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The band will play a very special 5-song set with the acclaimed Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras (Beiras Philharmonic Orchestra) in Porto tonight to help Portugal’s Rádio Renascença celebrate their 75th birthday.

We are very pleased to confirm that the renowned composer Joe Duddell has travelled over with the band and will be conducting the performance.  They have collaborated previously, most notably at the Manchester Versus Cancer concert in December 2009 when James played with the BBC Philharmonic.

The concert tonight will be filmed for broadcast on Portuguese television later this summer (date TBA) and you will be able to listen in live on local radio, or worldwide via the station’s website.

Broadcast and stream begins at 9:30pm in both the UK & Portugal (11:30pm Greece, 4:30pm East Coast of the US). James are first on, followed by 5 songs each from two Portuguese superstars.

You can access the live stream via the Rádio Renascença website or directly here.

Update: You can watch the performance of Sit Down here, and a brief but interesting interview with soundcheck footage is available to view here.

Jim, Larry and Dave will be playing a 45 minute set at the Cavendish Community Music Festival, joined by a friend from the early days on vocals.*

CavFest  is an all-day family friendly event organised to raise funds for West Didsbury’s Cavendish Primary School, where the progeny of many of Manchester music’s finest have been educated in recent years, including Jim’s two children and now even his granddaughter.

Badly Drawn Boy, Tom Hingley and The Lovers, and many other local bands will also be performing.  There will be food and drink (including a bar), and lots of activities for youngsters so do bring the family along.  The event takes place on Saturday 17the September and will run from noon to 10pm.

Early bird tickets are on sale for a limited time priced at £12.50 for adults 16 and over, £5 for 12-15’s, £2.50 for children 4-11, and 1p for those under the age of 4, with all proceeds going to Cavendish Primary School.  Once these have gone adult tickets will go up to £15 in advance and £17.50 on the door.  The capacity is only 1500 so if you’d like to come down you’d be wise to get your tickets as soon as you can.

* Tim is unable to make it to this one but since it’s for such a good cause, Tom Hingley (of old band pals Inspiral Carpets) is kindly lending his services.

Every summer the Fisherman’s Association of the picturesque coastal town of Cascais celebrate and offer thanks with the 10-day Festas do Mar (Festival of the Sea), and this year they have invited James to join in the festivities. 

There will be activities and entertainment day and night, with live music ranging from traditional folk and Fado to international superstars,  local cuisine and handicraft stalls,  unusual games on the beach (perhaps not for the faint of heart), plenty of wine and dancing, and a spectacular midnight firework display to round off each weekend night.

The peak of the festivities is a colourful maritime-themed procession in honour of Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes (Our Lady of the Navigators), which begins at the local church and winds its way through the streets down to the seafront where waiting boats decorated with flowers, lights, and images of the saint join in and follow the route along the water.

Festas do Mar takes place from 19 – 29 August this year and James will be kicking things off, playing at 10pm on Friday the 19th.  There will be fireworks when they finish.

For anyone wishing to travel to the festival, Cascais is located on the Estoril Coast about 40 minutes by train from Lisbon.

Entry to the whole of the event, including musical entertainment, is free of charge.

To mark 40 years since Hard Rock first opened its doors on Old Park Lane in London, the Hard Rock Calling festival returns to Hyde Park this June, with James and the Killers playing on Friday the 24th.

Tickets are on sale now through the festival’s website.  Standard Friday day-tickets cost £55, and there are hospitality and VIP packages available priced from £199 – £279.

This May, the band will be back in the ancient and beautiful city of Coimbra to headline the eight-day student festival known as Queima das Fitas or the Burning of the Ribbons.

The annual celebration is organised by the University of Coimbra, one of the oldest universities in Europe (established 1290), and the event itself has been taking place for over a century.

The concert will be held at the heart of the festivities in the square called Praça da Canção on Friday the 13th – lucky for some!

Tickets will be on sale shortly, keep an eye on the Live page for the sale date and ticketing links which will be added as soon as we have them.  For those of you thinking of travelling to the event, the nearest airport is Porto which is about 80 miles away.

James will be returning to the beautiful island of Madeira after an absence of nine years to headline Funchal Music Fest.

The festival takes place over the 19th, 20th, and 21st August and James will be playing on Sunday the 21st.

Tickets are available via the festival’s official website; 3-day tickets cost 50€ and include 3 drinks and a festival T-shirt, 1-day tickets priced at 25€ will be available for a limited time only, and include 2 drinks. Visit the festival’s site for full details of the offer.

James are headlining Thessaloniki’s new two day music festival – 2310 Festival – which will be held at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium over 6th and 7th July.  They will be closing the event, playing on Thursday the 7th.  The line up promises to be quite diverse; other bands confirmed to appear are Judas Priest and Whitesnake, with many more yet to be announced.

Tickets are on sale now from Ticket Arena at a cost of 45 Euros per day or 80 Euros for a 2-day ticket.  If there are tickets left on the day of the show, they’ll be available on the door for 50 Euros.

For more information on the event and details of where to find tickets locally, please visit the organiser’s website at detoxevents.gr or phone (+30) 210 9611118.

James have been invited to help Portugal’s largest radio group, Rádio Renascença, celebrate it’s 75th anniversary at a very special event this summer, which will see them perform with the highly acclaimed Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras, or Beiras Philharmonic Orchestra.

The concert is set to take place at Estádio do Bessa in Porto on 3rd June, and will also feature performances by two top Portuguese artists, Rui Veloso – the “Father of Portuguese Rock” – and Mariza, with all three acts performing special sets of about five songs accompanied by the orchestra.

Tickets are on sale now, see the Live page for ticketing links.

James will be headlining the Baltic’s largest music festival, Positivus, for the second time this summer and tickets are on sale now for the very reasonable sum of 51 Euros (about £44) for 2-day camping tickets.

The band are scheduled to appear on the main stage on Saturday 16th July at about 11:30pm.  Other acts already confirmed are Editors and Hurts, with many more listed on the festival’s website and more to be announced over the coming weeks.

The 20,000-capacity event is set amid the beautiful landscape of coastal town Salacgriva, northern Latvia, and is said to have a unique charm.

The festival grounds encompass beach and lush woodland, along with plenty of fresh air. Festivalgoers desiring a break from the entertainment will find there are hammocks slung between pine trees in the woods for your use, dunes to explore, or you can have a splash in the Baltic Sea to refresh yourself.

Positivus 2011 promises a diverse program on two main stages, a Dance Marquee and a further music stage with local and Baltic independent acts, as well as a Theatre and Literature Stage, the Body and Soul Area, Beach Stage, Cinema Tent and numerous indie market stands with handmade art, fashion and vintage wares. The festival camp site offers complimentary coffee.

The festival is accessible from all of Europe via Riga International Airport, which is 120 km away on the Via Baltica highway.  Children are welcome and those under the age of 10 can attend free of charge.

Tickets are on sale now, see the Live page for ticketing links, or check out the Positivus site for further information.  (The site can be viewed in a variety of languages including English, by clicking on the flags on the upper right of each page.)

Tim’s new album “Love Life” is released April 4th and a UK tour starts on April 20th, tickets will be going on pre-sale from Wednesday 9th February. To be the first to find out when and where you can buy tickets to see Tim perform, head on over to timbooth.co.uk and check out the gigs page.

A Special Edition version of “Love Life” will be available to pre-order directly from Tim’s new online Emporium shortly.

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