Category Archives: Live Performance
Bingley Weekender – 1st September 2019
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Waltzing Along / Ring The Bells / Hank / What's It All About / Tomorrow / Just Like Fred Astaire / She's A Star / Five-O / Moving On / Many Faces / Leviathan / Sit Down / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Come Home / LaidSupport
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“Looking up at the stage, we see Andy having the time of his life and Saul focused and in the moment and it feels sad that they need to go and recharge their batteries right now.”
Knebworth Cool Britannia – 31st August 2019
Setlist
Sound / Heads / What's It All About? / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Hank / Stutter / She's A Star / Top Of The World / Leviathan / Attention / Sit Down / Laid / Many Faces / Come Home / SometimesSupport
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Charleville-Mézières Festival Cabaret Vert – 24th August 2019
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Johnny Yen / What's It All About / Leviathan / Out To Get You / Heads / Laid / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Many Faces / Come HomeSupport
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Sedgefield Hardwick Live Festival – 18th August 2019
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Johnny Yen / Leviathan / What's It All About? / Interrogation / Heads / Tomorrow / Say Something / Just Like Fred Astaire / She's A Star / Nothing But Love / Sit Down / Many Faces / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Stutter / Attention / Laid / Come HomeSupport
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Interview: NE Volume
Saul Davies: “We actually miss a lot of important cultural information because there’s so much flying around, you know what I mean? I suddenly discovered The Cure have released an album last year and they’re one of my favourite bands and I didn’t even know they’d done it.”
Read the full interview on NEVolume.co.uk
Doncaster Racecourse – 17th August 2019
Setlist
Nothing But Love / Hank / What’s It All About / Waltzing Along / Five-O / Busted / Play Dead / She’s A Star / Just Like Fred Astaire / Leviathan / Come Home / Sit Down / Many Faces / Sound / Laid / Out To Get You / Attention / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / SometimesSupport
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Review: EvenTheStars.co.uk
Sometimes the best gigs can take place in the strangest surroundings. Five o’clock in the evening, in bright sunshine, on a stage at a racecourse with a mix of die-hard fans and those out for a drunken day at the races and a huge gap and fences between band and audience weren’t auspicious, but somehow James turned their Doncaster racecourse show into a triumph.
Read the full review at EvenTheStars.co.uk
Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens – 15th August 2019
Setlist
She’s A Star / What’s It All About / Leviathan / Sit Down / Ring The Bells / Walk Like You / Interrogation / Hank / Nothing But Love / Many Faces / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Laid / Come Home / Attention / Sound / Top Of The WorldSupport
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Review: Chris Mackinnon at Edinburgh Evening News
They’re not fans of the outdoor gig sound limiters, tonight lamenting that they have to alternate slow, quiet songs with their more raucous outings and also advising the crowd that they’re not allowed to sing along. Best of luck with that.
Read the full review at scotsman.com
Review: EvenTheStars.co.uk
Then the problems start. Jim’s bass is knackered and no amount of trying to fix it seems to work initially. Jim tells a few jokes to try and amuse us, the audience sing “Getting away with it” whilst they decide what to do. Saul suggests “an acoustic version of something and you’re not allowed to sing, let’s see what happens” as they strike up into Sit Down. It’s not immediately clear it is their best known song until Tim starts to sing and then everyone is joined in unison and one voice, with two fingers cocked to the decibel counters, apart from when the lyrics are changed to the original Rough Trade version mid-way through.
Read the full review at EvenTheStars.co.uk
Ledbury Eastnor Castle Lakefest – 11th August 2019
Setlist
Johnny Yen / What’s It All About / Curse Curse / Ring The Bells / Sit Down / Hank / Heads / Just Like Fred Astaire / Picture Of This Place / Nothing But Love / Leviathan / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Laid / Come Home / Many Faces / Sounds / SometimesSupport
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Los Angeles – Greek Theater – 7th August 2019
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Hank / What’s It All About / Come Home / Laid / Heads / Five-O / Johnny Yen / Leviathan / Many Faces / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / SoundSupport
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San Diego North Park The Observatory – 6th August 2019
Setlist
Attention / Extraordinary Times / Leviathan / Laid / Come Home / Hank / Out To Get You / Just Like Fred Astaire / English Beefcake / Many Faces / Sometimes / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)Support
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San Francisco Stern Grove Festival – 4th August 2019
Setlist
Walk Like You / Hank / What’s It All About / Come Home / Laid / P.S. / Leviathan / Many Faces / Sometimes / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / SoundSupport
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Review: Roman Gokhman at Riff Magazine
Booth jumped off the stage and then hopped from picnic table to picnic table before singing in a sea of fans who had encircled him. That song rolled right into James’ biggest hit, “Laid,” off 1993’s album of the same name. The energetic performance got most people up from their seats as Booth remained in the crowd.
Read the full review at RiffMagazine.com
Reno Grand Sierra Resort And Casino Grand Theater – 3rd August 2019
Setlist
Many Faces / Hank / What’s It All About / Walk Like You / Waltzing Along / Broken By The Hurt / Johnny Yen / Leviathan / Nothing But Love / Sometimes / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Come HomeSupport
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Review: Shaun Astor at Tahoe Onstage
It was clear who attended [the co-headline tour] to see James, as a good portion of the audience members were on their feet, phones in the air while singing along to the group’s light-drenched renditions of their cerebral club rock. Singer Tim Booth would move in spastic motions beneath the strobes before climbing over the barrier from the stage and performing a final song, “Come Home,” while walking through the Grand Theatre’s aisles amidst the audience.
Read the full review at TahoeOnstage.com
Review: Jason DeBord at RockSubculture.com
When you see a line-up of guitars on a rack, and members playing different instruments throughout, you know this is a group that is serious about musicianship and are truly ones to see live, as they were very much in their element on stage.
Read the full review (with many picture from the gig) at RockSubculture.com