This page lists all news item that were originally published on the James official site Jamestheband.com in 2000 that were lost when the band split in 2001 and the site was later discontinued
Tour Merchandise Now Available
21-Nov-00: The band’s official merchandise company, Blue Grape, now has merchandise from the recent tour available via their web site. Click here to order t-shirts, mugs, or the band’s official biography, ‘Folklore’.
Additional Tickets for Brixton On Sale Now
08-Nov-00: An additional lot of 30 tickets for tonight’s gig at Brixton Academy have been released due to high demand. People still in need of tickets should try the venue box office or the credit card hotline on 0115 912 9000 as soon as possible as the additional tickets are sure to sell out quickly.
James to Play Radio Show in South Africa
08-Nov-00: James will be “Special Guests” at 5 FM ‘s 25th Birthday Concert in South Africa on Saturday 11 November. The band will play a one hour set to a sell out crowd of 25,000 beginning at 8:00pm, to be followed by the Smashing Pumpkins at 9:30pm. The concert will be held at Supersport Park, Centurion, situated between Pretoria and Johannesburg.
James at the Q Awards
02-Nov-00: James took time out from the current tour on Tuesday to drop by the recording of the Q Awards, where Tim presented the award for Best New Act. This year the award went to Badly Drawn Boy, who according to his acceptance speech, remembered playing pool with Tim at some studio about 10 years ago. The full awards programme will be broadcast at 11:00 PM on Channel 4 on November 4.
Grimsby Gig Cancelled
01-Nov-00: Due to damage to the venue caused by the recent storms, James’ gig at Grimsby Auditorium has been cancelled. The gig had originally been scheduled for Friday 3 November. No further information is available at this time.
Book Signing this Sunday!
20-Oct-00: James will be holding a book signing in Liverpool this Sunday, prior to their gig at the Royal Court. Advance copies of Folklore: The Official History will be available for purchase at the venue, where the band will be on hand to sign them beginning at 2:30pm. Folklore is the first official biography to be written about the band and will not be available in stores until 9 November. Advance copies are also available via the web by clicking here.
Buy James New Bio Weeks Before it Hits the Shops
05-Oct-00: Advance copies of James biography, Folklore: The Official History, are now on sale via the band’s merchandise company’s web site. The book is available exclusively via the web for fans to purchase in advance of the in-store release date of 9 November. To order your copy, for further details, or to read excerpts from the band’s first ever biography, click here.
More News on the Upcoming Tour
26-Sep-00: The band have confirmed the support for their upcoming UK tour. Opening at all dates will be American singer/songwriter Shea Seger. In London, Edinburgh and Blackpool Manchester band exit52 will take the stage before Seger. Many of you will remember exit52 as the opening act for James in Blackpool in July ’99 and because the band is made up of two of James’ bassist Jim Glennie’s brothers.
Tickets for the tour are selling quickly, with Liverpool, Leeds and Norwich nearly sold out, so if you haven’t gotten tickets yet, order them soon.
On-Sale Date for Tickets
31-Aug-00: There was a problem with the credit card ticket hotline, resulting in people being told tickets for the UK Theatre Tour would not go on sale until tomorrow (1 September) and not today, as originally stated. The problem has been resolved now, and tickets for the tour are now available for purchase. As a reminder, the ticket hotline number is 0115 912 9000.
Additional Tour Date
31-Aug-00: The 12th date of of the upcoming UK tour was originally left off the list of dates posted to the web site and sent out via email. The date is at Exeter University on 26 October. For the full list of tour dates, see here.
Autumn UK Theatre Tour Dates
30-Aug-00: The band have confirmed the dates for their upcoming UK Theatre Tour. To see a full listing, check the tour dates page. Tickets will go on sale exclusively to James fans beginning at 9am on Thursday 31 August, before the tour is announced to the general public at 9am on Friday 1 September via a breakfast announcement on Virgin Radio. Tickets will be available from the 24 hour credit card hotline at 0115 912 9000 or online at www.gigsandtours.com. Tickets are £17.50 for all dates except London, which is £18.50 (all dates subject to booking fee).
Buy James Merchandise Online
03-Aug-00, updated 22-Aug-00: James merchanding company Blue Grape is now selling James t-shirts via the web. Check out the James section at at http://www.bluegrape.gb.com/. Click on “Clothing” at the top of the page for a full list of available merchandise.
Vote for Your Favourite James B-sides
25-Jul-00: The band are in the process of putting together a B-sides album, tentatively scheduled for release on 6 November, to coincide with the release of the official biography. They’re in the process of choosing which songs will be included now, but before they make the final call, they’d like to see what fans would choose. So… visit the survey section of the web site and let the band know what you think!
Chat With Tim and Dave Live Tonight
19-Jul-00, updated 20-Jul-00: Tim and Dave stopped by to chat live with fans in the chat room tonight, Wednesday 19 July at 9pm BST (4pm EDT, 1pm PDT). A transcript of the chat is available here for those who missed it. Many thanks to all who joined us…
James in Beijing – The Reaction
05-Jun-00: The response to James’ set at the Heineken Beat Music Festival in Beijing, China continues to be tremendous, with the band getting lots of good press, including two half-hour documentaries, which were shown throughout China last week and the week before. More reaction to the gig will be posted here as it comes in, but for the time being, feel free to check out the following snippet from the Beijing Evening News, China’s most read newspaper. Or, for a taste of the event, you can view photos at JoyDay.com.
Official James Biography Update
17-Apr-00, updated 23-May-00: Work on James’ official Biography, Folklore: James – The Official Story, is progressing well. The book, currently being written/researched by broadcaster/journalist Stuart Maconie, has a tentative publication date of 9 November in the UK and will be priced at £14.99 for paperback. [ click to enlarge ]
MTV Five Night Stand Additional Broadcast Dates
22-May-00: For those of you who missed it the first time around, MTV UK & Ireland will be re-broadcasting James’ set from the Shephards Bush Empire on Monday 12 June at 11:30pm and again on Sunday 18 June at midnight.
Portugese Festivals – Additional Information
08-May-00: Additional information on James’ upcoming festival appearances in Portugal is now available in the tour dates section.
Win Tickets to see James at MTV’s Five Night Stand
30-Apr-00: We’re running a contest to win two tickets to see James’ upcoming appearance at the Shepperd’s Bush Empire in London on Monday 8 May. To sign up, visit the Tour section.
James to Play MTV’s Five Night Stand
21-Mar-00, updated 27-Mar-00: James will be taking part in MTV’s Five Night Stand at the Sheperds Bush Empire in London on 8 May. Tickets go on sale starting 9am on Thursday 23 March. The show will be broadcast on MTV Europe starting at 7pm on Thursday 18 May and again on Xfm at an as yet unspecified date. Further details are available in this press release. As always, you should check local listings for broadcast times and channels.
Confirmed Festival Appearances
20-Mar-00, updated 26-Mar-00: James have been confirmed for a handful of festivals in Portugal, in the days leading up to and following the band’s appearance in Beijing, China on 13 May at the Heineken Beat 2000 Summer Music Festival. More information on Heineken Beat is available here or (in Chinese only) at www.heinekenbeat.com. Also confirmed for the summer is the V2000 Festival in Chelmsford and Staffordshire, England. Further details on V2000 are available below. See the tour dates page for more information on the Portugeuse Festivals.
V2000 Details
22-Mar-00: James will be third on the bill for V2000, behind Richard Ashcroft and Paul Weller. They play Weston Park, Staffordshire on Saturday 19 August and Hylands Park, Chelmsford on Sunday 20 August. Other acts on the bill for the alternate day include Travis, Macy Gray and Ocean Colour Scene. Weekend tickets are £66, £76 with camping. Day tickets are £37.50/day. Tickets are available through the Hylands Park ticket hotline on 0207 287 0932 or the Weston Park ticket hotline on 0115 912 9115.
Unreleased Track to Feature in British TV Series
20-Mar-00: The previously unreleased track ‘Confusion’ will be featured in the British television series called Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased). The show is a comedy about two detectives — one who is killed and comes back as a ghost to help out his former partner — and stars British funnymen Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. The song, which some may remember hearing at various live gigs over the past two years, is also featured on the soundtrack for the programme, which is released in the UK on 3 April.
Latest News on James Plans for 2000
05-Mar-00: Details are close to being confirmed for a couple of live appearances for the band this spring/summer, including a festival in Bejing, China in May and V2000 in Chelmsford and Staffordshire in mid-August. The band will not be playing Glastonbury this year, but attempts are still being made to set up a handful of club dates in Europe. A UK university tour is tentatively in the works for sometime around September or October. More details on all the above will be posted as they’re confirmed.
Though you may be seeing promo copies in UK shops, Crash is currently not scheduled for public release. The band’s next release is likely to be an EP of some sort, tentatively planned for release around the time of V2000. It’s likely the next release will not be a track off Millionaires, but rather “something different” — possibly a collaboration or cover of some sort.
The band have been writing material for their next album, and will spend time in the studio at various points during the spring and summer to start recording. If all goes well, a release could come as soon as January 2001.
The only bad news to report is that things are not looking good as far as the band finding a new US record label right away. It’s possible ‘Millionaires’ might not get released in the near future, so if you haven’t already, you might want to buy it on import. At the latest, the band plan to negotiate a new, global record deal once their current contract with Mercury Records is up after their next album. Ironically, MTV in the US has approached the band about the possibility of featuring the band in a spot examining why a band of James’ talent and success has been left without a US record deal. Details will be posted here if anything comes of it.
Tentative Plans for 2000
28-Jan-00: James plan on doing a handful of festivals in the UK this spring/summer, including Glastonbury and V2000. In addition, dates are tentatively being planned in Germany, France, Iceland, and possibly even China. The band hope to put out their next release sometime around May. What it’ll be is not yet known, but they do intend to “try something a bit different”. They also plan to start work on a new album over the summer. More details will be available as they’re confirmed…
James to Receive Portuguese Radio Award
27-Jan-00: Tim and Saul will be traveling to Portugal on Saturday 29th January to attend the Portugese Radio Nova Awards, where they will be picking a career award for Lifetime Achievement.
Official James Biography in the Works
10-Jan-00: James have commissioned broadcaster/journalist Stuart Maconie to write the official James biography. Initial interviews with Tim Booth and Jim Glennie will begin this month, with the book tentatively scheduled to hit the shelves around this time next year.
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