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Richard Ashcroft
Richard Ashcroft


Background information
Birth name Richard Paul Ashcroft
Born September 11, 1971
Born place Billinge, Lancashire, England
Origin Wigan, Lancashire, England
Genre(s) Alternative Rock
Britpop
Space Rock
Neo-psychedelia
Years active 1990—present
Label(s) Virgin Records
Parlophone Records
Hut Records
Associated acts Coldplay
RPA & The United Nations of Sound
The Verve
UNKLE
DJ Shadow
The Chemical Brothers
Pino Palladino
Website Website



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You Me At Six, Opeth, Duff McKagan Join Download Line Up

March 24, 2009
You Me At Six, Opeth, Duff McKagan Join Download Line UpYou Me At Six and former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan's Loaded have joined this year's Download festival line up.

Other additions to the festival include Opeth, Meshuggah and Dir En Grey.

Steadlur, Lawnmower Death and Five Finger Death Punch will also perform at the event, which takes place in Donington Park on the weekend of June 12th-14th.

As previously reported, Download will be headlined by Slipknot, Def Leppard and Faith No More.

The festival will mark Faith No More's first live show in eleven years. The band, fronted by Mike Patton, split in 1998.

(by Jason Gregory)



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