ASH have announced that their ninth studio album Ad Astra will be released via Fierce Panda Records
on 3 October and have shared the lead single Give Me Back My World.
Containing eleven brand new tracks, including their raucous take on surprise single and Beetlejuice
staple Jump In The Line, Ad Astra sees Graham Coxon appear on two particularly sassy songs and catches the perennial power pop kings in especially rocket-fueled form.
Ad Astra follows hot on the heels of Race The Night – the band’s highest charting album for 20 years –
and is being released two years and one month later, which is no coincidence. Ever the band who live
for live music, Ash vowed that the fierce pandemic-induced five year chasm between 2018’s Islands and
Race The Night would never happen again.
Lead singer and guitarist Tim Wheeler comments on the new single Give Me Back My World: “If I told
you this song dates back to 2020, you’d hardly need a degree from the School of Marple, Holmes and
Poirot to figure out what it’s getting at. And although those sentiments may just be a memory from the
standpoint of 2025, the song’s heart still feels relevant. In a time of chaos, disruption and angst there’s still
a beautiful world out there and it’s worth fighting for”.
Continuing, he says: “Have you ever had one of those moments where you feel the rug has been pulled
from under you? Everything you took for granted goes up in smoke and you are no longer in control, and
you can only look back in hindsight at a life that is no longer yours? I think we’ve all had those moments,
and I think everyone can relate to this song. But, luckily for you it: a) rails against this loss of control and b)
is a total banger. So, fire it up and rage with us against the dying of the light”.
AD ASTRA TRACKLIST
Zarathustra
Which One Do You Want?
Fun People (feat Graham Coxon)
Give Me Back My World
Hallion
Deadly Love
My Favourite Ghost
Jump In The Line
Keep Dreaming
Dehumanised
Ghosting
Ad Astra (feat Graham Coxon)
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Live Dates:
AUGUST
Sat 02 ESSEX Audley End House (with Manic Street Preachers)
Thu 07 ARANDA DEL DUERO, SPAIN Sonorama Festival
Sat 09 BELFAST Custom House Square (with The Darkness)
Fri 22 PORTSMOUTH Victorious Festival
Sat 23 REDRUTH Live at Scorrier House (with Richard Ashcroft)
SEPTEMBER
Tue 09 LONDON Scala
Wed 10 LONDON Scala
Fri 26 VALENCIA, SPAIN Visor Festival
OCTOBER
Tue 14 FUKUOKA, JAPAN Zepp
Thu 16 OSAKA, JAPAN Zepp
Fri 17 NAGOYA, JAPAN Zepp
Mon 20 SENDAI, JAPAN Gigs
Tue 21 YOKOHAMA. JAPAN KT Zepp
NOVEMBER
Fri 14 MINEHEAD Shiiine On Weekender Festival
Sun 16 SWANSEA Sin City
Tue 18 NEWCASTLE Boiler Shop
Wed 19 MANCHESTER New Century Hall
Thu 20 GLASGOW SWG3 Galvanizers
Sat 22 BLACKPOOL Bootleg Social
Sun 23 SHEFFIELD The Foundry
Tue 25 OXFORD O2 Academy
DECEMBER
Fri 05 LISTOWELL Mike The Pies
Sat 06 DUNDALK Spirit Store
Sun 07 GALWAY Roisin Dubh
Tue 09 CORK Cyprus Avenue
Wed 10 LIMERICK Dolans Warehouse
Thu 11 DUBLIN The Academy
Sat 13 BELFAST Ulster Hall
FEBRUARY
Fri 06 TUNBRIDGE WELLS Forum
Sat 07 CAMBRIDGE Junction
Sun 08 MILTON KEYNES Craufurd Arms
Tue 10 EXETER Phoenix
Wed 11 BRISTOL The Trinity Centre
Fri 13 LIVERPOOL Grand Central Dome
Sat 14 STOKE ON TRENT Sugarmill
Sun 15 HULL The Welly
Tue 17 NORWICH Epic Studios
Thu 19 BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy