JAMES : NEWS ARCHIVE MARCH 2003

Update 31.3.03

Kulas is playing two solo acoustic shows in Toronto in April.

April 10 - Oasis, College Street

April 17 - Elmocambo, Spaldina

Both shows start at 9.15pm

He will also be playing a full live set at Toronto's Rivoli on Friday May 16 as part of the launch night for Katie Griffin's album "Kiss Me Chaos" which was produced by Kulas.

He is also continuing writing and recording with what will be a new band release this year.  The band is called Dead City Radio.  The album titled "American Cheerleader" will include the songs Glasgow Rain, Pavement and Starland as well as the new songs Instamatic Camera, Ghost, Something About You, Dead Rock Star, The Man That Nobody Wanted, Day and Night, Night and Day and Twenty Two.

Update 21.3.03

Larry Gott played at a local acoustic unsigned musician's night at the Blue Cat Cafe in Heaton Moor, Stockport near Manchester last night.  Since leaving James, Larry has played in several bars and clubs around Manchester either solo or with friends.  Earlier this year he also played a concert in Crosby near Liverpool with one-time James associate Ed Barton.

Update 16.3.03

For those of you who haven't bought the DVD Getting Away With It Live yet, CD-WOW are selling the Region 2 version for the bargain price of £10.99 including postage.  Click here to go direct to the site.

The Ainslie Henderson version of Laid has been added to the MP3 section.  His next single, due out in May, is called Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls and is co-written with Mark and Saul and described as "having a crunchy Jeff Buckley-esque guitar riff, a big groovy beat and a big shouty chorus"

Update 15.3.03

Ainslie Henderson, the James fan who Saul and Mark performed with on BBC's Fame Academy and whose album they have been co-writing tracks for, has been performing Laid acoustically at promotional events around the country.  I will try and get an mp3 uploaded in the next few days for those interested in hearing it.

Update 12.3.03

Saul and Mark produced and play on an acoustic version of Ainslie Henderson's Keep Me A Secret on the cassette single of the same name.  They have also been recently working on Ainslie's forthcoming album.

James are actually in this week's NME.  Or at least one of their t-shirts is.  Olly Knights of Turin Brakes is pictured in the review section wearing a JA-M-ES style shirt.

Update 10.3.03 pm

The MP3s of Racing Away and Down To The Sea have been added to the mp3 section of the site.  I've also added the lyrics to Down To The Sea.

The March edition of Record Collector claims in its "In The Pipeline" section that Sanctuary Records are planning the release of a live James Best Of in the near future.  There is no official word on this to date.

Update 10.3.03 am

Tim Booth appeared on the This Is Dom Joly show on the UK digital channel BBC Three last night.  He sang a track called Racing Away with Horace Andy (who performed the track on the 1 Giant Leap album with Grant Lee Buffalo) with backing music by 1 Giant Leap and then a self-penned track, which Dom said was written last week, called Down To The Sea.

The program will be repeated next Friday night / Saturday morning, 15 March, at midnight for those of you in the UK with Sky, cable or Freeview.  It's well worth watching just to see Tim's disdain for the guys in animal suits who are dancing at the end.

One Of The Three hopes to bring you mp3s of the performances very soon.

The One Giant Leap DVD which features Tim on one track is now being sold for £5.99 at CD-WOW.