Manager John Kennedy tells ‘Billboard’ how Ashcroft got out of “one of the toughest deals in music history”Richard Ashcroft of The Verve.A manager of The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft has revealed how the songwriter managed to win back the rights to ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ from The Rolling Stones. Speaking to Billboard in an interv...

When Steve Kutner and John Kennedy took over managing Richard Ashcroft in early 2018, they knew one of the first things on their task list would be to look for a resolution to their client’s long-held grievance over ownership of the iconic song, the Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony."

The Rolling Stones have returned the songwriting credit for the Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony" back to Richard Ashcroft. The song, the first single from the band's 1997 album Urban Hymns, is at the the center of an infamous dispute over its credits. The track samples an orchestral arrangement of the Stones' 1965 song "The Last…

Miick Jagger and Keith Richards were previously credited as songwriters on the track and received all profits from the songThe Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Richard AshcroftThe Rolling Stones have given Richard Ashcroft the royalties and rights from ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ and have also had their writing credits removed. The Verve’s 199...

"I'm not that kind of guy," the frontman saidAshcroft says he "knows the truth" about the splitRichard Ashcroft has opened up about why he’s remained silent over The Verve‘s split. The iconic band split in 1999, following the departure of guitarist Nick McCabe. They later reformed from 2007-2009, including a headline set at G...