ASH share video for 'Ad Astra' (feat. Graham Coxon) | New album 'Ad Astra' out now via Fierce Panda | UK / Ireland headline tour on sale
- Desh Kapur
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
Ash are today sharing a video for their new album's title track 'Ad Astra' (feat. Graham Coxon). Drummer Rick McMurray comments on the song:
"Although this song was in many ways the final piece of this album's puzzle, it also spawned the space in which the rest of the album lives, the dark matter that binds the Ad Astra universe together. Enjoy the ride through inner, outer and liminal space."
On new album 'Ad Astra' there is absolutely classic Ash power-pop-rocking action with the blistering purity of ‘Hallion’, the crunchy chuggings of ‘Keep Dreaming’, the furious sonic lunges of ‘Dehumansied’. But you can’t fail to succumb to the glorious swooping jangles on ‘Which One Do You Want?’ - a whirl from Marr’s canon, for sure; ‘My Favourite Ghost’ is all acoustic elegance, floating on strings of desire; and ‘Fun People’ (feat Graham Coxon) is quite simply one of the maddest, punchiest songs they have ever recorded.
As if creating this lovingly optimistic opus wasn’t enough to be cracking on with, they’ve kept themselves busy elsewhere. Since [2023 album] ‘Race The Night’ raced out they’ve run riot at SXSW in Austin, played Belfast for Steve Lamacq at Independent Venue Week, toured Down Under, headlined the 100 Club for BRITs Week, and played a rammed Other Stage tent at Latitude.
Already in 2025 they’ve amassed the masses at Glastonbury for the eighth time - equalling the multi-performance record of Van Morrison - and toured the UK with The Darkness. In short, three decades into a career peppered with timeless indie-punk nuggets and wildly inventive gigging and releasing concepts, the thunderous threesome show no sign of slowing down. To infinity and beyond indeed.
Ash - Upcoming instore performances
3rd Oct - Resident, Brighton, UK - SOLD OUT
4th Oct - Rough Trade East, London, UK - SOLD OUT
5th Oct - 2FunkyCafe (Truck Outstore), Leicester, UK - SOLD OUT
7th Oct - Rough Trade, Nottingham, UK - SOLD OUT
8th Oct - Circuit (Banquet Outstore), Kingston, UK - SOLD OUT
9th Oct - Baltic Jacaranda, Liverpool, UK
10th Oct - Liquid Rooms (Assai Outstore), Edinburgh, UK
Ash - Upcoming live dates 2025
14th October - Zepp, Fukuoka, Japan
16th October - Zepp, Osaka, Japan
17th October - Zepp, Nagoya, Japan
20th October - Gigs, Sendai, Japan
21st October - KT Zepp, Yokohama, Japan
14th November - Shiiine On Weekender, Minehead, UK
15th November - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, UK - SOLD OUT
16th November - Sin City, Swansea, UK
18th November - Boiler Shop, Newcastle, UK
19th November - New Century Hall, Manchester, UK
20th November - SWG3 Galvanizers, Glasgow, UK
22nd November - Bootleg Social, Blackpool, UK - SOLD OUT
23rd November - The Foundry, Sheffield, UK - FINAL TICKETS
25th November - O2 Academy, Oxford, UK - FINAL TICKETS
5th December - Mike The Pies, Listowel, Ireland - SOLD OUT
6th December - Spirit Store, Dundalk, Ireland - SOLD OUT
7th December - Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland - SOLD OUT
9th December - Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Ireland
10th December - Dolans Warehouse, Limerick, Ireland - SOLD OUT
11th December - The Academy, Dublin, Ireland - SOLD OUT
13th December - Ulster Hall, Belfast, UK
Ash - Upcoming live dates 2026
6th February - The Forum, Tunbridge Wells, UK - SOLD OUT
7th February - Junction, Cambridge, UK - SOLD OUT
8th February - The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes, UK - SOLD OUT
10th February - Phoenix, Exeter, UK - SOLD OUT
11th February - The Trinity Centre, Bristol, UK - FINAL TICKETS
13th February - Grand Central Dome, Liverpool, UK
14th February - The Sugarmill, Stoke-On-Trent, UK - FINAL TICKETS
15th February - The Welly, Hull, UK
17th February - Epic Studios, Norwich, UK
18th February - Chinnerys, Southend, UK - SOLD OUT
19th February - O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK - SOLD OUT
Ash - Ad Astra album tracklisting
1. Zarathustra
2. Which One Do You Want?
3. Fun People (feat. Graham Coxon)
4. Give Me Back My World
5. Hallion
6. Deadly Love
7. My Favourite Ghost
8. Jump In The Line
9. Keep Dreaming
10. Dehumanised
11. Ghosting
12. Ad Astra (feat, Graham Coxon)
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