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Live At The Acropolis

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Live At The Acropolis, a 2025 Live Album by James.

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Recorded live at the Acropolis in Athens on 10th July 2023, this album and bluray release captures James performing with the Orca 22 Orchestra and Manchester Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir.

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2CD / Bluray / Black Vinyl / 2 x Colour Vinyl / Boxset

Magic Bus / We’re Going To Miss You / The Shining / Dust Motes / The Lake / Beautiful Beaches / Say Something / Space / Ten Below / Moving On / Nothing But Love / Born Of Frustration / Boléro/Sit Down / Love Make A Fool / Medieval / Someone’s Got It In For Me / Alaskan Pipeline (CD and vinyl only) / She’s A Star / Hello / Riders / Laid / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Tomorrow / Sometimes / Top Of The World

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Release Name: Live At The Acropolis
Artist Name: James
Release Date: 2nd May 2025
Format: Live Album
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Recorded live at the Acropolis in Athens on 10th July 2023, this album and bluray release captures James performing with the Orca 22 Orchestra and Manchester Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir.

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Newcastle Utilita Arena – 5th June 2024

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She's A Star / Waltzing Along / Our World / Hey / Life's A Fucking Miracle / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Tomorrow / Five-O / Shadow Of A Giant / Better With You / Mobile God / Jam J / Sit Down / Nothing But Love / Sometimes / Way Over Your Head / Come Home / Beautiful Beaches / Laid / Sound

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Razorlight

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Review: David Brown @ Even The Stars

“They take their final bows from an audience who’ve been treated to one of their best sets in the last few years. The sound that had been a little off for Razorlight was crystal clear, the light show augmenting the songs and the visuals really complementing them. The new songs have the energy and weight for the arena, even in their quieter moments and the Newcastle audience are far more receptive to them than in Aberdeen and the band are clearly revelling in playing them.”

Read the full review at Even The Stars

Review: Jason Button @ Newcastle World

“In reality, it is these moments we all live for. At the end of the first of two encores when Beautiful Beaches was played I simply shut my eyes, released my shoulders and danced like I was in the kitchen on my own. They are the moments fans pay money for, and those are the moments James thrive on creating.”

Read the full review at Newcastle World

Review: Craig Connor @ Chronicle Live

“Fans turned out in their droves to see James at the Utilita Arena – more than forty years on from the band’s formation”

Read the full review at Chronicle Live

Review: Adam Kennedy @ The Northern Echo

“Indie legends James arrived on Tyneside on Wednesday night for their second North East date in a week. The group played a warm-up show for their current arena tour at The Globe in Stockton on Friday evening, and by the time the group arrived in Newcastle, not only were the band warmed up – they were absolutely on fire.”

Read the full review at The Northern Echo

Review: Darin Hutson @ The Southern Reporter

“He tweeted, or Xed, to fans afterwards about “how special the gig was”, adding: “I suspect we will find it hard to top on this tour. That was magic,” and that feeling was clearly mutual and deservedly so.”

Read the full review at The Southern Reporter

Review: Music For The Misfits

“If before last night I’d only been half on the James-train, I’m certainly completely on and not getting off now!”

Read the full review at Music For The Misfits

 

 

 

Stockton Globe – 31st May 2024

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Setlist

Johnny Yen / Is This Love / Hey / Life's A Fucking Miracle / Mobile God / Ring The Bells / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Shadow Of A Giant / Stay / Better With You / Sit Down / Just Like Fred Astaire / We're Going To Miss You / Sometimes / Nothing But Love / Way Over Your Head / Beautiful Beaches / Laid

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Tom A Smith

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Review: Andrew White @ The Northern Echo

“This was billed as a warm-up gig, so it was not without a few false starts and technical hitches as the final polishes were made. The crowd later learned, from the multi-talented Saul Davies, that lead singer Tim Booth had not been well and indeed had spent some time in hospital earlier that day.”

Read the full review at The Northern Echo

Bournemouth O2 Academy – 29th May 2024

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Setlist

Is This Love / Hey / Life's A Fucking Miracle / Better With You / Stay / Shadow Of A Giant / Five-O / Born Of Frustration / Waltzing Along / Ring The Bells / Jam J / Our World / Nothing But Love / Come Home / Sometimes / Way Over Your Head / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Sit Down / Sound

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Mitch Sanders

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Review: Emma Harrison @ House Of Coco

“If Bournemouth was the venue to cut their teeth for the remainder of their tour, then they have every confidence that the new material will resonate with the crowd and that they will put on one hell of a show!”

Read the full review at House Of Coco

Nottingham Royal Centre – 25th October 2023

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Setlist

Magic Bus / Space / Beautiful Beaches / Moving On / Dust Motes / The Shining / We're Going To Miss You / Ten Below / The Lake / Someone's Got It In For Me / Nothing But Love / Born Of Frustration / Sit Down / Love Make A Fool / Say Something / Alaskan Pipeline / Hello / Hymn From A Village / Medieval / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Tomorrow / Sometimes / Laid

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Originally scheduled for 13th May 2023

Review: David Brown @ Even The Stars

“Then they’re gone. Band embrace choir, choir embrace orchestra, orchestra embrace band, but in truth those barriers were well and truly broken down early in this journey. The group that came together in Brighton back in April have been on a journey to become one entity – the relationships and the music has evolved so much simply by them being on stage. Whilst there’s a sadness that this might be the last time we see James this way, the overwhelming feeling is of euphoria that they made good on their promises to do this again after 2011, and that this time it exceeded even their and our wildest dreams.”

Read the full review at Even The Stars

Review: Laura Dean @ God Is In The TV Zine

“The addition of the orchestra intensified the emotions and feelings that came with ‘Tomorrow’, which saw Tim visit the stalls, balancing on a seat a few rows in and interacting with the lucky fans around him. The penultimate track of the evening was ‘Sometimes’ – one of the band’s biggest crowd pleasers that never fails to connect the band and their fans. Visibly moved by the response, Tim held the microphone out as the crowd kept the track going long after it had ended and it was both a powerful and uplifting moment for everybody involved. The evening came to an end with a slow-starting ‘Laid’, which burst into the anthemic version that we all know and love, offering a perfect end not just to the evening, but to the orchestral tour as a whole.”

Read the full review at God Is In The TV Zine

Review: Kevin Stanley @ The Left Lion

“The addition of the orchestra intensified the emotions and feelings that came with ‘Tomorrow’, which saw Tim visit the stalls, balancing on a seat a few rows in and interacting with the lucky fans around him. The penultimate track of the evening was ‘Sometimes’ – one of the band’s biggest crowd pleasers that never fails to connect the band and their fans. Visibly moved by the response, Tim held the microphone out as the crowd kept the track going long after it had ended and it was both a powerful and uplifting moment for everybody involved. The evening came to an end with a slow-starting ‘Laid’, which burst into the anthemic version that we all know and love, offering a perfect end not just to the evening, but to the orchestral tour as a whole.”

Read the full review at The Left Lion

 

Bath Forum – 24th October 2023

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Setlist

Dust Motes / Beautiful Beaches / Moving On / The Shining / Seven / Ten Below / We're Going To Miss You / She's A Star / The Lake / Nothing But Love / Born Of Frustration / Magic Bus / Sit Down / Love Make A Fool / Someone's Got It In For Me / Say Something / Riders / Alaskan Pipeline / Hello / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Tomorrow / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Sometimes

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Originally scheduled for 15th May 2023

Review: David Brown @ Even The Stars

“There’s a magic whenever James take the stage, an unpredictability about what you’re going to get even if the setlist doesn’t spring any surprises. They’re a band that thrive on the mood, both in the band and in the room, and this collaboration has effectively fused an orchestra and choir that have wholeheartedly bought into the band’s ethos on to the already hefty nine of them. These shows may never happen again, it’s twelve years since the first orchestral tour, and 2024 sees a new album and the campaign that comes with it out in the world and James continuing to look forward as a band to their next twist and turn, but they’ll live long in the memory.”

Read the full review at Even The Stars

Athens The Odeon Of Herodes Atticus – 10th July 2023

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Magic Bus / We're Going To Miss You / The Shining / Dust Motes / The Lake / Beautiful Beaches / Say Something / Space / Ten Below / Moving On / Nothing But Love / Hymn From A Village / Born Of Frustration / Sit Down / Love Make A Fool / Medieval / Someone's Got It In For Me / Alaskan Pipeline / Of Monsters And Heroes And Men / She's A Star / Hello / Riders / Laid / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Top Of The World / Tomorrow / Sometimes

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Halifax Piece Hall – 7th July 2023

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Setlist

Johnny Yen / Waltzing Along / All The Colours Of You / Interrogation / Born Of Frustration / Space / Out To Get You / Hymn From A Village / Medieval / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Just Like Fred Astaire / Moving On / Nothing But Love / Sit Down / Sometimes / Laid

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Jamie Webster, Tom A Smith

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Review: David Brown @ EvenTheStars.co.uk

“Moving On is dedicated to loved ones passed and with Tim and Chloe singing it to each other, the emotional resonance is strong particularly as the sun goes down. There’s then an amusing moment as Tim beckons the choir down to sing the harmonies of Nothing But Love, but Dave starts up Sit Down. Dave blames Saul for the mistake, who takes responsibility, before joking that it was really whoever wrote the setlist’s fault. The choir becomes one of five thousand for the rousing latter-period Nothing But Love, before losing themselves collectively in an uplifting Sit Down, a song that feels reinvigorated this year and a beacon of light in a dark world.”

Read the full review at EvenTheStars.co.uk

Review: Gareth John @ The York Press

“Tonight’s show feels timeless, the rising sounds carried beautifully by Booth’s distinctive and textured voice, the agile and energetic frontman leading the band in rounding off their set with the hauntingly beautiful Sit Down, the somewhat spiritual Sometimes and the quirky yet wonderful Laid.”

Read the full review at The York Press

Review: Sarah Fitton @ Halifax Courier

“The Manchester legends – who play at The Piece Hall again tonight (Saturday) – were on top form as they delivered iconic hits including ‘Born Of Frustration’, ‘Waltzing Along’, ‘Laid’, ‘Nothing But Love’, ‘Sometimes’ and ‘Sit Down’.”

Read the full review at The Halifax Courier

Review: Izzy Clayton @ Backstreet Mafia

“Opening the set with ‘Johnny Yen’ the band take fans back to their early days with the song being a release from the band’s debut album ‘Stutter’ back in 1986. As the second song starts ‘What For’, both Deborah and Chloe join the band on drums as well as the Inspirational Voices Choir. During ‘Waltzing Along’, Tim comes off stage and greets fans on barrier before performing the song whilst stood on the barrier – holding a person’s hand in the crowd for support.”

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Review: Helen Millington @ RGM

“The band open with ‘Johnny Yen’, followed by ‘What For’ and then crowd favourite ‘Waltzing Along’. It was at this moment the crowd were in for a special treat as Booth leapt down from the stage and gracefully balanced on the barrier (with the support of a few bewildered fans). For the entire song, Booth perched on the railing holding onto a fans arm, with another steadying his leg. The crowd lapped it up and sang along.”

Read the full review at RGM

Leicester De Montfort Hall – 4th July 2023

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Magic Bus / We're Going To Miss You / The Shining / The Lake / Dust Motes / Beautiful Beaches / Space / Moving On / Ten Below / Nothing But Love / Born Of Frustation / Tomorrow / Sit Down / Love Make A Fool / Medieval / Someone's Got It In For Me / Alaskan Pipeline / She's A Star / Hello / Riders / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Say Something / Sometimes

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Review: David Brown @ EvenTheStars.co.uk

“Saul makes a point of dedicating Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) to the crew who make this whole thing work, and watching it at closer quarters this really wouldn’t be possible without their skill, expertise and ability to adapt quickly to whatever ideas the band throw at them last minute. The audience starts clapping along to which Tim says they have to be really in time otherwise it’ll completely fuck up the timing – Joe conducts the audience clapping and it all stays intact. They then finish the main set with an uplifting All The Colours Of You, where again the song’s inherent dramatic cuts and pastes of its creation in a studio with Jacknife are brought to life with live instruments before it segues into Many Faces, the choir in a line at the front as they improvise their way through repeatedly singing the song’s core message that ‘there’s only one human race, many faces, everybody belongs here.'”

Read the full review at EvenTheStars.co.uk

Review: Emily Miller @ Niche Magazine

“An astounding 3 hour gig with all the hits and so many talented musicians – James prove themselves to be as relevant and as exciting today as they ever have been. “

Read the full review at Niche Magazine

Margam In It Together Festival – 28th May 2023

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Come Home / Waltzing Along / Interrogation / Curse Curse / Beautiful Beaches / Johnny Yen / Ring The Bells / Sit Down / Nothing But Love / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Laid / Sound

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London Royal Albert Hall – 17th May 2023

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Magic Bus / Beautiful Beaches / The Lake / Dust Motes / The Shining / Seven / We're Going To Miss You / Ten Below / Moving On / Say Something / Born Of Frustration / Nothing But Love / Sit Down / Love Make A Fool / Medieval / Hello / Someone's Got It In For Me / Alaskan Pipeline / She's A Star / Just Like Fred Astaire / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Hymn From A Village / Tomorrow / Sometimes

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Review: David Brown @ EvenTheStars.co.uk

“She’s A Star has the crowd back on their feet where they remain for the rest of the show. The orchestra are the stars here on this one and getting a huge ovation at the end from both the audience and everyone else on stage. The song’s uplifting message is accentuated by the strings as they build into the chorus. Just Like Fred Astaire and Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) might not have undergone the same type of transformation as much of the set around them, but their status as later first-edition James classics has been cemented well before now and the crowd are now completely lost in the moment. Tim playfully teasing “Albert Hall, be careful” at the end of the latter.”

Read the full review at EvenTheStars.co.uk

Review: Talitha Stowell @ The Upcoming

“Celebrating 40 years, James have stood the test of time, creating a triumphant show that proved live music is a necessary experience. Bringing Madchester to this historic Hall, they are capable of intimate moments, awe-inspiring instrumental solos, and a fresh take on nostalgic songs. James is the band for all lovers of live music.”

Read the full review at The Upcoming

Review: Dylan Bryant @ The Badger

“James proved exactly why they’ve stood the test of time with a magnificent performance that highlighted the joy of live music. The set delivered everything from intimate personal moments and breath-taking instrumental solos to the incredible arrangements of their anthemic classics. “

Read the full review at The Badger

Blackpool Opera House – 12th May 2023

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Magic Bus / Dream Thrum / Dust Motes / Beautiful Beaches / She's A Star / The Shining / Seven / We're Going To Miss You / Born Of Frustration / Say Something / Nothing But Love / Sit Down / Love Make A Fool / Medieval / Just Like Fred Astaire / Of Monsters And Heroes And Men / Someone's Got It In For Me / Hello / Moving On / The Lake / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Sometimes / Tomorrow / All The Colours Of You / Many Faces / Top Of The World

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Review: Dave Brown @ EvenTheStars.co.uk

“There’s then a really emotional moment as Debbie steps forward to the microphone to tell us that her Dad passed away the night before after a long struggle with cancer. She tells us that there being so much joy in the room will help her celebrate him and that they’re going to play her favourite song. We’re Going To Miss You is another song that feels like this was exactly the moment it was written for, particularly when the instruments drop out and the song’s chorus line is sung by Tim, the choir and half the band a cappella.”

Read the full review at EvenTheStars.co.uk

Review: Laura Dean @ God Is In The TV Zine

“Never a band to go through the motions, James are constantly challenging themselves and it’s part of the reason that they’ve had such a lengthy career. The band’s 2021 arena tour was their biggest and most successful tour to date and with Summer dates and a double orchestral album on the way, it’s safe to say that James are showing no signs of slowing down.”

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Review: Natalie Royle @ Louder Than War

“James are renowned for their improvisation during their live performances and Tim announces “lets do another one”, much to the audiences delight. It would be easy for James to finish with one of their hits which is often the case at a standard James gig, but as we have already learnt this tour is about much more than that. The band’s final song of the night is Top Of The World, which brings the evening to a hauntingly beautiful and emotional close.”

Read the full review at Louder Than War