Single for Haiti appeal
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James has just finished a session in the studio contributing vocals to the Haiti charity single, originated after a call from Gordon Brown to Simon Cowell. He joined forces with an incredible array of amazing singers to complete a stunning version of REM’s ‘Everybody Hurts’ , which will be released in the [...]

Tour end thanks
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James played the last show of his UK tour and his last live show of 2009 last night in Brighton, England. It has been quite a year, so many shows, so many countries, wherever you’ve seen him we hope you enjoyed it. He has been thrilled to play in front of so many [...]

New songs
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[About the new songs] I hadn’t written anything new for a while as we’d been so busy touring this year. Then I had some time off between shows, the sun was shining and a lot of ideas came out all at once. I got together with Mark who produced ‘Broken Strings” for me and [...]

First arena tour
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[About his first arena tour] This is a really big step for me and it will be great to play to so many people as a way of rounding off the year. It’ll be like an early Christmas present. I know we can make these shows an intimate experience for us all. [...]

Tour underway
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Hey everyone, it’s James here, mailing you from bonnie Scotland, where we’re performing in Glasgow tonight.
I’m really excited now that the tour is underway. Rehearsals have been amazing and for those who didn’t see the shows we did in November, just wait till you hear this new band and the set we’ve put together [...]