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The band are delighted to be making a first trip to Norway this summer, to play at Bergenfest in the city of Bergen on 13 June. The town, we are told, is one of the rainiest in Europe and also very beautiful.

The open air shows take place in a medieval fortress and castle located in the city’s historic centre. The line up is interesting and varied – other acts playing over the 5 day event include Blondie, Franz Ferdinand, Robert Plant, Wild Beasts, Lana Del Ray, Simple Minds, and ZZ Top!

There are both Day Tickets and Full Event Tickets available and they’re on sale now.

Can’t get enough of La Petite Mort – can’t wait till 2 June to hear more? The stupendous ‘Interrogation’ from the new album can be yours, all yours. Just sign up for the official James mailing list on our home page and get a free instant download of this magnificent track.

If you’re already subscribed – not to worry, you’re entitled to the new track just as new subscribers are. Just enter your current e-mail address into the sign up box again and follow the instructions in the confirmation e-mails through to your download link. No mess, no fuss. You don’t need to unsubscribe first and you won’t get duplicate copies of the e-mails we send out.

Enjoy Interrogation – and feel free to spread the word!

Tune in to the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2 tomorrow morning from 8:30am for your first chance to hear the new single ‘Moving On’ – a classic of the future from La Petite Mort – as it’s exclusively premiered to the world.

You can listen online from anywhere in the world, and in the UK on 88-91 FM or DAB digital radio, Freeview or Freesat Channel 702, Sky TV Channel 0102, or Virgin Channel 902.

If it’s love at first listen, remember that when you pre-order the album from our web shop, you’ll get a complimentary download of the track as soon as it’s officially released on 28 April – and you’ll get Frozen Britain instantly.

Leave a little light on…

This August, the Umbrian town of Massa Martana will host the first ever Umbria Rock Festival, and James are delighted to be joining the bill on Sunday 3 August. Other acts performing over the course of the three day event are Paul Weller, The Charlatans, Courteeners, Kaisers Chiefs, The Cribs, and Peter Hook and The Light.

See the live page for tickets links.

The evening before their sold out show at Castlefield Bowl, headlining Summer In The City, you’ll have a chance to see the band play in a somewhat more intimate setting at Oxford O2 Academy.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10am this Friday, 11 April, priced at £35 (plus fees) and will be available from a variety of outlets – check the Live page for details. The general sale for Electric Ballroom in May sold out within minutes, so do be quick if you’d like to join us in Oxford.

There will be V.I.P. Soundcheck tickets available too, priced at £70 + fees. These include:

• One General Admission ticket, with priority early entry to the venue
• A unique opportunity to attend 3 songs of the band’s pre-show soundcheck
• A 15 minute Q & A session with the band
• The early entry includes access to the merch stall for a tranquil shopping experience!

Hope you can make it.

Please note tickets will NOT be available from the venue box office tomorrow when the general sale begins at 9am – online and phone sales only.

What better way to experience new James songs than LIVE in a packed sweaty nightclub just before the album’s released? Wanna be there…?

On Wednesday 28 May, the band will be celebrating the imminent release of La Petite Mort with a very special one off gig at the Electric Ballroom in London, at which they will be playing much of the new album. Capacity 1000, new songs, new songs! You’ve got to be there. Here’s your chance.

The general sale for the show starts (and I dare say probably finishes!) at 9am on Friday 4 April – you’ll be able to buy from from Gigs and Tours online or over the phone on 0844 811 0051, or Ticketmaster.

And so you can do your sums and budgeting in advance rather than in the panicky heat of the moment, the standard gig tickets will be priced at £32.50 plus fees.

Very sorry we won’t be able to squeeze all of you in for this – good luck, everybody!

So we’ve finally caved in to demand and set up an Official James Twitter, to compliment the profiles run personally by Tim (@RealTimBooth), Larry (@Larryontour), and Andy (@andydiagram).

Head to @wearejames for all your James news on the Twitter – and be sure to let all your buddies there know too.

Watch ‘Frozen Britain’ performed live for Disorder Magazine

First of two tracks from the coming album performed live for Disorder Magazine is now online to view here. Interrogation will follow next week. You really don’t want to miss Interrogation…

First of two tracks from the coming album performed live for Disorder Magazine is now online to view here. Interrogation will follow next week. You really don’t want to miss Interrogation…