This page lists all news item that were originally published on the old oneofthethree site in 2011. Links and images have either been removed or pointed to the new site where internal.
Update 5.11.11
James completed their tour with the Orchestra Of The Swan and Manchester Consort Choir last night with a sold-out show at London Royal Albert Hall. They played
Set 1 : Dust Motes, Hello, Alaskan Pipeline, The Shining, Fairground, Lookaway, Just Like Fred Astaire, Someone’s Got It In For Me, Bubbles, Hey Ma, We’re Going To Miss You
Set 2 : She’s A Star, Space, English Beefcake, Riders, The Lake, Fire So Close, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Say Something, Hymn From A Village, Medieval, Sometimes
Encore : Dream Thrum, Tomorrow, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Top Of The World
VIP Soundcheck : Bubbles, English Beefcake, Dream Thrum
A review can be found here.
Update 3.11.11
James continued their tour with the Orchestra Of The Swan and Manchester Consort Choir last night with the penultimate show of the tour at Gateshead Sage. They played
Set 1 : Dust Motes, Hello, Alaskan Pipeline, Really Hard, The Shining, Fairground, Just Like Fred Astaire, Someone’s Got It In For Me, Hey Ma, We’re Going To Miss You
Set 2 : She’s A Star, Space, Riders, The Lake, Fire So Close, Say Something, Boom Boom, Medieval, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes
Encore : Top Of The World, Hymn From A Village, Tomorrow
VIP Soundcheck : Strangers, Really Hard, Boom Boom
A review can be found here.
There have also been a number of articles in the press about the unveiling of the plaque at the site of the Hacienda night club, where the band and venue were honoured by the Performing Rights Society. The Manchester Evening News ran a piece on Tim’s stalker as well.
Update 2.11.11
James continued their tour with the Orchestra Of The Swan and Manchester Consort Choir last night with the second of two nights at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. They played
Set 1 : Dust Motes, Hello, Alaskan Pipeline, The Shining, Someone’s Got It In For Me, Fairground, Just Like Fred Astaire, Upside, English Beefcake, We’re Going To Miss You, Hey Ma
Set 2 : Dream Thrum, Space, She’s A Star, Riders, The Lake, Fire So Close, Say Something, Medieval, Tomorrow, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
Encore : Top Of The World, Hymn From A Village, Sometimes
VIP Soundcheck : Upside, Boom Boom, English Beefcake
A review can be found here
The band also said during the VIP soundcheck that the new release date for The Gathering Sound boxset is December 5th. It would appear that the issues with the USB stick have now been fixed.
Update 1.11.11
James continued their tour with the Orchestra Of The Swan and Manchester Consort Choir last night with the first of two nights at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. They played
Set 1 : Dust Motes, Hello, Alaskan Pipeline, The Shining, Someone’s Got It In For Me, Fairground, Just Like Fred Astaire, Hymn From A Village, We’re Going To Miss You, Hey Ma
Set 2 : She’s A Star, Space, Lookaway, Riders, The Lake, Fire So Close, Say Something, Tomorrow, Medieval, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
Encore : Top Of The World, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Sometimes
VIP Soundcheck : Just Like Fred Astaire, Tomorrow, Fairground
A review can be found here.
Update 30.10.11
James continued their tour with the Orchestra Of The Swan and Manchester Consort Choir last night with a second show at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall. They played
Set 1 : Dust Motes, Hello, Alaskan Pipeline, The Shining, Someone’s Got It In For Me, English Beefcake, Just Like Fred Astaire, Hymn From A Village, We’re Going To Miss You, Hey Ma
Set 2 : She’s A Star, Lookaway, Space, Riders, The Lake, Fire So Close, Say Something, Tomorrow, Medieval, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
Encore : Top Of The World, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Sometimes
VIP Soundcheck : Tomorrow, The Shining, Sometimes
A review can be found here
Update 29.10.11
James continued their tour last night at Liverpool Philharmonic last night with Orchestra Of The Swan and the Manchester Consort Choir. Riders made its first appearance in the set, which read
Set 1 : Dream Thrum, Lookaway, Fairground, Say Something, Dust Motes, Hello, Riders, Just Like Fred Astaire, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Hey Ma, We’re Going To Miss You
Set 2 : William Tell Overture, She’s A Star, Hymn From A Village, Bubbles, The Lake, Really Hard, Fire So Close, Alaskan Pipeline, Sometimes, Someone’s Got It In For Me, Medieval
Encore : Top Of The World, Space, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
VIP Soundcheck : The Lake, Space, The Shining
A review can be found here.
Update 28.10.11
James continued their tour last night at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall last night with Orchestra Of The Swan and the Manchester Consort Choir. Riders made its first appearance in the set, which read
Set 1 : Dream Thrum, Lookaway, Fairground Say Something, Dust Motes, Hello, Riders, Just Like Fred Astaire, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Hey Ma, We’re Going To Miss You
Set 2 : William Tell Overture, English Beefcake, Hymn From A Village, The Lake, She’s A Star, Fire So Close, Alaskan Pipeline, Sometimes, Someone’s Got It In For Me, Medieval
Encore : Top Of The World, Space, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
VIP Soundcheck : Riders, Really Hard, Hello
A review can be found here.
Some of the soundcheck was recorded for broadcast on Mike Joyce (from The Smiths)’s radio show – details of that to follow.
James are also performing a session for XFM at 3pm on Monday 31 October.
Update 26.10.11
James played Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with Orchestra Of The Swan and the Manchester Consort Choir last night. The set was:
Set 1 : Dream Thrum, Lookaway, Fairground, Really Hard, Say Something, Dust Motes, Hello, Just Like Fred Astaire, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Hey Ma, We’re Going To Miss You
Set 2 : William Tell Overture, Boom Boom, The Lake, She’s A Star, Fire So Close, Alaskan Pipeline, Hymn From A Village, Sometimes, Space
Encore : Top Of The World, Medieval, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
VIP Soundcheck : Boom Boom, Riders, The Shining
A review can be found here.
Update 25.10.11
James continued their tour with Orchestra Of The Swan and the Manchester Consort Choir at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall last night. They played :
Set 1 : Dream Thrum, Lookaway, Fairground, Really Hard, Say Something, Dust Motes, Hello, Just Like Fred Astaire, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, We’re Going To Miss You, Hey Ma
Set 2 : English Beefcake, Bubbles, The Lake, She’s A Star, Fire So Close, Top Of The World, Hymn From A Village, Sometimes, Someone’s Got It In For Me, Space
Encore : Alaskan Pipeline, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Medieval
VIP Soundcheck : We’re Going To Miss You, Alaskan Pipeline, Fire So Close
A review can be found here.
We will also try and get some pictures of the merchandise posted on the facebook page, which you can view by liking the link at the top of this page.
In other news, Universal’s latest mailout to distributors would seem to indicate The Gathering Sound boxset has been delayed until December 5, although this is unconfirmed at present.
Update 24.10.11
James opened their tour with Orchestra Of The Swan and the Manchester Consort Choir at Cardiff’s Millenium Centre last night. They played two sets which read as follows :
Set 1 – Dream Thrum, Lookaway, Fairground, Really Hard, Say Something, Dust Motes, Hello, Just Like Fred Astaire, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, We’re Going To Miss You, Hey Ma
Set 2 – English Beefcake, Bubbles, The Lake, She’s A Star, Fire So Close, Top Of The World, Hymn From A Village, Sometimes, Someone’s Got It In For Me, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Space
Encore – Alaskan Pipeline, Medieval
A review can be found here.
Update 21.10.11
James will be starting their shows at 8pm each night on the forthcoming tour with the Orchestra Of The Swan and Manchester Consort Choir. The set will consist of two parts with an interval and should finish by 10.30pm. According to a post by Joe Duddell, who has arranged and scored the set, 31 songs have been rehearsed so there should be plenty of scope for the set to evolve during the tour.
James are to be honoured by the Performing Rights Society who are erecting a plaque to commemorate James’ first Manchester gig at the Hacienda on 17 November 1982. The unveiling will take place on Tuesday 1 November during the upcoming tour. For more details of the award, visit the PRS website.
It would appear now that The Gathering Sound boxset has been delayed until at least November 7. Universal’s press release and the HMV site have this date, although the fact the band haven’t confirmed the date could mean the possibility of more delays.
Update 3.10.11
On Saturday night, James headlined the Fiz Festival in Zaragoza, Spain. They played Lose Control, Seven, Waltzing Along, Born Of Frustration, Waterfall, Ring The Bells, Dream Thrum, Senorita, Whiteboy, Stutter, Out To Get You, Sound, Getting Away With It, Tomorrow and Sit Down with an encore of Laid. A review can be found here.
The band revealed that the set for the orchestra tour will be in two sections with an interval in the middle, and with no support. Prior to flying to Spain they had two full days of rehearsals with the choir and the orchestra and are excited about the choice of songs and the sound. Contrary to some rumours, the whole band will be playing on the tour. James did publish a live performance of Top Of The World from a workshop they did at Salford University on July 11-12 last year with the Manchester Consort Orchestra and Choir.
Tonight, James did an acoustic surprise set at the Ξαρχάκος bar in Thessaloniki. They played Rabbit Hole, Senorita, Say Something, I Wanna Go Home, Government Walls, She’s A Star, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) and Laid.
Update 18.9.11
Last night, Jim, Larry and Dave headlined Cavfest, a school PTA concert at Cavendish Primary School in Didsbury, Manchester, with Tom Hingley on guest vocals replacing Tim. They played a mix of James and Inspiral Carpets songs – Johnny Yen, She’s A Star, Beast Inside, I Want You, Hymn From A Village, Chain Mail, Say Something, She Comes In The Fall, Laid, Sit Down and Sleep Well Tonight. A review can be found here.
James are also playing the Refresh The Venue in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday October 6. Tickets are 35 Euro and available from Billetix.
Update 22.8.11
James completed their mini-tour of Portugal by playing at the Funchal Music Festival on Madeira on Sunday night. They played Lose Control, Come Home, Seven, Ring The Bells, Say Something, Sunday Morning, Government Walls, Waltzing Along, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Stutter, Tomorrow, Sound, Sit Down, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes and Laid.
Portuguese internet provider Sapo interviewed James back in July when they played in Porto – the interesting and candid interview can be viewed below (in two parts) :
Update 21.8.11
James have played two Portuguese mainland shows this weekend.
On Friday they played at the Festas do Mar in Cascais, starting the show with Tim, Larry and Andy playing Lose Control from a boat in the bay. The whole set read Lose Control, Come Home, Seven, Waterfall, Ring The Bells, Born Of Frustration, Dream Thrum, Government Walls, Say Something, Waltzing Along, Whiteboy, Honest Joe, Stutter, Destiny Calling, Tomorrow, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) and Sit Down, followed by an encore of I Wanna Go Home, Sound, Sometimes and Laid.
Lose Control on the boat has appeared on youtube
On Saturday night, they played the Feira do Sao Mateus in Viseu. The set read Lose Control, Johnny Yen, Seven, Waterfall, Ring The Bells, Dream Thrum, Sunday Morning, I Wanna Go Home, Say Something, Come Home, Waltzing Along, Government Walls, Whiteboy, Honest Joe, Stutter, Out To Get You, Tomorrow, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) and Sit Down with an encore of Sound, Sometimes and Laid.
The James Portugal facebook group recorded the soundcheck of Sunday Morning
Update 15.8.11
James have announced (finally) the release of The Gathering Sound, the career spanning boxset originally scheduled for release last year. The boxset will be released on October 17, but will be available for pre-order from 4pm on Tuesday (16th August) from theUniversal boxset store. The first 500 copies will come with a signed print. All preorders from the boxset store will come with an instant download of exclusive demos of Make For The City, Lookaway and Dust Motes. Tracklisting details can be found at our Gathering Sound special feature and on the official James site.
Update 6.8.11
James have announced that they will headline the Feira de Sao Mateus in Viseu, Portugal on Saturday August 20. Tickets are 5 euro and more information is available from the Viseu Website.
Update 25.7.11
James have announced that they will headline the FIZ Festival in Zaragoza, Spain on Saturday October 1.
Update 18.7.11
James have announced a replacement show in Thessaloniki at the PAOK Sports Arena on Tuesday October 4. Tickets are available from ticketarena.
Update 4.7.11
The promoters have announced that James’ performance at the 2310 Festival in Thessaloniki, Greece this Thursday (7th) has been cancelled because of a general strike in Greece on that day. They claim James will play a replacement gig in September or October, although there is no confirmation from the band of this.
Ents24 have announced that the James boxset The Gathering Sound will be released on Monday 3 October. No confirmation from the band again and no dates on any of the major UK retail sites to confirm this as yet.
Update 3.7.11
Tim Booth played Hop Farm Festival yesterday. He played Monkey God, Shatters, Bone, Down To The Sea, Buried Alive, Monsters and All About Time. A review can be found here.
Update 2.7.11
James’ original drummer, Gavan Whelan, has resurfaced in the music business with a band called Culprit, that have just released their debut EP and have been playing shows around Manchester. To have a listen to some of their songs, head over to their myspace profile. They are supporting James fan and ex-Daniel Land and the Modern Painters drummer Marcus Mayes’ new band Riggs at The Ruby Lounge in Manchester next Friday, 8 July.
Update 1.7.11
VIP tickets are now on sale for the additional Liverpool show – at www.crowdsurge.com/james
Tickets are now on general sale for the tour. Manchester is pretty much sold out already. Seetickets are advertising a second Liverpool show on Friday 28th October, on sale at noon. It would appear they’ve jumped the gun in terms of announcing it, but given the Saturday is sold out, the date looks genuine.
Update 28.6.11
James will be playing a two-week tour of the UK with the Orchestra of the Swan and the Manchester Consort Choir.
Sunday 23rd October – Cardiff Millennium Centre
Monday 24th October – Birmingham Symphony Hall
Tuesday 25th October – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Thursday 27th October – Nottingham Royal Centre
Saturday 29th October – Liverpool Philharmonic
Monday 31st October – Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Tuesday 1st November – Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Wednesday 2nd November – Gateshead The Sage
Friday 4th November – London Royal Albert Hall
Tickets go on general sale at 9.30am on Friday, 1 July. A fan pre-sale, including VIP packages, will go on sale tomorrow morning at 9.30am.
Update 27.6.11
James played a stripped-down set backstage at Hard Rock Calling for Absolute Radio. The set features Say Something, Dust Motes, She’s A Star, Lullaby and Laid. To listen to the session for a limited time, click here.
Absolute also have highlights of James set, featuring Ring The Bells, Whiteboy, Out To Get You, I Wanna Go Home and Laid, again for a limited period on their website. To listen, click here.
Update 25.6.11
James played Hard Rock Calling in London’s Hyde Park last night, supporting The Killers. They played Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Ring The Bells, Whiteboy, Sit Down, Stutter, Out To Get You, I Wanna Go Home, Born Of Frustration (aborted), Tomorrow, Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
James were interviewed by Ben Jones at Absolute Radio before their set. Click here to view it.
Update 17.6.11
James are headlining The Wicker Man festival in Dumfries and Galloway on Friday July 22. Weekend tickets are £90 from the official festival website.
Update 10.6.11
Tim has tweeted to tell everyone that the venue and promoters had got ahead of themselves and announced the Edinburgh show, which is not going to happen.
Update 9.6.11
According to the venue website, Tim Booth is playing Edinburgh Liquid Rooms on Saturday August 6.
Update 4.6.11
James played a five-song set featuring Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Say Something, Sit Down, Sometimes and Laid as part of Rádio Renascença’s 75th anniversary at Porto’s Estadio do Bessa last night. There is a short clip of James at their website as well as an interview.
Update 27.5.11
James will be playing a free show in Cascais, Portugal on Friday August 19 as part of the town’s Festas do Mar festival. Cascais is about 40 minutes by train from Lisbon for those thinking of making the journey.
Update 26.5.11
Jim, Larry and Dave will be playing as James with Tom Hingley on guest vocal at the Cavfest in Didsbury, Manchester on Saturday 17 September. The event is to raise funds for the local primary school, where Jim’s kids attended and his grandchild attends. Also playing are Badly Drawn Boy and Tom with his band The Lovers.
Update 14.5.11
James played in Coimbra Praca do Cancao last night. They played Just Like Fred Astaire, Sit Down, Seven, Waterfall, Ring The Bells, It’s Hot, Jam J, Say Something, Johnny Yen, Whiteboy, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Come Home, Stutter, I Wanna Go Home, Tomorrow, Sometimes and Laid.
Update 8.5.11
Tim Booth completed his UK tour last week with shows at Brighton Komedia and London Dingwalls.
The Brighton set read As Far As I Can See, Wave Hello, Monkey God, Bless Them All, Consequences, Dance Of The Bad Angels, Gloria Descends, Hit Parade, Butterfly’s Dream, Down To The Sea, Bone, Shatters, Monsters, All About Time, Fall In Love With Me, Buried Alive and The Point Of Darkness.
In London they played As Far As I Can See, Wave Hello, Monkey God, Bless Them All, Consequences, Dance Of The Bad Angels, Gloria Descends, Old Ways, Hit Parade, Down To The Sea, Bone, Butterfly’s Dream, Shatters, Monsters, All About Time, Fall In Love With Me, Buried Alive, The Point Of Darkness and What’s The World.
On Wednesday night, the band, minus Saul who was stuck in the UK, played Radio Arvila, a top Greek TV music show.
Tim also played at Thessalonki Principal on Friday and Athens Iera Odos last night and play the Politea in Patra tonight.
Update 1.5.11
Tim Booth played Sheffield Leadmill last night – the set read As Far As I Can See, Wave Hello, Monkey God, Bless Them All, Consequences, Dance Of The Bad Angel, Gloria Descends, Hit Parade, Old Ways, Down To The Sea, Bone, Shatters, Monsters and All About Time with an encore of Fall In Love With Me, Buried Alive, The Point Of Darkness and a second encore of What’s The World. A review can be found here.
Update 29.4.11
Tim Booth played Wrexham Glyndwr University last night. They played Dance Of The Bad Angel, Do Yourself A Favour, Bless Them All, Consequences, Wave Hello, Monkey God, What’s The World, Redneck, Gloria Descends, Down To The Sea, Bone, Monsters, Shatters, Falling Down and All About Time with an encore of Fall In Love With Me, Buried Alive and The Point Of Darkness. A review can be found here.
Tim’s gig on Tuesday night in London has been moved from Koko to Dingwalls – all tickets are still valid.
Update 28.4.11
Tim Booth played Leeds Cockpit last night and the set ran as follows – As Far As I Can See, Wave Hello, What’s The World, Monkey God, Bless Them All, Consequences, Dance Of The Bad Angel, Gloria Descends, Old Ways, You Can’t Tell How Much Suffering (On A Face That’s Always Smiling), Down To The Sea, Bone, Shatters, Falling Down, Monsters and All About Time with an encore of Fall In Love With Me, The Point Of Darkness and Buried Alive. A review can be found here.
Update 27.4.11
Tim Booth played Cambridge Junction 2 last night – the set read As Far As I Can See, Monkey God, Wave Hello, Bless Them All, Consequences, Dance Of The Bad Angel, Old Ways (abandoned), Gloria Descends, Old Ways, You Can’t Tell How Much Suffering (On A Face That’s Always Smiling), Down To The Sea, Bone, Shatters, Falling Down, Monsters and All About Time with an encore of Fall In Love With Me, Buried Alive and The Point Of Darkness. A review can be found here.
Update 25.4.11
Tim Booth played another two shows of his UK tour over the weekend. Last night they played the Glee Club in Birmingham and the setlist read Dance Of The Bad Angels, Down To The Sea, Bless Them All, Wave Hello, Monkey God, You Can’t Tell How Much Suffering (On A Face That’s Always Smiling), Consequences, As Far As I Can See, Bone, Old Ways, Monsters, Shatters, Falling Down, All About Time with an encore of Fall In Love With Me, The Point Of Darkness, Buried Alive and The Man Of A Thousand Faces. A review can be found here.
In Kendal on Saturday they played the Brewery Arts Centre, where the setlist ran as follows – As Far As I Can See, Monkey God, Wave Hello, Gloria Descends, Bless Them All, Consquences, Old Ways, Monsters, What’s The World, Bone, Butterfly’s Dream, Shatters, Falling Down and All About Time with an encore of Fall In Love With Me, Dance Of The Bad Angels, Buried Alive and The Point Of Darkness.
Update 22.4.11
Tim Booth continued his UK tour last night with a sold-out show at Glasgow’s Oran Mor. Despite numerous technical difficulties during the soundcheck and the gig, they played As Far As I Can See, Monkey God, Wave Hello, Bless Them All, Consequences, Man With A Thousand Faces, Old Ways, You Can’t Tell How Much Suffering (On a Face That’s Always Smiling), Monsters, Bone, Dance Of The Bad Angels, The Point Of Darkness, Shatters, Falling Down, All About Time, Fall In Love With Me and Buried Alive. A review can be found here.
Update 21.4.11
Tim Booth opened his UK tour last night with a sold-out gig at Manchester’s Club Academy. The set was As Far As I Can See, Monkey God, Wave Hello, Bless Them All, Consequences, Man With A Thousand Faces, Old Ways, You Can’t Tell How Much Suffering (On a Face That’s Always Smiling), Monsters, Gloria Descends, Bone, Buried Alive, Shatters, Falling Down, All About Time, Fall In Love With Me and The Point Of Darkness. Find a review here.
Update 3.4.11
Tim Booth’s new album Love Life is out today to download and physically in stores tomorrow. The Amazon download for £6.99 includes an exclusive track Surrender, whilst the itunes £8.99 version includes an exclusive track Love Life. Both tracks can be purchased individually for 79p.
Update 31.3.11
James played their first ever show in South America last night at Explanada del Estadio Monumental in Lima, Peru. Without Andy who remained at home with an injured hand, they played Born Of Frustration, Seven, Ring The Bells, It’s Hot, Tell Her I Said So, She’s A Star, Say Something, PS, Five-O, Jam J, Stutter, Out To Get You, Whiteboy, Sound, Tomorrow and Sit Down followed by an encore of I Wanna Go Home, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes and Laid.
Tim Booth has announced he will be playing the Big Tent at the Hop Farm Festival on Saturday 2 July. He appears on a bill that also features Morrissey, Lou Reed, Iggy And The Stooges and Patti Smith.
Update 30.3.11
James have announced they will be headlining the Queima das Fitas 2011 in Coimbra, Portugal on Friday May 13.
Due to issues with the manufacturing company, Tim’s special edition version of Love Life will be delayed. Postage of orders will be put back to May 4, although you can collect your pre-orders at dates on Tim’s upcoming tour. For details, follow this link.
Update 23.3.11
VIP tickets for the UK leg of Tim Booth’s UK tour go on sale today at 10am via musicglue. A reminder of the dates :
Wednesday 20 April – Manchester Academy
Thurs 21 April – Glasgow Oran Mor
Saturday 23 April – Kendal Brewery Arts Centre
Sunday 24 April – Birmingham Glee Club
Tuesday 26 April – Cambridge Junction
Wednesday 27 April – Leeds The Cockpit
Thursday 28 April – Wrexham Glyndwr University
Saturday 30 April – Sheffield Leadmill
Monday 2 May – Brighton Komedia
Tuesday 3 May – London Koko
James have announced that they will be playing at the 2310 Festival in Thessaloniki, Greece on Thursday July 7. Tickets will be available soon from ticketarena.
James have now confirmed their appearance at the Radio Renascença 75th anniversary party at Estadio do Bessa (home of Boavista FC) on Friday 3 June. They will be performing with the Beixas Philharmonic Orchestra. Tickets are now on sale.
Local press have also reported that James are playing the Sunday night of the Funchal Music Festival on Sunday August 21. No confirmation from the band as yet.
Tim has also appeared on Peruvian TV to advertise the upcoming gig in Lima on 30 March.
Update 18.3.11
James have confirmed their headline appearance at the Positivus Festival in Latvia on Saturday 16 July.
Tim’s official website has revealed that the amazon and I-Tunes download versions of the albums will have exclusive bonus tracks. Amazon gets Surrender, a re-recording of one of the planned b-sides for the cancelled Wave Hello single, and I-Tunes gets Love Life. You can listen to 30 second samples of the album on Amazon.
Oneofthethree has now reviewed the album.
Update 17.3.11
Tim Booth’s album Love Life will be released on April 4. Tim’s shop will exclusively sell initial copies of a Special Edition version of the album, priced at £24 plus postage, which features an 11 track vinyl LP with As Far As I Can See, Buried Alive, Harbour, All About Time, The Point Of Darkness, Consequences, Bless Them All, Monsters, Do Yourself A Favour, Shatters and Gloria Descends. The CD version features four additional tracks not available on the standard CD version – Faith, Next Door To Heaven and demo versions of Consequences and As Far As I Can See. It also features a sixteen page booklet containing some of Tim’s recent writings. Twenty signed copies will be available at the merchandise stand at Tim’s upcoming tour.
As with the James 2010 tour, Tim will be doing special VIP packages, priced at £18, which include access to at least 3 songs in the soundcheck, a Q and A session with Tim, early access to the venue and merchandise desk (handy for trying to ensure you get a signed Special Edition). These will go on sale next Wednesday via musicglue from Tim’s website.
Saul Davies will be joining the rest of the band – Tim, Lee Muddy Baker, Rob Kenny, Dan Leavers and Neil MacKenzie on the tour. Don’t expect any big James hits though!
Allgigs.co.uk have the first published review of the Love Life album.
Tim, Lee, Neil and Dan played the new single As Far As I Can See, plus Buried Alive and Regina Spektor’s A Man With A Thousand Faces, during an Absolute Radio session on Geoff Lloyd’s show yesterday.
James appear to be playing Estadio do Bessa in Porto on Friday June 3 to celebrate 75 years of Rádio Renascença, according to this Portuguese website
Listings released to music distributors appear to have pencilled in the long-delayed The Gathering Sound James boxset for a June release. Don’t hold your breath just yet though.
Update 15.3.11
Tim Booth played his new single As Far As I Can See and covered Regina Spektor’s Man Of A Thousand Faces. It can be listened to until Saturday on BBC I-player
According to the festival’s website, James are playing the Positivus Festival in Latvia on Saturday 16 July. No confirmation as yet from the band.
Update 10.3.11
Tim Booth has confirmed two radio sessions in the next week
Saturday 12 March – Radio 2 Dermot O’Leary show – 3pm
Wednesday 16 March – Absolute Radio Drive Time session – 7pm
Update 19.2.11
Tim Booth has confirmed the venues and dates for his three-date Greek tour in May. The schedule has changed slightly from the original announcement. He will now play :
Friday 6 May – Thessaloniki Principal
Saturday 7 May – Athens Iera Odos
Sunday 8 May – Patra Politea
Update 9.2.11
Tim Booth has announced the release of his next solo album (a collaboration) called Love Life on Monday 4 April. Available worldwide as a download and from his website as a physical CD and a limited signed special edition, it is the follow up to the album Bone. It includes Tim’s first ever solo penned song As Far As I Can See, and collaborations with Lee Muddy Baker and KK.
He has also announced the following tour dates :
Wednesday 20 April – Manchester Academy
Thurs 21 April – Glasgow Oran Mor
Saturday 23 April – Kendal Brewery Arts Centre
Sunday 24 April – Birmingham Glee Club
Tuesday 26 April – Cambridge Junction
Wednesday 27 April – Leeds The Cockpit
Thursday 28 April – Wrexham Glyndwr University
Saturday 30 April – Sheffield Leadmill
Monday 2 May – Brighton Komedia
Tuesday 3 May – London Koko
Tickets can be purchased through musicglue using the gigs page on Tim’s site. Each ticket purchase is accompanied by a free download of an exclusive demo called Hurt Myself, which won’t be on Love Life. VIP upgrades for the shows will follow in March.
Tim is also offering fans the chance to host one of two house gigs on March 16 and 17 to preview the album. The band will come to your house and play. The catch? It’s an auction and the winners will be the ones with the highest bid.
Greek dates will be on sale soon, but the following dates and cities have been confirmed
Friday 6 May – Patra
Saturday 7 May – Athens
Sunday 8 May – Thessaloniki
Tim’s band will feature the following members :
Lee ‘Muddy’ Baker – guitar
Neil MacKenzie – bass
Dan Leavers – keyboards/sax
Rob Kenny – drums
Rob was the former drummer with The Lovegods, and played on some of the new tracks on Fresh As A Daisy and parts of Hey Ma.
Update 8.2.11
James have announced that they are playing the Explanada del Estadio Monumental in Lima, Peru on March 30. Tickets are on sale from Tuentrada.
Tim Booth’s solo tour will be announced tomorrow. To make sure you get first details, sign up to his mailing list at www.timbooth.co.uk
Update 1.2.11
James have announced that they will be playing the Lollapalooza Festival in O’Higgins Park, Santiago, Chile on Saturday 2 April. They will appear fourth on the bill behind The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The National.
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