James have released Love Make a Fool video, taken from Be Opened by the Wonderful– a new double album in celebration of their 40th Anniversary, released via Virgin Music on 9 June- it’s collection of some of James’ most beloved and rare tracks, reimagined with a 22 piece orchestra and eight piece choir. “Love make a fool out of me, love make good use out of me,” says Tim Booth. “Love Make A Fool is a simple prayer to be possessed by the ecstatic universal aspect of love – I’m a hopeless romantic.” Watch the video here:
Be Opened By the Wonderful is written and recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, orchestrated and conducted by Joe Duddell with the ORCA22 Orchestra, led by Andra Vornicu, and featuring the Manchester Inspirational Voices choir directed by Wayne Ellington.
James begin their James Lasted tour this week and continue into May, 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 6 hours.
The band will then play two unique shows this summer with full orchestra and choir. On 10th 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 40th 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.
Be Opened by the Wonderful is out via Virgin music on 9th June. See details of James’ Headline orchestral tour and festival dates below:
Headline Orchestral 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
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UK FESTIVAL DATES
MAY
Sun 28 Margam In It Together
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 Port Laois Forest Fest
Sun 23 Suffolk Latitude
Fri 28 Dundee Slessor Gardens
Sat 29 Pikehall Y Not
AUGUST
Sat 05 Darlington Arena
Fri 11 Chrystal Palace South Facing
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