James News Archive April 2007

James - Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles is released today in the UK on cd, 2cd and DVD format.

James closed their first UK tour since the reunion of the band in front of 16,000 people at Manchester MEN Arena last night. Coming on stage accompanied by flag wavers, drummers and band, they played a set that touched on all areas of their career from Hymn From A Village to new song Upside Downside. The full set read as follows : Come Home, Waltzing Along, Ring The Bells, Hymn From A Village, Destiny Calling, Who Are You, Chameleon, Play Dead, Chain Mail, Out To Get You, Riders, Upside Downside, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes, Johnny Yen, Tomorrow, Sit Down, Say Something, Gold Mother, Laid, She's A Star, How Was It For You? For a full review, click here.

James played the second of two sold out nights at London's Brixton Academy with a different setlist to the previous night. The set ran as follows : Come Home, Destiny Calling, Ring the Bells, Seven, Who Are You, Chameleon, Honest Joe, Lullaby, Riders, Out To Get You, Don't Wait That Long, Upside Downside, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Sometimes, Tomorrow, Sit Down, Gold Mother, Waltzing Along, Laid, She's A Star

Last night, James played the first of two sold out nights at London's Brixton Academy. The setlist was Come Home, Waltzing Along, Ring The Bells, Hymn From A Village, Who Are You?, Chameleon, Play Dead, Chain Mail, Five-O, Upside / Downside, Out To Get You, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Say Something, Johnny Yen, Tomorrow, Sit Down, Gold Mother, Laid, Sometimes, She's A Star. For a full review, click here.

Monday's secret Amazon / XFM gig is rumoured to be taking place at Manchester Club Academy. The gig is competition winners only and there will be no tickets available between now and the show or on the door.

Continuing in the vein of successful but unexpected setlists, James performed to a sellout crowd at Birmingham Carling Academy last night. The set featured Come Home, Destiny Calling, Ring The Bells, Seven, Who Are You, Chameleon, Honest Joe, Really Hard, Out To Get You, She's A Star, Five-O, Upside Downside, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Say Something, Tomorrow, Sit Down, Hymn From A Village, Gold Mother, Laid and Sometimes. A full review can be found here.

James played yet another varied set, drawing from most periods of their career, with stunning effect at Newcastle's Carling Academy last night. The setlist read Come Home, Waltzing Along, Ring The Bells, Play Dead, If Things Were Perfect, Who Are You, Chain Mail, Out To Get You, Don't Wait That Long, Upside Downside, Johnny Yen, English Beefcake, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Destiny Calling, Tomorrow, Sit Down, Gold Mother, Laid, Sometimes, She's A Star, Say Something. A review of the gig can be found here.

The rather controversial review of the Friday night show in Glasgow has been updated with a section putting the show in context following the last two shows and talking to the band last night (who hadn't read the review). There's also another review been posted of the show.

STAT ALERT : To date, James have played 133 songs in their seven comeback shows to date :

26 of the songs (20%) were originally released during the 1980s (including Sit Down and Come Home)

Sometimes, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) and Who Are You are the only songs to have been played at all seven shows. Seven, She's A Star, Play Dead, Say Something, Ring The Bells, Laid and Gold Mother have all been played six times.

James are playing on Gideon Coe's The Hub show between 10am and 1pm next week. There seems to be some confusion as to which date as emails say Friday May 4, but the website says Tuesday May 1. For those that miss it, Radio 6 do have an online listen-back facility.

XFM Manchester are giving away 10 pairs a ticket per day this week for the Amazon secret gig in Manchester next Monday, April 30.

James played a barnstorming varied set on the second night of two at Glasgow Academy. In contrast with the previous night, they played a career-spanning set mixing b-sides, album tracks, new songs and an array of singles to a rapturous reception from the crowd. The setlist ran Come Home, Ring The Bells, Waltzing Along, Seven, Who Are You, Play Dead, Heavens, Riders, Chain Mail, Upside Downside, Out To Get You, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Chameleon, Honest Joe Tomorrow, Sit Down, Gold Mother, Laid, Sometimes, She's A Star and Say Something. For a full review of the night's events, follow this link.

James played the first night of two at the Glasgow Academy last night. In a set shorn of the older, rare and new songs played at previous gigs and marred by the senseless violence of seven men attacking one in the audience to the oblivion of the band, they played Come Home, Destiny Calling, Waltzing Along, Seven, Fine, Who Are You?, Chameleon, Lullaby, Five-O, Johnny Yen, Say Something, Honest Joe, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Ring The Bells, Sit Down, Gold Mother, Laid, Sometimes, She's A Star. Follow this link for a full review and critique of the show.

James have confirmed that they will headline the Belladrum Festival in Scotland on Saturday August 11. T ickets are available from the 24-hour box office on 0870 169 0100, or online via T icketmaster or The Booth. You can also purchase tickets in person at Mania (Inverness), One Up (Aberdeen) or Tickets Scotland (Edinburgh & Glasgow). Full details on the festival, its location and history can be found on the festival's official website.

James have also been confirmed to headline the Fly Beyond Festival in Athens Olympic Stadium on Wednesday 18 July. No ticket details are available yet.

The Daily Mirror yesterday reported that a new site called Londonticketmarket has been set up that bears a very uncanny resemblance to tickettout.com that ripped off thousands of customers with promises of non-existent tickets and taking their money. DO NOT BUY TICKETS FROM THESE PEOPLE. If you are looking for spare tickets, try the messageboard here or at www.wearejames.com - don't send money to websites with no credentials like these, you'll lose your money and you won't see the gig.

James played the first UK date of their tour at Carlisle Sands Centre last night. A full review of the show can be found here.

The setlist was Destiny Calling, Come Home, Seven, Who Are You, Play Dead, Chain Mail, Lullaby, Really Hard, Five-O, Upside Downside, Honest Joe, Chameleon, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Ring The Bells, How Was It For You, Sit Down, She's A Star, Gold Mother, Laid, Sometimes.

James are appearing at the Summercase Festival in Spain, playing across 2 cities - Madrid on the 13th July and Barcelona on the 14th July. Tickets are now available from www.ticktackticket.com or via phone on 902150025. To buy tickets from the rest of Europe, call +34 934 450 660.

The Scottish Sun is reporting today that James will headline the Tartan Heart Festival at Belladrum outside Inverness over the weekend of 10-11 August. No details as yet of which night. The festival website is here.

James played a triumphant gig last night at Dublin's Olympia Theatre. A full review can be found here. Further reviews would be appreciated if you attended the show.

The setlist was Seven, Destiny Calling, Who Are You, Five-O, Play Dead, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Say Something, Heavens, Chain Mail, Riders, Honest Joe, Upside Downside, Come Home, Ring The Bells, Sit Down, Gold Mother, Laid, Sometimes, She's A Star.

Tim also announced on stage last night that James would be playing the Oxegen Festival. This takes place on Sunday 8 July at Punchestown Racecourse just outside Dublin.

Larry confirmed last night that the HMV and Amazon gigs in Manchester on 30 April are separate events at different venues.

James performed a wonderful intimate show at London's Nambucca last night with a set mixed from album tracks from throughout their career with a mix of the less popular singles and some interesting takes on them. A new song Upside was debuted with Tim singing the lyrics from handwritten sheets. How Was It For You was curtailed by a power failure which cut off all sound for a few minutes, which everyone took in good humour.

Setlist in full was : Seven, Play Dead, Who Are You, Fine, Say Something, Chain Mail, Really Hard, She's A Star, Riders, Upside, Heavens, Chameleon, Don't Wait That Long, How Was It For You, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Gold Mother, Tomorrow and Sometimes.

Tim was restricted in his movement and didn't really dance during the show, but didn't appear in major pain throughout.

Last night's cancelled James show has been rescheduled for tomorrow night, April 12, at Nambucca on Holloway Road, London.

"Due to short notice and to safeguard against touting, there are no physical tickets for this show. We have a list of everyone's names, and entry is made via identification using the card with which you bought the tickets, or by the reference number. So the reference number or card you bought the tickets with for Hoxton will be accepted at Nambucca.

- If you can't make the show, you are entitled to a refund, which can be claimed via ticketweb on 08700 600 100. Please try to organise this by 2pm tomorrow, as any tickets that are refunded may be made available via the James website for other fans.

- Unless there are a lot of returns, it is unlikely that any tickets will be available for sale on the door.

- Doors are at 7.30pm. The band will be on approximately an hour later. There is no support act."

Last FM are advertising James as playing at the Radar Festival in Istanbul between 29 June and 2 July. This has not been confirmed by the band or their management at this time.

In addition, the Greek newspaper Ta Nea has run a story saying James would be playing in Greece in 17 July. No further details were mentioned, and as with the Turkish show, nothing is confirmed.

The official James site now carries the following message relating to tonight's cancelled show :

"We're very sorry to announce that tonight's intimate warm up gig at The Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen has had to be postponed. Tim has been nursing a ligament injury to his shoulder and has been advised to rest for the next few days so that he is ready for the tour next week.

A full announcement will be forthcoming in terms of a postponed date or refund process.

The tour is still certainly set to go ahead as planned!"

Tomorrow's gig at Hoxton Bar And Grill has been cancelled. Tim has been advised to rest his shoulder for the next few days so that he is ready for the tour next week. A full announcement should be forthcoming from the mailing list and ticketweb tomorrow. The tour is still set to go ahead as planned.

Tim spoke to Shaun Keaveny on BBC Radio 6's breakfast show this morning. A transcription can be found in the Article Archive.

Last night on Clint Boon's XFM Manchester show, Jim Glennie revealed that Who Are You will be released as a single on May 14. No format details are yet available.

First of all, James announced another warm-up show at London's Hoxton Bar And Grill next Tuesday 10 April. Tickets sold out in about half an hour on ticketweb.

The release formats for the upcoming James - Fresh As A Daisy compilation were confirmed. There will be a 1 cd, a 2 cd and a dvd format. CD tracklistings are as already announced. The mailing list also appeared to confirm Who Are You would be released as a single although no date and formatting was announced. More will no doubt follow on this.

The HMV gig and signing in Manchester Market Street has been confirmed for 30 April, starting at 5pm. A limited number of entry wristbands will be given away on the morning of the show when the store opens. It's still unclear whether this and the Amazon show are the same thing.

New designs will be available for the forthcoming tour incorporating the new daisy logo.

Tim Booth will be appearing on Shaun Keaveny's breakfast show on BBC Radio 6 tomorrow between 7 and 10am. Jim appeared on Clint Boon's show on XFM Manchester tonight and revealed the band had approached Andy Diagram about performing with the band at their festival appearances later this summer. Apparently he hasn't responded yet.

Seetickets and Ticketweb appear to have upstairs standing tickets for Brixton available for both nights. I'd imagine supply will be very limited. Seetickets also have side view seats available for Manchester.

Amazon are advertising a top-secret gig in Manchester on Monday April 30 for which they are giving away 100 pairs of tickets to competition winners.

HMV are advertising an in-store James gig and signing session in Manchester's Market Street store on Monday 30 April to coincide with the release of Fresh As A Daisy. According to their website, the gig will be wristband-only attendance with them being given away free on the morning to the first customers in the store. This gig has not been confirmed officially by the band.

Who Are You received it's first airplay this morning on Shaun Keaveny's show on BBC Radio 6. The show is archived for about a week by following this link. The song is about 2 hours and 17 minutes in.

Itunes in the UK now have eight James videos for download at �1.89 each - Just Like Fred Astaire, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Destiny Calling (Director's Cut), I Know What I'm Here For, Say Something (New York version), We're Going To Miss You, Runaground and Born Of Frustration.

Tim Booth appears in this month's Q Magazine in a section entitled "Last Requests" which talks about how people would like to die and how their funeral would be run. Songs for his funeral would include Birdland by Patti Smith, Rain by Margaret Mary O'Hara, #9 Dream by John Lennon and Across The Universe by The Beatles.