SPOTTED out on the town last night was THE VERVE singer Richard Ashcroft with RICK COOKE of press darlings BELL AND SEBASTIAN. This reporter can exclusively reveal that 'Cookie' will be laying down some tracks on the new THE VERVE album, due in your shops in Autumn. RICK (pictured above with DAVID BOWIE and SIR ALASTAIR BURNETT) also told me that his band are donning the make up sticks for their new glam rock direction. "We're planning on each releasing a solo LP this year with our new images on the cover. We feel we can succeed where FREHLEY, CRISS, SIMMONS and STANLEY failed." The night ended with a bang when LIAM GALLAGHER of OASIS and his new loudmouth sidekick CHRIS GEDDES of BELL AND SEBASTIAN gave their trademark two fingered salute, which brought the house down. Rumours of a spat with a photographer as they left are unconfirmed as we went to press. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+