The Verve will "work through" future issues

The Verve's Simon Jones has promised that the band will not split up again, despite rumours of rifts.

The bassist for the Wigan four-piece told JAM! Music that group members will "work through" their problems instead.

"I've started in this band when I was 16, so a massive part of my life has been devoted to this. It means the world to me to do this. I'm not going to lie and say that everything's all of a sudden easy in this band. We still do have our disagreements about things, but we're a bit more mature and better able to deal with it.

"When the band first split up, it was easy to be flippant about it. I think we all thought we'd just end up in another band. But I don't think any of us would be that careless again."

He added: "If we have a disagreement, we'll work through it. It won't be, 'F**k you, f***k you, f***k you and f***k you‘."

The Verve debuted at No.1 with their first album in eleven years, Forth, earlier this month.