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Our new album 'Yummy' is out now! 🦋 Make sure to give it a listen and let us know what you think!
Listen now:
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We massively thank our amazing audience. Some of you have stuck with this for 42 years, you crazy fuckers, and welcome any newcomers (30 years😂) and stragglers.
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"Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes, I swear I can see your soul"
The orchestral version of 'Sometimes' will be released tomorrow! 🎺
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RT for a chance to win a pair of 🎟 for our gig with
@thecharlatans
.
Winner drawn 9am this Friday. Good luck!
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I had two fantastic nights with
@coldplay
. The generosity and kindness shown to me by themselves, and their brilliant organization made me feel part of their family.
If as Chris says, we have influenced them, then we are proud to watch how they have run with that.
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In celebration of our 40th anniversary, we are very proud to announce our upcoming 16 date UK tour ‘James Lasted’ and a double album release, both featuring a 22-piece orchestra and gospel choir!
Pre-order the CD for exclusive pre-sale access to tickets:
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“Brushing off the cobwebs from some old ones at
@Broughton_Hall
too...the world does feel all messed up, but back in the room playing together couldn’t feel more promising. See you at a festival soon!” - Saul
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We're excited to announce that we'll be releasing a new album, Be Opened By The Wonderful, on June 9th.
“Life begins at 40. For our midlife euphoria we recorded a double orchestral album of some of our deepest cuts."" - Tim
Pre-order from 9 a.m. here:
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Greetings friends & fans. In these extraordinary times our traditional Dec tour isn't possible—let's set a date for this time next year to look forward to! With that in mind you're cordially invited to our 2021 winter tour of the UK & IRELAND 🎉 w/ v special guests
@Happy_Mondays
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In celebration of our 40th anniversary, we are very proud to announce our upcoming 16 date UK tour ‘James Lasted’ and a double album release, both featuring Orca 22 (a 22-piece orchestra) and gospel choir.
Pre-order to get pre-sale ticket access:
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Excited to announce our 2024 arena tour w special guests
@Razorlight
& a new album release. Pre-sale opens Wednesday 4th October at 9:30am for those who pre order our signed CD available from official store
Fri 6th October at 9:30am: General sale.
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We are excited to announce our 2024 arena tour w special guests
@Razorlight
AND a new album release! Pre order the signed CD from the official store until 9:30am on Wednesday 4th October for exclusive pre-sale access to tour tickets!
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Our fourth album 'Seven' was released on this day back in 1992! What's your favourite track?
#Seven
#Throwback
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We're so proud to present: Living In Extraordinary Times. Our new album's coming to a record store near you on 3 August. A plethora of formats and bundles available to pre-order via and
#wearejames
#extraordinarytimes
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We're excited to announce that our new album 'All The Colours of You' will be released on June 4th.
@steve_lamacq
is spinning the first single on
@BBC6Music
now so make sure you don't miss it!!
Pre-order 'All The Colours Of You' here:
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We are now half way through our UK orchestral tour and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support at the shows so far! It’s been incredible 🎻
Looking forward to seeing you at the remaining shows - Nothing but love 🤍
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That awkward moment when you all come down for breakfast in the same shirt...
@BBC6Music
#tshirtday
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Classic James t-shirts launching at 6pm today, Monday 13th February!
We have an exciting number of plans to celebrate our 40th year, one of which is reissuing some of the classic design t shirts from over the years 👕
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“Hi everyone, welcome to the next James tour. March 2019. Officially the Living In
#ExtraordinaryTimes
tour, so expect plenty of the album. But also something a little different. We will be supporting ourselves acoustically. So your evening starts low key and informal…
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This year we celebrate our 40th Anniversary as a band and we're looking forward to celebrating with you all. What shows will you be coming to? Let us know in the comments!
📸
@TrustFox
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Very excited to confirm the band have been invited to perform on Later…with Jools Holland next week, after an absence of a decade.
@BBCTwo
, Tuesday 5th June at 10pm.
Don’t miss this, James on
@bbclater
is always something special...
#extraordinarytimes
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You asked (err pleaded, pestered, profaned 😅) – finally we delivered: a new LIVE album & DVD! Including a gorgeous photo-book set, coloured vinyl, deluxe double CD, signed prints (get in early!), t-shirts, the full works 🎉
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Back in the studio tonight, working on the new album with Charlie Andrew and Beni Giles. 🎶💿
#fifteen
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Nearly 10 months since we played a gig, no idea when the next will be. The live music industry is in crisis. Musicians, venues, crew—a total of 210,000 jobs at risk. Industry needs a clear plan of when & how we safely come out of lockdown, and financial support to help it survive
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Thessaloniki….. it was so good to be back…..thank you for a night of beautiful chaos…🇬🇷❤️
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The orchestral version of 'Sometimes' is OUT NOW! 🎻 Listen now and make sure to let us know what you think:
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We know how much you love LIVE music, so we have released the full deluxe album of LIVE IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES, on all streaming services for the first time!
Also, stay tuned for a very special announcement later...
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Thrilled to announce the 'Better Than That' Tour this May!
Tickets on sale at 10am on Friday 23 March. Links on .
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We are proud to announce that we will be playing at Vive Latino Festival, Mexico City in 2024 🇲🇽
🎟️ Pre sale: Wednesday 15th November at 2pm (CT time)
🎟️ General On-Sale: Thursday 16th November at 2pm (CT time)
#VL24
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Here's another clip from our escape pod version of James’s (they only had 70 channels ☹️) performance on
@VirginRadioUK
last week. You can watch the full performance of ‘Getting Away With It’ here on
@YouTube
:
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Presenting our new LP for your listening enjoyment: Living In Extraordinary Times.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “James at their biggest. Oozes life affirming joy. They’re sparkling…”—Q Magazine
Pick one up today from or your favourite local record shop.
#extraordinarytimes
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Hi there everybody.
On behalf of the whole band, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your incredible support helping to get 'Be Opened By The Wonderful' to an impressive no.3 in the midweek album chart.
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The first single from our new album is called 'Is This Love' and will be released tomorrow at 8PM GMT. Tune in to
@jowhiley
’s show on BBC Radio 2 from 7PM GMT to hear the first radio play
#IsThisLove
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"I’m still stunned from the intensity of the ceremonial celebrations of the last few weeks. I hope you enjoyed the magic bus as much as we did. It was a true collective experience. There we’re so many people behind the scenes making it run smoothly. Too many to mention...
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There's only one human race
many faces
everybody belongs here
There's only one human race
many faces
everybody belongs here
There's only one human race
many faces
everybody belongs here
🌍❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🌏
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Tim x2 bring exciting news from backstage at
@LatitudeFest
🎉🎉
#extraordinarytimes
#jamesandthecharlatans
@RealTimBooth
@Tim_Burgess
@thecharlatans
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I found you sleeping next to me, I thought I was alone
You're driving me crazy, when are you coming home?
#7Days
#BeOpenedByTheWonderful
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Our new album 'All The Colours Of You' is OUT NOW! You can buy and listen to the full album here:
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Listen to our new Orchestral version of 'She's a Star' in full on Youtube now:
Link in Bio
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Join us at
@Alberthallmcr
for An Intimate Evening with James (plus special guests!) – in aid of the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund 🐝💗🎶
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“Such sad news hearing of the passing of Paul Ryder. We had the pleasure of playing with the
@Happy_Mondays
in December last year & to think this could happen so soon.
A true legend who gave the Monday's their groove and sculpted their sound…(continued)
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Tomorrow night on
@absoluteradio
🎶 This bed is on fire with passionate love...🎶
@wearejames
perform "Laid" at
@O2SBE
for Absolute Radio's 15th Birthday! 💜
Hear extended highlights from this show, Thursday from 7PM
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Last night we restarted our UK tour in Leeds and we were super stoked, after all this time, to see all your faces singing back to us again! 🙌 What show are you coming to?
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Saturday 2nd July 2022 will mark the 30th anniversary weekend of our legendary Alton Towers show. To celebrate the occasion, for one night only, we’re going to perform the same set list of songs from that special night at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl!
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We've had a wonderful start to our Orchestral Tour 🎻 Thank you to everyone who's been to a show so far - see you tomorrow Glasgow!
Photo:
#luxuriousthomas
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Girl At The End Of The World: Our New Album. Out 18 March 2016.
Come and read about it on
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Well the new album's due next year...you know what that means!
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NOTHING BUT LOVE! We are blown away by the reaction to the announcement of our 2024 Arena Tour and new album! Just a reminder, you can still pre-order the new album today to get early access to tickets! Link in bio x
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Our UK Orchestral tour starts tomorrow and we can't wait to see you all! 🎻 What shows are you coming to?
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.
@jowhiley
has chosen Laid as her Vinyl revival on
@BBCRadio2
all this week – so will be playing a different track from the vinyl each night and getting listeners to send in their favourite memories and stories. Make sure to tune in!
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A message from Saul:
We feel that it's our obligation to show solidarity with people for whom visiting food banks is a desperate necessity. We are relatively fortunate and we have a voice, so we want to use it even in a small way to help combat rising food poverty.
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Now your grip's too strong
Can't catch love with a net or a gun
Gotta keep faith that your path will change, gotta keep faith that your love will change tomorrow
#Tomorrow
#BeOpenedByTheWonderful
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We are thrilled to be playing the main stage of
@IsleOfWightFest
tonight at 7:15pm, for those who are unable to attend this year, you can listen to our set live by either listening to
@absoluteradio
or watching us on
@skytv
(channel: Sky Arts). Who is going to be tuning in?
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So scarred were we by the last band video we made – we’re gonna miss you 1999 – that we didn’t make another one😂.
Until now!
At Broughton Hall We Brought some cheap masks and shot this through the night. Enjoy:
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Some sanity in the world at last. Welcome back, you've been missed. 👏🎉🎊🍾
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"Geldof once told me it was really uncool for bands to wear their own T-shirts, but then again, he didn’t have such great T-shirts." - Tim
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Hi folks.
A big James size 'Thank You' to everyone who has pre-ordered the new album or who has streamed the new single Is This Love.
Your loyalty and support are so appreciated and never taken for granted.
Thanks and much love,
Jim from James.
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Dear Everyone.
Well that's the end of the tour.
We'd like to give a huge 'thank you' to everybody involved, for all the hard work in making this happen and of course to the wonderful orchestra and choir for making this such a special and memorable event.
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Delighted to announce we're coming back to one of our favourite festivals this summer,
@KendalCalling
! 🎪🎶🍃
#seeyouinthefields
IT'S HERE! We're thrilled to reveal Kendal Calling 2018. Final tickets on sale from 10AM TOMORROW.
To celebrate, LIKE + RT for the chance to win 2 x
#KC18
VIP Weekend tickets. Winner announced midnight.
Stay tuned, many more artists to be announced.
#seeyouinthefields
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We will be performing at Slessor Gardens in Dundee 🏴 this Summer on Friday 28th July 2023, with special guests
@Razorlight
!
🎟️ General sale tickets - Friday 17th February at 9am.
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And here it is... the artwork for our upcoming album 'Yummy' 🦋 Available to pre-order from 10am this Thursday!
Artwork by
@studiofury
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We should have recorded the orchestra tour first time round, as many of you have reminded us. Well, we’ve done it now. And here comes the tour...
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Here’s a sneak peek at our rehearsals here in Mexico ahead of the shows this weekend 🇲🇽 Tonight we play Guadalajara and on Sunday we are playing at the Vive Latino Festival - See you there!
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As part of our 40th anniversary we are adding a number of the past Phonogram / Mercury single B-sides and single mixes that have previously been unavailable to stream to DSP’s. “1990 singles” is the first of these releases and available to stream now……
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It’s with the very greatest of pleasure we’re announcing our Saturday headline slot at
@DeerShed
on 31st July 2021
It’s exciting to be able to put live gigs in the diary again & all the fun and mayhem they entail.
A baby step back towards normality. Whatever normality is. – Jim
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Today marks the 16th anniversary of our Hey Ma album release. What's your favourite song from the album? 💿
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As part of our 40th anniversary we are adding a number of the past phonogram / mercury single B-sides and single mixes that have previously been unavailable to stream to DSPs.
“1991 singles” is the second of these releases, which will be available to stream from tomorrow!
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Our video for Better Than That filmed on the tour at
@VicTheatre
Halifax is now live on WeAreJamesTV! Here's a peek, you can watch and enjoy the full video here:
#wearejames
#extraordinarytimes
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Heads up that the 1992 Singles bundle is now available to stream on all DSP’s.
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It's been 1 week since 'Be Opened By The Wonderful' was released 🎻 Thank you to everyone who's bought and listened to the album - Nothing but love ❤️
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“I didn’t realize at the time, that for every successful band there are certain songs that kick the door down, and that those songs would get way more attention than the rest of your children.” - Tim
The re-recorded version of 'Sit Down' was released 30 years ago.
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Excited to announce we’ll be performing at Live at
@ThePieceHall
as part of a huge line-up next summer!
Tickets on sale this Friday at 9am from:
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James and
@thecharlatans
at Liverpool Echo Arena 🎉
10th December 2016 – read about it on .
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"I think I speak for all of us in this band when I say that we're all really super proud of this record..." - Saul
#FolkloreFriday
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“Here's a 1 minute clip, with current footage, of
#ColourOfYou
, the title track from our next album. In its full form it’s a journey song of over 5 minutes, this isn’t either the chorus or verse but is a section pertinent to current events…”—
@RealTimBooth
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From Jim & Tim -
We’d like to offer our heartfelt thanks to all at the Ivor's for the incredible honour of receiving our awards.
To be given such an accolade by our peers and fellow songwriters is moving and humbling.
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"What an absolutely incredible experience. That has to be the best James tour ever. Thank you to the greatest fans in the world for giving us the opportunity to experience such unbridled joy, celebration and euphoria. It's you that fuels us, it's that simple...
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Tonight at 7pm (UK time) four of the band will be joining
@tim_burgess
for an
#ExtraordinaryTimes
listening party!
Get your copy ready to spin and bring your extraordinary questions for
@realtimbooth
, Jim, Saul and
@andydiagram
along to
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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We have arrived in Mexico. Remaining tickets for our headline Guadalajara show on Friday are available here:
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