Thirty-four years on from his band’s spindly beginnings, Booth remains beloved, at the helm of a lodestone indie rock band who show little sign of slowing down. James’s 14th album, released in March, came within a whisker of knocking Adele off the No 1 album slot. This broad UK tour is virtually sold out. Twenty-one songs into a 23-song set, then, it’s not hard to grasp the enduring appeal of this band … James are, without a doubt, the indie rock dream made flesh – if that dream means continuing returns more than serious paradigm-shifting.
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