JAMES, YOU FOOL

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JAMES have released LOVE MAKE A FOOL, a new track taken from BE OPENED BY THE WONDERFUL, their new double album in celebration of their 40th Anniversary, released via Virgin Music on 9 June. “Love make a fool out of me, love make good use out of me,” says Tim Booth. “Love Make A Fool is a simple prayer to be possessed by the ecstatic universal aspect of love – I’m a hopeless romantic.”

BE OPENED BY THE WONDERFUL is a collection of some of James’ most loved and rare tracks, reimagined with a 22 piece orchestra and eight piece choir, written and recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, orchestrated and conducted by Joe Duddell with the ORCA22 Orchestra, led by Andra Vornicu, and featuring the Manchester Inspirational Voices choir directed by Wayne Ellington.

James begin their James Lasted tour this week and continue into May, calling at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall and concluding at The Royal Albert Hall in London. Tickets for the tour sold out in a record time of 6 hours.

The band will then play two unique shows this summer with full orchestra and choir. On 10 July James headline The Odeon Of Herodes Atticus, a Roman Theatre on the south slope of the world famous Acropolis in Athens, one of only a handful of rock acts to play the historic venue. They will also play a headline set at Latitude Festival, performing as special guests on the Sunday afternoon at midday, a slot especially created to honour their 40th Anniversary.

One of Britain’s most enduring success stories, JAMES have released sixteen studio albums, selling over 25 million copies, with their recent run of Top 5 albums proving to be a golden era for the band. All The Colours Of You, released in 2021, was their most critically acclaimed in many years, preceded by Living In Extraordinary Times in 2018, and Girl At The End Of The World, which narrowly missed out on the top spot to Adele in 2016.

CD TRACKLIST

CD #1

  • Sometimes
  • Love Make A Fool
  • We’re Gonna Miss You
  • Tomorrow
  • The Lake
  • She’s A Star
  • Lookaway
  • Sit Down
  • Alaskan Pipeline

CD #2

  • Someone’s Got It In For Me
  • Hey Ma
  • Hello
  • Beautiful Beaches
  • Why So Close
  • Medieval
  • Hymn From A Village
  • Say Something
  • Top Of The World
  • Moving On
  • Laid

VINYL TRACKLIST

SIDE A

  • Sometimes
  • Love Make A Fool
  • We’re Gonna Miss You
  • Tomorrow

SIDE B

  • The Lake
  • She’s A Star
  • Lookaway
  • Sit Down
  • Alaskan Pipeline

SIDE C

  • Someone’s Got It In For Me
  • Hey Ma
  • Hello
  • Beautiful Beaches
  • Why So Close

SIDE D

  • Medieval
  • Say Something
  • Top Of The World
  • Moving On
  • Laid

HEADLINE ORCHESTRAL TOUR

APRIL

Tue         25           BRIGHTON                             Dome

Wed       26           CARDIFF                                 St Davids Hall

Fri           28           YORK                                      Barbican

Sat          29           EDINBURGH                          Usher Hall

MAY

Mon        01           GLASGOW                             SEC Armadillo

Tue         02           NEWCASTLE                          O2 City Hall

Thu         04           SHEFFIELD                             City Hall

Fri           05           BIRMINGHAM                      Symphony Hall

Sun         07           LIVERPOOL                           Philharmonic Hall

Tue         09           MANCHESTER                       O2 Apollo

Wed       10           MANCHESTER                       O2 Apollo

Fri           12           BLACKPOOL                          Opera House

Sat          13           NOTTINGHAM                      Royal Concert Hall

Mon        15           BATH                                      Forum

Wed       17           LONDON                               Royal Albert Hall

TICKETS AND INFO: https://james.tmstor.es/ | www.gigsandtours.com | www.ticketmaster.co.uk

UK FESTIVAL DATES

MAY

Sun         28           MARGAM                              In It Together

JUNE

Tue         20           WOLVERHAMPTON             Civic Hall

Fri           23           BRISTOL                                 Bristol Sounds

JULY

Sun         02           LIVERPOOL                           Pier Head

Fri           07           HALIFAX                                Piece Hall

Sat          08           HALIFAX                                Piece Hall

Fri           21           PORTLAOIS                           Forest Fest

Sun         23           SUFFOLK                                Latitude

Fri           28           DUNDEE                                 Slessor Gardens

Sat          29           PIKEHALL                               Y Not

AUGUST

Sat          05           DARLINGTON                       Arena

Fri           11           CRYSTAL PALACE                 South Facing

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