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Is A Nothern Soul an album title?
A Northern Soul is the second studio album by English alternative rock band The Verve.
Was the Verve album A Northern Soul successful?
A Northern Soul was a moderate success upon release, charting at number 13 in the UK.
Were there other singles on the album A Northern Soul?
The singles from A Northern Soul are This Is Music, On Your Own, and History.
Did the Verve tour to promote the album A Northern Soul?
The band broke up 3 months after the album was released and made no live appearances in 1996, apart from a solo performance from Ashcroft supporting Oasis in New York.
When did the band the Verve break up?
Ashcroft broke up the band three months later, just before the release of the third single History, which reached No. 24 in September.

Question: What caused the break up?
Self-contained rewrite: What caused the first break up of the Verve?