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Rescheduled from 12th December 2021
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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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.
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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.
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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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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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“Booth’s effervescence, incredible energy and sheer love for what he does kept everyone singing and dancing along before a stunning encore which included Sometimes, Tomorrow and the all-time favourite of many, Laid.
It was brilliant stuff from start to finish which left many of the band’s followers already planning their next James gig.”
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If I had one complaint it was that the gig had to finish, it felt like one of those nights where the band and the crowd were in perfect syncopation, even the confusion about the song to be played added to the night, making you feel this was a gig you would remember for a long while.
If you haven’t seen James live then you should, Tim Booth is one of British musics great frontmen, every member of the band is spot on, even the newer members who clearly haven’t been there from the start. If anything this is a band who are getting better and better. Go see them!
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this was James’s first live gig in nearly two years, and acted as a warm-up gig for the delayed summer festival season.
They finish on a darker than normal, broody, moody Sound, notable for an extended outro that builds in pace, some trumpet sounds you wouldn’t believe were trumpet if you weren’t witnessing Andy channeling them through his box of distortion tricks as the song winds on its dozen-minute plus sonic journey. It’s a song that’s come to represent how James take their hits, reinvent and twist them and use them as the melting pot for new ideas that keeps them excited about what they’re doing as a means of ensuring their audience do too.
Tonight was a reminder of the power of live music. We laughed, we cried a few times, we felt the power of the drum feel like it was beating in our chest, we caught a glance with a stranger lost in the same emotion as us, we stood on someone’s foot (sorry, it was a few times), closed our eyes and completely lost ourselves in what was coming from the stage. There is no greater feeling than watching the greatest band in your world and we should never forget that and let anyone take it away from us.
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A live CD / DVD / vinyl / download released in December 2020 recorded during the Living In Extraordinary Times tours in 2018 and 2019.
Deluxe CD tracks :
Five-O / Waltzing Along / Leviathan / Broken By The Hurt / She’s A Star / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Stutter / Feet Of Clay / Moving On / Many Faces / Sometimes / Come Home / Hank / Picture Of This Place / English Beefcake / PS / Heads / All I’m Saying / Extraordinary Times / Tomorrow / What’s It All About / Laid / Attention
Vinyl tracks (From Madrid To Manchester) :
Madrid – Five-O / Broken By The Hurt / Feet Of Clay / She’s A Star / Waltzing Along / Extraordinary Times / English Beefcake
Manchester – Hank / Picture Of This Place / What’s It All About / Attention / Many Faces / Sometimes
DVD tracks (Madrid and Philadelphia) : tbd
| Release Name: | Live In Extraordinary Times |
| Artist Name: | James |
| Release Date: | 11 December 2020 |
| Format: | Live Album |
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“You asked (okay – pleaded, pestered, perhaps even profaned) and finally we’ve delivered: a new live double album and DVD! Including a beautiful photo-book set, as well as coloured vinyl, deluxe double CD, signed prints (get in early!), t-shirts, the full works.
“As requested by many lovers of the band – a live DVD and album to capture the spirit of the gigs of the last few years. Hopefully this will help us through the long nights of lockdown – reliving these gatherings of intimacy and passion. Thank you for coming along for the ride in the crazy world of James.” – Tim
In a year feeling anything but ordinary, this special collection reminds us of the power and connection of live music.
Released just in time for St. Nick to get his hands on it for you…11th December 2020. Sorry we can’t put on one of our traditional winter tours to warm your quarantined cockles but hopefully this is the next best thing.”
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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.”
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The high paced start to the night courtesy of Hank is maintained with La Petite Mort track Curse, Curse followed by the Laid title track and new track Leviathan. For the first time in this co-headlining tour, taking advantage of their longer stage time tonight, James do what they typically do when they are headliners and take a quiet break in the set to play a couple of emotionally charged, personal songs back to back.
Then out of the blue, the great Whiplash song Play Dead starts up to change the mood, but then in true James fashion the song falls apart a few lines into the start of Tim’s vocal. Unable to sort out what went wrong, after a minute or so James substitute Laid album song Say Something. Aah, so close to true victory, one can taste it. Too bad for all of us.
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