp; OUTSTORES \/\/ OCTOBER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Fri 03 <strong>BRIGHTON<\/strong> Resident Records (Instore)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sat 04 <strong>LONDON<\/strong> Rough Trade East Records (Instore)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sun 05 <strong>LEICESTER<\/strong> 2 Funky Caf\u00e9 (Truck Records Outstore)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Tue 07 <strong>NOTTINGHAM<\/strong> Rough Trade Records (Instore)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Wed 08 <strong>KINGSTON<\/strong> Circuit (Banquet Records Outstore)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Thu 09 <strong>LIVERPOOL<\/strong> Baltic Jacaranda Records (Instore)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Fri 10 <strong>EDINBURGH<\/strong> Liquid Rooms (Assai Records Outstore)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Ad Astra<\/em><\/strong><strong> follows hot on the heels of <em>Race The Night<\/em> \u2013 the band\u2019s highest charting album for 20 years \u2013 and is being released two years and one month later, which is no coincidence. Always a band that lives for live music, Ash vowed that the fierce pandemic-induced five-year chasm between 2018\u2019s <em>Islands<\/em> and 2023\u2019s <em>Race The Night<\/em> would never happen again.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pre-order <em>Ad Astra<\/em> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.createsend1.com\/t\/j-i-whlulhk-l-t\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ash - Jump in the Line (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yjvOJ6Co53k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By focusing on the endless horizon of galaxies far, far away and staring into an endless black hole Ash have somehow ended up creating a cohesive whole. There is classic Ash power-pop rocking action with the blistering purity of <em>Hallion<\/em>, the crunchy chuggings of <em>Keep Dreaming<\/em> and the furious sonic lunges of <em>Dehumanised<\/em>. But equally you can\u2019t fail to succumb to the glorious swooping jangles on <em>Which One Do You Want?<\/em> \u2013 a whirl from Marr\u2019s canon for sure; <em>My Favourite Ghost<\/em> and its acoustic elegance, floating on strings of desire; and <em>Fun People<\/em> (feat Graham Coxon) is quite simply one of the maddest, punchiest songs they have ever recorded.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As if creating this lovingly optimistic opus wasn\u2019t enough to be getting on with, they\u2019ve kept themselves busy elsewhere. Since <em>Race The Night<\/em> came out, they\u2019ve run riot at SXSW in Austin, played Belfast for Steve Lamacq during Independent Venue Week, headlined the 100 Club in London for BRITS week and toured Australia. Already this year, they\u2019ve amassed the masses at Glastonbury for the eighth time \u2013 equaling the multi performance record of Van Morrison \u2013 and toured the UK with The Darkness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In short, three decades into a career peppered with timeless indie-punk nuggets and wildly inventive gigging and releasing concepts, the trio shows no sign of slowing down. To infinity and beyond indeed. Or as Rick McMurray gently muses \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>The title Ad Astra, the worst kept secret of the last month, points to ideas that became a big identifier back in 1995, but they\u2019re updated with 30 years life experience. I\u2019ll leave you to compare the differences, and with the thought that while the optimistic innocence of 1995 might have been tempered by those 30 years, if you look to the stars, you might still feel a glimmer. Of hope.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And for those of you wondering, <em>Ad Astra<\/em> is Latin for \u201cto the stars\u201d, the words that came out of a teenaged Tim Wheeler\u2019s mouth in the summer of 1995, setting up the classic chorus to the band\u2019s first Top 20 hit <em>Girl From Mars<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-Tour-Poster-1-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-Tour-Poster-1-2-1024x527.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-Tour-Poster-1-2-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-Tour-Poster-1-2-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-Tour-Poster-1-2-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ash-Tour-Poster-1-2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To celebrate the album release of <em>Ad Astra<\/em>, Ash embark on a huge touring schedule from this autumn into the early part of next year as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SEPTEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Tue 09 <strong>LONDON<\/strong> Scala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Wed 10 <strong>LONDON<\/strong> Scala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Fri 26 <strong>VALENCIA, SPAIN<\/strong> Visor Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OCTOBER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Tue 14 <strong>FUKUOKA, JAPAN<\/strong> Zepp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Thu 16 <strong>OSAKA, JAPAN<\/strong> Zepp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Fri 17 <strong>NAGOYA, JAPAN<\/strong> Zepp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Mon 20 <strong>SENDAI, JAPAN<\/strong> Gigs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Tue 21 <strong>YOKOHAMA. JAPAN<\/strong> KT Zepp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOVEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Fri 14 <strong>MINEHEAD<\/strong> Shiiine On Weekender Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sun 16 <strong>SWANSEA<\/strong> Sin City<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Tue 18 <strong>NEWCASTLE<\/strong> Boiler Shop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Wed 19 <strong>MANCHESTER<\/strong> New Century Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Thu 20 <strong>GLASGOW<\/strong> SWG3 Galvanizers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sat 22 <strong>BLACKPOOL<\/strong> Bootleg Social<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sun 23 <strong>SHEFFIELD<\/strong> The Foundry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Tue 25 <strong>OXFORD<\/strong> O2 Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DECEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Fri 05 <strong>LISTOWELL<\/strong> Mike The Pies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sat 06 <strong>DUNDALK<\/strong> Spirit Store<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sun 07 <strong>GALWAY<\/strong> Roisin Dubh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Tue 09 <strong>CORK<\/strong> Cyprus Avenue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Wed 10 <strong>LIMERICK<\/strong> Dolans Warehouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Thu 11 <strong>DUBLIN<\/strong> The Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sat 13 <strong>BELFAST<\/strong> Ulster Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FEBRUARY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Fri 06 <strong>TUNBRIDGE WELLS<\/strong> Forum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sat 07 <strong>CAMBRIDGE<\/strong> Junction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sun 08 <strong>MILTON KEYNES<\/strong> Craufurd Arms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Tue 10 <strong>EXETER<\/strong> Phoenix<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Wed 11 <strong>BRISTOL<\/strong> The Trinity Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Fri 13 <strong>LIVERPOOL<\/strong> Grand Central Dome<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sat 14 <strong>STOKE ON TRENT<\/strong> Sugarmill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sun 15 <strong>HULL<\/strong> The Welly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Tue 17 <strong>NORWICH<\/strong> Epic Studios<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Thu 19 <strong>BIRMINGHAM<\/strong> O2 Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tickets: <a href=\"https:\/\/ash-official.com\/pages\/shows\">https:\/\/ash-official.com\/pages\/shows<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WEBSITE: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/ash-official.com\">https:\/\/ash-official.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FACEBOOK:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ash\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ash<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INSTAGRAM<\/strong>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ash_1977\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ash_1977\/<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIKTOK:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@AshOfficial1977\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@AshOfficial1977<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>X:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ashofficial\">https:\/\/x.com\/ashofficial<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>YOU TUBE:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AshOfficial\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AshOfficial<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New LP AD ASTRA LP \/\/ 3 OCTOBER [featuring Graham Coxon] UK &amp; IRELAND TOUR DATES \/\/ ON SALE NOW To coincide with the release of their forthcoming ninth studio album Ad Astra via Fierce Panda Records on 3 October, ASH have unveiled details of seven intimate Instore and Outstore shows. 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