Tag Archives: song-ring-the-bells
Dundee Slessor Gardens – 28th July 2023
Setlist
Sound / Isabella / Waltzing Along / I Know What I'm Here For / All The Colours Of You / Walk Like You / She's A Star / Out To Get You / I Defeat / Tomorrow / Sit Down / Beautiful Beaches / Ring The Bells / Sometimes / Come Home / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)Support
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Review: David Brown @ Even The Stars
“Sit Down is taken away from the band by the crowd and made their own and if Tim hadn’t stopped them they’d probably still be singing it now. It can be a cliche with audience singalongs but not when it’s this spontaneous. As if almost to prove a point the crowd don’t pick up Sometimes at the end so it comes to a slightly abrupt stop. It probably affords them an extra song as they quickly decide to ditch the encore ritual and finish with Come Home and Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), chosen off the hoof from a list of possibilities that means there’s a few moans about the exclusion of Laid. But this is James, you don’t get everything you expect or want every time, but you are pretty much guaranteed a joyous occasion, plenty of unique moments and a band that is thriving now as a unit more than they’ve ever done, reviving old songs and giving them new life and magic, throwing in the odd curveballs and never neglecting their most recent work.”
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County Laois Forest Fest – 21st July 2023
Setlist
Walk Like You / Isabella / Sound / Waltzing Along / Curse Curse / All The Colours Of You / She's A Star / Five-O / Ring The Bells / Sit Down / Out To Get You / Beautiful Beaches / Tomorrow / Born Of Frustration / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Sometimes / LaidSupport
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Liverpool Pier Head – 2nd July 2023
Setlist
Johnny Yen / Come Home / Ring The Bells / Interrogation / Honest Joe / Born Of Frustration / Out To Get You / All Good Boys / Moving On / Hymn From A Village / Sound / Laid / Sit Down / Beautiful Beaches / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / SometimesSupport
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Review: Ryan Paton @ Liverpool Echo
“James exited the stage to rapturous applause after the sun had set in Liverpool and the Liver Building stood tall on the iconic waterfront in all its glory. Liverpool is renowned as being a musical city but, as the jubilant scenes played out against the most stunning backdrop, I was more convinced than ever that there is surely no better place to watch live music in the country.”
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Review: Desh Kapur @ All Music Magazine
“Immaculately performed songs mixed with precious moments, gave us all, that James experience, an experience we all love. Having written so many iconic songs and witnessed so many different times, this is a British band to be cherished and heard but above all else, loved.”
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Bristol Canons Marsh Amphitheatre- 23rd June 2023
Setlist
Walk Like You / Ring The Bells / Born Of Frustration / What For / Sit Down / Isabella / Interrogation / Johnny Yen / All Good Boys / Just Like Fred Astaire / Out To Get You / She's A Star / Come Home / All The Colours Of You / Beautiful Beaches / Sound / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / LaidSupport
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Wolverhampton Civic Hall – 20th June 2023
Setlist
Johnny Yen / Five-O / Waltzing Along / What For / Love Make A Fool / I Know What I'm Here For / Interrogation / Sit Down / Hello / All Good Boys / Say Something / Hymn From A Village / Ring The Bells / Come Home / Beautiful Beaches / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Out To Get You / All The Colours Of You / LaidSupport
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Review: Dave Brown @ EvenTheStars.co.uk
“The band are on good form throughout, Tim spinning Andy round on his chair during Sit Down and changing a line in Waltzing Along to reference Andy’s broken foot. Saul tells us he looks like a sinister accountant before Interrogation. The interactions between the band seem to drive them on, Debbie in particular being a driving force particularly away from her drum kit. Life does, it seem, begin at forty.”
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Review: Adam Smith @ Express And Star
“Tim Booth is still a fantastic front man, his voice and hips still move like the 1980s, and Andy Diagram’s still playing a trumpet in a dress, they all seemed to be having fun on stage, perhaps they were cutting loose without an orchestra behind them demanding every note being perfect.”
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Margam In It Together Festival – 28th May 2023
Setlist
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 / SoundSupport
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Ragley Hall Camper Calling Festival – 28th August 2022
Setlist
Zero / Ring The Bells / Isabella / Tomorrow / She's A Star / Five-O / Seven / Interrogation / All The Colours Of You / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Waltzing Along / Beautiful Beaches / Sit Down / Sound / LaidSupport
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Review: James Iles @ Redditch Standard
“James picked up the pace to headline the last night and close a brilliant weekend on the beautiful Ragley Hall estate.
The atmosphere exploded into life when they took to the stage with the effervescent frontman Tim Booth (now 62!) throwing shapes like he did in their late 80s/1990s heyday.
With an energy that defies his years and put us fortysomething dads to shame they did not disappoint.”
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Southsea Victorious Festival – 26th August 2022
Setlist
Isabella / Ring The Bells / Come Home / Born Of Frustration / All The Colours Of You / Out To Get You / Gettting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Beautiful Beaches / Sit Down / SoundSupport
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Rhyl Events Arena – 8th July 2022
Setlist
Walk Like You / Ring The Bells / Sit Down / Live A Love Of Life / Wherever It Takes Us / Moving On / She's A Star / Five-O / Lose Control / Zero / Curse Curse / Isabella / Beautiful Beaches / How Was It For You / Sound / Stutter / Come Home / SometimesSupport
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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. The same set was played as at the Alton Towers show, albeit in true James fashion in a different order.
Review: Stuart Ralston @ Even The Stars
“Apparently the band were nervous about tonight’s show. However, they are having just as much fun up there as the audience and they delivered a remarkable show. There’s an incredible amount of energy on stage and perhaps it is worth the band revisiting this approach again. Bath Moles Club ‘88 anyone?”
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Review: Del Pike @ Louder Than War
“The lovely guy next to me had to be reluctantly hoisted away by his wife before the end of the gig as his back had “gone”, which was poetic to a point. Many of tonight’s crowd were there at the original ’92 gig and time is a tricky traveller. MC Troy Hawke observed one fan sporting a bucket hat and a walking stick, but for most however, this was a time to remember when Tim Booth had a full head of hair, as did most of their fans and times seemed possibly simpler. It was noted during the gig by guitarist Saul Davies that the band members may get older but the songs never age.
A brilliant night under a clear Manchester sky. It’s safe to say they’ve earned that blue plaque.”
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Review: Dianne Bourne @ Manchester Evening News
“There may not have been the fireworks finale and a theme park backdrop that Alton Towers delivered all those years ago, but James still gave us one hell of a rollercoaster ride. And made sure this night was another one for the band’s history books too.”
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Eridge Park Black Deer Festival – 17th June 2022
Setlist
Sound / Isabella / Say Something / She's A Star / Sit Down / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) / Come Home / All The Colours Of You / Ring The Bells / Beautiful Beaches / Out To Get You / Sometimes / TomorrowSupport
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Review: The Line Of Best Fit
“the Manchester legends brought the house down with a set that closed with classic “Sit Down””
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