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BE OPENED BY THE WONDERFUL LP // 9 JUNE 2023

40^TH ANNIVERSARY DOUBLE ALBUM OF GREATEST HITS AND FAN FAVOURITES REIMAGINED WITH ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR

LISTEN TO SHE’S A STAR (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) here

JAMES have announced details of their new album in celebration of their 40^th Anniversary. BE OPENED BY THE WONDERFUL is a 20 track – 19 vinyl – double album of some of their most loved and rare tracks, reimagined with a 22 piece orchestra and eight piece choir. Released on 9 June via Virgin Music and available on DSPs, CD and vinyl, the album also includes a brand new track, Love Make A Fool, due to be released in April.

BE OPENED BY THE WONDERFUL was recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, orchestrated and conducted by Joe Duddell with the ORCA22 Orchestra, led by Andra Vornicu, featuring the Manchester Inspirational Voices choir directed by Wayne Ellington. In further celebration of their 40^th Anniversary, the band will play a headline slot at Latitude Festival, performing as Special Guests on the Sunday afternoon at midday, a slot especially created for JAMES to honour their Anniversary. This performance will see them backed with orchestra and choir.

Tim Booth says: “Life begins at 40. For our midlife euphoria we recorded a double orchestral album of some of our deepest cuts. If you already have a golden ticket, you’ll be catching this on tour and at Latitude Festival. Bring your wings and come ready to fly.”

Joe Duddell says: “Having attended the first six years of Latitude Festival, I’m excited to be involved in James’ special Main Stage show this year in a UK festival exclusive. James have always been a great band at festivals, mixing their extensive and well loved back catalogue with newer songs which immediately sound as though they too have been around forever.”

As previously announced, JAMES will be headlining venues across the UK in April and May on their James Lasted tour, 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.

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 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

Fri 23 BRISTOL Bristol Sounds

JULY

Sun 02 LIVERPOOL Outdoor

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

Fri 11 CRYSTAL PALACE South Facing

JAMES are: Tim Booth, Jim Glennie, Saul Davies, Adrian Oxaal, David Baynton-Power, Mark Hunter, Andy Diagram, Chloe Alper and Deborah Knox-Hewson.