James

Nice local piece on today’s announcement of our first gig in Malta. “It is our absolute pleasure to host James as the standard bearers of alternative rock. James are one of the rare bands who have withstood the test of time, achieving mainstream success while staying true to themselves.”—Lou Bondi, Artistic Director of Rock 'N Malta to Lovin Malta.

Sadly Sometimes knocked out by this very Roses tune once twitter votes were tallied, would've been lovely to see it through to the final. But Laid still in with a chance! Voting closes 5pm, Clint Boon will announce the results on air from 5:30pm. 🗳️📻

XS Manchester

Get your tickets for James & The Psychedelic Furs co-headline tour of North America from 10am local time today! Support is Dear Boy. Dates and links on the wearejames.com live page. There are James VIP Soundchecks at nine of these shows too, I'm afraid a couple of those sold out in the pre-sale (numbers are quite limited) but for the others you can purchase upgrades from the shop on our website from 10am ET. Have a listen to the new album here: https://jamesofficial.lnk.to/LivingFB and we'll see you this summer!

Great show in Porto last night, if we do say so ourselves! Tonight it's Lisbon's Coliseu dos Recreios, acoustic set kicks off at 21.30 with electric set ⚡️ to follow after a short intermission. We *think* this is the first venue we played in Portugal, back in 1992, does that sound about right to you local fans?

XS Manchester

North America it’s your turn! Newsflash from our own Jim Glennie: ”It is with great pleasure that we announce we are playing the States again. After a wait of five years we are finally back. It’s a huge privilege to be playing with The Psychedelic Furs. A band that James have loved and respected since our formation. Make sure you get there early to catch opening act ’Dear Boy‘. A great triple bill of bands.“ Mr. Booth adds, ”To achieve maximum pleasure from our show please give a listen to our new CD ‘Living In Extraordinary Times’. We improvise and change our set on a nightly basis so expect the unexpected.“ Yes the band are returning to the U.S. and Canada for co-headline tour with The Psychedelic Furs. Tickets on sale this Friday at 10am local time, links on the wearejames.com live page. Spread the word!

Laid up against tunes from The Smiths 💗, The Verve & Elbow in Manchester's Top Tune vote from XS Manchester today. Cast your ballot by 5pm 🗳, tune in to Clint Boon's programme for the results!

Gig Junkies

This is amazing. Watch 😍 And if you're out and about in Edinburgh you really want to catch Love Music Community Choir's flash mob singing their hearts out outside Usher Hall just before doors open (so about 6.15pm-ish). An extraordinary start to a very special evening. 💛🎶

👀 (N.B. to enter you need to click through to the Summer Sessions' post before you comment)

Check out these beauties from Victoria Hall by the fantastic Trust A Fox Photography 🦊📸 Tonight we're in Newcastle (#jamesintoon!) then off to Edinburgh, Carlisle, Birmingham, & Hull! A few tickets left for the final three, if you're tempted head to wearejames.com/live. 8pm start for the acoustic set all dates 🕗

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A little window shopping before the gig? 👀 By popular demand we finally have SCARVES 😍 The 👕s in black are not only Fair Wear Foundation certified (ethically made) but also organic. Oh, and the mugs are MAGIC✨

James at Royal Albert Hall #ExtraordinaryTour 🎟: wearejames.com/live | 📸 © Jason Holmes

📣 8.00pm PROMPT kick off (acoustic set 💞) for the rest of the tour. NOTTINGHAM, CARLISLE, BRUM & HULL you're the only stops that haven't sold out yet, so if you've left it late there's still time to get your tickets. For the sold out shows, two *authorised* fan-to-fan resale sites (face value + fees) are linked on the wearejames.com live page—also try venue box office for waiting lists—and on twitter we're using #ExtraordinaryTix to connect fans in need with those with spares. Feel free to post your FV spares and/or wants here in the comments too. We hope to see you all there! 💛 —with Cambridge Corn Exchange, Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall, Sands Centre, O2 Academy Birmingham, Bonus Arena, Hull

“In support of superbly-received Living In Extraordinary Times, indie’s great survivors James find themselves at the Royal Albert Hall for a night that drips with emotion, elation, elegies and euphoria. Ostensibly supporting themselves by performing a short set of ‘unplugged’ cuts before the main event, early birds (most of the audience in truth) are treated to some unexpected gems delivered in awestruck pin-drop silence. Dazzling musicianship from James…”— GigList Tickets still available for a few of these, visit wearejames.com for links 😉 8pm start for the acoustic set!

A wee cautionary tale for those coming to the gigs 🧐😅

“We’ve got this concept—slightly weird for us—to support ourselves acoustically, so we’re going on as our own support band. We love playing acoustically anyway, & it meant that there’s a whole big chunk of the back catalogue that’s become available to play in that format. “The electric set will be more based on the LP—and some big hits as well—but doing the acoustic thing gives us a bit more flexibility to throw in some obscure back catalogue that I think people probably wouldn’t expect us to play & quite possibly things that we’ve never played…”— Jim to Audio Addict on the upcoming Living In Extraordinary Times Tour, which kicks off in Margate. Details on wearejames.com.

Absolute Radio 90s

#NothingButLove 😘

You can vote for the James + The Charlatans gigs at the Hydro and/or Wembley in SSE's 2018 Live Awards if you fancy 😉 No registration required so it only takes a sec. After voting there's a chance to enter to win some concert tickets too if you're feeling lucky. ✨

“We are very pleased to be playing the Edinburgh Summer Sessions. It looks a great lineup in a great setting. James love playing in Scotland, the crowds are incredible. It's always a pleasure to come back. Very much looking forward to this.” — Jim Headlining on Thursday 15 August, and if you head to the wearejames.com live page you'll find the link to an event pre-sale which is on now.

And we're headlining the Sunday at Hardwick Live! On sale this Fri at 9am, links on the wearejames.com live page. Shall we bring the sun this year or did you guys enjoy our deep-sea set last time? 🌊🏊‍♂️🎸🚣🎶

Headlining Cool Britannia Festival at Knebworth in August, our night (Saturday) curated by BBC Radio 2's Jo Whiley. Tickets on sale this Friday at 9am, you'll find links on the wearejames.com live page.