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Update 5.6.09
James have been announced as Saturday night headliners at the Burgos Sonarama Festival on Saturday 15 August.
Update 4.6.09
James have been announced as Friday night headliners of the Rock One Festival in Portimao on the Portuguese Algarve on Friday 7 August.
Update 22.5.09
Tickets are on sale for a second James gig at Theatre Earth, Thessaloniki, Greece on Friday 17th July.
Update 19.5.09
Ticketmaster Ireland are advertising a James show at Dublin's Academy venue for Wednesday 8 July. Ticket onsale is 9am on Thursday.
Update 27.4.09
Tickets are on sale for a James gig in Thessaloniki, Greece on Thursday 16th July. No confirmation yet from the band. Tickets are available for 40 euro plus booking fee from Ticketquest.
Update 23.4.09
James have been announced by the organisers as playing the Expofacic Festival in Cantahede, close to Coimbra in central Portugal on Saturday 1 August. There's no official confirmation from the band so far.
Update 9.3.09
James have been announced by the organisers as playing the Oxegen Festival at Punchestown Racecourse, just outside Dublin, over the weekend of 10-12 July. The band haven't as yet confirmed the appearance, but efestivals are reporting that James will play on Friday 10, the day before their appearance at T In The Park.
Update 2.3.09
James have been announced as playing the V Festival in Stafford on August 22 and Chelmsford on 23. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday morning, although there is an exclusive pre-sale for Virgin Mobile customers from 9am tomorrow.
Update 27.2.09
Oneofthethree has developed a new James Facebook application that allows you to send singles and albums to friends and family on the social networking site. Follow the link above, click on the James title and log in.
Update 24.2.09
James have confirmed their appearance at T In The Park on Saturday July 11. They will play on the day headlined by The Killers. More festival appearances are expected to be announced in the coming weeks, including a rumoured appearance at the V Festival on August 16-17 in Chelmsford and Stafford. Tickets for T In The Park go on sale this Friday morning at 9am.
Update 21.12.08
James completed their UK tour with a second night at Manchester Central last night. They played Lose Control, Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Hymn From A Village, Gold Mother, Stutter, Tomorrow, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Dream Thrum, Top Of The World, Upside, Come Home, Sit Down and Sound with an encore of She's A Star, Born Of Frustration, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
All 5,000 copies of the Live In 2008 CD sold out at the tour dates.
Update 20.12.08
James played the first night of two at Manchester Central (G-Mex) last night. The set included Lose Control, She's A Star, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Bubbles, I Know What I'm Here For, Gold Mother, Stutter, Born Of Frustration, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Upside, Tomorrow, Sit Down, Sound with a first encore of Say Something, Sometimes, Laid and a second encore of Out To Get You. A review can be found here.
Update 19.12.08
James were controversially denied a place in the final of the Absolute Radio Rock Off Vote. As votes closed last night, James were ahead at 50.8%. However, after some bleating to the organisers, the Pink Floyd forum were awarded the contest with 53%.
The review of Tuesday's Brixton show is (finally) online here.
Update 18.12.08
James are taking part in the Absolute Radio Rock off vote from
9.15pm today (17th December).
The competition is based around a twelve song setlist submitted from the
official forum (www.wearejames.com/forum) and the band is pitted against
another forum with the most votes winning.
James are up against Pink Floyd today after beating Oasis and the Kooks in
previous rounds. James playlist includes the following tracks : Johnny Yen,
Born of Frustration, Ring The Bells (unhinged), She's A Star, I Wanna Go Home
and Sometimes by James and six tracks by other artists : Gloria (Patti Smith),
Monkey Gone To Heaven (Pixies), Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes), How
Soon Is Now (The Smiths), Babies (Pulp) and She's Lost Control (Joy Division).
Vote for James here NOW :
http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/rockoff/index.html
Everyone needs to vote, this round is going to be a tough one!! Please spread
the word and make sure we get to the final (against Green Day) tomorrow!
Update 17.12.08
James played the second of two sold-out shows at Brixton Academy last night. They played Lose Control, She's A Star, Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, I Know What I'm Here For, Whiteboy, Bubbles, Stutter, Tomorrow, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Dream Thrum, Upside, Ring The Bells, Sit Down, and Sound followed by an encore of Born Of Frustration, Sometimes and Laid. A review will follow soon (maybe Thursday).
Update 16.12.08
James played the first of two sold-out shows at Brixton Academy last night. They played Lose Control, She's A Star, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, I Know What I'm Here For, Honest Joe, Stutter, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Upside, Hey Ma, Born Of Frustration, Sit Down, Sound followed by a first encore of Out To Get You, Sometimes and Laid and a second encore of Top Of The World. A guest review can be found here.
James beat The Kooks in the quarter final of the Absolute Radio rock-off with 81% of the vote. In the semi-final they will face the winners of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pink Floyd quarter final - early indications suggest it will be the Chili Peppers. The semi-final will start at 9.15pm on Wednesday. More details as they come in.
Update 14.12.08
James are taking part in the Absolute Radio Rock off vote from 4.15pm today. The competition is based around a twelve song setlist submitted from the official forum and the band is pitted against another forum with the most votes winning. James are up against The Kooks today after beating Oasis in the previous round. James playlist includes the following tracks : Johnny Yen, Born of Frustration, Ring The Bells (unhinged), She's A Star, I Wanna Go Home and Sometimes by James and six tracks by other artists : Gloria (Patti Smith), Monkey Gone To Heaven (Pixies), Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes), How Soon Is Now (The Smiths), Babies (Pulp) and She's Lost Control (Joy Division). Vote for James here.
James continued their UK tour with another huge set at Birmingham's NIA last night. They played Lose Control (acoustic), Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Whiteboy, I Know What I'm Here For, Gold Mother, Porcupine, Say Something,. I Wanna Go Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Dream Thrum, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Upside, Born Of Frustration, Sit Down, Sound, Out To Get You, Sometimes, Laid and Tomorrow. A review can be found here.
Update 13.12.08
At the merchandising desk on the UK tour, you can buy the limited 7" single "Hula Loop / Caravan Crash" by Loop Ellington, aka Andy Diagram. The single is also available on Itunes in the UK. Make sure you ask for it specifically as it's not particularly well advertised on the desk.
James continued their UK tour with a stunning set in Glasgow's SECC last night. They played Lose Control (acoustic), Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Whiteboy, I Know What I'm Here For, Gold Mother, Stutter, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Lullaby, Upside, Hey Ma, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Born Of Frustration, Sit Down, Sound, Say Something, Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
Update 12.12.08
James continued their UK tour with a sold-out gig at Leeds Academy last night. They played Lose Control (acoustic), Waltzing Along, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, Hey Ma, Someone's Got It In For Me, I Know What I'm Here For, Gold Mother, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Upside, Stutter, Born of Frustration, Sit Down and Sound with an encore of Out To Get You, Sometimes and Laid. A review can be found here.
Update 10.12.08
James opened their We Are Sound tour with a gig at the Brighton Dome last night. They played Lose Control (acoustic), Dream Thrum, Oh My Heart, Ring The Bells, I Know What I'm Here For, Hey Ma, Bubbles, Someone's Got It In For Me, Say Something, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Of Monsters And Heroes And Men, Upside, Stutter, Born Of Frustration, Sit Down and Sound with an encore of Sometimes and Laid. A review of the show can be found here.
Update 9.12.08
Speaking to the Evening News And Star, a local Birmingham paper, Tim revealed that the band plan to work on a new album during 2009, for which they already have 50-60 seeds of songs, whilst taking a break from touring the UK with the possible exception of some festival shows.
Update 8.12.08
James played a rather chaotic warm-up show at the Proud Gallery in Camden last night. Battling technical difficulties, they still managed to play a set laden with surprises and two new songs. The set ran Someone's Got It In For Me, Lullaby, How Was It For You, Look Away (new song), Burned, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Dream Thrum, Porcupine (new song), Just Like Fred Astaire, I Know What I'm Here For, Stutter, Upside and Sound with an acoustic encore of Lose Control. A review can be found here.
The live CD Live in 2008 was on sale at the shows priced at £10. The extra bits is the introduction Peter Kay did for the band before the Liverpool show in April.
Update 7.12.08
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James have announced
the tracklisting for the James Live in 2008 album that is to be sold at
the upcoming UK dates. The tracklisting is Oh My Heart, Born of Frustration, Upside, Tomorrow, Bubbles, Hey Ma, Senorita, Waterfall, Boom Boom, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Whiteboy, Sometimes, Laid and Lullaby. There are
also "a couple of extra bits" which as yet are unknown. |
Update 4.12.08
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James are releasing
a live album entitled James Live 2008 which will be available at the
forthcoming UK shows. The album contains 14 tracks recorded during their
UK April tour and mixed by Lee Muddy Baker. The album will be
limited to 5,000 copies. Tracklisting is still unconfirmed. |
Update 1.12.08
James are playing a warm-up gig at Proud Galleries in Camden, London on Sunday 7th December. Tickets are on-sale already to James mailing list members and will go on open sale on www.seetickets.com tomorrow.