The Verve have announced their first New York City show since playing Madison Square Garden the Hammerstein Ballroom in 1998. The reunited group, with Nick McCabe!, will hit the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden on April 28th and 29th. Tickets are $50-$40 and go on sale March 1st at 11am.

In a guest blog post, Danny Big Sleep talked about meeting McCabe as a teenager and getting backstage passes to hang with the band when they were on the Lollapalooza second stage. Read the awesome story here.

Also, a 5.3 earthquake hit central London very early this morning.........