James

James biography

The new album Hey Ma was released on 7 April 2008, peaking at number 10 on the UK album charts, and a three-week tour to promote the album commenced on 10 April 2008. An arena tour of the UK called "We Are Sound" followed in December, on which two new songs ("Porcupine" and "Look Away") were previewed as tasters for a new studio album. A live album with a selection of songs recorded during the 2008 spring tour was exclusively sold at the merchandise stalls of the "We Are Sound" tour. Live in 2008 was limited to 5000 copies.

The band announced plans to release two mini-albums by April 2010. The Night Before was released on the 19 April, although its follow-up, The Morning After, was released later than expected, on 2 August 2010. Following the release of The Night Before, the band embarked on a UK tour, the Mirrorball Tour, premií¨ring songs from the album. Another UK tour took place in December. Both this tour and the US release of both mini-albums together as a 2CD set called The Morning After The Night Before. A 19-date North American tour began in September to promote the combined album as well as showcase the songs before the UK tour.

At the beginning of 2011, Tim Booth announced that he was working on some new solo material, although James remained active, participating in the Lollapalooza festival in Chile.

The band appeared at Hard Rock Calling 2011 on June 24 in Hyde Park, London. They were joined by Kaiser Chiefs and headline act The Killers.

The band joined again for a UK wide tour in 2011 with The Orchestra of The Swan and the Manchester Consort choir, playing some never heard before live tracks including the B'side 'The lake' .

Studio albums

• Stutter (1986)
  • Strip-mine (1988)
  • Gold Mother (1990), issued in the US as James
  • Seven (1992)
  • Laid (1993)
  • Wah Wah (1994)
  • Whiplash (1997)
  • The Best Of (1998)
  • Millionaires (1999)
  • Ultra B sides (2001)
  • Pleased to Meet You (2001)
  • The Collection (2004)
  • Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (2007)
  • Live 2008 (April 2008 UK tour)
  • Hey Ma (2008)
  • The Night Before (2010)
  • The Morning After (2010)
  • Stuart Maconie: Folklore, Virgin Books, 2000 (ISBN 0-7535-0494-4).
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