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Update 31.8.10

James played two festival headline slots over the weekend - at the Wizard Festival on Friday night and Solfest on Saturday.  The Solfest setlist went as follows : Sit Down, Come Home, Crazy, Look Away
Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Bubbles, Out to Get You, Stutter, Dust Motes, Say Something, Born of Frustration, Sound, Sometimes, Laid.

This month's Uncut magazine has a feature on the history of Sit Down.  A transcription will follow soon.

Update 27.8.10

The Morning After is being previewed on Soundcloud via AOL.

The UK Itunes version of the album will have an exclusive bonus track - Lookaway (alternative version).

Update 23.8.10

Amazon.co.uk are previewing The Morning After with 30 second excerpts of each of the tracks.

James headlined the Beautiful Days festival in Devon on Saturday night.  They played Sound, Come Home, Ring The Bells, Crazy, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Stutter, Ten Below, Say Something, Born Of Frustration, Johnny Yen, Sometimes, Laid and Sit Down.

Update 18.8.10

The final date of the North American tour has been announced at the Monterey Banamex Arena in Mexico on Tuesday October 19th.

Update 3.8.10

Eil.com are advertising the forthcoming mini-album "The Morning After" with the following details :

"Following the release of its companion, 'The Night Before', 'The Morning After' has an intuitive, low-key 'campfire' feel and features some of the saddest, darkest lyrics Booth has ever come up with. From bluesy opener, 'Got The Shakes', about an alcoholic guy waking up and realizing he has beaten his wife, through to its closer 'Fear' - Atmospheric, experimental and just a little bit haunted, 'Fear' tackles that dominant inner monologue that stalks the life that's lived too long. With additional highlights including 'Look Away' for the simple reason that it is almost impossible to listen to it without singing along, and 'Tell Her I Said So' about Booth's mother dying in a home, which ironically shows the first signs of light, suddenly embracing disco, employs a childrens' choir and becomes curiously life affirming)."

Update 19.7.10

James played the main stage at Latitude Festival on Saturday evening.   They played Bubbles, Ring The Bells, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Tomorrow, I Wanna Go Home, Out To Get You, Stutter, Sit Down, Sound, Sometimes and Laid.   After the show, Tim read for the first time in public, showcasing five of his short stories and poems in the Poetry Arena.  Prior to the set, James had also appeared at the Word Magazine signing tent.  Highlights from the set can be listened to on Absolute Radio.

In an interview for Absolute Radio, Tim revealed they had offered to play with an orchestra and choir for the Sunday lunch time slot at the festival, but were turned down by the organisers.  The slot went to Tom Jones who yet again played his new album, described as shit by his record company boss, in full without any of his better known songs.  Watch the interview with Tim here.

Update 13.7.10

James have announced a 21 date tour of North America for September and October.  The dates read :

September: 20th - Fort Lauderdale, FL - The Culture Room 21st - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues 22nd - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse 24th - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero 25th - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club 27th - Washington DC - 9:30 Club 28th - New York, NY - Webster Hall 30th - Toronto, CA - Queen Elizabeth Theater October: 1st - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Theater 2nd - Chicago, IL - Vic Theater 4th - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre 5th - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex 7th - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom 8th - Portland, OR - Wonder Room 9th - Seattle, WA - Showbox At The Market 11th - San Francisco, CA - The Regency 12th - Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues 13th - Los Angeles, CA - Music Box 16th - Mexico City, MX - Corona Capital Music Festival (with the Pixies, Interpol) 18th - Guadalajara, MX - Teatro Diana 19th - Second headline show in Mexico, venue TBA

Special guest on the tour will be Ed Harcourt.

There will be a fan pre-sale from 10am on the 14th July local time for each of the venues (excluding Mexico) from the official ticket partners at http://tix.concertmaps.com/james/

Included in the pre-sale will be some very limited VIP tickets, which include access to the soundcheck, early entry or front seating, a VIP laminate amongst other things.

Tim asked me to apologise to those fans disappointed at the lack of a Spring 2009 tour, which he talked about on the Autumn 2008 tour.   The band wanted to go back to North America, but had lost money on the first tour and needed to find a way to make the financials work to support a tour.  Luckily, they now have that in place.

To coincide with the tour, James will be releasing The Morning After The Night Before, a 2-cd set of the two mini albums released in the UK in 2010.   Tracklisting is as rumoured below - Got The Shakes, Dust Motes, Tell Her I Said So, Kaleidoscope, Rabbit Hole, Make For This City, Look Away and Fear.  The official site states the UK release is September 6, although record industry insiders have shown us a September 13 date as well.  So who knows?

Tim also confirmed that James had wanted to perform on the Sunday at Latitude festival with special guests, but the organisers turned them down.

Update 7.7.10

The provisional tracklisting for The Morning After has been revealed to music industry insiders.   The release date has also been put back to 13 September.  The provisional tracklisting is Got The Shakes, Dust Motes, Tell Her I Said So, Kaleidoscope, Rabbit Hole, Make For This City, Look Away and Fear.  It remains to be seen if one of the tracks ends up as an Itunes exclusive as All My Letters did.

Update 1.7.10

James are headlining the Saturday night of Bingley Music Live on 4 September.  Tickets cost £30 plus fees for two nights and can be purchased here.

James have also announced a show at Teatro Diana in Guadalajara, Mexico on Monday 18 October.   There will be a wearejames.com pre-sale on 4th July and a Banamex pre-sale on 5th / 6th, before tickets go on general sale at Ticketmaster Mexico on the 7th.   Another Mexican show, in addition to the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City on 16 October, will be announced soon - rumours on the official messageboard suggest this will be in Monterey.  A full North American tour announcement is expected in the next week or so.

As well as appearing on the main stage at the Latitude Festival on Saturday 17 July, Tim will also be making an appearance in one of the poetry tents.  Details are a little sketchy at present, but it won't involve music or the rest of the band.

Update 28.6.10

A cast and crew preview screening of Poor Wee Me, in which Tim Booth plays the boss of a debt collection agency, was held last night (27/06) at Salford’s Vue Cinema.  Tim was one of the only cast members not present.  A review can be found here.

Update 21.6.10

James have been confirmed by the organisers as playing the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City on October 16.  Other bands on the bill include Pixies, Interpol, Temper Trap and White Lies.  This is likely to be the end of the North American tour Tim mentioned in the recent Absolute Radio interview.

Update 13.6.10

James played a warm-up set for tonight's Isle of Wight Festival at Oxford Academy 2 last night.  They played 2 new songs amongst the set which read Dust Motes, Ten Below, She's A Star, Come Home, Dr Hellier, Look Away, Tomorrow, Stutter, Out To Get You, Dream Thrum, I Wanna Go Home, Ring The Bells, Sound with an encore of Lullaby, Sometimes and Laid.  A review can be found here.

James' performance at the Baddiel and Skinner World Cup send-off at the Lyric Theatre in London last Monday will be broadcast between 7 and 8pm this Tuesday on Absolute Radio.

Update 6.6.10

Tim is set to appear in a film Poor Wee Me, due for release in July.  Tim stars as the boss of a debt collection agency and the film also includes I Wanna Go Home, from Hey Ma, to soundtrack one of the film's pivotal moments. 

Poor Wee Me is the first feature film from Salford film-maker Simon Powell and also stars Paul Hurstfield and Anthony Crank.  It follows the fortunes of Gavin, a middle-aged dyslexic with a violent temper and a relationship on the rocks.  It follows his struggles to control his aggression and hold on to his job.  It's filmed entirely in Salford.

Update 3.6.10

James, or at least Tim, Jim, Larry and Saul, will be playing a few songs at Baddiel and Skinner's World Cup send-off party at London's Lyric Theatre on Monday night.   Tickets are £20 plus fees and are available here.

Tickets for Michael Kulas' show at Toronto Rivoli on Sat 19 June can be purchased by clicking on the poster below.

Update 1.6.10

James have announced an intimate warm-up gig for their Isle Of Wight Festival headline slot - the gig will take place at Oxford Academy 2 on Saturday June 12.   The band will take the stage at 10.30pm, following the England vs USA World Cup match.  Gig ticket holders can gain free entry to the main Academy to watch the match as long as they arrive by 6.30pm, one hour before kick-off.  Doors to the Academy 2 open at 9.15pm.  Tickets are on sale at seetickets from 10am today.

Update 27.5.10

More James dates for the summer :

Thursday July 22nd - Iaonnina, Greece, venue tbd

Saturday July 24th - Iraklis, Greece, venue tbd

Friday August 27th - Wizard Festival, New Deer, Aberdeenshire

Tickets for the Greek dates should be on sale today from www.ticketarena.gr

Update 26.5.10

Absolute Radio are running a competition to win free camping tickets to see James at the Isle of Wight Festival on Sunday 13 June.  Click here to enter.

Update 20.5.10

Tim has spoken to Virgin Music about James' plans for the rest of the year.   He reported that the recording of The Morning After has been progressing well, that James will have a US tour later in the year, and there are some secret unusual things planned that he can't talk about as yet.  Read the full interview here.

Michael Kulas has announced plans for a show at Toronto's Rivoli Club on 19 June to showcase his new as-yet-untitled project with Chris Sytnyk (bass player in Made) and Derek James (drummer in Why) that is due for release in September.  Further touring plans will be announced later in the summer.  Read the full press release here.

Update 10.5.10

James have announced two shows in Portugal for December

Friday 3 December - Lisbon Campo Pequeno

Saturday 4 December - Oporto Pavilhao Rosa Mota

Tickets for both shows can be purchased here.

Update 3.5.10

James played two shows in Greece at the weekend.

On Friday, they played at Patras Apollon Basketball Arena.  They played Sit Down, Senorita, Ring The Bells, Dr Hellier, Ten Below, Upside, Come Home, Out To Get You, Porcupine, I Wanna Go Home, Say Something, I Know What I'm Here For, Crazy, Tomorrow, Sound followed by an encore of Dream Thrum, Sometimes, Laid and Getting Away With It (All Messed Up).  A review can be found here.

On Saturday, they played the 16,000 capacity Tae Kwondo Arena in Athens.  The set list read Lose Control, Senorita, Ring The Bells, Shine, Dr Hellier, Upside, Come Home, Stutter, Out To Get You, Dream Thrum, Porcupine, Say Something, I Know What I'm Here For, Crazy, Sound and Tomorrow followed by an encore of Sometimes, Laid and Getting Away With It (All Messed Up).

The Night Before droppped to number 75 on its second week on the UK chart.