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Linlithgow Party at the Palace – 11th August 2018

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Out To Get You / Better Than That / Hank / Seven / Say Something / Dear John / Leviathan / Nothing But Love / Coming Home (Pt.2) / Stutter / Heads / Born Of Frustration / Laid / Many Faces / Sometimes / Attention / Top Of The World / Come Home

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Review: EvenTheStars.co.uk

“‘This is one of the first songs we ever wrote’ is the introduction for Stutter, a song that’s evolved from a spindly delicate song into a huge sprawling beast, that feels somehow apt amongst all these percussion-heavy new songs. As strobes flash and Tim loses himself in the music, it feels like there’s a million drums banging out the primal beat.”

Read the full review on EvenTheStars.co.uk

Coverage from The Scottish Sun

“A HOPELESS romantic reveller popped the question to his girlfriend in front of euphoric crowds during last night’s headline act at Party at the Palace. Besotted Scott Carter, 27 pinched the microphone from Manchester outfit James before getting down on one knee and proposing to stunned Kelly Williams.”

Read more at The Scottish Sun

Liverpool Hope And Glory Festival – 5th August 2017

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Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Curse Curse / Catapult / Five-0 / Out To Get You / Dear John / Sit Down / Just Like Fred Astaire / How Was It For You / Sound / Sometimes / Nothing But Love

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The Hope and Glory Festival was an operational disaster. Poor planning, organisation and management by the operator led to excessive queueing and long delays in getting in and around the venue. This had a knock-on effect to the event causing support Charlotte Church to be cancelled and on-the-fly setlist reductions being forced onto the bands. Then Sunday’s festival was cancelled at short notice.

The bands and fans were clearly not amused – and the event promoter even started a public Twitter spat with James’ after Tim Booth tweeted how unhappy he was for fans.

You can read about the Hope And Glory fiasco on EvenTheStars.co.uk in two reviews: A Festival Goer’s Experience and Reviews of the Bands.

Newmarket Nights – 4th August 2017

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Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Waltzing Along / Five-0 / Of Monsters And Heroes And Men / Dear John / Born Of Frustration / Just Like Fred Astaire / Busted / Interrogation / P.S. / How Was It For You / Sit Down / Attention / Sound / Come Home / She’s A Star / Nothing But Love / Laid

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“Booth performed with real energy, dancing around on stage like a spinning top. The music covered a range of emotions, but the primary feeling was one of anthemic celebration.” EastLife.co.uk

“A faultless performance.” – East Anglian Daily Times

Manchester Castlefield Bowl – 7th July 2017

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Walk Like You / How Was It For You / Catapult / Dear John / Five-0 / Hymn From A Village / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Sometimes / Busted / Interrogation / Born Of Frustration / Stripmining / She's A Star / Of Monsters And Heroes And Men / Moving On / Attention / Sit Down / Nothing But Love / Come Home / Laid

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James produced a unique T-shirt for the Castlefield gig, with each sale providing a donation to the Manchester Emergency Fund.

Even The Stars

This type of stage was made for James and tonight they deliver possibly the finest hometown show we’ve seen them deliver. There’s something for everyone in a set that spans the best part of three and a half decades from their Factory single Hymn From A Village, that still sounds as fresh and vital as it did when it came out through to a brand new song called Busted that is being played for only the second time and which makes us firmly believe that this is a band with years still left in their tank with their creative spark burning stronger than ever rather than dimming with age.

Read the full review at EvenTheStars.co.uk

Manchester Evening News

…Nothing But Love has the crowds in raptures, many giving random strangers high fives and hugs, and up on the sloping grass upper-echelons of Castlefield Bowl the giddier kippers in their daisy t-shirts are near sliding up and down with joy.

Read the full review at ManchesterEveningNews.co.uk

Sounds

It’s hard to explain the ragged attraction of a James show to people who are used to polished and over-rehearsed slick performances or acts that rely on backing tapes, but it’s that knife-edge of excitement of knowing that a song the band have played a million times could fall apart any second that keeps the diehards coming back. It’s called live music; you should try it sometime.

Read the full review at SoundsMagazine.co.uk

GigSoup

James well and truly came home and whilst Booth sang the lyrics “I’m in awe of you” during ‘Of Monsters & Heroes & Men’ earlier in the evening, the bands set left a sold out Castlefield Bowl full of fans well and truly in awe of James.

Read the full review at GigSoupMusic.com

Flick Of The Finger

Having attended a fair few James gigs over the years their ability to draw in a crowd as they perform is a joy to behold, I don’t think I have ever encountered a band who can layer up a song is such intricate layers that drag you some place new.

Read the full review at FlickOfTheFinger.co.uk

Leicester O2 Academy – 5th July 2017

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Walk Like You / Dear John / Hymn From A Village / How Was It For You / Say Something / Busted / Overdose / I Know What I'm Here For / Born Of Frustration / Feet Of Clay / Stripmining / She's A Star / Of Monsters And Heroes And Men / Moving On / Laid / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Attention / Come Home / Sometimes / Nothing But Love

The Fan VIP Soundcheck included:
Stripmining / Trouble / I Know What I'm Here For

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Billed as the warm-up/debut gig of the Summer 2017 ‘Daisy Tour’, James cover hits, recent songs, as well as older archive material. Also included was the debut of two new songs that the band are still working on, named Busted and Overdose. A third new song, Trouble, was played at the fan VIP Soundcheck, but not at the gig itself.

Top Of The World was included as the last song on the setlist, but the support band overran, James hit the 11PM curfew, and it was dropped.

A full gig review is at EvenTheStars.co.uk

Liverpool Echo Arena – 10th December 2016

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Waltzing Along / To My Surprise / Surfer's Song / Ring The Bells / Moving On / Interrogation / Five-O / She's A Star / Feet Of Clay / Johnny Yen / Born Of Frustration / Dear John / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Come Home / Attention / Just Like Fred Astaire / Laid / Sometimes / Nothing But Love

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The Charlatans / The Slow Readers Club

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Read the review on EvenTheStars.co.uk

 

Sheffield O2 Academy – 9th December 2016

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Walk Like You / Ring The Bells / Surfer's Song / To My Surprise / Hymn From A Village / Ten Below / Waltzing Along / Moving On / Born Of Frustration / Vervaceous / All Good Boys / Five-O / Dear John / Just Like Fred Astaire / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Come Home / Attention / She's A Star / Sometimes / Nothing But Love

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The Slow Readers Club

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Read the review at EvenTheStars.co.uk.

Wolverhampton Civic – 7th December 2016

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Waltzing Along / To My Surprise / Surfer's Song / Ring The Bells / Interrogation / Ten Below / English Beefcake / Five-O / Moving On / Born Of Frustration / Feet Of Clay / Burned / Dear John / She's A Star / Come Home / Sit Down / Attention / Just Like Fred Astaire / Sometimes / Nothing But Love

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The Slow Readers Club

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EvenTheStars

“Day two of James’ UK mini tour saw them return to Wolverhampton for the first time in nineteen years to the Civic. A set full of surprises and seven setlist changes from the previous night and a band at the peak of their powers in one of the best venues of this size in the country delighted a packed Black Country crowd.”

Read more at EvenTheStars.co.uk

Nottingham Royal Centre – 6th December 2016

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To My Surprise / Waking / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Moving On / Five-O / I Wanna Go Home / Interrogation / Move Down South / Tomorrow / Vervaceous / Feet Of Clay / She's A Star / Dear John / Surfer's Song / Curse Curse / Come Home / Attention / Just Like Fred Astaire / Sometimes / Nothing But Love / Sound

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The Slow Readers Club

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Read the review of this gig at EvenTheStars.co.uk.

Lisbon MEO Arena – 4th December 2016

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Just Like Fred Astaire / To My Surprise / Curse Curse / Ring The Bells / Five-O / Move Down South / Girl At The End Of The World / Catapult / Tomorrow / Sound / Feet Of Clay / She's A Star / Vervaceous / Dear John / Come Home / Sit Down / Attention / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Sometimes / Nothing But Love

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Fremantle Metropolis – 16th November 2016

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Johnny Yen / Oh My Heart / To My Surprise / Curse Curse / Waltzing Along / Ring The Bells / Interrogation / I Wanna Go Home / Vervaceous / Dear John / Say Something / She's A Star / Attention / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Come Home / Nothing But Love / Out To Get You / Laid / Sometimes

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Planet

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Melbourne 170 Russell – 14th November 2016

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Johnny Yen / To My Surprise / Catapult / Waltzing Along / Come Home / Five-O / Walk Like You / Dear John / Say Something / Curse Curse / Vervaceous / Just Like Fred Astaire / Attention / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Sit Down / Sound / Moving On / Nothing But Love / Sometimes

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