The fanzine features a guide to James studio albums, reviews of the warm-up shows for the recent tour, a discography including chart positions and pictures taken at the Hoxton Bar And Grill show.
JAMES : NEWS ARCHIVE MAY 2007
Update 28.5.07
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles has dropped to number 63 in its fourth week on the UK album chart.
Update 26.5.07
James have been confirmed as headliners at the Positivus Festival in Salacriva, Latvia on Saturday 28th July. Tickets can be purchased by following this link.
Update 21.5.07
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles has dropped to number 44 in its third week on the UK album chart. The download only single Who Are You unsurprisingly failed to make the Top 75.
Update 20.5.07
According to Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha, James are playing the Sudoeste Festival in Zambujeira on Sunday August 5.
Update 16.5.07
Who Are You is now available as a digital download one track single. To purchase from 7 Digital for 77p, follow this link.
Update 13.5.07
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles had dropped to number 25 on the second week in the charts from number 12.
James will be interviewed and perform an acoustic session on XFM Manchester from 7pm tomorrow night, Monday 14.
Pictures are now available from the Key 103 show at Manchester Hilton Hotel.
Update 12.5.07
James performed an intimate acoustic set as a four-piece (minus Dave and Saul) to 20 competition winners and guests of Key 103 at Manchester Hilton Hotel's Cloud 23 Bar yesterday evening. The set included Just Like Fred Astaire, Chain Mail, Who Are You, Really Hard, Upside Downside, She's a Star, Out To Get You, Laid, Top Of The World and Sit Down. The show was recorded and should be broadcast and available on Key 103's website some point next week.
Update 9.5.07
James will be playing a special set for 20 competition winners on Friday in the Cloud 23 bar at Manchester's Hilton Hotel. Details can be found in the following excerpt from Key 103's website. It's unclear as to whether the performance will be broadcast.
"In 1991, when Key 103 lived in Piccadilly Plaza at the heart of Manchester, James played a gig live from our roof top. They played five songs including 'Ring the Bells'.
5,000 people turned up and the Manchester traffic was brought to a standstill, as all the people waiting for the 85 to Chorlton got sore necks as they performed atop the City skyline.
Now, 16 years on, the boys are back. Last month Tim Booth and the rest of James filled the MEN Arena and Toolan exclusively revealed that Key 103 is about to trump the roof gig of '91!
This Friday at 5pm the band will be live, high above the City Centre once more, as they perform in the clouds. Cloud 23 at the Hilton, to be exact, with Manchester's No 1 Hit Music Station - Key 103.
The performance will feature their new single 'Who Are You?' and they'll play all of your favourite James classics from the new 'Fresh As A Daisy' singles collection too.
We want true James fans to witness this amazing gig, so all day tomorrow we're giving you the chance every hour to bag a pair of tickets to this close and intimate gig.
Tomorrow is 'James Day' on Key 103. There will be only 20 people in the audience and the only way to get on the guest list is to listen to Key 103 all day tomorrow. Please be advised, this event is strictly for winners only - don't think queuing outside will get you in.
James live and intimate at Cloud 23 at the Hilton exclusively with Key 103."
Update 6.5.07
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles has entered the UK album charts at number 12, the fourth highest new entry.
Channel M's City Life program has a feature on James aired at 5.30pm tonight. Channel M can be found on Sky channel 203 in this area.
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Issue 14 of the Change of Scenery fanzine is now available by post for £2
plus postage. For more details contact the fanzine at
changeofsceneryfanzine@yahoo.co.uk. The fanzine
also has a myspace site at
www.myspace.com/changeofsceneryfanzine.
The fanzine features a guide to James studio albums, reviews of the warm-up shows for the recent tour, a discography including chart positions and pictures taken at the Hoxton Bar And Grill show. |
Update 4.5.07
James performed a two-track session for BBC Radio 6's The Hub today. Minus drummer Dave, on sick leave, they played She's A Star and Laid. Photos can be viewed here.
James have also confirmed the rumoured headline date at the Radar Festival in Istanbul on Saturday 30 June. Also appearing on James' night are The Magic Numbers. Tickets are on sale from Biletix for YTL 65 (approximately 36 euro).
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James and HMV have combined to advertise the Fresh As A Daisy singles collection as part of a series of adverts where bands quote one of their musical inspirations. The series also includes Noel Gallagher and Amy Winehouse. James quote Iggy Pop's "I Wanna Be Your Dog" in the poster to the left which was photographed earlier this week in Manchester. |
Update 1.5.07
To celebrate the release of Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles, James played two shows in Manchester last night.
At a 5pm show in Market Street HMV, they played a short set featuring Out To Get You, Really Hard, Chain Mail, Just Like Fred Astaire, She's A Star and Laid. For a review click here.
This was followed by a rather unique and unusual set, devoid of most of their major hit singles, to 400 competition winners and guests at Manchester's Club Academy, where Tim first met Jim way back in 1981. The set featured Seven, Heavens, Chain Mail, Riders, Don't Wait That Long, Really Hard, Top Of The World, Stripmining, If Things Were Perfect, Fine, 5-0, Chameleon, Upside Downside, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Out To Get You and Laid. For a review click here.
First day reports from Manchester HMV suggest that the store alone sold over 1,000 copies of the cd and dvd versions of Fresh As A Daisy, making it their best first day sales of the year so far.
Who Are You's single release on 14 May will be download only. More details to follow.
