The team of Pepper 96.6 has a crazy idea:
For James to appear – unannounced – in Syntagma Square and play live as street musicians.
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Jim Glennie, bassist and founding member of the English rock band James on their upcoming gig as part of the Wider Than Pictures series at Collins Barracks.
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James perform at the official Olympics welcome home for Team GB at Manchester’s AO Arena
It’s been a whirlwind year for James. In April, they soared to the top of the UK album charts with their latest release, Yummy, and have been on relentless touring ever since. In just over a month, the nine-piece band will cross the Atlantic to embark on an extensive U.S. tour alongside the legendary Johnny Marr. But before that, they’ll be lighting up stages in Dublin, Portugal and Greece.
We recently had the pleasure of sitting down with multi-instrumentalist Saul Davies during a rare break in the band’s hectic schedule. Relaxing outdoors in the sunshine, he embodied the essence of a rockstar, sunglasses on, as he chatted with us about all things James.
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Mancunian band James are in the midst of something of a second coming. Always enthralling and consistently against the grain, the band are still best known for early ’90s smashes ‘Sit Down’ and ‘Laid’, but also for frontman Tim Booth’s staccato dancing, and a tendency to veer off into unconventional subject matter.
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Carrying on our chat with Tim Booth we continue on the early years of James with the recording of their first demo, signing to Factory Records & making their debut release with the Jimone EP in November 1983. From there Tim tells us about meeting The Smiths & playing with them at the Hacienda & subsequently touring Ireland with them & later joining the Meat Is Murder Tour in 1985. James are touring with Johnny Marr across the USA in the autumn & Tim tells us how this came about. We also hear about leaving Factory Records in 1985 & ending up on Sire Records – debut album Stutter is produced by Lenny Kaye. The follow up Strip Mine doesn’t appear until 18 months after it was recorded & we hear about that what let do these delays. We also get to ask Tim about the famous Anti Clause 28 gig with the Stone Roses at the International, signing to Rough Trade in 1989 & releasing the Gold Mother album which leads to the huge success of Come Home & Sit Down. Tim talks us through writing, releasing & re-recording Sit Down. We talk about a few of the bands bib gigs from this era including the G Mex & the roof of the Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester as well as Alton Towers in 1990 in front of 30,000 fans. The Seven album also comes out in 1990 & we touch on that & then hear about how the band met & worked with Brian Eno We move onto this year’s Yummy album – the bands first number 1 in the UK Chart & talk through some upcoming festival appearances throughout 2024.
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Tim Booth joins us this week to talk about his new book ‘When I Died For The First Time’ out now on Constable (imprint of Little Brown). We talk about his writing influences from Doris Lessing & Patti Smith to Frank Herbert & then how his experiences in James influenced his writing. We also talk in depth about James latest UK number 1 album Yummy as well as their recent appearance at Glastonbury 2024 & their other appearances they have coming up over the summer & an autumn USA tour with Johnny Marr.
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with Orca 22 and The Manchester Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir. Johnny Marr joined them on stage for Laid
Laid (with Johnny Marr)
“An outdoor orchestral show with such a challenging setlist is a risk, but one that you’d expect James to take and actively embrace confident in their ability to take most of the audience with them. There was a real sense of joy up on stage, Tim in particular totally in the moment, wandering the stage, encouraging one minute, standing in awe the next. It was a perfect way to sign off the 2023-24 round of orchestra shows.”
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“Adding a full orchestra and a gospel choir was bound to ramp up the theatrics. Set against the backdrop of Lytham Green, with its iconic windmill, and the sun setting in the background, the performance went on a journey from the band’s back catalogue, peppered with singalong classics and singles from their newly released album Yummy.”
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“After experiencing the beauty of the band’s orchestral shows last year, we were initially unsure if and how they would translate to an outdoor setting. However, James proved their unwavering prowess once again with a headline set at Lytham Festival that was utterly sublime. Their versatility shone brightly as they delivered another performance of unparalleled beauty.”
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“After attending last years orchestral tour and experiencing the stillness and emotion created in the intimate venues, I was concerned about how this would translate in an outdoor festival atmosphere and also how good the sound quality would be. I needn’t have worried. The sound quality is perfect, the visuals more stunning than I could have ever imagined, and the whole performance feels just as intimate and special as any show I’ve seen previously. It’s majestic and all consuming, the energy and spontaneity that James bring to their performances unlike anything I’ve witnessed with any other act and I feel very grateful to be here tonight to witness it.”
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“Its now time for the encore that isn’t as it would take a lot of time for everyone to leave and return and typically James they’ll already be overrunning. Sit Down “starts” it off, suppose there’d be a riot if it didn’t appear at some point and the crowd duly sing along. Beautiful Beaches makes an apt appearance given the venue tonight and the night is finished with the glorious and true James anthem Getting Away With it (All Messed Up).”
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“After an hour Booth apologises for running out of time, and it feels like James could easily have gone on. Yet even truncated, their performance was an invaluable reminder that this extraordinary festival is counting down to its end, and we owe it to ourselves to make the most of it. Today, James were superb.”
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Tim tells a bedtime story on CBeebies channel from Glastonbury Festival
Interview with Jim Glennie and Tim Booth of James.
A live session from the BBC Radio 2 tent at Glastonbury Festival including a cover of Dua Lipa’s Be The One (that night’s festival headliner).