Today James announce their new single, “Love Make A Fool”, taken from their forthcoming album Be Opened By The Wonderful. The only new track to feature on the album.
Tim Booth says, “Love Make A Fool Out Of Me, love make good use out of me” – love make a fool is a simple prayer to be possessed by the visionary ecstatic universal aspect of love – I’m a hopeless romantic’.
Listen to “Love Make A Fool” BELOW:
Be Opened By The Wonderful is a collection of some of James’ most loved and rare tracks, re-imagined with a 22-piece orchestra and 8-piece choir, written and recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, orchestrated and conducted by Joe Duddell with the ORCA22 Orchestra lead by Andra Vornicu featuring the Manchester Inspirational Voices choir, directed by Wayne Ellington.
James kicks off their ‘James Lasted’ tour this week in Brighton and continues to May, calling at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall, concluding at The Royal Albert Hall, London, on 17th May. Tickets for the tour sold out in a record time of 6 hours.
This summer, the band will then play two unique shows with a full orchestra and choir. On the 10th of July, James headline The Odeon Of Herodes Atticus, a Roman Theatre on the south slope of the world-famous Acropolis, Athens; they are one of only a handful of rock/pop acts to play the historic venue. They will also play a headline set at this year’s Forest Fest in Emo, Co. Laois, on July 21st.
One of Britain’s most enduring success stories, James has released 16 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 years, preceded by Living in Extraordinary Times and Girl at the End of the World, which narrowly missed out on the top spot in 2016 to Adele.
James are Tim Booth, Jim Glennie, Saul Davies, Adrian Oxaal, David Baynton-Power, Mark Hunter, Andy Diagram, Chloe Alper, Deborah Knox-Hewson.
CD TRACKLIST
#1
Sometimes
Love Make A Fool
We’re Gonna Miss You
Tomorrow
The Lake
She’s A Star
Lookaway
Sit Down
Alaskan Pipeline
#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
Be Opened By The Wonderful is released on 9th June via Virgin Music on DSPs, CD and Vinyl.
HEADLINE TOUR 2023
April
25th Brighton, Brighton Dome
26th Cardiff, Saint Davids Hall
28th York, York Barbican
29th Edinburgh, The Usher Hall
May
1st Glasgow, SEC Armadillo
2nd Newcastle, 02 City Hall Newcastle
4th Sheffield, City hall
5th Birmingham, Symphony Hall
7th Liverpool, Philharmonic hall
9th Manchester, 02 Apollo
10th Manchester, 02 Apollo
12th Blackpool, Opera House
13th Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
15th Bath, Forum
17th London, Royal Albert Hall
Buy Tickets / Info
https://james.tmstor.es / www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk
SUMMER DATES 2023
May
28 In It Together Festival, Wales
June
20 The Civic At The Halls Wolverhampton
23 Bristol Sounds
July
2 On The Waterfront, Liverpool Pier Head
7 The Piece Hall, Halifax
8 The Piece Hall, Halifax
10 Odeon of Herodes *with orchestra & choir*
12 Thessaloniki
21 Forest Fest, County Laois Ireland
23 Latitude Festival – *with orchestra & choir* (Midday stage time)
28 Dundee, Slessor Gardens
29 Y NOT Festival
August
5 The Darlington Arena
11 South Facing, Crystal Palace
September
3 Weekender Jersey
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