This page lists all news item that were originally published on the old oneofthethree site in 2008. Links and images have either been removed or pointed to the new site where internal.
Update 21.12.08
James completed their UK tour with a second night at Manchester Central last night. They played Lose Control, Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Hymn From A Village, Gold Mother, Stutter, Tomorrow, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Dream Thrum, Top Of The World, Upside, Come Home, Sit Down and Sound with an encore of She’s A Star, Born Of Frustration, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
All 5,000 copies of the Live In 2008 CD sold out at the tour dates.
Update 20.12.08
James played the first night of two at Manchester Central (G-Mex) last night. The set included Lose Control, She’s A Star, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Bubbles, I Know What I’m Here For, Gold Mother, Stutter, Born Of Frustration, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Upside, Tomorrow, Sit Down, Sound with a first encore of Say Something, Sometimes, Laid and a second encore of Out To Get You. A review can be found here.
Update 19.12.08
James were controversially denied a place in the final of the Absolute Radio Rock Off Vote. As votes closed last night, James were ahead at 50.8%. However, after some bleating to the organisers, the Pink Floyd forum were awarded the contest with 53%.
The review of Tuesday’s Brixton show is (finally) online here.
Update 18.12.08
James are taking part in the Absolute Radio Rock off vote from 9.15pm today (17th December).
The competition is based around a twelve song setlist submitted from the official forum (www.wearejames.com/forum) and the band is pitted against another forum with the most votes winning.
James are up against Pink Floyd today after beating Oasis and the Kooks in previous rounds. James playlist includes the following tracks : Johnny Yen, Born of Frustration, Ring The Bells (unhinged), She’s A Star, I Wanna Go Home and Sometimes by James and six tracks by other artists : Gloria (Patti Smith), Monkey Gone To Heaven (Pixies), Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes), How Soon Is Now (The Smiths), Babies (Pulp) and She’s Lost Control (Joy Division).
Vote for James here NOW :
http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/rockoff/index.html
Everyone needs to vote, this round is going to be a tough one!! Please spread the word and make sure we get to the final (against Green Day) tomorrow!
Update 17.12.08
James played the second of two sold-out shows at Brixton Academy last night. They played Lose Control, She’s A Star, Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, I Know What I’m Here For, Whiteboy, Bubbles, Stutter, Tomorrow, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Dream Thrum, Upside, Ring The Bells, Sit Down, and Sound followed by an encore of Born Of Frustration, Sometimes and Laid. A review will follow soon (maybe Thursday).
Update 16.12.08
James played the first of two sold-out shows at Brixton Academy last night. They played Lose Control, She’s A Star, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, I Know What I’m Here For, Honest Joe, Stutter, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Upside, Hey Ma, Born Of Frustration, Sit Down, Sound followed by a first encore of Out To Get You, Sometimes and Laid and a second encore of Top Of The World. A guest review can be found here.
James beat The Kooks in the quarter final of the Absolute Radio rock-off with 81% of the vote. In the semi-final they will face the winners of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pink Floyd quarter final – early indications suggest it will be the Chili Peppers. The semi-final will start at 9.15pm on Wednesday. More details as they come in.
Update 14.12.08
James are taking part in the Absolute Radio Rock off vote from 4.15pm today. The competition is based around a twelve song setlist submitted from the official forum and the band is pitted against another forum with the most votes winning. James are up against The Kooks today after beating Oasis in the previous round. James playlist includes the following tracks : Johnny Yen, Born of Frustration, Ring The Bells (unhinged), She’s A Star, I Wanna Go Home and Sometimes by James and six tracks by other artists : Gloria (Patti Smith), Monkey Gone To Heaven (Pixies), Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes), How Soon Is Now (The Smiths), Babies (Pulp) and She’s Lost Control (Joy Division). Vote for James here.
James continued their UK tour with another huge set at Birmingham’s NIA last night. They played Lose Control (acoustic), Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Whiteboy, I Know What I’m Here For, Gold Mother, Porcupine, Say Something,. I Wanna Go Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Dream Thrum, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Upside, Born Of Frustration, Sit Down, Sound, Out To Get You, Sometimes, Laid and Tomorrow. A review can be found here.
Update 13.12.08
At the merchandising desk on the UK tour, you can buy the limited 7″ single “Hula Loop / Caravan Crash” by Loop Ellington, aka Andy Diagram. The single is also available on Itunes in the UK. Make sure you ask for it specifically as it’s not particularly well advertised on the desk.
James continued their UK tour with a stunning set in Glasgow’s SECC last night. They played Lose Control (acoustic), Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Whiteboy, I Know What I’m Here For, Gold Mother, Stutter, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Lullaby, Upside, Hey Ma, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Born Of Frustration, Sit Down, Sound, Say Something, Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
Update 12.12.08
James continued their UK tour with a sold-out gig at Leeds Academy last night. They played Lose Control (acoustic), Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Someone’s Got It In For Me, I Know What I’m Here For, Gold Mother, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Upside, Stutter, Born of Frustration, Sit Down and Sound with an encore of Out To Get You, Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
Update 10.12.08
James opened their We Are Sound tour with a gig at the Brighton Dome last night. They played Lose Control (acoustic), Dream Thrum, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, I Know What I’m Here For, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Someone’s Got It In For Me, Say Something, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Upside, Stutter, Born Of Frustration, Sit Down and Sound with an encore of Sometimes and Laid. A review of the show can be found here.
Update 9.12.08
Speaking to the Evening News And Star, a local Birmingham paper, Tim revealed that the band plan to work on a new album during 2009, for which they already have 50-60 seeds of songs, whilst taking a break from touring the UK with the possible exception of some festival shows.
Update 8.12.08
James played a rather chaotic warm-up show at the Proud Gallery in Camden last night. Battling technical difficulties, they still managed to play a set laden with surprises and two new songs. The set ran Someone’s Got It In For Me, Lullaby, How Was It For You, Look Away (new song), Burned, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Dream Thrum, Porcupine (new song), Just Like Fred Astaire, I Know What I’m Here For, Stutter, Upside and Sound with an acoustic encore of Lose Control. A review can be found here.
The live CD Live in 2008 was on sale at the shows priced at £10. The extra bits is the introduction Peter Kay did for the band before the Liverpool show in April.
Update 7.12.08
James have announced the tracklisting for the James Live in 2008 album that is to be sold at the upcoming UK dates.
The tracklisting is Oh My Heart, Born of Frustration, Upside, Tomorrow, Bubbles, Hey Ma, Senorita, Waterfall, Boom Boom, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Whiteboy, Sometimes, Laid and Lullaby.
There are also “a couple of extra bits” which as yet are unknown.
Update 4.12.08
James are releasing a live album entitled James Live 2008 which will be available at the forthcoming UK shows. The album contains 14 tracks recorded during their UK April tour and mixed by Lee Muddy Baker. The album will be limited to 5,000 copies.
Tracklisting is still unconfirmed.
Update 1.12.08
James are playing a warm-up gig at Proud Galleries in Camden, London on Sunday 7th December. Tickets are on-sale already to James mailing list members and will go on open sale on www.seetickets.com tomorrow.
Update 10.10.08
James completed their North American tour with two shows in Mexico City and Guadalajara on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In Mexico City they played Say Something, Destiny Calling, Oh My Heart, Waterfall, Ring The Bells, Senorita, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Dream Thrum, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, Honest Joe, Born Of Frustration, Tomorrow, Sound, Just Like Fred Astaire, Sometimes, Laid, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) and Sit Down.
In Guadalajara they played Lose Control, Dream Thrum, Oh My Heart, Waterfall, Seven, Ring The Bells, Bubbles, Hey Ma, She’s A Star, Play Dead, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Say Something, Tomorrow, Sit Down, Sound, Just Like Fred Astaire, Sometimes, Laid, Top Of The World, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) and Born Of Frustration
Update 6.10.08
James completed the US leg of their North American tour in Anaheim’s House Of Blues last night. They played Dream Thrum, Oh My Heart, Born of Frustration, Ring The Bells, Senorita, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Seven, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), I Wanna Go Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Out to Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, Tomorrow, Sit Down, Sound, Gold Mother, Just Like Fred Astaire and Sometimes.
The tour moves on to Mexico tomorrow with shows in Mexico City and Guadalajara.
Reviews have been posted of the Asbury Park and Toronto shows.
Update 4.10.08
James continued their California shows with a sold-out gig at San Diego’s House Of Blues. They played Dream Thrum, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Waterfall, She’s A Star, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Seven, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, Born Of Frustration, Sit Down and Sound, followed by an encore of Lullaby, Sometimes and Laid. For oneofthethree’s review, click here.
Update 3.10.08
James continued their California shows with a sold-out gig at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre last night. The show culminated in a mass stage invasion which saw Tim end up in the crowd to find space. They played Dream Thrum, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Waterfall, Come Home, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Seven, Say Something, Don’t Wait That Long, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, Born Of Frustration, Sit Down and Sound, followed by an encore of Top Of The World, Sometimes and Laid. For oneofthethree’s review of the show, click here.
Update 2.10.08
James opened their series of four California shows with a gig at San Francisco’s Grand Ballroom at the Regency Centre. They played She’s A Star, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Waterfall, Come Home, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Say Something, Dream Thrum, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, Born Of Frustration, Sit Down and Sound followed by an encore of Top Of The World, Sometimes and Laid. Oneofthethree’s review can be found here.
Update 28.9.08
James continued their US tour last night with a show at Minneapolis Fine Line Music Cafe. They played Play Dead, Oh My Heart, Waterfall, Whiteboy, Say Something, Bubbles, Born Of Frustration, Hey Ma, Dream Thrum, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Out To Get You, Upside, Sit Down, Tomorrow and Sound with an encore of I Wanna Go Home, Laid and Sometimes. The tour moves onto Denver’s Ogden Theatre on Monday.
The Smiths’ cover of James’ debut single “What’s The World ” will be featured on the deluxe 2cd edition of the forthcoming retrospective “The Sound Of The Smiths – The Very Best Of” released on November 10. The song, recorded at Glasgow Barrowlands in September 1985, originally featured on the I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish cassette single and later on a US-only CD and 12″ release of Sweet And Tender Hooligan.
Update 27.9.08
Tim Booth has spoken out at the use of James’ hit Sit Down by the UK Labour Party leader and Prime Minister Gordon Brown to launch his keynote speech at the Party Conference earlier in the week.
Tim told the Independent that Brown had missed the point of the song. He stated
We have always been supportive of the Labour Party, as well as Greenpeace, Amnesty and CND, but obviously the machinations of a desperate politician trying to restore unity by using our song is not something we are totally behind. The Labour Party has become quite similar to the Conservative party and it’s hard to tell the difference between the two these days, it’s certainly not as clear cut as it used to be.
There are some real ironies in the lyrics of “Sit Down”, which was played just before Gordon Brown spoke to his conference this week. “Those who find they’re touched by madness/Sit down next to me/Those who find themselves ridiculous/Sit down next me.” That would have been a nice irony if they had played that line and he had put his hand up. And then there’s, “If I hadn’t seen such riches/I could live with being poor”. That looks like it will become a popular catchphrase in America and in Britain thanks to the stupidity of financial deregulation.
The song is about unity and that’s obviously how Brown is trying to use it. But it’s about unity of people and spirit rather than healing the divisions of political parties. That’s kind of missing the point.
Manchester United have used it as their theme tune for years and still do. Once it’s out there, it’s out there and you let go of it. But it’s really more of a Sixties “We Shall Overcome” type song. I think that’s where its spiritual home is, a song of feeling alone and wanting to reach out. It’s written from a deeper place. I used to get terrible insomnia and panic attacks and it was written as a thank you to Doris Lessing and Patti Smith, the two people who had most inspired me and helped me feel like I wasn’t alone. It’s about the ability of music to reach out to people in dark states.
If the Labour Party started using it regularly we would have to have some words but as a one off, that’s life, isn’t it? I would be deeply proud if Barack Obama used it – but that’s a different issue.”
James played the Vic Theatre in Chicago on Thursday night. The set ran Dream Thrum, She’s A Star, Oh My Heart, Waterfall, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Say Something, Five-O, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, Laid, Sit Down and Sound with encores of Top Of The World, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) and Sometimes.
Last night they moved onto the Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee where they played Dream Thrum, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Waterfall, Hey Ma, Say Something, Bubbles, Honest Joe, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, Laid, Sit Down and Sound with encores of Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), She’s A Star, Sometimes and Top Of The World.
Tonight the band move onto the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis.
Update 24.9.08
James played their second of two Canadian shows at Toronto’s Phoenix last night. They were joined on stage by Michael Kulas for four songs in the main set and encore. They played Born Of Frustration, Oh My Heart, Waterfall, Just Like Fred Astaire, Destiny Calling, Five-O, Bubbles, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Hey Ma, Say Something, Ring The Bells, Sometimes, Laid, Don’t Wait The Long, She’s A Star, Come Home and Top Of The World. Tim confirmed on stage the band would returning to North America in February.
The band have a well-earned day off before reconvening in Chicago tomorrow night at the legendary Vic Theatre.
Update 23.9.08
James moved onto their Canadian leg of the North American tour last night, playing a show at Montreal’s Club Soda. They played Dream Thrum, Just Like Fred Astaire, Oh My Heart, Waterfall, Whiteboy, Destiny Calling, PS, Bubbles, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Hey Ma, Say Something, Ring The Bells and Sometimes, with a first encore of Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Laid and Sit Down, followed by a second unplanned encore of Top Of The World and Born Of Frustration. Just Like Fred Astaire’s appearance was its first since the reformation apart from a couple of semi-acoustic in-store and promo shows in Manchester last year.
Again, the band spoke to fans about returning to North America in February, including the intriguing prospect of new songs. The band move on to a sold-out show at Toronto’s Phoenix tonight.
Update 21.9.08
Going back to headline shows, James played the Stone Pony in Astbury Park last night. They played Dream Thrum, Five-O, Oh My Heart, Seven, Waterfall, Whiteboy, Ring The Bells, Bubbles, Don’t Wait That Long, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Hey Ma, Sound, Sometimes, Laid, Say Something, Born Of Frustration and Sit Down.
Update 20.9.08
James supported Squeeze last night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. They played Dream Thrum, Oh My Heart, Waterfall, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Born Of Frustration, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Sometimes and Laid.
Update 19.9.08
After a well-earned day off, James played Washington’s 9.30 Club on Thursday night. The set included Dream Thrum, which had only ever been played a couple of times back in 1994. Tonight, they move on to support Squeeze at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
Update 18.9.08
James continued their US tour at the Philadelphia Trocadero on Tuesday night, where they played Seven, Come Home, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Waterfall, Bubbles, Say Something, Play Dead, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Hey Ma, Sit Down, Born Of Frustration, Sometimes, Lullaby and Laid.
They have a well-earned night off before restarting the tour at Washington’s 9.30 Club tonight.
According to fans who spoke to Larry, plans are in the offing for a return to the US in February 2009.
Update 17.9.08
Decca, the band’s US record label, have issued an electronic press kit including interviews with the band, rehearsal footage and clips from Later With Jools and the recent KCRW session
Last night’s show at Philadelphia’s Trocadero concluded with fans being invited on stage to sing Laid.
Update 16.9.08
Hey Ma is released today in the US. There are a series of shops from which a free 7″ vinyl of Waterfall with a live version of Laid (source unknown) can be obtained with purchases while stocks last. Shops participating are :
Online (12″ vinyl): MusicDirect.com
Denver: Twist & Shout
New England (various locations): Bull Moose
New York : Looney Tunes (West Babylon), Soundtracks, (Huntington)
New Jersey : Vintage Vinyl (Fords), Alwilk (Livingston), Jack’s (Red Bank)
Philadelphia : Main Street Music, AKA Music, Gallery of Sound (9 locations statewide)
DC: Melody Record Shop, Olsson’s
Baltimore : The Sound Garden
Chicago : Rolling Stone, Groovin High,Reckless Records, Laurie’s Planet of Sound, Dave’s Records
Milwaukee : Atomic Records, Exclusive Company
Minneapolis : Electric Fetus
St.Louis: Vintage Vinyl
San Diego: Lou’s, In Theory Records
Los Angeles: Fingerprints, Rhino, Mad Platter
James opened their first US tour for over eleven years with two shows at the Boston Paradise Rock Club on Sunday and Monday nights.
The sets were :
Sunday – Say Something, Oh My Heart, Ring the Bells, Waterfall, Whiteboy, She’s A Star, PS, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Hey Ma, Sit Down, Sound, Tomorrow and Sometimes with a first encore of Lullaby, Born Of Frustration and Laid and a second encore of Top Of The World and Come Home.
Monday – Laid, Seven, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Waterfall, Bubbles, Say Something, Five-O, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Hey Ma, Sit Down, Sound, Whiteboy, Tomorrow, Sometimes with an an encore of She’s A Star, Born Of Frustration, Lullaby, Don’t Wait That Long and Come Home.
The Boston Globe reviewed the Sunday night show here.
Monday night’s show saw the band invite a member of the audience, Jonah Soolman, on stage to play guitar on Come Home. For more details of the experience and photos (to come), follow this link.
The tour moves onto Philadelphia’s Trocadero Club tonight. Next week’s Toronto show appears to have sold out.
Update 6.9.08
James played their second Portuguese festival show at the Largo 1o de Maio in Agueda, Portugal on Thursday night. They played Born of Frustration, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Waterfall, P.S, Say Something, She’s a Star, English Beefcake, I Wanna Go Home, Out to Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, Sit Down, Tomorrow, Sometimes. Laid with an encore of Hey Ma, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) and Come Home.
Update 31.8.08
James played the first of three Portuguese festival gigs in the early hours of this morning at the Festival do Norte Alentejano, Crato. They played Born Of Frustration, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Waterfall, Bubbles, Say Something, She’s A Star, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, Sit Down, Tomorrow and Sometimes with an encore of Top Of The World, Hey Ma, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) and Laid.
Update 27.8.08
James have announced another date on their December UK tour. The tour now opens at the Brighton Dome on Tuesday 9 December.
Update 23.8.08
James have been nominated for the Best Live Return award at Vodafone live music awards. Vote for James here.
Decca have also announced that the US version of Hey Ma will also be released on vinyl, the first release of a James album on that format since Whiplash.
Update 15.8.08
According to the venue’s website, James tour now opens with a second date at Boston’s Paradise Club on Sunday 14th September, the night before the initial first date at the same venue.
Update 30.7.08
Support on the upcoming US tour appears to be UK band Unkle Bob, who are managed by no other than Saul Davies. It’s not yet confirmed officially which dates they will be supporting on.
Ex-James guitarist and vocalist Michael Kulas is currently writing soundtracks for films and TV in his native Canada. One of his projects is working on the Canadian Hockey Anthem Challenge. You can listen to his entry, Every Day Is Hockey Night, and vote for him by following this link.
Update 29.7.08
James have announced three additional dates in Portugal for late August and early September.
Saturday 30 August – Festival do Norte Alentejano, Crato
Thursday 4 September – Águeda
Saturday 6 September – Açor Arena – Pavilhão Multiusos, São Miguel, Açores
Update 20.7.08
James played a stunning hour and half headline slot at Vila Nova da Gaia’s Mares Vives Festival last night against a backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean. The set featured Born Of Frustration, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, She’s A Star, Waterfall, Say Something, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Lose Control, Upside, Whiteboy, Sit Down, Tomorrow, Hey Ma, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes and Laid. Laid was completed by a mass stage invasion. A review can be found here and pictures here.
Update 18.7.08
Rest of the North American tour dates according to Rolling Stone. Note Mexican venues are to be confirmed.
Tuesday 16 September – Philadelphia Trocadero
Monday 22 September – Montreal Club Soda
Tuesday 23 September – Toronto Phoenix
Monday 29 September – Denver Ogden Theatre
Wednesday 1 October – San Francisco Regency
Thursday 2 October – Los Angeles El Rey Theatre
Friday 3 October – San Diego House Of Blues
Tuesday 7 October – Mexico City venue tbd
Wednesday 8 October – Guadalajara venue tbd
full listings to date in the Live section
Update 16.7.08 pm
And another US date
Thursday 18 September – Washington DC 9.30 Club
full listings to date in the Live section
Update 16.7.08 am
Another US date
Thursday 25 September – Chicago Vic
Update 15.7.08
More US dates
Monday 15 September – Boston Paradise Rock Club
Saturday 20 September – Astbury Park Stone Pony, New Jersey
Saturday 27 September – Minneapolis Fine Line Music Cafe
Sunday 5 October – Anaheim House Of Blues, California
Update 13.7.08
James are playing Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Ballroom on Friday September 26. Click here for ticket information.
A new version of the 2002 live album Getting Away With It Live is due to be released on 28 July. The pack includes a cd of an abbreviated version of the concert and the original live show from Manchester Arena in December 2001.
Update 6.7.08
Whiteboy is now being used by Saturn Cars on the commercial for the their new Astra model in the US.
Update 25.6.08
James are reportedly playing a support slot to Squeeze at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Friday 19 September – tickets are on sale Saturday from the box office. No official confirmation as yet.
The Courteeners’ cover of Out To Get You is now out on one of the seven-inch singles of their latest release No You Didn’t, No You Don’t.
Update 18.6.08
James are playing a session for Radio 2 Dermot O’Leary’s show this Saturday between 2 and 5pm UK time.
Update 15.6.08 pm
According to the NME, James played the following set at the Isle Of Wight Festival earlier this evening – Born Of Frustration, Waterfall, Come Home, Whiteboy, Tomorrow, Hey Ma, Upside, Out To Get You, I Wanna Go Home, She’s A Star, Sometimes, Laid. The full review can be found here.
Update 15.6.08 am
James played a sold out warm up gig for today’s Isle of Wight Festival performance at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms last night. They played Upside, She’s A Star, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Whiteboy, Tomorrow, Out To Get You, I Wanna Go Home, Sound, Sometimes, Laid, Waterfall, Say Something and Come Home. For a review click here and here for pictures.
Highlights from the Isle of Wight set will be broadcast by ITV2 tonight from 11pm. James will also be appearing on Johnathan Ross a week on Friday (27th June).
Tim appears in this month’s Uncut magazine with an article talking about pictures from throughout the band’s career.
Update 7.6.08
James played their first US gig for eleven years at Los Angeles Spaceland last night. The five-piece of Tim, Saul, Jim, Larry and Andy performed Top Of The World, Out To Get You, Hey Ma, Oh My Heart, Upside, Waterfall, Lose Control, Lullaby, Whiteboy, Laid, I Wanna Go Home and Say Something. Reviews and photos would be appreciated if you attended the show.
Update 6.6.08
Some pictures from the KCRW session have been added. Photos courtesy of and thanks to jameszine.
An additional track recorded during yesterday’s session, Lullaby, was broadcast on today’s Morning Becomes Eclectic Show around two and quarter hours into the show.
James session on KCRW can now be viewed online. Press play below.
Update 5.6.08
James are playing a semi-acoustic gig at Los Angeles Spaceland tomorrow night, 6 June. Tickets are $12 and are on sale at ticketweb.
They also performed a session on KCRW this evening featuring Whiteboy, Oh My Heart, Hey Ma, Upside, Waterfall and I Wanna Go Home.
Update 3.6.08
The Courteeners are previewing their cover of Out To Get You, due for release on the b-side of their forthcoming single No You Didn’t, No You Don’t.
Update 30.5.08
James are playing a warm-up date at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms on Saturday 14th June. Tickets go on sale at 9am to wearejames subscribers, and will be on general sale at www.seetickets.com from 9am on Monday.
Update 28.5.08
James are slated to appear on Morning Become Eclectic on KCRW Santa Monica in the US next Thursday, 5 June.
Update 19.5.08
Tim Booth performed Paddy McGinty’s Goat on BBC Radio 2 tonight.
Update 17.5.08
Oneofthethree interviewed Tim Booth exclusively in Aberdeen at the end of the recent James tour. Read Part One of the interview here.
The Courteeners are covering Out To Get You as the b-side to one of the seven-inch vinyl formats of the single No You Didn’t, No You Don’t, which is released on June 23rd. Other covers include The Sugababes, Laura Marling, The Velvet Underground and Mamas And Papas.
Update 16.5.08
Tim will be on Jools Holland’s BBC Radio 2 show on Monday night from 10.30 performing a cover of a Val Doonican song.
Update 12.5.08
James played the Braga Municipal Park in Portugal last night. The set included Sit Down, Come Home, Oh My Heart, Whiteboy, Ring The Bells, She’s A Star, Bubbles, Upside, Sound, Out To Get You, I Wanna Go Home, Hey Ma, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes, Laid and Tomorrow.
Update 11.5.08
James played the first of two Portuguese shows at Coimbra Praça da Canção last night. They played Born of Frustration, Come Home, Oh My Heart, Whiteboy, Ring The Bells, She’s A Star, Bubbles, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Hey Ma, Upside, Sound, Sometimes, Laid and Sit Down.
Update 9.5.08
James played at Madrid’s Riviera last night. With Tim seated for most of the song because of an injured leg, they played Born Of Frustration, Come Home, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Waterfall, Bubbles, She’s A Star, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, Sit Down, Sound and Tomorrow with an encore of Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Hey Ma, Sometimes and Laid.
Update 8.5.08
Waterfall has been added to the C List on BBC Radio 2, hopefully meaning some significant radio play in the upcoming weeks.
Update 7.5.08
One track promos distributed to reviewers for Waterfall include a sticker with the label “in shops and to download” with a release date of May 26. No official confirmation has been forthcoming to date, as the James official site is down due to technical difficulties.
Update 6.5.08
Hey Ma has moved up to number 3 on the Greek charts from number 6, after debuting at number 8 on week of release.
Update 3.5.08
Last night’s Later With Jools broadcast included three James songs – Hey Ma, Upside and a different version of Waterfall from the one performed on Tuesday’s show.
Update 30.4.08
James played two songs – Waterfall and Laid – live on Later With Jools on BBC2 last night, and recorded a further two for possible broadcast on Friday’s show. They can be watched on the BBC I-player where there is also an interview with Tim.
Update 29.4.08
Hey Ma dropped to number 61 on the UK charts last week. The album debuted on the Greek charts at number 8.
James will be appearing live on Later With Jools on BBC2 at 10pm this evening.
Update 26.4.08
James completed their tour with a majestic show at Aberdeen’s Exhibition And Conference Centre. Senorita was played for the first time on the tour proper and 72 was reintroduced into the set. The complete list ran Top Of The World, Born Of Frustration, Senorita, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Waterfall, Bubbles, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), 72, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, She’s A Star, Sound and Tomorrow, followed by an encore of Come Home, Hey Ma, Sometimes and Laid. A series of my observations and opinions from the show can be found here.
Highlights from the Edinburgh show will be broadcast on Clyde 1 (102.5 FM) on Sunday between 7 and 10. You can listen online to the station at their website.
Update 25.4.08
A second night on the December We Are Sound tour has been announced at Manchester Central on Saturday 20th December.
James played the penultimate gig of their sold-out tour last night at Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange. Welcomed on stage by a bagpipe player with the opening notes of Come Home, they played Come Home, Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Waterfall, Bubbles, Born Of Frustration, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Upside, Whiteboy, She’s A Star, Sound and Tomorrow, followed by an encore of Top Of The World, Hey Ma, Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
Update 23.4.08
The Festival Mares Vivas (July 19), Madrid (May 8) and Barcelona (May 6) have been confirmed on the official website. The Eject Festival date in Athens is on Saturday 28th June and not Sunday 29th June as previously reported.
James played a sold-out hot and sweaty show at Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom last night. They played Upside, Born Of Frustration, Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Come Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Waterfall, She’s A Star, Sound and Tomorrow followed by an encore of Say Something, Whiteboy and Sometimes. A review can be found here.
Update 22.4.08
James played another stunning show at Bristol’s Colston Hall last night. They played Out To Get You, Born Of Frustration, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Come Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, I Wanna Go Home, Johnny Yen, Waterfall, Whiteboy, She’s A Star, Sound and Tomorrow followed by an encore of Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) Upside and Sometimes. A review can be found here.
Update 21.4.08
According to Portuguese music paper Blitz, James are playing the Festival Marés Vivas on July 19 in the town of Vila Nova de Gaia, just outside Porto. The appearance at Super Bock Super Rock do Porto on July 4, which had not been confirmed by the band, appears to have been cancelled as Love And Rockets have replaced James on posters for the festival.
Update 20.4.08
Hey Ma has dropped from number 10 to number 33 on the second week in the UK album charts.
James played a sold-out show last night at the all-seater (not that anyone stayed standing for long) New Theatre in Oxford. They played Top Of The World, Born Of Frustration, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Come Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, I Wanna Go Home, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Waterfall, Whiteboy, She’s A Star, Sound and Tomorrow followed by an encore of Say Something, Upside and Sometimes. A review can be found here.
Update 19.4.08
At Norwich UEA last night, James blew away the audience with the best show of the tour so far. They played Top Of The World, Born Of Frustration, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Come Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, I Wanna Go Home, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Waterfall, Whiteboy, She’s A Star, Sound and Tomorrow followed by an encore of Johnny Yen, Upside and Sometimes. A review can be found here.
Update 18.4.08
Following a well-earned day off, James played their first gig at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire for eight years last night. They played Born Of Frustration, Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Come Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, I Wanna Go Home, Honest Joe, Out To Get You, Waterfall, Whiteboy, She’s A Star, Sound and Tomorrow followed by an encore of Johnny Yen, Upside and Sometimes. A review can be found here.
Update 16.4.08
James performed a sold-out show at Sheffield Academy last night. They played Destiny Calling, Born Of Frustration, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Come Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Whiteboy, Waterfall, She’s A Star, Sound and Tomorrow followed by an encore of Upside, Laid and Sometimes. A review will follow later here.
Update 15.4.08
James performed a barnstorming gig at Newcastle Academy last night. They played Born Of Frustration, Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Come Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, I Wanna Go Home, Say Something, Whiteboy, Waterfall, She’s A Star, Sound and Tomorrow followed by an encore of Johnny Yen, Upside and Sometimes with a second encore of Laid. A review can be found here.
Update 14.4.08
James performed an acoustic version of Whiteboy live on Billy Sloan’s Clyde 1 FM show last night. It was also announced that the Edinburgh show will be recorded by the station for part-broadcast at some point in the future.
Update 13.4.08
Hey Ma has entered the UK album charts at Number 10.
James played at Liverpool University last night and were introduced on-stage by comedian Peter Kay, whose request for Lullaby, which he got the audience to sing part of, was met by the band as part of the encore. They played Born Of Frustration, Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Come Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, I Wanna Go Home, Say Something, Whiteboy, Waterfall, She’s A Star, Sound and Tomorrow followed by an encore of Johnny Yen, Upside, Lullaby and Sometimes. A review can be found here.
Update 12.4.08
According to Spanish ticket site www.ticktackticket.com, James have rescheduled their Spanish dates for Barcelona Razzmatazz on Tuesday 6 May and Madrid La Riviera on Thursday 8 May. These have not been officially confirmed.
James sold out UK tour continued at Lincoln’s Engine Shed last night. They played Born Of Frustration, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Honest Joe, Bubbles, Come Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, I Wanna Go Home, Whiteboy, Waterfall, She’s A Star, Sound and Tomorrow with an encore of Say Something, Upside and Sometimes. Click here for a review.
Update 11.4.08
James played a triumphant set at Derby’s Assembly Rooms last night. The set still featured ten tracks from Hey Ma with a number of set changes and a slightly revised order. The set ran Born Of Frustration, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, 72, Bubbles, Come Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, I Wanna Go Home, Whiteboy, Upside, She’s A Star, Tomorrow, Sound and Say Something with an encore of Johnny Yen, Waterfall and Sometimes. A review can be found here.
Update 10.4.08
Hey Ma is sitting at number 6 in the mid-week charts.
As part of an ongoing series of “Inspirations” posters, Liam Fray, lead singer of The Courteeners, quotes Sometimes by James as his main inspiration.
Update 9.4.08
James played the opening night of their UK tour at Bradford’s St George’s Hall. Featuring a set comprised of most of the Hey Ma album, they played Born Of Frustration, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, 72, Bubbles, P.S, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Whiteboy, Waterfall, Upside, She’s A Star, Tomorrow, Sometimes with an encore of Top Of The World, I Wanna Go Home and Sound. A review can be found here.
There were a number of new t-shirts on sale – amongst them a brown shirt with the white dog from last year’s HMV advert, one with the simple “too old for Hamlet, too young for Lear” line on the front, one with a band picture on the front, another with james on the front with Hey Ma in the building blocks from the album cover lower down and the tour dates on the back, a blue shirt with lyrics from a number of songs across the years on the front, a grey hoodie with a James daisy on the right breast and a skinny only vest in green with a handwritten James with the a looking like a heart with an arrow through it.
James have two videos posted on their myspace page – an interview performed by themselves and a live version of Hey Ma.
XFM have posted the session and interview that James performed for their Jason Mansford breakfast show earlier in the week.
Update 8.4.08
James received front-page coverage on the Manchester Evening News for their show at the HMV store yesterday. They also had an interview with Channel M, a local Manchester television channel.
Update 7.4.08
James played Hey Ma, Upside and Waterfall on Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie’s Radio 2 show this evening. Tim also revealed the band are looking at a US tour for August and September, although no further details were revealed at this point. Tim selected Patti Smith’s Birdland from the album Horses as his “Show and Tell” feature on the show.
Athlete are confirmed as the support for the December UK tour except the Leeds show. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10am on Friday 25 April.
To celebrate the release of Hey Ma, James played an intimate six-song set in the basement of Manchester’s HMV store before signing copies of the album. The set featured Hey Ma, Whiteboy, Boom Boom, I Wanna Go Home, Waterfall and Upside. A review will follow here.
James also appeared on Sky News today. Click on the link to watch the two minute footage.
Hey Ma is released today! An itunes exclusive deluxe edition includes an additional track Child To Burn and a track-by-track commentary of the album. By purchasing the album, you are also entitled to an exclusive pre-sale for the December tour for up to four tickets. Those tour dates are :
Thursday 11 December – Leeds Academ
Friday 12 December – Glasgow SECC Hall 4
Saturday 13 December – Birmingham NIA
Monday 15 December – Brixton Academy
Tuesday 16 December – Brixton Academy
Friday 19 December – Manchester G-Mex (Central)
Update 5.4.08
James are hosting a myspace competition to win one of two signed copies of Hey Ma.
In an article on Channel 4 Teletext, Tim revealed James have written new songs over the past month, although stopped short of guaranteeing whether there would be another James album.
Last night’s rather lovely acoustic session is now available on Radio 6’s website for a week. Listen in as to why Martha Wainwright is better than Pink Floyd, hear Mark speak on radio for the first time ever and Tim take the mickey out of Marc Riley’s dirty secret. The link to Friday’s show works (even if the text hasn’t been updated).
Update 4.4.08
Marc Riley announced James are to tour in December at Leeds Academy, Glasgow SECC, Birmingham NIA, Brixton Academy and Manchester G-Mex on Radio 6 tonight. Official confirmation is expected in the new few days.
James played a three song semi-acoustic set for Marc Riley’s Brain Surgery on BBC Radio 6 tonight. A four-piece (Tim, Jim, Larry and Mark) played semi-acoustic versions of Hey Ma, Whiteboy and Upside.
The band are playing a live show on Later With Jools Holland on Tuesday 29th April. The dates in Madrid and Barcelona will now not take place – no indication as yet if they will be rescheduled.
Some pictures have been added to the site from the Hoxton Bar And Grill show on Monday night.
Update 2.4.08
James are playing a number of radio sessions and performing interviews over the next week as part of the build-up to Monday’s release of Hey Ma
Thursday 3 April – Tim on Radio 6 Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable
Friday 4 April – as announced previously, James are performing a semi-acoustic set on Marc Riley’s Radio 6 Brain Surgery show from 7pm.
Sunday 6 April – exclusive interview with Key 103 Manchester’s Michelle Mullaine
Monday 7 April – interview on Jason Mansford’s XFM Manchester breakfast show before the lunchtime show at HMV followed by a live session for Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie from 8pm on Radio 2.
Tim Booth is interviewed on Channel 4 Teletext – a transcription of the interview can be read here.
Update 1.4.08
James are appearing on Mark Riley’s Brain Surgery radio show on BBC Radio 6 on Friday night between 7 and 9pm.
James played a stunning set at Hoxton Bar And Grill last night featuring the whole of the Hey Ma album and some welcome rarities. The set read Bubbles, 72, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Hey Ma, Destiny Calling, P.S, Junkie, Semaphore, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Senorita, Waterfall, Waltzing Along, Whiteboy, Sometimes and encored with I Wanna Go Home, Upside and Sound. A review will posted here sometime later in the day.
Update 31.3.08
Oneofthethree has an exclusive first in-depth review of the Hey Ma album.
Update 28.3.08
The new official James website has been launched this evening. In addition to the standard news, gigs and discography sections, it has a potted history of the band written by Larry, the first part of an interview with Kirsty Pheasant (goldmother to forumites), lyrics for the album and a James game where you have to identify songs and can win signed artwork or guestlist tickets for the upcoming tour.
Tim Booth has intimated in an interview with the Yorkshire Evening Post that Sit Down won’t be played at the forthcoming dates, and that the set will be based around the new album Hey Ma. In other media news, the Independent, Q Magazine and Uncut have reviewed the album, Q Magazine lists Oh My Heart in its 50 Essential Tracks for the month and Uncut Magazine features a back-cover advert for the album.
Update 27.3.08
Tickets for the Hoxton gig go on sale at 9am this morning. Details have been sent out to members of the James mailing list.
The Manchester HMV (Monday April 7), Murcia (Friday May 2) and Coimbra (Saturday May 10) festival dates in May have been confirmed and additional dates in Braga (Portugal) in the Municipal Park on Sunday May 11 and Athens (Eject Festival) on Sunday June 29th.
Amazon are running a contest for an all-expenses paid trip to the Murcia festival.
From tomorrow, the band will be previewing each day a track from the new album on the official website.
Update 25.3.08
James have announced a warm-up date at Hoxton Square Bar And Kitchen next Monday, March 31. Ticket details are unclear at present, but are likely to be exclusive to James mailing list. There is a competition for a pair to be won on the band’s official myspace. The band’s site is being advertised on the UK frontpage of the myspace site.
Update 23.3.08
Two good pieces of press for the band over the weekend in The Times and the Sunday Mail (in Scotland) and the first view of a new press picture.
In the Sunday Mail interview, Tim expressed his views on the controversial Hey Ma cover : “The image is amazing because we are a race with nuclear weapons and the ability to destroy ourselves – yet in many ways we’re the emotional and moral age of a baby. So a baby playing with a loaded gun seemed the perfect metaphor for the world.”
Update 20.3.08
James songs from the new album Hey Ma are finding their way onto radio and the web.
Hey Ma has been donated to the group Help For Heroes for use in a video campaign detailing the events soldiers face in warzones in Iraq and Afghanistan. The video can be viewed on youtube by following this link.
Waterfall was played on Janice Long’s Radio 2 show early this morning – the song is about 50 minutes in. The listen again link should be valid for about a week
Update 15.3.08
The HMV website is listing a James in-store gig and signing at their Manchester Market St store on April 7 at 12.30pm, the day of the album launch. According to the site, wristbands will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis one per person from 8am on the morning.
Larry Gott has spoken to XFM regarding the controversy relating to the sleeve and how James are planning to manage the album advertising in light of the ban on the artwork. For a transcript of the interview, click here.
Update 14.3.08
In an interview with Mad, the trade website, Darren Hughes, creative head at the Love agency, responsible for the Hey Ma artwork and the revised daisy logos said that the idea behind the controversial cover was to show the “boldness and curiosity” of gun culture “to engage in the debate”.
Hughes told the website “You need only to have a passing acquaintance with the headlines to be aware of the unfolding horror show of gun culture amongst kids in the UK. Whilst the media are quick to show condemnation and, in the governments barricading of not just our airports but now our train and bus stations and schools with metal detectors, armed police and dogs, their strong armed ‘climate of fear-inducing’ response.
“But we seem less able, less curious to raise the vital question, as to what has brought our country, our culture our kids to be so taken with guns?”
Alternative artwork is being prepared for the advertising campaign to satisfy JC Decaux, the media company, which refused to post the “offending” posters.
Update 13.3.08
JAMES NEW ARTWORK BANNED SHOCKER – The Sun are reporting that advertising executives have banned the new James album cover from advertising billboards because of fears relating to the baby and gun being on the sleeve. James are steadfastly refusing to change the cover.
Update 12.3.08
James now have an official Facebook group.
The tracknames being touted by several music sites are not totally correct. Upside Down is simply called Upside, and Of Monsters And Heroes And Men is called simply Monsters And Heroes And Men.
Update 10.3.08
According to the festival’s blog site, James are scheduled to play the Queima das Fitas in Coimbra, Portugal on Saturday 10 May. There has been no official confirmation of this as yet from the band.
Update 9.3.08
The Portuguese music site Blitz has reported that James have signed up to play the Super Bock Super Rock do Porto festival on Friday 4 July. There has been no official confirmation on either the festival or the James official site.
Update 3.3.08
The official James myspace site now has the final version of Whiteboy available to listen to. It would appear that the version played by Radcliffe and Maconie last week was a demo version of the song.
Meanwhile, upcoming Manchester band The Courteeners feature a snippet of Tomorrow on the live b-side to their recent 7″ single What Took You So Long? The track is on the one-sided etched picture disc or is available on itunes.
James’ producer Lee Muddy Baker’s band, My Federation, who are supporting James on their April tour, release their debut album “Don’t Wanna Die” on April 7, coincident with the release of Hey Ma.
Update 27.2.08
In a message on the official site, guitarist Larry Gott has confirmed the album title as “Hey Ma”, the tracklisting and the album sleeve.
Talking about songs that didn’t make the cut in response to some fan favourites such as Not So Strong being absent, he replied : “Yes, we know some of your faves aren’t on there and you will no doubt moan about the ones that got away, but the process of making a James album is a strange and mysterious one that even baffles us at times. The tracks we didn’t include simply avoided capture or else developed a character incompatible with the rest. Some of them will return no doubt, and some will be available as a limited special treat.”
Update 26.2.08
101cd.com have listed the new James album Hey Ma with the sleeve picture to the left. Although there has been no official confirmation of the album sleeve, this image had been circulated to distributors in the last week, so is likely to be the front sleeve for the record.
Just for clarification, the album title has no exclamation mark at the end. That’s important. Apparently.
Update 25.2.08
The track Whiteboy will be the lead single from the new James album Hey Ma and has been previewed on Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie’s show on Radio 2. For those of you in the UK, the listen back facility will be available on the show so you can hear what you missed – www.bbc.co.uk/radio2. The song is about 21 minutes into the show.
James will also be playing a session on the day of the album launch, Monday April 7.
Update 23.2.08
Amazon.co.uk have announced the tracklisting for the forthcoming album Hey Ma, to be released on April 7. The running order is Bubbles, Hey Ma, Waterfall, Oh My Heart, Boom Boom, Semaphore, Upside, Whiteboy, 72, Monsters And Heroes And Men and I Wanna Go Home.
All songs were previewed at the Hoxton shows in September and recorded at the Warzy Chateau in France shortly afterwards. Semaphore was previously titled Pure Beauty, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men was Better In Black and 72 was A/B.
Update 18.2.08
Usonica website are advertising James are playing Ballantine’s Leave An Impression festival in Barcelona and Madrid at the end of April. Dates are April 29 at Barcelona’s Razzmatazz 1 and April 30 at Madrid’s La Riviera. The dates have not been officially confirmed by the band.
Update 14.2.08
Play.com are advertising the new James album as being titled “Hey Ma” with release date of 7 April without any track-listing details. Currently no other shops are listing the album for release on that date and there has been no official confirmation of the album title.
James are hotly tipped to play the Murcia SOS 4.8 Festival in Spain on 2-3 May. No official confirmation has been made by the festival organisers or the band.
The final line-up announced for the Versus Cancer gig at the MEN Arena on 23 February has been announced, with no slot for James despite the premature XFM announcement of their participation.
Update 30.1.08
James have announced a warm-up date for their April tour at Bradford St George’s Hall on Tuesday 8 April. Tickets go on sale tomorrow to wearejames.com subscribers and on general sale on Friday at seetickets, gigsandtours and other outlets.
Update 3.1.08
XFM announced this morning that James are to play the Manchester versus Cancer gig at the MEN Arena on Saturday 23 February. No official confirmation has yet been made by the band or their management. Standing tickets for the event appear to be sold out already.
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