James perform at Glastonbury Festival after an eight-date UK tour including a sold-out show at Manchester’s new COOP Live arena and their first ever show at the O2 in London.
As part of a session for Radio 2 at Glastonbury, they do a cover of headliner Dua Lipa’s song Be The One.
Tim Booth releases his novel When I Died For The First Time and does a reading, Q&A, performance and signing in London, Glasgow and Manchester. The performance includes two new songs Happy and I Do.
James perform in Mexico City as well as three shows in Spain.
James release their eighteenth studio album Yummy and it debuts at number one in the first week, as well as topping the physical and vinyl charts.
They perform sessions for Virgin Radio and BBC Radio 2, covering Coldplay’s Fix You, as well as performing acoustically at HMV London Oxford St as part of a signing session. They also held signing sessions at HMV Manchester and Liverpool Jacaranda.
James release Life’s A Fucking Miracle, the third track to be taken from Yummy, including a clean radio edit called Life’s A Shocking Miracle.
Tim, Jim, Saul, Dave and Andy headline Music Feeds with an orchestra conducted by Joe Duddell at Manchester Apollo to raise funds for the Trussell Trust. Rowetta accompanied them on stage with backing vocals.
Our World was released as the second single from Yummy and was named BBC Radio 2’s Track Of The Week
James release Is This Love and announce that their 18th studio album Yummy will be released on April 12th.
James announce their next studio album for release in April 2024 alongside a June 2024 UK arena tour with Razorlight and two headline orchestral shows with Orca 22 and The Manchester Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir at Bedford Summer Sessions and Lytham Festival for July 2024.
James headline the Absolute Radio 15th Birthday Party at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London after their rescheduled dates with Orca 22 and The Manchester Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir in Bath and Nottingham
James perform an orchestral set with Orca 22 and the Manchester Inspirational Voices Choir at the Acropolis in Greece as well as at Latitude Festival and Leicester De Montfort Hall.
They headline outdoor shows in Liverpool, Halifax (x2), Thessaloniki and Dundee as well as headlining Forest Fest in Co Laois, Ireland and performing at Y Not Festival.
1990 James Singles, the first of a digital streaming series of b-sides from their years with Mercury Records, is released featuring tracks taken from the How Was It For You?, Come Home and Lose Control singles.
Tim performs Sit Down with Coldplay at two nights of their Music Of The Spheres tour at a sold-out Etihad Stadium in Manchester
James are awarded an Ivor Novello Icon award for songwriting. Tim, Jim, Mark and Saul were reunited with Larry for the ceremony in London where they were presented the award by Jo Whiley.
James finish off their orchestral tour with shows in Glasgow, Newcastle, Sheffield, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester (x2), Blackpool and London. Shows in Nottingham and Bath are postponed due to illness.
James release a brand new song, Love Make A Fool, from the Be Opened By The Wonderful orchestral album.
The tour in support of the album kicks off with shows in Brighton, Cardiff, York and Edinburgh.