"We're as busy as ever at the moment, we just finished the run of in-stores we told you about, all of which went really well. It was fantastic to see so many of you again and the live performances and signings were among the best we've done! Thanks to all of you who took the time to come along and bought copies of Polaris!

ASH's new and "last" album is released next Monday, July 2nd and you can pre-order it on iTunes. iTunes orders include the exclusive album track 'New Tattoo'.

You can listen now to the whole of the fantastic new ASH album 'Twilight of the Innocents' right now on at www.nme.com. Click on Media Player on the right hand side, a new window will open and you either need to register or log in, and click 'next' as TOTI is now on the second page.

ASH will be on 4Music presents tonight. The band will be showcasing songs from their brilliant forthcoming and final album 'Twilight of the Innocents', out on Monday (2nd July).

4Music will feature an interview and storming five song set, including current single 'Polaris' (OUT NOW!), previous single YCHIA, future single 'End of the World', title track 'Twilight of the Innocents' and one other... you'll have to tune in to see.

4Music, UK Channel 4 (104) Thursday 28th June / Friday 29th June 2007, 00:10 to 00:45 (35 minutes long).

Mark revealed back in May that legendary lost track 'Singapore Song' would soon be set for an iTunes exclusive release. Mark has now confirmed that the release of the song has been held up again and will not be appearing as an iTunes 'Twilight of the Innocents' pre-order exclusive under the title 'New Tattoo'.

'New Tattoo' is a completely new track, only available, along with a two part documentary, via iTunes when you pre-order the new ASH album 'Twilight of the Innocents' - released this coming Monday (2nd July). 'New Tattoo' was one of the 27 songs originally demoed before the recording of 'Twilight of the Innocents'.

ASH's new and "last" album is released next Monday, July 2nd and you can pre-order it on iTunes. iTunes orders include the exclusive album track 'New Tattoo'.

ASH are also playing an exclusive iTunes show at the London ICA on Sunday July 8th. Get to www.ash-official.com straight away to find out how you can win tickets - first come, first serve! If you need any help answering the question look in the TOTI section (4th Jan '07).

ASH are set to go down under and play at Splendour in the Grass, Bryon Bay in Australia on Saturday 4th August.

You can listen now to the whole of the fantastic new ASH album 'Twilight of the Innocents' a whole week before it's released next Monday (2nd July) at www.nme.com.

Click on the Media Player button on the right hand side of the home page, a new window will open and you either need to register or log in, and then TOTI is the sixth link down the left hand side. Two links above is an interview with Tim and 30 second clips of the tracks.

Following the release of singles YCHIA and 'Polaris' ASH's new and final album 'Twilight of the Innocents' will be released on Monday, 2nd July, on CD, 12" vinyl and download.

To celebrate the much anticipated release, ASH will playing a run of four nights at the London KOKO, from Tuesday to Friday next week. A few tickets are still available.

On the left is the album artwork and below is the Twilight Of The Innocents tracklisting:

Single 'Polaris' has today entered the UK top 40 singles chart at number 32. The position may seem a little disappointing following YCHIA top 20 positioning at no. 16 back in April, but charts earlier in the week indicated that with physical sales alone (CD and Vinyl) ASH were in the top 10 of all artists. While the single lay at no.28 with overall sales.

Album 'Twilight of the Innocents' will be out in just one weeks time, Monday 2nd July, followed by third single proper 'End of the World' currently set for release on Monday 27th August.

ASH will be on 4Music presents next Friday 29th June. The band will be showcasing songs from their brilliant forthcoming and final album 'Twilight of the Innocents', out on Monday 2nd July.

4Music will feature a storming five song set, including current single 'Polaris' (OUT NOW!), previous single YCHIA, future single 'End of the World', title track 'Twilight of the Innocents' and one other... you'll have to tune in to see.

4Music, UK Channel 4 (104) Friday 29th June 2007, 00:10 to 00:45 (35 minutes long).

ASH released 'Polaris', the second single to be lifted from the forthcoming album 'Twilight of the Innocents', on Monday on CD, two limited edition 7" vinyls, all with exclusive b-sides, and iTunes exclusive remixes, live, demo and acoustic downloads.

There will be two different Polaris EPs available from and iTunes and check out ASH's Myspace where there's an exclusive remix and you can order 'Polaris' from outside the UK. (ie. if you don't have a UK iTune Account)

ASH will be launching their new album Twilight of the Innocents by playing at the Oxford Street Virgin Megastore, London 6:00pm on the day of release. Monday 2nd July will see the band play a special live performance and sign copies of the album for lucky wristband holders.

This is a wristband only event. You can purchase the album and get your wristband, which is available on a first come first served basis to personal callers only, from Monday 2nd July at the Oxford St Virgin Megastore. 2 wristbands per person.

At the Manchester instore last night, Rick stepped out from his kingdom of shadow replacing his drums with an acoustic guitar, and joining Tim and Mark in an all new ASH acoustic line up, playing current single 'Polaris', future single 'End of the World', YCHIA, GFM and BBB. Rick was also mic'ed but didnt provide any backing vocals.

After the gig Rick gave an exclusive two word review of his performance to ashtabs, "I sucked!". He actually didn't. Hooray.

ASH release 'Polaris', the second single to be lifted from new album 'Twilight of the Innocents', today on CD, two limited edition 7" vinyls and iTunes exclusive remixes, live, demo and acoustic downloads. Each physical format is accompanied by an exclusive b-side 'Come On Over' (CD), 'Chinese New Year' (Vinyl 1) and 'Kingdom of Shadow' (Vinyl 2). All three physical formats can be purchased for £3 from trinitystreetdirect.com.

There will also be two Polaris EPs available on 7 digital and iTunes.

ASH release 'Polaris', the second single to be lifted from new album 'Twilight of the Innocents', tomorrow on CD, two limited edition 7" vinyls and iTunes exclusive remixes, live, demo and acoustic downloads. Each physical format is accompanied by an exclusive b-side 'Come On Over' (CD), 'Chinese New Year' (Vinyl 1) and 'Kingdom of Shadow' (Vinyl 2). All three physical formats can be purchased for £3 and pre-ordered from trinitystreetdirect.com.

There will also be a Polaris EP available on 7 digital.

ASH will be supporting Sportfreunde Stiller this September and October on their German arena tour. Five dates have been announced.

If you want to hear a live version future single and world beater 'End of the World' go and register at www.ashfiles.com. Once registered get in the '2006-2007 - Twilight Of The Innocents Era Bootlegs' section where you can download the whole of the Temple Bar set from 4th June including 'End of the World', 'Twilight of the Innocents', 'Ritual', 'Polaris' (out Monday!), YCHIA, ISAF and loads of the classics!

As previously advertised ASH are running a competition for one lucky person and a friend to travel to the ASH studio in NY and have a holiday of a life time. It's a little over due but you can now find out all the details and enter at www.ash-official.com.

ASH will be on Dermot O'Leary's Radio 2 this Saturday (16th June) between 4:30pm - 6:30pm. Further details to follow.

'Polaris' (out on Monday) Marlborough instore 20th June rules: You have to pre order the album 'Twilight of the Innocents' (out 2nd July), either pop in or buy it over the phone (01672 511106). You then get a golden 'ticket' or flyer which allows entry + 1 (ie two people). It’s restricted to 180ppl (or 90 tickets) and its a half hour set, and vocal pa. Doors strict 6pm.

Mark has confirmed that once ASH finish releasing singles from final album 'Twilight of the Innocents' (out 2nd July) physical formats of future singles will continue and vinyl will live on. "Vinyl will be happening and yes as a collectiable series".

"This was released to the press today regarding future Ash releases. We'll be discussing this in more detail soon. But to avoid confusion, this does not signal the end of physical releases. Things are just gonna be different and we're gonna have a lot of fun with formats and you the fans will get more content a lot quicker... it also does not state anywhere that we're going independant." - Mark

Following the release of 'Polaris' on Monday (18th June) and album 'Twilight of the Innocents' on Monday 2nd July, 'End of the World' looks set to third single proper to the lifted from what will be ASH's final album. The single is currently set for release on Monday 27th August, after ASH's NME stage headline slots at the Reading and Leeds festivals.

ASH and Glasgow newcomer’s The Twilight Sad will support Snow Patrol at the O2 Arena, London, on the 28th June.

ASH will be supporting Snow Patrol at their show at Ward Park, Bangor, Northern Ireland on Saturday September 1st. We Are Scientists have also been confirmed for the date. Tickets go on sale this Friday (15th June) at 9am, further details. ASH and Snow Patrol first played together when the Patrol support ASH on the Free All Angels tour April/May 2001.

To promote the release of new single 'Polaris' out on Monday (18th June) ASH will be playing live and signing copies of the new single at the following stores. 'Polaris' will be available on CD, two 7" vinyls and iTunes exclusive remixes, live, demo and acoustic downloads. All three physical formats can be purchased for £3 and pre-ordered from trinitystreetdirect.com.

Go to XFM Manchester (scroll half way down the page and click on the link) to watch a video interview, where ASH talk to XFM at the Isle of Wight festival last weekend, about being back at a major festival for the first time since Glasto in 2005 and playing on the Rolling Stones stage "the biggest stage our guitar tech has ever seen" - Mark.

You can also see ASH's performance of 'Girl from Mars' from the Isle of Wight on You Tube, taken from yesterday's Channel 4 highlights. Yep the second verse has been edited out.

ASH release 'Polaris', the second single to be lifted from new album 'Twilight of the Innocents', next Monday (18th June) on CD, two limited edition 7" vinyls and iTunes exclusive remixes, live, demo and acoustic downloads. Each physical format is accompanied by an exclusive b-side 'Come On Over' (CD), 'Chinese New Year' (Vinyl 1) and 'Kingdom of Shadow' (Vinyl 2). All three physical formats can be purchased for £3 and pre-ordered from trinitystreetdirect.com.

Album 'Twilight of the Innocents' is set for follow in three weeks time on Monday 2nd July and ASH will be celebrating by playing four shows at the London Koko from Tuesday 3rd to Friday 6th July. Most nights are now sold out but a small amount of tickets are still available.

ASH will be playing live and signing copies of new single 'Polaris' in Manchester and Belfast HMV stores the week of release:

Monday 18th June - 5.00pm - HMV Manchester 90
Thursday 21st June - 6.00pm - HMV Belfast Donegall

Playing at last night's Isle of Wight festival Tim started rumours that album 'Twilight of the Innocents' (out 2nd July) could be the band's last, by introducing set closer the song 'Twilight of the Innocents' saying "This is the last song from our final album." ASH are yet to comment further.

ASH will be Channel 4's T4 tomorrow when they show highlights of the Isle of Wight festval, where ASH are performing tonight. ASH have also been announced as support to Kaiser Chiefs and the Fratellis at Marlay Park, Dublin on Sunday 26th August.

There's a new interview with Tim up at www.ash-official.com, where he talks about the touring the band have been doing, Mark's antics, how the build up to the release of 'Polaris' (out Monday 18th) is going and what the band will be doing the week of the single release (instores and radio sessions) and the the album 'Twilight of the Innocents' (2nd July).

ASH are pleased to announce that their brand new single 'Polaris' will be released on June 18th in three phyical formats. Pre-order all 3 formats and have them delivered to your doorstep for only £3 - HERE!

ASH will also have exclusive remixes, live, demo and acoustic versions of 'Polaris' avaliable from iTunes. More details on those to come!

The physical formats are:

Last night Tim confirmed that 'Polaris' b-side 'Kingdom of Shadow' was one the 27 original 'Twilight of the Innocents' demos. The track was penned by drummer Rick McMurray and was originally titled 'A Little High'. You don’t have to wait look to here the song as 'Polaris' is released on CD and two 7" vinyls in two weeks, Monday 18th June. 'Kingdom of Shadow' features on vinyl no.2.

ASH will be in London this Friday night (June 8th) to play a 'secret' show at the Year Zero Club as a warm up to this weekends Isle Of Wight Festival. Tickets are avaliable on the door at the rather excellent value of £8. Guaranteed entry list available to MySpace friends at www.myspace.com/yearzeroclub. For further details and the address of the club check out www.ash-official.com.

If you want to heard 'Polaris' b-side 'Chinese New Year' before the single is released on Monday 18th June, go and register at www.ashfiles.com. Once registered you can download a live acoustic version of the track recorded at Life Cafe in Liverpool, back in January 2001, from the '2000 - 2002 Free All Angels Era Bootlegs Section'. Tim announced that night that that would be the last ever performance of the song.

Before ASH started to record the album 'Twilight of the Innocents' they demoed 27 different songs. Below are the titles of each of these demos and what has happened to each of the... Whether they made the album, have been released as a b-side and had a name change.

Before ASH head home to Ireland next week for tour dates in Dublin, Derry and Belfast, don't forget to check out the Myspace of the brilliant support band The Black Tokens!

While forthcoming single 'Polaris' (out June 18th) is still available to listen to at ASH's Myspace and the video is up right now at www.ash-official.com.

The artwork for forthcoming ASH single 'Polaris' has been confirmed, and features a still from the video, which you can watch right now at www.ash-official.com. The single will be released on Monday 18th June on CD and two limited edition 7" vinyls, each with their own exclusive b-side. The album 'Twlight of the Innocents' will then follow two weeks later on Monday 2nd July.

ASH have confirmed a series of new live shows this summer. Don't get too excited as this isn't a major tour yet, though some interesting looking festivals. ASH have some announced the support for their four KOKO shows this July. The shows are the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th of July to celebrate the release on 'Twilight of the Innocents' on the Monday (2nd July).

The video for brilliant new single 'Polaris', out on Monday 18th June, is viewable at www.ash-official.com. The video is directed by close friend of the band Jeff Thomas (BBB, Orpheus, YCHIA videos). The single will be released one 2 track CD and two 2 track vinyls each accompanied by an exclusive b-side.

The b-sides are as follows: 'Come On Over' (CD), 'Chinese New Year' (Vinyl 1) and 'Kingdom of Shadow' (Vinyl 2).

Check out a review of the cover of forthcoming album 'Twilight of the Innocents', out Monday 2nd July, by Andrew Kelsall at sqwink.com. Find out what is the meaning?

The radio promotion of 'Polaris' (out Monday 18th June) is continuing with two different radio versions being circulated: 'Polaris' (Radio Edit) 4:04 and 'Polaris' (Short Radio Edit) 3:46.

ASH have been announced as the headliners of the Rip Curl Boardmasters 07 festival, which will take place on 10th August in Newquay, Cornwall. Other acts confirmed for the festival include Paolo Nutini, Guillemots and more.

There is a new interview with Rick McMurray up at ASH-Official, where he talks about amongst other things, what the band are up to at the moment, the German tour and the next single 'Polaris'... "It's probably the most piano-driven thing we've done. I'd hesitate to call it a ballad, cos I think it's a bit more upbeat than that, but it's very anthemic, with lush, orchestral strings. It's a great song."

With different release dates for next single 'Polaris' being branded around the internet (4th June on BBC Radio 2 website and 25th June on Wikipedia) ASH have confirmed that the release date is currently set to be Monday 18th June.

The album 'Twilight of the Innocents' will be released two weeks later on Monday 2nd July followed by a four night stand at the Koko, London. These release dates are not set in stone and maybe subject to change.

Mark has revealed that after finishing their German tour dates earlier this week, ASH will be heading back to New York next week to finish off four b-sides. They've already mixed the demo and acoustic / strings versions for itunes exclusives and there's potentially a big name remix happening.

The release formats will probably be similar to YCHIA, which was three different physical formats each with one exclusive b-side, one CD and two 7" vinyls, and also demo, acoustic and remix versions available via itunes.

Before rushing over to party at Trinity Ball, ASH are in Dublin today to perform YCHIA on The Late Late Show.

The transmission time is 9.30pm (GMT) Friday, May 11th on RTÉ 1.

Despite not being out for more than another month (currently 18th June), next single 'Polaris' has already made it onto the BBC Radio 2 B list already. Hopefully it'll soon be on the A list and on the Radio 1 playlist soon too.

Next single 'Polaris' has made it onto the XFM upfront playlist already, and should hopefully make it onto the full playlist soon. It is currently set for release on Monday 18th June, two weeks before album 'Twilight of the Innocents'.

ASH only just dropped out of the UK top 40 singles chart with 'You Can't Have It All' last Sunday (29th April), but did remain in the UK top 75 charting at number 44. YCHIA had entered the charts the previous week at number 16. May the fourth be with you.

As previously announced ASH have confirmed three Irish tour dates on 4th, 5th and 6th June in Dublin, Londonderry/Derry and Belfast. Tickets for these gigs are available from www.ticketmaster.ie, details of alternative sellers are also up at ASH-Official.

Support for these dates will come from the brilliant Black Tokens, check out their Myspace now!

Jo Whiley gave next single 'Polaris' it's first spin on her Radio 1 show first morning. If you missed it you can listen again now online. 'Polaris' was played just after 11:50 so you'll have to go forward about 1 hour and 52 mins into the show.

Incase you missed it there's a downloadable Podcast interview on the Guardian Unlimited website. There is also a direct link to the MP3.

Jo Whiley will give next single 'Polaris' it's first play on her Radio 1 show tomorrow (10am - 12:45pm), Monday 30th April. 'Polaris' is set to be released at the end of June before the release of album 'Twilight of the Innocents' on July 2nd. Check out an interview with Mark at ASH-Official were he talks about the video for 'Polaris'.

ASH have confirmed the following Irish tour dates for this June:

  04.06.07 - Temple Music Centre, Dublin, Ireland
  05.06.07 - The Nerve Centre, Londonderry/Derry, N.Ireland
  06.06.07 - Spring & Airbrake, Belfast, N.Ireland

ASH are excited to announce they'll be back in Ireland on May 26th for the amazing Red Bull X Fighters event at Slane Castle.

"The Red Bull X-Fighters and four bands will rock Slane Castle on 26th May, 2007! Live spectators can look forward to a high octane evening of entertainment combining freestyle motocross with very special music guests including ASH, The Blizzards, Director and Afro Celt Sound System in a specially created Celtic setting. ASH’s Tim Wheeler said, 'we are really excited about playing at the Red Bull X-Fighters Slane Castle. The roar of the engines and the crowd will help create an electric atmosphere'."

Last week 'You Can't Have It All' sold 7,500 copies to send ASH back into the UK top 20 at number 16 and to the number 2 spot in Northern Ireland! The single provided the band with their biggest hit single in the UK since 'Orpheus' peaked at number 13 in May 2004 and their 12th UK top 20 smash.

ASH have stormed back into UK single charts after a three year absence with 'You Can't Have It All' charting at number 16! Which is brilliant, hopefully this will mean be good things are to come for the forthcoming singles off 'Twilight of the Innocents' and of course the album itself (out 2nd July!).

Well done everyone who went out and brought or downloaded the single, the band send their love! x

The official Wednesday mid-week chart position of new single 'You Can't Have It All' was number 13. Hopefully we can keep it in the top 20 by the end of the week. ASH would like to say thanks to everyone who's helped by paying their hard earned cash for it and to everyone who's come out to the instores.

YCHIA is available on two limited edition 7" vinyls, CD and download. All three physical formats are available for £3!

There is also exclusive demo and acoustic versions of the track can be downloaded from iTunes and also an exclusive remix by Hugo Nicolson available from ASH's 7 Digital Store for only 89p! Full release and b-side details.

Listen to Rory McConnell's show on Radio One online to hear tracks from last weeks Stiff Kitten show in Belfast! Songs broadcast are: Orpheus, Girl From Mars, Burn Baby Burn, Angel Interceptor and You Can't Have it All. You can also watch the video webstream of the show on the ATL website!

Check out the new interview with Mark at ASH-Official. He talks about the hopes for new single 'You Can't Have It All' (OUT NOW), it's mid week charting at number 12 and the filming of the video for next single 'Polaris', set for release at the end of June before album 'Twilight of the Innocents'.

Ash will be hanging out at Gigwise tomorrow afternoon (Wed, April 18th) to take part in a webchat. Login at www.gigwise.com/chat tomorrow afternoon at midday and hit them with your worst! (12pm GMT)

After the first day of sales new single 'You Can't Have It All' is lying at number 14 in the UK charts. So get out buy or download it, especially if you're going to any of the signings or instores this week. Don't forget there is also an exclusive remix by Hugo Nicolson available from our 7 Digital Store for only 89p!

ASH have also now announced that they will be appearing as part of the The Camden Crawl this Thursday (April 19) in London.

ASH played a eight song set list in yesterday's Belfast Virgin Megastore instore and signing, so it's well worth heading down to see them at the Arndale Centre, Manchester Virgin Megastore instore this evening (5:30pm) if you got yourself a wristband yesterday or heading down today to see if there's any left...

Belfast instore setlist: Burn Baby Burn, Orpheus, You Can't Have It All, A Life Less Ordinary, Kung Fu, Polaris, Girl From Mars, Twilight of the Innocents (In Hell)

ASH release their brilliant new single 'You Can't Have It All' today on two limited edition 7" vinyls, CD and download. Exclusive demo and acoustic versions of the track can be downloaded from iTunes. There is also an exclusive remix by Hugo Nicolson available from ASH's 7 Digital Store for only 89p! Full release and b-side details.

Don't forget the following ASH instores and signings this week, starting in Belfast today, get there early and buy the single!

Listen in to ATL from 7:30 - 10pm (GMT) tonight (April 16th) to hear Rigsy's show. He'll be airing highlights of last Friday's ASH gig at the Stiff Kitten to celebrate ATL's 21st birthday. More of the gig will also be broadcast on the 19th of April, between 7.30 - 9pm into Rory McConnell's show on Radio One, Northern Ireland.

Also as promised before there'll be more Irish dates announced soon.

Catch ASH on the following TV and Radio shows promoting new single 'You Can't Have It All' (out Monday!) from this weekend.

Tune in to Channel 4's Pop World tomorrow morning to ASH in the studio performing new single 'You Can't Have It All' totally live. Broadcast times are as follows: Saturday 14th April - Channel 4, 10.35am. Sunday 15th April - Channel 4, 8.55am; E4, 2.10pm; E4+1 3.10pm.

After previous misinformation they'll also be showing the Pop World Interview next week on April 21st.

You can now watch all of the ASH videos in the 'ASH Player', going right back to 1994, at ASH-Official.

There is also a new interview with Mark on the BBC News site.

Colin Murray mentioned last night that he plans to air new ASH track 'End of the World' taken from forthcoming album 'Twilight of the Innocents' this Monday (April 16th) on his Radio 1 show. The song starts off with a mix of samples including fire engine sirens and a Japanese girl screaming "RIIIIIIIIIIIICK" from their first ever gig in Tokyo, just like the demo which used to be available via Mystery Recordings.

As well as the two 7" vinyls and two track CD physical releases of new single 'You Can't Have It All' being officially released on Monday, the demo version and an acoustic version of the new single are exclusively available through iTunes. The two alternative versions are already being downloaded in numbers entering YCHIA into the download charts: Ireland iTunes Pop 100 12/04/07: #43 and UK iTunes Pop 100 12/04/07: #63

The session ASH recorded for Colin Murray's Radio 1 show in BBC Maida Vale studios a few weeks ago (March 27th) will be broadcast on his show tonight. The band performanced new single 'You Can't Have It All' (out Monday), title track of the new album 'Twilight of the Innocents' (In Hell) and at Colin's request old fav 'Girl from Mars'.

The tracks will be broadcast along with an interview tonight, listen in to hear all the banter from 10pm (GMT, April 12th). Listen to Radio 1 online.

After the previously announced Virgin Megastore Instores ASH are continuing to push the new single 'You Can't Have It All' with two HMV events. The first is a Signing ONLY Session at HMV Brighton (Churchill) on April 19th (12:30pm). And the second is full Instore live performance & Signing at HMV Brimingham (High St.) on April 20th (5:30pm).

Further details of the HMV events can be found at ASH-Official. As well as details of ASH's return to Belfast on Friday 13th for the ATL 21st Birthday gig.

Well after teasing everyone for the past few months playing the Hangman game ASH are glad to finally announce the title for the new album! (Drum roll...) TWILIGHT OF THE INNOCENTS.

The album will be released on Monday 2nd of July just before ASH's run of KOKO shows in London. There has also been a fourth KOKO date added on Friday 6th July.

On the left is the album artwork and official press release photos. Below is the Twilight Of The Innocents tracklisting:

ASH have recommended to everyone who wants to buy the YCHIA single multi-buy option (3 formats for £3.99) to get it from Townsend-records.co.uk. Apparently non-UK residents don't pay VAT, so it's even cheaper for them. Unfortunately non-UK postcodes don't count for the UK charts.

"I know I'm biased, but all three b-sides ('Saskia', 'Comet Tempel 1' and 'Ghosts') are probably the best b-sides the band have ever written. Also, the 7" is limited, so will probably sell out within a couple of days after it hits the shops." - Tav (ASH's Manager)

As previously reported ASH were planning to do a press release on Monday past, to announce the new album title (TOTI) and tracklisting. This has been delayed as they are trying to decide on the final title for a certain song... The full album details will be coming very soon.

As you may already know the new ASH single 'You Can't Have It All' is being released on April 16th in 3 physical formats as well as download via iTunes etc. There will be two 7" singles and one CD. One will be a gatefold and the other a colored vinyl poster bag that will slot into the other gatefold.

Each format will have an exclusive new Ash track and as an added bonus we are giving you the opportunity to get a FREE 7" Collectors Box that will hold all the 7" singles over the new album's campaign.

ASH have announced that they'll be heading back to Japan to play Fuji Rock Festival on July 28th and taking part in the second ever Isle Of Skye Festival on Friday 25th May.

ASH will also heading out into the rest of Europe as part of a pre-album promo tour. The first dates run from April 22nd - 27th in Northern Europe. More dates including Ireland will be announced soon. Latest shows announced:

ASH will be doing a instore signing and live performance at the Belfast Virgin Megastore on the day of the YCHIA single release, Monday 16th April at 5:30pm. Then at the Manchester Arndale Virgin store (5:30pm) on Tuesday 17th April and London Oxford Street store on Wednesday 18th April (6:00pm).

ASH will be doing a signing and live performance at the Belfast Virgin Megastore on the day of the YCHIA single release, Monday 16th April. They'll then be moving onto Manchester's Virgin on 17th April and Oxford Street store, London later on in the week.

Full details have yet to be confirmed, but it is currently thought that you will have to turn up between 9-9:30am to get an entry wristband and ASH will be there from 5:30pm. Further details soon...

You absolutely must watch Pop World on C4 next Saturday (April 7th). Tim and Rick are in the studio as part of a comedy interview that you're not gonna want to miss... Dry humour, Rick Vs The Popworld sock rabbit, priceless.

Tim and Rick are also going to be on the Channel 4 show 'Freshly Squeezed' in the next week or so. Transmission details soon...

ASH were in Liverpool last Fridat (March 23rd) to record a live performance of YCHIA for Channel 4 show Transmission, hosted by their old friend and ex-Kenickie star Laurne Laverne.

The air times are as follows:

Ok so a lot of sites have been jumping the gun and announcing what the full title is for the new album 'TOTI', but the official ASH press release will be on Monday (2nd April) with title, tracklisting, Artwork and new Bio.

The b-sides for forthcoming single 'You Can't Have It All' have been confirmed. The single will be released on CD and two 7" vinyls, each with one b-side. 'Saskia' which currently available on ASH's Myspace will be the CD b-side and 'Ghosts' and 'Comet Tempel 1' will be the vinyl b-sides, one on each 7".

You might remember from ASH's MySpace blogs that Stu Bailie was over before Christmas to ASH's studio in NY to film an interview on Northern Irish music with Tim for BBC NI.

Well the 2 part documentry is being aired tonight (March 28th) and tomorrow (March 29th) on BBC1 NI at 10:40pm (GMT).

ASH were in BBC Maida Vale yesterday March 27th recording a session for Colin Murray's Radio 1 show. Recorded were new single 'You Can't Have It All', 'T.O.T.I.' (aka - In Hell) and 'Girl From Mars' (as requested by Colin). The session and an interview with Colin will be broadcast very soon, transmission details to follow...

Further details and updates on YCHIA's radio progress can be had at www.ash-official.com.

'T' beat 'O' in round 7 and so has almost brought the hangman competition to it's natural end. We're now at
T _ _ _ _ GHT / OF / TH _ / I _ _ _ _ _ _ T _ remember 'TOTI' was given to us at the start. So ASH have decided to wrap the game up with one final round, there's 5 potential titles in the final hangman poll to vote for.

What the heck is the final title? Find out more and vote at ASH-Official.

Kerrang! TV has moved the You Can't Have It All video up to their highest rotation and is currently on their A List! You can vote for the video using the details below:

The video is also playlisted on Q Channel and you must vote for the video on MTV2 NME Chart.

There's a pretty extensive interview over on the rather brilliant music community site Absolute Punk. Read the whole interview and see exclusive MILTON (you must see these!) pics. It's worth mentioning that this interview actually took place just before Christmas so release dates are a bit off. The new album will currently be released on July 2nd. Further Details at ASH-Official.

New Track 'Saskia' is now available at ASH's Myspace. The song was recorded for new album 'TOTI' but didn't actually make it into the final 12 tracks and so will be a b-side to forthcoming single 'You Can't Have It All'. "There's a song called Saskia which we wanted to have a cold, East European kind of feel." - Tim

ASH have been distributing wrong version of the video for 'You Can't Have It All', the version you've probably already is the version without the added effects. You can see the correct version at ASH-Official.

ASH are in Liverpool today (March 23rd) to record a live performance of YCHIA for Channel 4 (UK) show Transmission, hosted by their old friend and ex-Kenickie star Laurne Laverne.

It will be broadcast at 11:40pm (GMT) on Friday the 30th of March on Channel 4.

YCHIA, released on Monday April 16th, has been added to Upfront section of the XFM London, XFM Manchester, XFM Scotland playlists. Hopefully it'll be moved up onto the main playlist for all three stations as the release date edges closer.

Very good news indeed: YCHIA has just been added to this week's Radio 1 C list. "Now we cross our fingers that the powers that be move it up to the B and hopefully A list the closer we get to the singles release. No (new) adds go straight to B or A so what matters is that we're on there and Radio 1 are getting behind us." - ASH

Help ASH out by leaving positive messages on this thread on the Radio 1 playlist message board.

All ASH need is 10 seconds of your time! Go to the MTV2 NME Chart, make up a name, click beside - ASH - You Can't Have It All (6th option down), and then scroll to the bottom of the page and click submit.

Everytime you do this you'll help ASH in the current MTV 2 / NME video chart.

Happy Birthday to Darth Mark Hamilton, who today was the last member of ASH to hit 30. Many happy returns.

Below is a list of the UK Digital TV Channels that allow you to call in and request the videos you want to see. Forget asking the bill payer sneak the nearest phone wherever you need to and get dailing! Also help us spread the word by adding YCHIA as your MySpace profile song by heading over to the ASH's MySpace and clicking on YCHIA's "Add" button on the mediaplayer.

For starters ASH let us know the first letter of each word 'TOTI'. Rounds 1 and 3 revealed there was no 'A' or 'M' in the title, rounds 2, 4 and 5 revealed there was a 'G', a 'F' and two 'H's. Now Round 6 has revealed another two 'I's.
T _ I _ IGH _ / OF / TH _ / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Go to the ASH Official forum to vote in Round 7.

ASH have confirmed that they will be playing the Reading and Leeds Carling Weekend festivals this August. They will headline the second 'Radio 1/NME' stage, at Reading on the Friday 24th August and at Leeds on Saturday 25th August against Razorlight who will headline the main stage.

Further Details posted on www.ash-official.com.

ASH have announced German tour dates for this spring. The Visions Spring Tour will take place between April 30th and May 8th. View the tour dates section or www.ash-official.com for further details.

On March 15th BBC2 (Northern Ireland) screened ASH being interviewed by their pal Donna, you can watch the interview online.

You can also check out the Kerrang! magazine scans from when they joined ASH on the Bristol leg of the Higher Education tour at www.myspace.com/ash.

Happy St Patrick's Day! There is a flashback message from the band at ash-official.com.

Here are some videos from Radio 1's Rallyoke at Beach Club Belfast, Monday 12th. Tim and Chris Moyles singing Milkshake and Brown Eyed Girl (starts 3 mins in).

For anyone who hasn't seen already the 'You Can't Have It All' video is up on ASH's Myspace. You can also select it on the normal music video channels including MTV2 and Kerrang! 'You Can't Have It All' will be released on April 16th.

Mark on how YCHIA will be released: "The label want us to do 1 low cost CD. Meaning only one B-side. The difference is they can then sell in the store for only 1.99 rather than Maxi singles (2 b-sides) which are 2.99. Big stores like Woolworths will not stock maxi singles because of the higher price. Warners are adament that we have stock in the widest range of shops including Woolworths.

Some photos from the XFM Manchester birthday gig on Tuesday night are now up on the XFM Manchester website.

Now that ASH have completed the Higher Education tour and played the XFM Manchester Birthday bash, Tim and Mark are heading back to New York to work on the b-sides for forthcoming single 'You Can't Have It All' and second 'TOTI' single 'Polaris'. Rick headed home to Scotland this afternoon as he has already completed the drumming.

Once the recording has been completed Mark and Tim will be coming back to the UK for some heavy promotion for the new single 'You Can't Have It All', which will be out on April 16th and to work on the video for 'Polaris'. Then it'll be out on their European tour.

For starters ASH let us know the first letter of each word. Rounds 1 and 3 revealed there was no 'A' or 'M' in the title, rounds 2 and 4 revealed there was a 'G' and a 'F'. Now round 5 has revealed two 'H's.
T _ _ _ _ GH _ / OF / TH _ / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Go to the ASH Official forum to vote in Round 6.

Following the announcement that ASH will play two nights at the London Koko on 3rd and 4th July, the band have confirmed a third night, Thursday 5th July. You can get tickets for any of the three nights at www.gigsandtours.com.

Here is an all new interview with Mark Hamilton. Talking about what ASH have been up to on and off the stage during the current Higher Education tour.

Tim was on Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 1In New Music We Trust show last night, talking about the new album 'TOTI' and the Higher Education tour. You'll be able to listen again on the BBC Radio 1 website.

'Orpheus', 'Goldfinger', 'Oh Yeah', 'Girl from Mars' and 'In Hell' were also played, recorded live from the Southampton gig (6th March).

Ever dreamt of an ASH army? Multiple Tim, Mark and Rick's? Then get over to NME.com and watch the video for the fantastic new single 'You Can't Have It All'.

Radio 1's Jo Whiley aired the first play on new ASH single 'You Can't Have It All' this morning. If you have seen ASH during their Higher Education tour and heard 'You Can't Have It All' already... you havent anything yet! The studio version is awesome! If this isn't a hit single, there is no justice in the world!

Jo had a copy of the new album (TOTI) and had great things to say about future single 'Polaris' and album closing epic 'In Hell'.

Wanna see the new video for our come back single? Head over to NME.com tomorrow morning (Wed 7th March). They have the exclusive. ASH shot the video at Dukes Island Studios in London with ASH's long term friend, and director of Burn Baby Burn and Orpheus videos, Jeff Thomas.

The video is a straight up performance piece with us rocking out in a sound stage under a massive triangle of lights (that took 2 days to hang!) and using a lot of stop motion editing.

Tune into BBC Radio 1 tomorrow morning (March 7th). Tim will be in the studio with Jo Whiley talking about the Higher Education tour and forthcoming single 'You Can't Have It All'. The Jo Whiley show runs from 10am - 1pm (GMT).

Jo will also be playing the first spin of 'You Can't HAve It All' around 10:55am! (GMT). Tonights show in Southampton is also being recorded by the BBC so Jo may also play some live tracks.

After all the fun ASH had DJing in Bristol last week, once they've finished the Exeter gig at the Lemon Grove on March 7th, they will be throwing an aftershow party / DJ set at HUB. Come along and bring your dancing shoes!

HUB, Mary Arches Street, Exeter, EX4 3BA. Telephone: 01392 424628.

Ash will be flying home to Belfast on March 12th to take part in Chris Moyles touring Karaoke challenge Rallyoke in aid of Comic Relief. All the fun will be happening at the Bambu Beach Club in the Odyssey. All tickets have been given away to BBC Radio 1 listeners.

As previously reported the logo to the left is the new ASH logo for forthcoming album 'TOTI'... "It wasn't our favorite choice initially but it's grown on us and the Warners creative department really want us to use it, so we have let them have their way with that one." - ASH

Mark revealed last night, following the gig in Liverpool during which he came stage for encore and played 'Petrol' wearing a Moose's head, that ASH have decided which of 14 tracks recorded for 'TOTI' will be on the album. Only two haven't made it, but which 12 will be on the album? You'll have to wait a little longer to find out...

If you want to win tickets to see ASH play at the Life Cafe Manchester on Tuesday 13 March, the XFM Manchester birthday gig, go to xfmmanchester.co.uk, register for XFM plus and enter the draw.

For starts ASH let us know the first letter of each word. Then round 1 and 3 revealed there was no 'A' or 'M' in the title, round 2 revealed there was a 'G' and now round 4 has revealed there's a 'F'. T _ _ _ _ G _ _ / OF / T _ _ / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Go to the ASH official forum to vote in Round 5.

ASH have announced two shows at the London Koko on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th of July. To celebrate the release of new album 'TOTI' on Monday 2nd July? Tickets will go on sale on Friday 9th March at 9am (GMT). Further details.

And in the name of all things ASH sign this petition to ban the scum that are ticket touts!

Mark and Rick were interviewed recently by Durham student radio station Purple last week in Newcastle. Purple will broadcast the audio on their show, the 'Aural Contraceptive', this Saturday, 3rd March, between 4-6pm (GMT). People can listen online via their website Purpleradio.co.uk.

They'll then be putting the written version of the interview on their website after the show, as well as a review of the gig. Thanks would like to thank Suz for setting it up and you can also check out her gig pictures.

ASH interupted their Higher Education tour last night to play a DJ at The Propaganda club in Bristol. Though Tim was missing as he was recording an acoustic version of forthcoming single 'You Can't Have It All' for a website exclusive. Which site? Well it's a big one...

Mark and Rick closed their set by playing the album version of YCHIA which send down a storm.

Super cool and free Barfly magazine The Fly were at ASH's Newcastle show a few days ago, and there's a review in the upcoming issue. Keep your eyes out for ASH in The Fly!

Tim has also been talking to the Metro, the free commuters newspaper. A scan of the article is now on www.myspace.com/ash.

So is there any truth in the rumours ASH will be re-mastering and releasing their old (1992 – 1994) demos? Talking after the gig in Newcastle on Sunday, Mark spoke about the possibility of the re-mastering happening. Though when may be dependent on what happens with the forthcoming album 'TOTI'.

Keep an eye on www.ash-official.com for more unheard ASH coming soon...

Following the release of new single 'You Can't Have It All' in April, 'Polaris' is rumoured to the second pre album single released at the end of the May. Though nothing concerning the second pre 'TOTI' single has yet been confirmed, the new album 'TOTI' will be released in early July.

ASH's XFM Manchester birthday gig on Tuesday 13th March will be broadcast live on 97.7 XFM Manchester.

The ASH logo used on the Higher Education tour posters has now been confirmed as the ASH logo that will be used for the forthcoming album 'TOTI'.

Head over to the KIK MySpace where you can download their awesome electro punk remix of Meltdown.

Watch out for live reviews from the Higher Education tour in this weeks NME and Kerrang! magazines. NME were at Warwick gig, while Kerrang at the ASH Wednesday Manchester gig.

The 'I Started A Fire' video filmed in rehearsals in New York, before the current tour, is now available from www.ash-official.com. The video was shot and edited by their friend Josh Kletzkin. It's nothing too fancy... Wait til you see the video for the upcoming single 'You Can't Have It All'!

Round 1 revealed there was no 'A' in the title, round 2 revealed there was a 'G' and now round 3 revealed there was no 'M'. So as it stands we have no got very far with the guessing the title of the new Ash album, with only five letters revealed. T _ _ _ _ G _ _ /O _ /T _ _ /I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Go to the ASH official forum to vote in Round 4.

ASH revealed last night that they currently plan to release new album 'TOTI' on Monday 2nd July, proceeded by two singles proper, 'You Can't Have It All' and another which has not yet been confirmed.

XFM Manchester Review of last night's gig at the Manchester Acadmey 3. There's also rumours of further XFM Manchester ASH gig after the London Higher Education tour dates in March. Stay tuned to XFM Manchester to find out more...

Manchester Evening News review of the Manchester Academy 3 Ash Wednesday gig.

ASH will be on XFM Manchester later on today from 4pm, talking to Mark K about global warming, fine wine and the recording of the new album.

'I Started A Fire' can now be officially downloaded from myfreedownload.co.uk/ash.

To celebrate Ash Wednesday the tab for 'I Started A Fire' has been added to the Guitar Tabs section and more tabs for the new songs, and updated tabs for old songs, will follow soon. The Video for 'I Started A Fire' is being made available ASAP.

ASH had a night off last night for the pancakes, but the Higher Education tour continues tonight in Manchester, with Mark stating that Irish tour dates are the process of being booked.

Rick has been taking to NME.com about the new album and how though lyrically darker, the album is popper than 2004's Meltdown. It is prevealed that the yet untitled album (TOTI) is likely to be released in July (Mark has confirmed seperately today that two singles proper will proceed the album release). Read the full interview.

Below is the setlist from the gig at Preston 53 Degrees last night and the 1977 merchandise has also been relauched and is available from gigs at the Higher Education tour. While 'I Started A Fire' is now available to download from www.myspace.com/ash.

Mark has said that the artwork at the top of the www.ash-official.com pages, and currently used in the 'I Started A Fire' banners on this site, is not the album artwork "but it is from the same shoot... It's similar".

ASH will play the Isle of Wight festival Saturday 9th June along with Muse (headlining), Kasabian, Wolfmother, Amy Winehouse and Arno Carstens.

www.ash-official.com has been relaunched as Ash return tomorrow with free download of new album opener 'I Started A Fire' and the sold out Higher Education tour kicking off in Preston.

There has also been a full biography added.

Wanna know, wanna hold the girl who can't be owned? Want to hear a combination of 'Pacific Palisades', 'Let it Flow' and 'Walking Barefoot' on heat? Then download 'I Started A Fire' for free from www.ash-official.com from Monday 19th Feb.

Think awesome bass line, maybe Tim's best vocal effort yet, top solo and 'Free All Angels' or '1977' rather last outing 'Meltdown' and you're there. Not a bad way to get things started up again. Perfect for festival bouncing.

'I Started A Fire' is a free download. It is a FREE sneak preview track from the new album. "Let's say it's a present from us to you guys. There's also a video we made for it in rehearsals. Nothing fancy but just something we thought would be good for online..." - Mark

New interview with Tim telling all about the album and forthcoming single 'You Can't Have It All'. "It's a bitchy love song, dealing with bi-polar emotions. It's got a really big driving bassline and the beat in the verses is almost dancey. But then the chorus is classic Ash bubblegum punk-pop." - Tim

Ash will release a download only track 'I Started a Fire' on Monday 19th Feb available from www.ash-official.com. The track will preceed first single proper 'You Can't Have It All' which will be released officially on April 16th on Infectious Records.

More information to follow...

Advanced Tickets are available for Ash's DJ set at The Progaganda, Bristol 28th Feb, from either the venue's website or from We Go Tickets.

After Round 1 revealed there was no 'A' in the title, 'G' was the choice of the voting public in Round 2 and we are now one step closer to guessing the title of the new Ash album. _ _ _ _ _ G _ _ /_ _ /_ _ _ /_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Go to the Official Ash Forum to vote in Round 3.

"Back home there's a great new project being set up in Belfast to help emerging talent from N. Ireland.

It's been named Oh Yeah (perhaps after our 1996 hit single???) and our friend Stuart Bailie from ALT who founded the idea has been spearheading the non-profit making initiative.

"Kerrang! were in the studio a few days ago to have a sneaky wee interview with Tim about the upcoming tour. Look out for a news piece in the upcoming issue. And on that note just a quick message to say thank you to everyone who has bought tickets for the tour.

Tim Wheeler has joined Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody and Radio 1 DJ Colin Murray in backing a new Northern Irish pop base in Belfast, as the building known as 'Oh Yeah' prepares to open. Read more on NME.com...

Following what Rick said in January, the video for yet unconfirmed new single maybe taking place tomorrow (February 5th). The plan then was to film it in New York or somewhere close by, with Jeff Thomas who did the 'Burn Baby Burn', 'Sometimes' and 'Orpheus' videos. Ash feel that they work really well with him.

"We think that really long albums tend to be annoying... We're thinking of keeping it to 12. Whatever's left off will become b-sides.

Rick has been laying down drums for the last 2 days on 5 of the songs we demo-ed but didn't record. When we get round to it these will be finished and used as b-sides. Rick's doing these drums now so he won't have to fly back so often later on.

"Straight after finishing an album you'd think there'd be time to chill out? Well you would but no, the very next day we were back in the studio recording a track for a tribute compilation CD. What is the song? and who is the tribute in honor of?

Well that's for us to know and you to ponder!

On the official Ash forum 'A' was foolishly picked as the first letter for round one of guess the new Ash album title hangman, and there is no 'A' in the title. Play in round 2. 'toti'...

"After almost a year since we started demo-ing the album is recorded and all mixing is complete... All that is left is the mastering. It's been a long haul!" - Mark

Some more tickets have been made availabe for Kings College London date of Ash's Higher Education tour at www.seetickets.com. There are also tickets still available for the Sheffield and Southampton gigs.

Before their appearance at Bristol's Anson Room on 1st March, Ash will interupt their Higher Education tour to play a full DJ set on Wednesdays February 28th at The Propaganda, Bristol.

Not only will they be doing a full DJ set, but there will also be t-shirts and gig tickets giveaways, plus the opportunity to hear tracks from the forthcoming album...

Advance tickets will be available.

Ash are not giving too much away at the moment concerning the new album title, but you can go to www.myspace.com/ash to play Guess the new Ash album title: Hangman style. To vote for which letter should be the first guess go to the New Official Ash Forum. Remember 'toti'. Ash have though confirmed that the logo used on the Higher Education Tour adverts will NOT be the logo used on the new album artwork.

Despite what some touts are saying on ebay and other auction sites not all of the Higher Education UK Tour gigs are sold out and some tickets are still available from www.ents24.com and www.gigsandtours.com. Also tickets for other gigs may also be available directly in person from the venues.

Also... "Not long to wait now til an announcement on a free download preview track." - Mark

Plenty of updates about the album mixing. Firstly a new interview with Rick and also some news from Mark...

"So after a successful first week of mixing with Michael Brauer we're well underway and have 6 songs mixed and completed.

Ash's Higher Education Tour is pretty much sold out online. At about 3pm www.gigsandtours.com still had a limited amount of tickets for some gigs, but before you go on ebay, try ringing the venues or if you can go to their ticket office. As some venues will still have tickets, Liverpool Uni do.

Gigsandtours.com also advertised tickets for another London gig, previously not listed, at ULU on Friday 9th March. This is sold out.

Tickets for all venues will be available tomorrow from www.ents24.com, I presume at the same time as www.gigsandtours.com (9am), but with cheaper booking fees. You can also contact the venues directly, listings.

For anyone who missed the announcement, Ash will going out across the UK in February and March on the Higher Education Tour.

According to Ticketline the information Ash were given about pre-sale tickets was incorrect. Only Bristol / Sheffield / Southampton and London had a pre-sale this morning, which were available via the link sent around to mailing list/forum/myspace members. Tickets for other venues will be available tomorrow check venue listings. (Though some venues are selling today if you mention pre-sale... hint Newcastle but not Liverpool or Manchester)

V Formation are the support for Ash's upcoming 'Higher Education' tour. The band are signed to Tav's (ash manager) Double Dragon record label.

"We had inital reservations (Michael having mixed for Coldplay, Travis, The Kooks) but gave him a shot at doing one song before Christmas to see if it worked out. We're always in on the mix aswell so if we don't like the direction it's going in we have it changed. We wouldn't let Michael mix this album if he was gonna make it tame. The 3 tracks we've already mixed are sounding great. 'You Can't Have It All' was a difficult mix that took a long time but we nailed it last night around 1am and we're very happy with how it's turned out.

Yesterday Ash began the mixing process in NY with Michael Brauer. Michael's mixed loads of massive records including Coldplay, Travis, The Kooks, Ben Folds and Idlewild. He's really into making Ash's album sound amazing and after the first 2 mixes; 'Polaris' and 'I Started A Fire' Ash are stoked with the results. Today 'You Can't Have It All' is being mixed.

'I Started A Fire' was previously known as 'Can't Be Owned' / 'The Girl Who Can't Be Owned'. It's set to be the album opener, it's pretty rocking and you'll be hearing it very soon.

"There's a current NUS pre-sale to NUS students (think only those at the universities involved in the tour)and they will be emailed info on how to get them from today. If you don't get an email, call you local student union for details.

Then we have a pre-sale for everyone on the Ash MySpace and forums on Thursday. Call the numbers on the listings. General sale is Friday 19th Jan.

The album recording is now complete and the mixing starts today...

"Here's the first wave of Ash action for 2007. We'll be back in the UK in Feb / March on a 14 date college tour. This wasn't going to be announced until the 16th but the NME already ran the story so we're following their lead. There's gonna be some nice co-promotion with the NUS, thus the HIGHER EDUCATION title, so watch this space for full details.

"Here's the current situation. We've purchased the new Vbulletin Software, problem arose because Warners servers need a major upgrade to handle the php and mysql, whatever the fuck that means.They'll know by Monday if they can or cannot do the upgrade without fucking other sites they host. If they can't we'll be hosting the new site independently. We already have a plan if that's the case.

"I'm still breathing, my heart's still beating" toti - Mark

Could 'toti' be an acronym for the title of the record? I wonder...

Ash are now into the last week of recording for new album '5.5', the band plan to have all recording completed for next monday, January 15th, so that the album mastering can begin.

Studio video of the strings recording session!. "Just before the holidays Tim flew out to LA to oversee the recording of the string arrangements for the tracks 'Polaris' and 'The Boy Who Lived In Hell'.

Legendary composer Paul Buckmaster conducts the 20 piece orchestra in these videos that Tim recorded on his camera. Most of these are sections of the epic 'In Hell' during rehearsals, we don't want to give away the full track but you get a good sneak peak into how it's sounding. We also don't wanna give away too much of the theme to 'Polaris' just yet so there's one short clip of it being recorded from the control room." - Mark

New interview with Mark Hamilton, the album is nearing completion...

Plus Ash are in NME this week, the scan of the article is on www.myspace.com/ash.

Ash will be getting back to work on the album in the next few days, and they've also got some great video from the string recording that they'll post on www.myspace.com/ash during the week. Tim is also 30 today, so happy birthday Tim.