This page lists all news item that were originally published on the old oneofthethree site in 2010. Links and images have either been removed or pointed to the new site where internal.
Update 19.12.10
James finished their UK tour with a massive celebratory gig at Manchester’s MEN Arena, supported by Frazer King and the Pigeon Detectives. They enlisted the support of the Manchester Consort Choir to make the gig extra-special. They played Born Of Frustration, Seven, Ring The Bells, Come Home, PS, Got The Shakes, Tell Her I Said So, Lookaway, Say Something, Just Like Fred Astaire, Jam J, I Wanna Go Home, Sit Down, Out To Get You, Rabbit Hole, She’s A Star, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sound and Stutter with an encore of Dust Motes, Sometimes, Gold Mother and Laid. A review can be found here.
At the VIP soundcheck they played Gold Mother, Sometimes and Rabbit Hole, the first two with the choir.
Update 18.12.10
James played the penultimate gig of their UK tour at Glasgow SECC last night. They played Born Of Frustration, Seven, Ring The Bells, Tell Her I Said So, PS, Lookaway, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Jam J, Out To Get You, I Wanna Go Home, Sit Down, Rabbit Hole, Just Like Fred Astaire, Laid, Sound and Stutter with an encore of Say Something, Tomorrow and Sometimes. A review can be found here.
Update 16.12.10
James continued their UK tour last night at Leicester’s De Montfort Hall. They played Dust Motes, PS, Five-O, Tell Her I Said So, Born Of Frustration, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Ring The Bells, Got The Shakes, Lookaway, Jam J, Tomorrow, I Wanna Go Home, Sit Down, Out To Get You, Laid, Sound and Stutter with an encore of She’s A Star, Say Something and Sometimes. A review can be found here.
At the VIP soundcheck they played Five-O, Lookaway, Got The Shakes, Just Like Fred Astaire and Bring A Gun.
Update 15.12.10
James played last night at Leeds O2 Academy in a sort of homecoming gig for Tim. They played Lost A Friend, Seven, Come Home, Ring The Bells, Dust Motes, Rabbit Hole, Tell Her I Said So, It’s Hot, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Tomorrow, Jam J, PS, Out To Get You, I Wanna Go Home, Runaground, Stutter, Sound and Laid with an encore of Sit Down and Sometimes, followed by a second encore of Top Of The World. A review can be found here.
At the VIP soundcheck they played Lost A Friend, Lookaway, Five-O and Just Like Fred Astaire.
Update 13.12.10
James played last night at Birmingham’s O2 Academy – the set list was Dust Motes, PS, Born Of Frustration, It’s Hot, Tell Her I Said So, Runaground, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Just Like Fred Astaire, Lost A Friend, Sit Down, Don’t Wait That Long, Rabbit Hole, Jam J, God Only Knows, Johnny Yen, Ring The Bells, Sound and Stutter with an encore of Out To Get You, Sometimes and Laid. A review, of sorts, can be found here.
The soundcheck, again as a six-piece, featured Lost A Friend, Runaground, Just Like Fred Astaire, God Only Knows and What For.
During the Q+A session, Tim said that the boxset was delayed due to issues with the USB stick and the player for the FLAC files that were due to be on it. He intimated it could be as late as September next year before the boxset sees the light of day.
Update 11.12.10
James continued their UK tour with a sold-out gig at Brixton Academy. They played Dust Motes, Dream Thrum, PS, Tell Her I Said So, It’s Hot, Born Of Frustration, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Johnny Yen, Rabbit Hole, Bubbles, Bring A Gun, Jam J, Don’t Wait That Long, Out To Get You, Sit Down, Ring The Bells, Laid and Stutter with an encore of I Wanna Go Home, Sound and Sometimes. A review can be found here.
The soundcheck, again Larry-less except for the end of Don’t Wait That Long, featured Bubbles, Bring A Gun, Lookaway and Don’t Wait That Long. Lookaway saw Tim play acoustic guitar “for the first time in public.”
The band have a day off before tomorrow night’s gig at Birmingham Academy.
At the soundcheck, Jim said there were discussions about some festival appearances next summer and some special things lined up for the back end of the year, but no new album, although writing sessions were going to take place.
Update 10.12.10
James opened their UK tour last night at the all-seated Hammersmith Apollo in London. They played Dust Motes, PS, Five-O, Tell Her I Said So, It’s Hot, Born Of Frustration, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Tomorrow, Rabbit Hole, I Wanna Go Home, Runaground, Jam J, Johnny Yen, Sit Down, Out To Get You, Laid, Say Something, Ring The Bells and Stutter with an encore of Sound and Sometimes. Larry played the show despite against doctor’s orders due to having a bad back that required injections. He was absent from the VIP soundcheck where the band played Just Like Fred Astaire, Runaground, Rabbit Hole, Whiteboy and an audience request for What For. A review of the gig can be found here
The tour continues tonight at London’s Brixton Academy.
Update 7.12.10
Tim’s new revamped website is now up and running at www.timbooth.co.uk. If you sign up to the mailing list, you can download a demo of a new track called Buried Alive. The album, with the working title of The Palace Of The Moon Princess, is due for release in March with a tour planned for April.
Update 5.12.10
James played their second Portuguese show at the sold out Pavilhao Rosa Mota in Porto last night. They played Sit Down, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Seven, Tomorrow, Crazy, She’s A Star, Stutter, Dust Motes, Tell Her I Said So, Born Of Frustration, Jam J, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Ten Below, Say Something, Ring The Bells and Sound with an encore of Come Home, Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
Update 4.12.10
James played the first of two Portuguese shows last night at Lisbon’s Campo Pequeno bullring. They played Sit Down, Ring The Bells, Seven, Whiteboy, Born Of Frustration, P.S, Tell Her I Said So, It’s Hot, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), She’s A Star, Jam J, I Wanna Go Home, Dust Motes, Stutter, Crazy, Say Something and Sound with an encore of Out To Get You, Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
Update 22.11.10
James have announced that they will be repeating the VIP Soundcheck experience on their forthcoming UK tour. The package, which will apply to all their upcoming UK shows at Hammersmith Apollo, Brixton Academy, Birmingham Academy, Leeds Academy, Leicester de Montfort Hall, Glasgow SECC and Manchester MEN Arena. Tickets which include soundcheck access with a guaranteed three songs, a fifteen minute Q and A session with the band, a VIP laminate and early priority access to the venue and the merchandise desk will cost £20 and go on sale tomorrow at 9am through gigsandtours. There is a pre-sale for wearejames mailing list subscribers so check your inbox if you are signed up.
It would appear The Gathering Sound boxset has been postponed until some time next year.
Update 16.11.10
The Gathering Sound box-set tracklisting has now been posted on spincds and amazon site and on the Universal trade website. The tracklisting for the box-set can be found here.
The set includes 3 cds, The Morning After and The Night Before on disc 1, a set of studio rarities on disc 2 and a set of live rarities on disc 3, plus a DVD of the Come Home Live show from Manchester G-Mex from December 1990, a 12″ vinyl featuring four Gold Mother era demos, a J-shaped USB stick featuring all ten studio albums to date in FLAC format (Stutter, Strip-Mine, Gold Mother, Seven, Laid, Wah Wah, Whiplash, Millionaires, Pleased To Meet You and Hey Ma) and some of the non-album singles around the release of The Best Of and Fresh As A Daisy plus a scrapbook containing a timeline of the band’s history, a booklet containing contributions from people involved in the James story and musicians influenced by them, four badges, four laminated backstage passes and four prints.
From Tim’s tweets, it would seem that 500 of the boxsets will be signed by the band although there’s no indication yet as to how these will be sold.
Update 19.10.10
James have had to cancel their show tonight at the Banamex Auditorium in Monterrey, due to illness. The following press release was published by the promoter.
JAMES CONCERT CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS – EVENT WAS SCHEDULED OCTOBER 19 AT BANAMEX AUDITORIUM, MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON
JAMES has today regretfully announced that its engagement scheduled for October 19th in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, will be cancelled, due to illness of two members of the band.
Following a hugely successful run of 19 shows across America over the past 3 weeks, two members of the band’s ill health worsened following their energetic performance at Mexico City’s Corona Capital Festival on Saturday (which has already been touted as one of their best festival set in years) and was exacerbated by technical issues in Guadalajara last night causing a very late stage time and further strain.
The band are hugely disappointed at not being able to perform in Monterrey as the final show of this tour. Especially following the overwhelming response they have received from their fans in Mexico so far. However they promise to be back and very much look forward to playing Monterrey the next time they tour Mexico in the not too distant future.
Fans who bought tickets via credit card will automatically get reimbursed. Fans who bought via cash will have to go to the point of purchase for reimbursement starting this Friday October 22ND 11.00AM.
For more information please visit www.ticketmaster.com.mx.
Or contact us at OCESA 55-236296900.
Update 17.10.10
James played the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City last night. They played Sit Down, She’s A Star, Ring The Bells, Sound, It’s Hot, Out To Get You, Stutter, Say Something, Tomorrow, Sometimes and Laid.
Update 16.10.10
Amazon are listing a James box-set “The Gathering Sound”, due for release on November 29 with a price of £94.99.
Update 15.10.10
James completed the US leg of their tour at Los Angeles’ Music Box on Wednesday night. They played Sit Down, Seven, She’s A Star, Ring The Bells, Dust Motes, Tell Her I Said So, Lookaway, It’s Hot, Jam J, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Just Like Fred Astaire, PS, Out To Get You, Tomorrow, Laid and Sound with an encore of Stutter, Sometimes, Gold Mother and Come Home. They were joined on stage by Silverlake Choir for Tell Her I Said So and Lookaway and by support Ed Harcourt and his band for Sometimes.
At the soundcheck they played Got The Shakes, Tell Her I Said So, Lookaway and Gold Mother.
Update 13.10.10
James played the penultimate leg of their US shows at Anaheim’s House Of Blues last night. The set read PS, Five-O, Tell Her I Said So, Dust Motes, Got The Shakes, Seven, She’s A Star, Come Home, What’s The World, Stutter, Out To Get You, Johnny Yen, It’s Hot, Sit Down, Laid and Sound with a first encore of Say Something, Ring The Bells and Sometimes and a second encore of Jam J and Lullaby.
At the soundcheck they played Bring A Gun, Waterfall, Rabbit Hole, Got The Shakes and Lullaby.
Update 12.10.10
James moved South to California to play the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco last night. The set was Five-O, Tell Her I Said So, Dust Motes, PS, Basic Brian, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Seven, Say Something, Lookaway, Hymn From A Village, Ring The Bells, Jam J, Out To Get You, Tomorrow, Laid and Sound followed by a first encore of Sit Down, Born Of Frustration and Sometimes and a second encore of Top Of The World.
At the VIP soundcheck they played Lookaway, Basic Brian, Tell Her I Said So and PS.
Update 11.10.10
James continued their North American tour with two shows in Portland and Seattle on Friday and Saturday night.
At Portland’s Wonder Ballroom they played Sit Down, Seven, Ring The Bells, Dust Motes, PS, Tell Her I Said So, It’s Hot, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), She’s A Star, Jam J, I Wanna Go Home, Top of the World, Crazy, Stutter, Tomorrow and Laid with an encore of Out To Get You, Heavens, Say Something and Sometimes.
At the VIP soundcheck they played Basic Brian, Heavens, Jam J and I Wanna Go Home.
At Seattle’s Showbox at The Market they played Sit Down, Out To Get You, Tell Her I Said So, Say Something, Ring The Bells, Seven, It’s Hot, Hymn From A Village, Born of Frustration, I Wanna Go Home, Dust Motes, Ten Below, Stutter, Jam J, Laid and Sound with an encore of Tomorrow, Sometimes and Gold Mother.
James also did a session for Seattle’s KEXP where they played Laid, Dust Motes, Lookaway and Sit Down.
Update 9.10.10
James played Thursday night in Vancouver and performed Dust Motes, PS, Tell Her I Said So, It’s Hot, Ring The Bells, Jam J, Bubbles, Out To Get You, Don’t Wait That Long, Porcupine, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Tomorrow, Say Something, What’s The World, Sound, Sit Down and Stutter with an encore of Come Home, Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
On Friday afternoon, James visited Kink FM’s Bing Lounge in Portland and performed Laid, Dust Motes, Say Something and Sit Down. The show will be archived at kink’s website.
Reviews have been added for Royal Oak, Washington and New York
At the Salt Lake City VIP, they played What’s The World, God Only Knows, Just Like Fred Astaire, Bring A Gun, and Got The Shakes.
Update 7.10.10
James continued their tour of North America with shows at Denver Bluebird Theatre and Salt Lake City The Complex on Monday and Tuesday nights.
In Denver they played Dust Motes, Dream Thrum, Tell Her I Said So, Ring The Bells, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), PS, Rabbit Hole, Whiteboy, It’s Hot, Jam J, I Wanna Go Home, Lullaby, Sound, Say Something, Sit Down and Stutter with an encore of Basic Brian, Sometimes and Laid. At the VIP soundcheck they played Whiteboy, Just Like Fred Astaire, PS and Tell Her I Said So.
In Salt Lake City, they played Seven, She’s A Star, Dream Thrum, Ten Below, Tell Her I Said So, Crazy, Just Like Fred Astaire, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Bring A Gun, God Only Knows, Ring The Bells, I Wanna Go Home, PS, It’s Hot, Jam J, Say Something, Laid and Sound with an encore of Dust Motes, Out To Get You and Sometimes.
Update 3.10.10
James continued their tour in Chicago last night playing the Vic Theatre. The setlist read Lose Control (Acoustic), Seven, Just Like Fred Astaire, Ring the Bells, Dust Motes, Tell Her I Said So, Johnny Yen, Hymn from a Village, It’s Hot, Ten Below, Born of Frustration, Jam J, I Wanna Go Home, Out to Get You, Stutter, Crazy, Sound and Sit Down with an encore of Say Something, Sometimes, Gold Mother and Laid. A review can be found here.
At the VIP soundcheck they played Basic Brian, Five-O, Gold Mother and Tell Her I Said So.
Update 2.10.10
Last night James played the Royal Oak Theatre in Michigan. The set list read Sit Down, Sound, She’s A Star, Dream Thrum, Dust Motes, Tell Her I Said So, Ten Below, Just Like Fred Astaire, Ring The Bells, Crazy, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, It’s Hot, Say Something, Laid and Stutter with a first encore of Jam J, Tomorrow and Sometimes and a second encore of Top Of The World.
For the VIP soundcheck they played Basic Brian, Just Like Fred Astaire, Waterfall and Got The Shakes.
James played Toronto’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Thursday night. The set was Sit Down, Ring The Bells, Seven, Dream Thrum, Porcupine, Tell Her I Said So, It’s Hot, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Tomorrow, Jam J, Dust Motes, Five-O, Stutter, Crazy, Say Something, Laid and Sound with an encore of Out To Get You and Sometimes.
Update 29.9.10
James continued their US tour at New York’s Webster Hall last night. They played Sit Down, Ring The Bells, Seven, Dream Thrum, Dust Motes, Tell Her I Said So, Ten Below, It’s Hot, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), She’s A Star, Jam J, I Wanna Go Home, Top Of The World, Stutter, Crazy, Say Something, Laid and Sound with an encore of Out To Get You and Sometimes.
At the VIP soundcheck they played Seven, She’s A Star, Rabbit Hole and Tell Her I Said So.
Tim was interviewed by Washington’s DCist magazine – read it here.
Update 28.9.10
James played a set last night at Washington’s 9.30 Club. The gig was also filmed. They played Dust Motes, Dream Thrum, Tell Her I Said So, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Hymn From A Village, Ring The Bells, It’s Hot, Jam J, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Five-O, Stutter, Got The Shakes, Johnny Yen, Say Something, Laid and Sound with a first encore of Sit Down, Born Of Frustration and Sometimes and a second encore of Tomorrow and Top Of The World.
At the soundcheck, they played Gold Mother, Destiny Calling, Tell Her I Said So and Got The Shakes.
A review of the show can be found here. Reviews are wanted for all the remaining shows if you’re going to share your experiences with fellow fans – and the band read them too!
Update 26.9.10
James played a set at Boston’s Paradise Club last night, encountering a number of technical problems along the way. They played Dust Motes, Rabbit Hole, Dream Thrum, Tell Her I Said So, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Ring The Bells, It’s Hot, Come Home, Jam J, Honest Joe, Five-O, Johnny Yen, Say Something, Laid and Sometimes followed by an encore of Sit Down and Out To Get You.
Tim tweeted on the Philadelphia show “Philadelphia sang and sang to us. USA came to James with Laid CD this enables us to play more moody deep stuff than usual.”
Update 25.9.10
James continued their tour last night at Philadelphia’s Trocadero Theatre – they played Sit Down, Sound, Dream Thrum, Dust Motes, Tell Her I Said So, Ten Below, Hymn From A Village, Ring The Bells, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Crazy, Five-O, Out To Get You, Got The Shakes, Stutter, Say Something, Laid and Tomorrow with an encore of Born Of Frustration and Sometimes.
Update 24.9.10
Update – James performed an eight-track set at the World Cafe, playing Dust Motes, Rabbit Hole, Out To Get You, Laid, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Crazy, Say Something and I Wanna Go Home.
Today, James play a free live show at the World Cafe in Philadelphia ahead of their evening show at the Trocadero. The show goes out live on air at noon Eastern time (5pm UK time) and can be listened to at the WXPN website.
James continued their North American tour with a Wednesday night show at Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse Theatre. They played Dust Motes, Dream Thrum, Tell Her I Said So, It’s Hot, Born Of Frustration, Ring The Bells, Lookaway, She’s A Star, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Five-O, Stutter, Come Home, Say Something, Laid and Sound with a first encore of Bubbles, Sometimes and Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) and a second encore of Sit Down, complete with a snow machine.
In the soundcheck, they played Porcupine, Tell Her I Said So, Rabbit Hole, Alaskan Pipeline and P.S.
Tim tweeted on the show – “Edgy shambolic magical gig in Atlanta. technological problems getting away with it..snow machine covering the front rows during sit down.”
Update 22.9.10
James played the second night of their North American tour at Lake Buena Vista House Of Blues in Florida last night. They played Dust Motes, Tell Her I Said So, Five-O, It’s Hot, Born Of Frustration, Ring The Bells, Crazy, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Bubbles, Out To Get You, Stutter, Upside, Say Something, Laid, Sound with an encore of Sometimes and Sit Down.
In the VIP soundcheck they played Come Home, Rabbit Hole, Tell Her I Said So, Five-O and She’s A Star.
Tim’s tweet on the show read as follows : “a glorious eve in orlando. Knew we couldn’t do wrong no matter what we messed up. Pure legal ecstasy”
Update 21.9.10
James opened their North American tour at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, last night. They played Dust Motes, Dream Thrum, Tell Her I Said So, It’s Hot, Born Of Frustration, Ring The Bells, Crazy, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Got The Shakes, Honest Joe, Seven, Say Something, Tomorrow and Sound with an encore of Lullaby, Sometimes and Laid.
Tim has started to twitter his thoughts. He can be followed at RealTimBooth.
Tim Booth’s site has been taken down in preparation for a new incarnation. The content of the old site will be relocated here very soon.
The Morning After dropped to number 73 on its second week on the UK chart.
In better news, the album is presently number 5 in the Greek charts, up one place from last week’s debut at 6, following the Top 2 success of The Night Before.
Update 12.9.10
The Morning After has entered the UK Album charts at number 19.
Update 5.9.10
James headlined Bingley Music Live last night. They played Sit Down, Ring The Bells, Hymn From A Village, Lookaway, Crazy, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Tomorrow, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Stutter, Dust Motes, Say Something, Sound and Sometimes with an encore of Come Home and Laid.
The album The Morning After, out tomorrow, has an extra track which can be downloaded with the CD in your computer. Carousel is an early demo version of Say Something.
Update 31.8.10
James played two festival headline slots over the weekend – at the Wizard Festival on Friday night and Solfest on Saturday. The Solfest setlist went as follows : Sit Down, Come Home, Crazy, Look Away, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Bubbles, Out to Get You, Stutter, Dust Motes, Say Something, Born of Frustration, Sound, Sometimes, Laid.
This month’s Uncut magazine has a feature on the history of Sit Down. A transcription will follow soon.
Update 27.8.10
The Morning After is being previewed on Soundcloud via AOL.
The UK Itunes version of the album will have an exclusive bonus track – Lookaway (alternative version).
Update 23.8.10
Amazon.co.uk are previewing The Morning After with 30 second excerpts of each of the tracks.
James headlined the Beautiful Days festival in Devon on Saturday night. They played Sound, Come Home, Ring The Bells, Crazy, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Stutter, Ten Below, Say Something, Born Of Frustration, Johnny Yen, Sometimes, Laid and Sit Down.
Update 18.8.10
The final date of the North American tour has been announced at the Monterey Banamex Arena in Mexico on Tuesday October 19th.
Update 3.8.10
Eil.com are advertising the forthcoming mini-album “The Morning After” with the following details :
“Following the release of its companion, ‘The Night Before’, ‘The Morning After’ has an intuitive, low-key ‘campfire’ feel and features some of the saddest, darkest lyrics Booth has ever come up with. From bluesy opener, ‘Got The Shakes’, about an alcoholic guy waking up and realizing he has beaten his wife, through to its closer ‘Fear’ – Atmospheric, experimental and just a little bit haunted, ‘Fear’ tackles that dominant inner monologue that stalks the life that’s lived too long. With additional highlights including ‘Look Away’ for the simple reason that it is almost impossible to listen to it without singing along, and ‘Tell Her I Said So’ about Booth’s mother dying in a home, which ironically shows the first signs of light, suddenly embracing disco, employs a childrens’ choir and becomes curiously life affirming).”
Update 19.7.10
James played the main stage at Latitude Festival on Saturday evening. They played Bubbles, Ring The Bells, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Tomorrow, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Stutter, Sit Down, Sound, Sometimes and Laid. After the show, Tim read for the first time in public, showcasing five of his short stories and poems in the Poetry Arena. Prior to the set, James had also appeared at the Word Magazine signing tent. Highlights from the set can be listened to on Absolute Radio.
In an interview for Absolute Radio, Tim revealed they had offered to play with an orchestra and choir for the Sunday lunch time slot at the festival, but were turned down by the organisers. The slot went to Tom Jones who yet again played his new album, described as shit by his record company boss, in full without any of his better known songs. Watch the interview with Tim here.
Update 13.7.10
James have announced a 21 date tour of North America for September and October. The dates read :
September:
20th – Fort Lauderdale, FL – The Culture Room
21st – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House Of Blues
22nd – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
24th – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
25th – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
27th – Washington DC – 9:30 Club
28th – New York, NY – Webster Hall
30th – Toronto, CA – Queen Elizabeth Theater
October:
1st – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Theater
2nd – Chicago, IL – Vic Theater
4th – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre
5th – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
7th – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
8th – Portland, OR – Wonder Room
9th – Seattle, WA – Showbox At The Market
11th – San Francisco, CA – The Regency
12th – Anaheim, CA – House Of Blues
13th – Los Angeles, CA – Music Box
16th – Mexico City, MX – Corona Capital Music Festival (with the Pixies, Interpol)
18th – Guadalajara, MX – Teatro Diana
19th – Second headline show in Mexico, venue TBA
Special guest on the tour will be Ed Harcourt.
There will be a fan pre-sale from 10am on the 14th July local time for each of the venues (excluding Mexico) from the official ticket partners at http://tix.concertmaps.com/james/
Included in the pre-sale will be some very limited VIP tickets, which include access to the soundcheck, early entry or front seating, a VIP laminate amongst other things.
Tim asked me to apologise to those fans disappointed at the lack of a Spring 2009 tour, which he talked about on the Autumn 2008 tour. The band wanted to go back to North America, but had lost money on the first tour and needed to find a way to make the financials work to support a tour. Luckily, they now have that in place.
To coincide with the tour, James will be releasing The Morning After The Night Before, a 2-cd set of the two mini albums released in the UK in 2010. Tracklisting is as rumoured below – Got The Shakes, Dust Motes, Tell Her I Said So, Kaleidoscope, Rabbit Hole, Make For This City, Look Away and Fear. The official site states the UK release is September 6, although record industry insiders have shown us a September 13 date as well. So who knows?
Tim also confirmed that James had wanted to perform on the Sunday at Latitude festival with special guests, but the organisers turned them down.
Update 7.7.10
The provisional tracklisting for The Morning After has been revealed to music industry insiders. The release date has also been put back to 13 September. The provisional tracklisting is Got The Shakes, Dust Motes, Tell Her I Said So, Kaleidoscope, Rabbit Hole, Make For This City, Look Away and Fear. It remains to be seen if one of the tracks ends up as an Itunes exclusive as All My Letters did.
Update 1.7.10
James are headlining the Saturday night of Bingley Music Live on 4 September. Tickets cost £30 plus fees for two nights and can be purchased here.
James have also announced a show at Teatro Diana in Guadalajara, Mexico on Monday 18 October. There will be a wearejames.com pre-sale on 4th July and a Banamex pre-sale on 5th / 6th, before tickets go on general sale at Ticketmaster Mexico on the 7th. Another Mexican show, in addition to the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City on 16 October, will be announced soon – rumours on the official messageboard suggest this will be in Monterey. A full North American tour announcement is expected in the next week or so.
As well as appearing on the main stage at the Latitude Festival on Saturday 17 July, Tim will also be making an appearance in one of the poetry tents. Details are a little sketchy at present, but it won’t involve music or the rest of the band.
Update 28.6.10
A cast and crew preview screening of Poor Wee Me, in which Tim Booth plays the boss of a debt collection agency, was held last night (27/06) at Salford’s Vue Cinema. Tim was one of the only cast members not present. A review can be found here.
Update 21.6.10
James have been confirmed by the organisers as playing the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City on October 16. Other bands on the bill include Pixies, Interpol, Temper Trap and White Lies. This is likely to be the end of the North American tour Tim mentioned in the recent Absolute Radio interview.
Update 13.6.10
James played a warm-up set for tonight’s Isle of Wight Festival at Oxford Academy 2 last night. They played 2 new songs amongst the set which read Dust Motes, Ten Below, She’s A Star, Come Home, Dr Hellier, Look Away, Tomorrow, Stutter, Out To Get You, Dream Thrum, I Wanna Go Home, Ring The Bells, Sound with an encore of Lullaby, Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
James’ performance at the Baddiel and Skinner World Cup send-off at the Lyric Theatre in London last Monday will be broadcast between 7 and 8pm this Tuesday on Absolute Radio.
Update 6.6.10
Tim is set to appear in a film Poor Wee Me, due for release in July. Tim stars as the boss of a debt collection agency and the film also includes I Wanna Go Home, from Hey Ma, to soundtrack one of the film’s pivotal moments.
Poor Wee Me is the first feature film from Salford film-maker Simon Powell and also stars Paul Hurstfield and Anthony Crank. It follows the fortunes of Gavin, a middle-aged dyslexic with a violent temper and a relationship on the rocks. It follows his struggles to control his aggression and hold on to his job. It’s filmed entirely in Salford.
Update 3.6.10
James, or at least Tim, Jim, Larry and Saul, will be playing a few songs at Baddiel and Skinner’s World Cup send-off party at London’s Lyric Theatre on Monday night. Tickets are £20 plus fees and are available here.
Tickets for Michael Kulas’ show at Toronto Rivoli on Sat 19 June can be purchased by clicking on the poster below.
Update 1.6.10
James have announced an intimate warm-up gig for their Isle Of Wight Festival headline slot – the gig will take place at Oxford Academy 2 on Saturday June 12. The band will take the stage at 10.30pm, following the England vs USA World Cup match. Gig ticket holders can gain free entry to the main Academy to watch the match as long as they arrive by 6.30pm, one hour before kick-off. Doors to the Academy 2 open at 9.15pm. Tickets are on sale at seetickets from 10am today.
Update 27.5.10
More James dates for the summer :
Thursday July 22nd – Iaonnina, Greece, venue tbd
Saturday July 24th – Iraklis, Greece, venue tbd
Friday August 27th – Wizard Festival, New Deer, Aberdeenshire
Tickets for the Greek dates should be on sale today from www.ticketarena.gr
Update 26.5.10
Absolute Radio are running a competition to win free camping tickets to see James at the Isle of Wight Festival on Sunday 13 June. Click here to enter.
Update 20.5.10
Tim has spoken to Virgin Music about James’ plans for the rest of the year. He reported that the recording of The Morning After has been progressing well, that James will have a US tour later in the year, and there are some secret unusual things planned that he can’t talk about as yet. Read the full interview here.
Michael Kulas has announced plans for a show at Toronto’s Rivoli Club on 19 June to showcase his new as-yet-untitled project with Chris Sytnyk (bass player in Made) and Derek James (drummer in Why) that is due for release in September. Further touring plans will be announced later in the summer. Read the full press release here.
Update 10.5.10
James have announced two shows in Portugal for December
Friday 3 December – Lisbon Campo Pequeno
Saturday 4 December – Oporto Pavilhao Rosa Mota
Tickets for both shows can be purchased here.
Update 3.5.10
James played two shows in Greece at the weekend.
On Friday, they played at Patras Apollon Basketball Arena. They played Sit Down, Senorita, Ring The Bells, Dr Hellier, Ten Below, Upside, Come Home, Out To Get You, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Say Something, I Know What I’m Here For, Crazy, Tomorrow, Sound followed by an encore of Dream Thrum, Sometimes, Laid and Getting Away With It (All Messed Up). A review can be found here.
On Saturday, they played the 16,000 capacity Tae Kwondo Arena in Athens. The set list read Lose Control, Senorita, Ring The Bells, Shine, Dr Hellier, Upside, Come Home, Stutter, Out To Get You, Dream Thrum, Porcupine, Say Something, I Know What I’m Here For, Crazy, Sound and Tomorrow followed by an encore of Sometimes, Laid and Getting Away With It (All Messed Up).
The Night Before dropped to number 75 on its second week on the UK chart.
Update 26.4.10
The Night Before charted at Number 20 in the official UK charts.
Update 21.4.10
James have released a promo video to promote The Night Before The Morning After tour
In the video, Tim also announces that the band will be releasing a box-set later in the year. No details of the content of that yet.
James interview on Soccer AM from last Saturday can be viewed on Sky Sports website.
Update 19.4.10
James have announced today “The Night Before The Morning After” tour for December, playing at the following venues :
Thursday 9 December – London Hammersmith Apollo
Friday 10 December – London Brixton Academy
Sunday 12 December – Birmingham O2 Academy
Tuesday 14 December – Leeds O2 Academy
Wednesday 15 December – Leicester De Montfort Hall
Friday 17 December – Glasgow SECC
Saturday 18 December – Manchester MEN Arena
Support for all dates except Leeds will be The Pigeon Detectives. Tickets go on sale this Friday (23rd) at 9am, although there is an exclusive presale for official site mailing list holders. The O2 venues may also have a presale for O2 phone customers.
Tickets will be available from the usual outlets – the James shop, ticketmaster, ticketweb, seetickets, gigsandtours, ticketline and stargreen as well as the venues themselves.
James’ second mini album “The Morning After” is due for release on Monday 2 August. It will be recorded over the next few weeks “recording naturally, and playing together in a big room with no overdubs and with a view to capturing something spontaneous”. Pre-orders can be made through the official James shop with ticket purchases.
The first mini-album “The Night Before” is released today – Itunes purchasers can get an extra track “All My Letters” whilst purchasers of the CD get an online bonus exclusive track “Mother’s A Clown”.
James were on Dermot O’Leary’s Radio 2 show on Saturday afternoon. They performed acoustic versions of Crazy and Laid. It can be listened to again on the BBC website.
The London review has now been added to the site here. Apologies for the confusion.
Update 18.4.10
James completed their Mirrorball tour at Liverpool’s Academy last night. They played Sit Down, Ring The Bells, Hymn From A Village, It’s Hot, Dr Hellier, Ten Below, Johnny Yen, Come Home, Out To Get You, I Wanna Go Home, I Know What I’m Here For, God Only Knows, Crazy, Tomorrow and Sound followed by an encore of Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes, Laid, Say Something and Top Of The World.
A review of the Royal Albert Hall show can be found here.
The News Of The World has given The Night Before a four-star rating stating “Seemingly treading water since reforming in 2007, the Manc veterans glide back to top form with a mini-album of potential festival epics. That there are only seven songs doesn’t matter when It’s Hot and Dr Hellier see Tim Booth’s hypnotic vocals kick-starting a new summer of love”
Update 17.4.10
The cd-rom content of The Night Before contains an exclusive download link for the track “Mother’s A Clown” which was previewed at the 2007 Hoxton shows.
James played the Royal Albert Hall in London last night. They played Sit Down, Ring The Bells, Hymn From A Village, It’s Hot, Dr Hellier, Ten Below, I Know What I’m Here For, Come Home, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Crazy, Stutter, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Tomorrow and Sound with an encore of Johnny Yen, Sometimes, Laid, Say Something and Top Of The World.
On Thursday night, James played Bristol’s Colston Hall and performed Sit Down, Oh My Heart, Hymn From A Village, Tomorrow, Shine, Ten Below, Porcupine, Come Home, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Seven, Stutter, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sound and Sometimes with an encore of Ring The Bells, Say Something and Laid.
Update 15.4.10
James played Crazy and Laid on 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne show yesterday. You can listen again here.
In interviews, Jim has confirmed the likelihood of a December arena tour playing some of the cities, Glasgow and Manchester included, that are not on the current schedule.
Update 14.4.10
James played Bournemouth O2 Academy last night with a revised setlist from previous nights, introducing Oh My Heart and ditching the Sometimes singalong. They played Sit Down, Tomorrow, Hymn From A Village, Dr Hellier, Ten Below, Porcupine, Come Home, Oh My Heart, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Crazy, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sound and Sometimes followed by an encore of Ring The Bells, Say Something and Laid. A review can be found here.
Update 13.4.10
James played Southend Cliffs Pavilion last night – the setlist was Sit Down, Born Of Frustration, Hymn From A Village, It’s Hot, Dr Hellier, Ten Below, Tomorrow, Hup-Springs, Johnny Yen, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Come Home, Stutter, Crazy, Ring The Bells and Sound with a first encore of Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes and Laid and a second encore of Top Of The World. A review can be found here.
Update 12.4.10
James will be appearing on TVAM on ITV on Friday 23 April.
A review of the Preston gig has been posted.
Update 11.4.10
The Night Before is available for pre-order on Itunes with an additional bonus track, All My Letters.
James will appear on Dermot O’Leary’s Radio 2 show next Saturday between 3 and 6. Don’t worry those going to Liverpool, the session is pre-recorded.
They will also be doing a session for Lauren Laverne on Radio 6 on Wednesday between 10am and 1pm.
James played Cambridge Corn Exchange last night. The set was Sit Down, Ring The Bells, Hymn From A Village, It’s Hot, Dr Hellier, Ten Below, Johnny Yen, Stutter, Out To Get You, Vervaceous, Porcupine, Born Of Frustration, I Know What I’m Here For, Crazy, Tomorrow, Sound with an encore of Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes and Laid.
Update 10.4.10
Tim and Jim will be appearing on Soccer AM on Sky Sports 1 next Saturday morning.
Update 9.4.10
James have just come off stage at Preston Guildhall. They played Sit Down, Ring The Bells, Hymn From A Village, It’s Hot, Dr Hellier, Ten Below, Johnny Yen, Dream Thrum, Top Of The World, Porcupine, Born Of Frustration, I Know What I’m Here For, Crazy, Tomorrow and Sound followed by an encore of Stutter, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes and Laid.
Update 8.4.10
James have just come off stage in Sheffield on the third night of their Mirrorball tour. They played Sit Down, Ring The Bells, Hymn From A Village, It’s Hot, Dr Hellier, Ten Below, Johnny Yen, Hup-Springs, Out To Get You, I Wanna Go Home, I Know What I’m Here For, God Only Knows, Crazy, Tomorrow, Sound with an encore of Porcupine (which was abandoned), Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes and Laid.
Update 7.4.10
James continued their Mirrorball tour at Newcastle Academy last night. They played Hang On, Hymn From A Village, It’s Hot, Dr Hellier, Ring The Bells, Hup-Springs, Shine, Porcupine, Walking the Ghost, Ten Below, Destiny Calling, Crazy, Johnny Yen, God Only Knows, Tomorrow, Sound with an encore of Sit Down (Tim and Larry acoustic stood on the bar), Getting Away With It (All Messed Up). Sometimes and Laid.
Update 6.4.10
James opened their Mirrorball tour at Edinburgh Corn Exchange last night. They played Sit Down, Hang On, Hymn From A Village, It’s Hot, Dr Hellier, Seven, Shine, Ten Below, Walking The Ghost, Lullaby, Stutter, Destiny Calling, Crazy, Hup-Springs, Johnny Yen, Tomorrow, Sound with an encore of Say Something, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here
The organisers of the Sanjoaninas Festivalon Terceira Island in the Azores have announced James as headliners on Saturday 26 June. If confirmed, this would rule James out of a Glastonbury appearance.
On Sean Keaveny’s show this morning, Tim mentioned a possible December tour. The show can be listened to on the BBC I-player. Tim is about two and a quarter hours into the show.
Update 5.4.10
Last night’s Billy Sloan session for Clyde FM was cancelled. He hopes to have James on the show next week.
Tim appeared on 6 Music’s Sean Keaveney Breakfast Show this morning. I’ll post a link once it appears on Listen Again.
Update 1.4.10
Support slots for the upcoming tour have been announced. Unkle Bob will support at all dates except Southend and Bournemouth where there will be a solo slot for Starsailor’s James Walsh.
Update 28.3.10
James are playing a session for Clyde FM’s Billy Sloan show this Sunday, 4 April at 7pm.
The design for the new album “The Night Before” has been designed by Adam Rix. For an article on the design, click here.
James are playing the main Obelisk Arena at Latitude on Saturday 17 July, as confirmed by the official site.
Update 25.3.10
James have been announced as playing the Obelisk Arena at the Latitude Festival in Southwold, Suffolk on 16-18 July. Which day hasn’t yet been announced and there’s no official confirmation from the band as yet.
James have confirmed their appearance at Solfest, headlining the main stage on Saturday 28 August.
Update 23.3.10
James have been announced by festival organisers as headliners of the Solfest, to be held between 27-29 August. Solfest is held in West Cumbria – see the official site for more details. The festival appearance hasn’t been confirmed by the band yet.
Update 22.3.10
Five songs from the new mini-album – It’s Hot, Crazy, Ten Below, Dr Hellier and Porcupine – are now being streamed at Soundcloud and the official site until April 5.
Update 20.3.10
The official James facebook group has posted a “tick tock, tra la la” status update, which is generally a pre-cursor to a secret gig announcement.
Crazy has been released to radio as the lead track from The Night Before mini-album. It got it’s first play on Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable on Wednesday. It can be found again until the 25th March at around 2 hours into the show on the BBC I Player.
Update 16.3.10
It would appear the press release sent out to journalists with promos of the album, including blogsite Battery In Your Leg, lists the release date for The Night Before as 19 April, the Monday after the tour finishes. The album is now seven tracks long, listed on the amended wearejames news section as six tracks plus a bonus. All My Letters no longer appears.
James are headlining the Saturday night of the Beautiful Days Festival in Devon on Saturday August 21st. More details and ticket arrangements can be found at the festival’s official site.
According to music site Musicfix, The Night Before has been delayed to 19 April, although pre-sale listings at Play and CDWOW still suggest 5 April. It is rumoured, with a quote, that James will spend five days after the upcoming UK tour recording the follow up mini album The Morning After for release in July. Crazy is slated to be the lead track from the album, and is meant to be about Tim’s recovery for his liver disease. The article confirms stories from conversations with the band that the album was created through an innovative ftp upload site that the band had access to with Lee Baker using the results to produce the final mixes of the album.
Update 8.3.10
Two Greek dates have been confirmed :
Friday 30th April – Patras Old Theatre, Patras
Saturday 1st May – Tae Kwon Do Arena, Athens
Tickets will be 30 Euro (standing) and 35 Euro (seated) in Patras, and 40 Euro (standing) and 50 Euro (seated) for Athens.
Tickets go on sale on Wednesday 10th March 2010, and will be available from the following outlets:
www.ticketarena.gr
www.i-ticket.gr
Update 3.3.10
There are unconfirmed rumours that James will be performing at Theatre Tae Kwo Do in Athens, Greece on Saturday 1 May. A link to a Facebook group can be found here (it’s in Greek)
Update 17.2.10
James new mini-album The Night Before is, according to music distribution sources, due for release on Monday April 5 and will feature eight tracks – It’s Hot, Crazy, Ten Below, Porcupine, Shine, Dr Hellier, Hero and All My Letters. This hasn’t been officially confirmed by the band.
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