James follow their US tour with dates in France, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy and Portugal.
Category Archives: History
March 1992
Ring The Bells single released. Starting in Toronto, James first North American tour is a massive success with 11 sold-out shows.
February 1992
Seven album and Live Video released. James return and play their first US gig – an outdoor rain-soaked free show in San Francisco’s Union Square.
January 1992
As the band travel to LA to film the Born of Frustration video, Larry is mugged at gunpoint on Sunset Boulevard and catches the next flight home. Tour manager Richard stands in for the video shoot in a very concealing hat and coat. Born Of Frustration single released.
1991 James Timeline
January: James play Wembley Arena as part of the indie night of the Brit Awards
January: James play five songs included the unreleased Ring The Bells on the roof of Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester. 5,000 people turned up and the Manchester traffic was brought to a standstill
February – March: James retire to the Manor complex in Oxford to start recording the follow-up to Gold Mother
February: Three weeks before the single release, James perform Sit Down on Terry Wogan’s primetime BBC chatshow.
March: Sit Down single released
March: James play a secret show at Paris La Locomotive club where they preview ten songs from their recent demos that were to form the basis of the Seven album, albeit sounding radically different and including Pressure’s On and the unreleased Somebody Help Me
April: Come Home live video released
May: The Gold Mother album is rereleased with Sit Down and Lose Control replacing Hang On and Crescendo. Fans are offered the opportunity to exchange a copy of the old album for a new copy at branches of Our Price.
June: James preview three new songs – Heavens, Protect Me and Born of Frustration – live on Channel 4’s Friday Night At The Dome
August: After their own set was curtailed by power failure and with Andy and all their equipment shipped home, James are drafted in at the last moment to headline the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden after Status Quo withdrew.
August: James headline Reading Festival and are critically mauled for daring to play Sit Down early in the set and playing five new songs.
September: James complete recording of the Seven album with Youth at Olympic Studios in London
September – November: James embark on their biggest ever tour, 31 sold out dates previewing most of the Seven album, which should have been ready to coincide with the tour.
November: Sound single released
December – James play a pre-Christmas fan-club show at Warrington Parr Hall previewing all 11 tracks from the Seven album, the show being filmed for subsequent release as the Seven Live Video
December 1991
James play a pre-Christmas fan-club show at Warrington Parr Hall previewing all 11 tracks from the Seven album, the show being filmed for subsequent release as the Seven Live Video.
November 1991
Sound single released.
September 1991
James complete recording of the Seven album with Youth at Olympic Studios in London. James embark on their biggest ever tour, 31 sold out dates previewing most of the Seven album, which should have been ready to coincide with the tour.
August 1991
After their own set was curtailed by power failure and with Andy and all their equipment shipped home, James are drafted in at the last moment to headline the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden after Status Quo withdrew. James headline Reading Festival and are critically mauled for daring to play Sit Down early in the set and playing five new songs.
June 1991
James preview three new songs – Heavens, Protect Me and Born of Frustration – live on Channel 4’s Friday Night At The Dome.
May 1991
The Gold Mother album is rereleased with Sit Down and Lose Control replacing Hang On and Crescendo. Fans are offered the opportunity to exchange a copy of the old album for a new copy at branches of Our Price.
April 1991
Come Home live video released.