Tag Archives: song-laid
Sheffield Tramlines Festival – 22nd July 2022
Setlist
Come Home / Isabella / Born Of Frustration / Curse Curse / All The Colours Of You / Walk Like You / Sit Down / Beautiful Beaches / Laid / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / SoundSupport
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Manchester Castlefield Bowl – 2nd July 2022
Setlist
Johnny Yen / What's The World / America / Hymn From A Village / Heavens / Seven / Live A Love Of Life / God Only Knows / Stripmining / Lose Control / Say Something / Goalie's Ball / Maria's Party / Next Lover / Gold Mother / How Was It For You / Born Of Frustration / Stutter / Come Home / Ring The Bells / Sit Down / Sound / Laid / Waltzing Along / Beautiful Beaches / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)Support
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Sounds of the City event that marks the 30th anniversary of James’s legendary Alton Towers gig.
Edinburgh Big Top Royal Highland Centre – 11th June 2022
Setlist
Johnny Yen / Born Of Frustration / She's A Star / Say Something / Come Home / Five-O / Lose Control / Top Of The World / How Was It For You / Destiny Calling / Runaground / Sit Down / Waltzing Along / Ring The Bells / Laid / Out To Get You / Sound / Tomorrow / SometimesSupport
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The show was advertised as James recreating their classic 1998 Barrowlands setlist (albeit in a different order).
Lisbon Campo Pequeno – 22nd April 2022
Setlist
Johnny Yen / Waltzing Along / Isabella / Beautiful Beaches / She's A Star / Born Of Frustration / Five-O / Walk Like You / Wherever It Takes Us / Honest Joe / Out To Get You / Hymn From A Village / Runaground / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Come Home / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Sometimes / Curse Curse / Ring The Bells / Laid / ZeroSupport
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Rescheduled from 13th December 2021
Porto Super Bock Arena (Pavilhão Rosa Mota) – 21st April 2022
Setlist
Zero / Isabella / She's A Star / Born Of Frustration / Wherever It Takes Us / Come Home / Walk Like You / Runaground / Five-O / Destiny Calling / Curse Curse / Hymn From A Village / Out To Get You / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Moving On / Beautiful Beaches / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Sometimes / Ring The Bells / LaidSupport
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Rescheduled from 12th December 2021
London The SSE Arena Wembley – 4th December 2021
Setlist
Zero / Isabella / She's A Star / Born Of Frustration / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Gold Mother / Honest Joe / Tomorrow / I Wanna Go Home / Nothing But Love / Interrogation / Hymn From A Village / Walk Like You / Curse Curse / Wherever It Takes Us / Come Home / Sit Down / Sound / Beautiful Beaches / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / LaidSupport
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Review: Andrew Perry @ Daily Telegraph
Sporting a fake-fur coat, billowing yoga trousers and the kind of voluminous woolly hat that rastafarians store their dreadlocks in, Booth bulldozed through by sheer force of character, dancing as if electrocuted, and frequently orating between numbers.
Approaching 11pm, the band’s early-90s gems finally materialised, with Come Home, a cathartic venting of frustration, and Sit Down, a freaks-united anthem whose unifying message felt doubly meaningful, mid-pandemic. As their show rambled into its third hour, James’s feelgood factor kept on coming, with rare engagement and depth.
Read the full review at Telegraph.com
Review: Ben Hogwood @ Music OMH
Booth’s stamina is laudable, throwing his wiry frame and loose clothes into extended dance moves where he looks to be breaking free of his own body. The band’s attempts to reach the back of the arena with their sound are successful, the bigger space giving us the chance to appreciate the band members more.
Read the full review at MusicOMH.com
Review: EvenTheStars.co.uk
James are continuing to find ways to evolve. In many ways they’re still that unique awkward defiant band that refused to play by the normal rules of the music business and the how to be a band handbook.
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Review: Ronan Fawsitt @ The Up Coming
Now four decades into their tenure, James continue to innovate and refuse to back down. Booth’s inimitable presence, with the quiet intensity of his free-flow dancing and his razor-sharp vocal cries through the megaphone, has the ability to sweep the audience up and take them anywhere he wants to go. Is it any wonder that James have found their place amongst a new generation of fans?
Read the full review at theupcoming.co.uk
Manchester AO Arena – 3rd December 2021
Setlist
Zero / Isabella / She's A Star / Born Of Frustration / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Gold Mother / Come Home / Honest Joe / Seven / Interrogation / Maria's Party / Hymn From A Village / Walk Like You / Nothing But Love / Curse Curse / Wherever It Takes Us / Sit Down / Sound / Beautiful Beaches / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Laid / SometimesSupport
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Review: Iain Key @ Louder Than War
Tonight was triumphant. James are re-energised and at the top of their game. For a long time, they were the under-dogs and pretenders to the throne; after tonight’s show, they are THE band, Mancunian or otherwise, by which others should be measured.
My gig of the year, no question.
Read the full review at LouderThanWar.com
Review: EvenTheStars.co.uk
James go further and actively seek out songs to resurrect and reinvent that had fallen by the wayside but which demand revisiting.
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Dublin 3arena – 1st December 2021
Setlist
Isabella / Walk Like You / Born Of Frustration / She's A Star / Come Home / Gold Mother / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Just Like Fred Astaire / Curse Curse / Honest Joe / Wherever It Takes Us / Miss America / Maria's Party / Hymn From A Village / Sit Down / Sound / Beautiful Beaches / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / LaidSupport
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Glasgow The SSE Hydro – 30th November 2021
Setlist
Zero / Isabella / Born Of Frustration / Five-O / Seven / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Walk Like You / Curse Curse / Honest Joe / She's A Star / Wherever It Takes Us / Hymn From A Village / Sound / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Come Home / Beautiful Beaches / Sit Down / LaidSupport
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Review: Fiona Shepherd @ The Scotsman
“We’re ageing like wine,” sang Tim Booth on opening number Zero – fair comment for a canny band who remain a limber live collective even if parts of their set were drawn out.
Read the full review at TheScotsman.com
Review: EvenTheStars.co.uk
“The thrilling energy of a nine-piece James that is on a mission and having the best time accomplishing it.”
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Cardiff Motorpoint Arena – 28th November 2021
Setlist
Zero / Isabella / She's A Star / Come Home / God Only Knows / Honest Joe / Miss America / Gold Mother / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Moving On / Born Of Frustration / Wherever It Takes Us / Hymn From A Village / Curse Curse / Sound / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Seven / Beautiful Beaches / Laid / Sit DownSupport
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Review: EvenTheStars.co.uk
It’s almost as if Tim being prevented from going out to the crowd has made them reconsider the inter-band interactions and created something that’s equally as, if not more, powerful.
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Review: Scientists of Sound
For anyone who’s been fortunate enough to see James before will know all too well no performance would be complete without booth’s convulsive dancing and tonight the crowd got plenty to feast their eyes upon as he jolted around with arms and hands flailing.
Eternally grateful for the crowds adoration, Tim’s reaction throughout is earnest. It’s clear to see the appreciation the band have for their fans, reciprocated in huge cheers and smiles throughout as they churned out 2 hours of live music.
Read the full review at sos-music.co.uk
Birmingham Utilita Arena – 26th November 2021
Setlist
Zero / Isabella / She’s A Star / Born Of Frustration / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Tomorrow / Honest Joe / Walk Like You / Moving On / Hymn From A Village / Come Home / Curse Curse / Wherever It Takes Us / Getting Away With It / Sound / Beautiful Beaches / Laid / Sit Down / SometimesSupport
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Review: Tony Larner @ Birmingham Mail
The energy was there from the moment Tim and bandmates burst onto the stage to sing the superb Zero, from the new album All The Colours of You, which has possibly the best opening live ever: “We’re All Gonna Die.”
The new release is clearly heading for classic status as other tracks that had the audience singing, swaying and dancing along included the stunning Beautiful Beaches and All The Colours of You.
Read the full review at BirminghamMail.co.uk
Review: Damian Sullivan @ MaximumVolumeMusic.com
I had a discussion with a good friend the other night about bands that seem to be able to play arenas and it feels as though you`re in a small venue. James are that kind of band where wherever you are you feel included.
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Review: EvenTheStars.co.uk
It’s their lifeblood, their oxygen and when it’s flowing at its peak, then James deliver shows that transcend the traditional concert and tonight feels like one of those special times.
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