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James Walsh - vocals, guitar // James Stelfox - bass // Ben Byrne - drums // Barry Westhead - keyboards.

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@Starsailorband
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8 months
We can’t believe Silence Is Easy is 20 years old today! Looking forward to celebrating this anniversary with you all around the UK and Europe in November. Where did you buy your copy?
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@Starsailorband
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Happy Birthday ‘Love Is Here’! We decided to celebrate our debut album turning 19 with a brand new acoustic version of the title track. We'd love to know what you think and for you to help us reminisce by telling us your favourite song or lyric from the album.
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@Starsailorband
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𝙾𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢… in 2001 we released our second single, Good Souls. We’ll never get bored of seeing your reaction to it when we play it live all these years later ❤️
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@Starsailorband
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Manchester! What an amazing night! Great to see so many familiar faces among the sold-out crowd. Here’s Four to the Floor from a special night at the O2 Ritz.
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@Starsailorband
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7 years
All This Life is OUT NOW! Can't wait to hear what you all think of it! Get your copy here #AllThisLife #Starsailor
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@Starsailorband
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6 years
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Silence Is Easy, we're pleased to announce 3 very special UK shows this Nov! We'll be playing the album in its entirety (plus a few other hits) accompanied by a string section 🎶 Tickets go on sale Fri 17th Aug at 9am:
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@Starsailorband
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4 years
We would like to wish James a very Happy 40th Birthday! Have a great day mate! 🙌
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@Starsailorband
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Fever, the band’s debut single, was released 21 years ago this week. Here’s how it sounding during @jamesstarsailor ’s recent solo gig at the @HalfmoonPutney .
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@Starsailorband
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Where The Wild Things Grow, our first single in six years, will be available from midnight 🌸 The new album of the same name will be available to pre-order from our official store at 10am tomorrow ➡️
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𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜... This version of Poor Misguided Fool was a highlight of the band's triumphant performance on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 2002, a set which featured a guest appearance from folk star Donovan.
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@Starsailorband
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2 years
What a beauty! Take a sneak peak at the new Love is Here 20th Anniversary Edition vinyl ahead of its release on Friday.
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@Starsailorband
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We can't believe that the Silence is Easy Anniversary Tour is over already! Thank you to everybody who came out to see us over the past few weeks. We've been blown away by your support and we enjoyed revisiting our second album with you all ❤️ Now, on to the next chapter...
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@Starsailorband
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Released on 1 September 2003, Silence is Easy became our biggest chart hit in the UK. We’re looking forward to playing that, and the album that shares its name, in full across the UK and Europe later this year! 🎫
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@Starsailorband
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4 years
Good to be back in the studio writing some new song’s 🙌🙌 also great to have our friend Andy Dunlop from Travis join us! 👌
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@Starsailorband
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Released on this day in 2004, Four to the Floor - and its accompanying remixes - opened our music up to a whole new audience worldwide. Here’s a rare full band acoustic performance of it from our session for Dutch radio station @3FM in 2015.
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@Starsailorband
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7 years
Our debut album 'Love Is Here' was released on this day in 2001... 16 years & 5 album ago... New album out now
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@Starsailorband
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7 years
Excited to announce our new album 'All This Life' is out Sept 1st! Preorder & get new track 'Listen To Your Heart'
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2 years
The Love is Here 20th Anniversary UK Tour will continue in September! We'll be playing the five shows postponed last December alongside 10 new dates. Thanks for all your patience while we've worked to reschedule the postponed shows. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday.
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@Starsailorband
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FEVER - Looking forward to returning here with the rest of the band in tow and a couple of cameras for our live stream with @veeps 26/08 7pm! 🙌 Tickets available now from
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@Starsailorband
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1 year
“Can you feel it, Love is Here…” ❤️
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1 year
Time to bring back Silence Is Easy, UK.
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@Starsailorband
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2 years
We’d like to say a big thank you to everybody who came to see us on the Love is Here UK Tour. The past three weeks have been truly unforgettable and every show will live long in the memory thanks to every single one of you. Until next time… Starsailor x
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@Starsailorband
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10am. 27/10/23.
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Born Again, the second single released from the Silence is Easy album, always seems to go down well when we played it live. Here’s how it sounded in London on Saturday night…
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Incredible night last night! We are so pleased to have finally played in Mexico 🇲🇽Fantastic crowd! A big thanks to @andytdunlop for standing in for Stel on this tour👌 #StarsailorMx #starsailor
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@Starsailorband
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Always good to be back in Bristol! First time playing the @MarbleFactoryUK , see you all tonight.
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@Starsailorband
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We would like to wish all our fans a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Thanks for making all our shows across the world so special and here's to another amazing year in 2019!! Love And best wishes Starsailor
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@Starsailorband
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‘Alcoholic’ @Starsailorband is 20 today 🤯 Thanks to everyone who made it our first UK top 10 all those years ago. Still proud of this track & the impact it’s had over the years.
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Coming soon: Where The Wild Things Grow, our new studio album! Pre-order now from our official store and get early ticket access to a special album launch show at Warrington’s Parr Hall early next year! ➡️
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@Starsailorband
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Happy Friday 13th everyone! Hope you are all doing ok and keeping safe👍🏼 Here is Barry’s piano arrangement of ‘LULLABY’ (head over to our Facebook page for the full version)👇🏼👌🏼
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@Starsailorband
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2 years
🚨 STAGE TIMES 🚨 Doors: 7pm Joe Hicks: 8pm Starsailor: 9pm #LoveIsHereTour
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@Starsailorband
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We're doing something new with something old.... Can you feel it? 🤩
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@Starsailorband
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‘Love Is Here’ for the NHS. As some of you may have realised next year marks 20 years since we released our debut album ‘Love Is Here’ 😬 🎉 We’ve already got a Tim Burgess (ogenesisrecords) listening party in the… …
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@Starsailorband
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Who’s got their tickets for the 20th anniversary tour? 😎
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6 months
Playing the Silence is Easy album in full has given us the opportunity to rediscover songs that rarely feature in our sets. Here’s one of those songs, Restless Heart, from Monday’s show at @BoilerShopNCL ⚫️⚪️⚫️
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@Starsailorband
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We’ve had a great time on tour with @AndrewCushin - he’s been playing great sets every night 👊🏻 We invited him on stage for Good Souls to cap off a brilliant night at the @queens_hall in Edinburgh on Friday.
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We’ve been blown away by the response to our new single, Heavyweight, so we thought we’d give you a little blast of it from today’s soundcheck in Newcastle ⚫️⚪️⚫️
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@Starsailorband
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Thanks to everybody who has already bought or downloaded Where The Wild Things Grow 🌸 We’re on course for our highest album chart position in over 20 years because of you! Get your copy today from our official store ➡️
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@Starsailorband
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Pleased to announce we will be joined by, Eevah / Joe Hicks / Murdo Mitchell / Ed Cosens across the tour as we hit the road today! Tickets -
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@Starsailorband
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Our new single Dead On The Money is out now!
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@Starsailorband
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Silence Is Easy was released 15 years ago TODAY! To celebrate, we're putting on 3 very special UK shows this Nov, playing the album in its entirety (plus a few other hits) accompanied by a string section. Tickets:
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@Starsailorband
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We're excited to announce our first show in months! We'll be live streaming from The Rose And Monkey in Manchester's Northern Quarter on 26 August. Tickets available from #goodsouls #staysafe #LetTheMusicPlay #prelockdownphoto
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@Starsailorband
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🚨 COMPETITION 🚨 Win a signed Silence is Easy UK Anniversary Tour setlist! Reply in the comments before Friday 8 December with your favourite song from the set to enter. Good luck!
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Season’s Greetings from Starsailor 🎄
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Thank you to Warrington @PyramidParrHall We couldn’t think of anywhere better to celebrate 20 years of #loveishere Amazing crowd ❤️ Great set from our support @Cobain_Jones 👌🏼
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@Starsailorband
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1 year
General Sale for the Silence Is Easy 20th Anniversary Tour Available Now -
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4 years
Looking forward to this #TimsTwitterListeningParty starting now! Been digging out some old tour memorabilia to share with you as you listen - enjoy 🎶🙌 @tim_burgess @jamesstarsailor
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@Starsailorband
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Great gig @o2vicwarehousemanc kicking off our tour with our old mates @embrace 🙌🏻 thanks to everyone who came down to see us! Looking forward to @o2academygla and @leeds_arena next weekend #goodsouls
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“RIP Taylor Hawkins. You will be sorely missed. An incredible drummer - the Foo Fighters will never be the same again. My thoughts go out to his family and friends at this sad time.” - Ben 📸 // OJCPIXS
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@Starsailorband
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Another great writing session in the studio👌Have a great weekend and thank you for all your continued support! 🙌🏼
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It was an absolute honour to play at the Concert to Fight Food Poverty in support of the brilliant @TrussellTrust in Manchester last night! Thanks to @wearejames and @CuffeandTaylor for organising, @joeduddell and the orchestra, plus brilliant hosts @GNev2 and @Carra23 🙌🏻
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@Starsailorband
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Soundchecking for tonight, with our guest guitarist - Andy Dunlop!
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Thanks for having us, @embrace ! Brilliant crowd and a great Saturday night all round at @ThePieceHall in Halifax 👌🏻
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@Starsailorband
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Wishing everyone A Merry Christmas from Starsailor HQ! 🤶🎄💥🍻
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Hi everyone! We are all really looking forward to live streaming our first gig since lockdown from The Rose And Monkey in Manchester's Northern Quarter tomorrow at 7pm! 🙌 🎶 TICKETS @ Check out Barry’s piano arrangement for ‘Poor Misguided Fool’👌👇
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1 year
Pre sale for the UK dates
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𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜… the Love is Here 2021 UK Tour started a year ago today in. Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @jamesstarsailor treated the crowd to this one-off, impromptu version of a Manics classic.
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Pre-order our new album Where The Wild Things Grow now to get early ticket access to a special launch show at Warrington’s Parr Hall on Friday 22 March ➡️
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Tie Up My Hands is always one of our favourites to play live. Watch the full song from the opening night of the #LoveIsHereTour at @TramshedCF on YouTube now!
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We’ve been lucky enough to play a lot of gigs in London over the years and last night’s show at the Electric Ballroom was up there with our favourites! Thank you Camden ❤️ Here’s Music Was Saved, the opening song on the Silence is Easy album, from the gig.
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01.09.17 Check back tomorrow for exciting news
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4 years
A week today until we play with our good friends @embrace at the @O2VicWarehouse 🙌🏼 Who’s coming??
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SOLD OUT!! Big thank you to everyone who got a ticket, we can’t wait to see you all there #LoveIsHere
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Silence Is Easy was released on this day in 2003... 14 years & 4 albums ago... All This Life out now
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Happy Birthday Ben! 🍻
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It's @AlbumDayUK Join in by listening to your favourite album at 3.33pm today. Which #Starsailor album will you be listening to? #nationalalbumday
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Wishing all of our fans a very Merry Christmas 🎄
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📢 2 weeks till we play our first gig since lockdown! We'll be live streaming from The Rose And Monkey in Manchester's Northern Quarter on 26 August at 7pm 🎶 Tickets @ You can listen live or up to 48 hrs after the gig Who’s got their ticket? 🙌🙌
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On this day in 2002 @jamesstarsailor created one of the most memorable @BBCR1 Live Lounge moments with his cover of S Club 7’s Don’t Stop Movin’. Low-quality audio quickly circulated on file-sharing sites, but we’ve raided our archives to share it in the best possible quality.
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The final four shows of the Silence is Easy 20th Anniversary Tour begin tonight! Who's coming to see us in Sheffield, Manchester, London and Southampton?
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A special night at @PyramidParrHall ❤️ Thank you for the amazing response to the new songs we played for you. Nice one, Warrington!
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We always enjoy playing Norwich and last night’s crowd was as good as ever 👏🏻 Thanks to everybody who helped us kick off the Silence Is Easy UK Tour in style!
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We’re so pleased to announce our LOVE IS HERE 20th Anniversary Edition album and UK tour! Pre-order from The Dig! Store to gain early access to tickets for our 2021 UK tour - Looking forward to seeing you all on the road. Starsailor x
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We’re all set for you, beautiful people of Nottingham!
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For a chance to win a rare Silence Is Easy poster signed by us, tell us which is your favourite song from the album & why? We'll pick 2 winners at random on Mon 19th Nov. Good Luck! 🤞 #silenceiseasy #glasgow #manchester #london
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𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜... appearing on @BBCLater was always an incredible experience. Here's Born Again from our last appearance on the show back in October 2003.
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Where The Wild Things Grow has entered the Official Midweek Charts at No.7. A huge thank you to all our fans. It is great to be back in the Top Ten again. Let us know your favourite track! Digital Deluxe Download is available now for only £4.99 from
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Thank you, Portsmouth! What a great crowd 👌🏻 #LoveIsHereTour
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Our first NME cover before the album even landed!! 😁👌 #TimsTwitterListeningParty @Jamesstarsailor
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A Thursday night special in Newcastle ⚫️⚪️⚫️ Here’s @jamesstarsailor ’s pin-drop version of In The Crossfire from the set.
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Thank you for another unforgettable night at @melkweg 🇳🇱 We couldn’t help but pay homage to a Dutch legend while we were there ⚽️
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Really excited to share the official video for All This Life! Watch the full vid here Let us know what you think x
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We’re still on a high from last night! Thank you to everybody who helped make it a special evening at @SWG3glasgow 💙
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Dinner in Mexico last night. Looking forward to the show tonight at @el_plaza_ 👌🏼 See you there! . . . . . #mexico #mexicocity #elplazacondesa #starsailor #starsailorlive #allthislife
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Some great memories from some of the festivals we played while promoting Love is Here! 🎸🥁🎹🎵🤘🙌 #TimsTwitterListeningParty @Jamesstarsailor
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South America, we are coming your way very soon 😀 Tickets will be available on Friday 8th June.
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“Sunshine in the glory skies, when the broken men open up their eyes….” We’ve only played Shark Food in full 16 times since 2003! Here’s one of those performances, recorded at last week’s unforgettable London gig.
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Thanks for an amazing year of listening on @Spotify It's been a wonderful year! #2018ArtistWrapped
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Night two of our Belgian doubleheader on Sunday was brilliant 👌🏻 Thanks to everybody who came down to watch our late night set at @fonnefeesten !
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Happy Cinco de Mayo! Here we are at Teotihuacan Pyramids last year 🇲🇽
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On this day in 2009 we released All The Plans, our fourth studio album. What's your favourite song from it?
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Happy Silence is Easy 20th Anniversary Edition release day! Reply in the comments with a photo of your copy!
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Sound check earlier... it’s nearly time! 🙌🏼
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🚨 ONE WEEK TO GO 🚨 We’re so excited to be back on the road for the Love is Here 20th Anniversary Tour! Full ticket details 🎟
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Thanks so much to everyone who watched the Love Is Here for the NHS gig last night & donated so generously. Well over £6000 has been raised now 🙌 You’re all amazing! In case you missed it the show is still in my… …
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The Love is Here: 20th anniversary edition is released next Friday! CD, vinyl and merchandise bundles are available for pre-order now.
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🚨 COMPETITION 🚨 Win a signed Love is Here Tour setlist! Reply below with your favourite song from our set to enter.
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On this day in 2005 we released On The Outside, our third studio album. What's your favourite song from it?
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