JAMES : TIM BOOTH QUITS JAMES - GO FOR MUSIC 11.01

James singer Tim Booth will leave the group at the end of the year. The group's UK gig in December will be their final one with the current line-up. Booth disclosed the information on a post on the group's official Web site. "After much deliberation I have decided to leave James. I want to stop while we are on top. I feel proud of everything we have done", Booth said. However, his departure will not lead to a dissolution because the remaining members of James plan to continue making music together. Booth is currently writing a screen play and is planning to act. The Manchester-based group released 11 albums as well as many Top Forty singles. "When we started the band, we said we'd give it a year and see how it went. Nobody would have thought that we would still be there 20 years later," Booth said.