JAMES - NEWS UPDATES - FEBRUARY 2001

Update 23.2.01

Strange Dancing - The Early Years, the Sire/WEA compilation has been put back until April 16th.  Tracklisting and artwork are being finalised as we speak and I should have more details for you at the back end of next week

A tour of the UK is presently "under consideration" but nothing definite has been agreed as yet.  It will be 2-3 weeks at the very least before there is any more news.

News update on James ex-manager and mother of Tim's son Ben : she is now running a management company in Brighton representing Polak and the comedian Rob Newman.

Update 2.2.01

Tim Booth was online in the chatroom at the official James site - www.jamestheband.com on Wednesday night and gave the following information:

- the album and a UK tour are pencilled in for May / June

- the album is now being mixed in London

- a US release and tour is planned for September.  A new record label boss in the US is said to be more favourably inclined to James than the previous one.

- Tim is presently teaching dance in Brighton and is about to jet off to the Canary Islands to teach dance there for 10 days

- he was unaware of WEA's plans for the "Strange Dancing" collection