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- Glastonbury, Pyramid Stage (June 28th, 2002)
"Needless to say Ash's quickfire pop punk romp coaxes little response from the punters intent on chilling out rather leaping around."
- Ash play acoustic set in Boston comic store (June 26th, 2002)
"Frontman Tim Wheeler and guitarist Charlotte Hatherley performed a six-song acoustic set at Boston's famous independent record store, Newbury Comics while drummer Rick McMurray, bassist Mark Hamilton and a store full of fans looked on."
- Isle Of Wight Festival (June 3rd, 2002)
"The next song was introduced as 'a theme tune to a rather shit Ewan Mcgregor and Cameron Diaz movie', being of course "A Life Less Ordinary"."
- Columbia Fritz, Berlin (March 17th, 2002)
"The fact that everyone was suffering from a universal hangover from hell didn’t help. And yet, everything magically came right the second they stepped onto the stage, even if Mark did puke his guts up backstage before returning for the encore."
- Astoria, London (Feb 6th, 2002)
"Ash can be schizophrenic: on the one hand there's the band with simple melodies and orchestral samples that struggle to offend your Gran; then there's Ash spinning guitars on their heads and whipping the mosh-pit into an adolescent frenzy."
- Ash/Seafood, Brixton Academy, London (Dec 11th, 2001)
"Mark strides around the stage awkwardly wrestling with his bass like it's an escaped python."
- Apollo, UK (Dec 9th, 2001)
"Amazing & Wow and any other jagged words would be how I would sum up this gig, it was painfully beautiful!"
- Reading Festival, UK (Aug 24th, 2001)
"A general opinion of Ash is that they are a pop band, so many may turn there noses up, but just by seeing a little of an Ash gig totally disproves that theory."
- T in the Park, UK (July 8th, 2001)
"Ash really did prove themselves to be quality musicians, and dispelled any myths about them being just a pop band. Surprisingly good gig!"
- Castlegar Sportsgrounds, Galway, Ireland (June 1st, 2001)
"The first communal cheer of the day greeted Tim Wheeler's declaration that, "we’ve come a long way to be here. This week we’ve been in Havana, Paris, London, Madrid - but we love Galway!""
- University Mountford Hall, UK (May 2nd, 2001)
"Like many mid-nineties indie bands, Ash sound dated; sounding more like 1997 than '1977', it may be time for them to find a new musical direction."
- London Astoria (Jan 31st, 2000)
"It would be good if they put another live album out, like "Live at The Wireless". The 50 or so minute performance seemed to fly by."
- Olympia Theatre, Dublin (July 8th, 1998)
"More worrying still is the fact that of the new material, only 'I'm Gonna Fall' is in any way memorable, for the simple reason that it was the slowest, most reflective song of what was otherwise a one-paced evening."
- U2/Ash - Belfast to support the Yes Vote in the Belfast Agreement. (May 19th, 1998)
"The team from Ash was installed in Rockfield Studios in Wales on the Friday night, mixing the band's second album. But again, there was no hesitation when the request came through. They'd definitely play. And yes, U2 could have a lend of their gear for the night."
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