James / Sometimes (Orchestral) Single / Out Now + New Album

JAMES

SOMETIMES (ORCHESTRAL) / NEW SINGLE / AVAILABLE NOW

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 Sometimes (Orchestral) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtIUUPOEpjA

Following their recent sold out and critically acclaimed UK tour, JAMES have released the orchestral version of one of their most loved songs, SOMETIMES, taken from BE OPENED BY THE WONDERFUL, their new double album in celebration of their 40^th Anniversary, released via Virgin Music on 9 June.

The album is a collection of some of James’ most loved and rare tracks, reimagined with a 22 piece orchestra and eight piece choir. It was written and recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, orchestrated and conducted by Joe Duddell with the ORCA22 Orchestra led by Andra Vornicu, and features the Manchester Inspirational Voices choir directed by Wayne Ellington.

The James Lasted tour concluded at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this month, calling at some of country’s most historic venues, including the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and the Birmingham Symphony Hall. Tickets for the tour sold out in a record time of 6 hours.

The band will play two further unique shows this summer with full orchestra and choir. On 10 July James headline The Odeon Of Herodes Atticus, a Roman Theatre on the south slope of the world famous Acropolis in Athens, one of only a handful of rock acts to play the historic venue. They will also play a headline set at Latitude Festival, performing as special guests on the Sunday afternoon at midday, a slot especially created to honour their 40^th Anniversary.

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

UK & IRISH SUMMER DATES

JUNE

Tue 20 WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Hall

Fri 23 BRISTOL Bristol Sounds

JULY

Sun 02 LIVERPOOL Pier Head

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

Sat 05 DARLINGTON Arena

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.