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Making good on their promise, James will finally be returning to the other side of the Atlantic this autumn.  

The band will be playing at the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City on 16th October, where they’ll be appearing on the Main Stage at 7:40pm (TBC)  just before headliners the Pixies.  The 55,000-capacity festival is held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodrí­guez, and the line up includes Interpol, Echo & The Bunnymen, White Lies, Metric, and The Temper Trap, amongst others.

Tickets go on sale on 29th June, at 11am Central Time (CDT), and will be available from Ticketmaster Mexico, priced at $450 MN (Mexican Pesos), which is approximately $35 US, until 31st August, and from 1st September they’ll go up to $550 MN (about $43 US).

For those of you in North America who’ve been waiting, patiently or otherwise, for another chance to see the band live, keep an eye on your inbox, as we’ll have further news that may be of interest to you soon…

The band will be returning to Greece this July for two open-air  concerts.  The first takes place within the grounds of the magnificent Ioannina Castle on Thursday 22nd July; this event is known locally as the Castle Rock Festival, however it is a James headline show, with support coming from Aviv Geffen (TBC).   Ioannina is about four hours from Athens by car, or 35 minutes by air.

Next stop is the isle of Crete, where they’re playing at Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion on Saturday 24th July.

Tickets for both shows are on sale now from ticketarena.gr priced at 35 € until show day, at which time if there are any remaining they go up to 40 €, and from 8th June they will also be available to purchase in person locally from the following outlets:

• Ioannina/Ιωάννινα: I Public, Καφέ Καπλάνιο
• Heraklion/Ηράκλειο: Metropolis
• Rethymnon/Ρέθυμνο : Barcode
• Chania/Χανιά: Gstore, Black Sheep Tattoo, Stop Cafe/Καφέ Στάση, Bookstore Pelekanaki / Βιβλιοπωλείο Πελεκανάκη

There are also some discounted concession tickets, priced at 25 € and available locally to certain groups on a low income such as students.

Baddiel & Skinner Live and Unplanned: The South Africa send-off…

Baddiel & Skinner are resuming their position as the unofficial voice of football, to reunite on Absolute Radio for a series of football themed podcasts and live shows from South Africa this summer.  To kick things off, the station is inviting listeners across the UK to join them for an almighty send-off party packed with music, comedy and entertainment. The event at the Lyric Theatre, London on June 7th will feature unscripted comedy and banter from the infamous comedy duo plus music from special guests including James, Keane, and Ian Broudie.

Tim, Jim, Larry, and Saul will be performing some new tracks as well as some old favourites.

Tickets are priced from £21 and are available now from the Lyric Theatre’s website or by telephone on 0844 579 1972.

Highlights from the show will be included in Baddiel and Skinner’s podcast series and will be broadcast on Absolute from 7pm on 14th and 15th June.

As a warm up for their appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival the following day, the band will be performing at the very cosy (capacity 500) Academy 2 in Oxford on Saturday 12th June.

Obviously this date clashes with the England match…  But fear not, footy fans, the band won’t be taking to the stage until after the match has finished. And we have a special arrangement with the Academy  which – provided you’re in the venue one hour before kick off – will allow ticket holders complimentary entry to the main room where the the match will be screened, so you can come along and watch it en masse if you’d like.

The band will be on stage at 10:30pm.  Doors open at 9:15pm, and there is a 1am curfew, although ticket holders may stay for the club night afterwards, which goes on until 3am.  Please note, this is an 18+ show.

We have an allocation of fan tickets for those of you on the wearejames.com mailing list, which will be available from 10am Monday morning – check your inbox for details.

The remaining tickets will go on general sale at 10am on Tuesday morning (1st June), and are available from gigsandtours.com.

James have just been announced as headliners at this summer’s Wizard Festival in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.  The festival takes place on the 27th and 28th of August at New Deer Showground near Peterhead and Fraserburgh, and James will be performing on the Friday night, from 10:30pm to midnight.

Tickets are priced at £70 for the weekend inclusive of camping, and are on sale now through the festival website, and from the following outlets: Tickets Scotland, Skiddle, See Tickets, HMV, and Ticketmaster.

James will be heading back to Portugal at the end of the year for two concerts in Lisbon and Porto.  They’ll be playing at the historic Campo Pequeno Bullring in Lisbon on the 3rd of December, and the Pavilhão Rosa Mota in Porto on the 4th.

Campo Pequeno, or Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno as it’s known locally, is located in Campo Pequeno Square just off the Avenida da República in Lisbon, and was built in the late 19th century in the Moorish Revival style, inspired by the bullring of Madrid which was later demolished.

The Pavilhão Rosa Mota is a domed pavilion set within the Jardins do Palácio de Cristal (Crystal Palace Gardens), which is a landscaped park complete with ornamental lake and formal gardens patrolled by peacocks, on a hillside overlooking the Douro River. The pavilion was built in 1956 to replace the 19th century iron-and-glass Crystal Palace that gave the gardens its name.

Tickets for both shows range in price from 25 € to 30 €, and are available now from TicketLine Portugal, via their website ticketline.sapo.pt (for those who do not speak Portuguese, you can toggle between languages by clicking on the flags in the upper right corner of their homepage), or by telephone on +351 707 234 234.

Sorry to disappoint our Athenian fans who had not yet purchased tickets for the concert at Tae Kwon Do stadium next Saturday, but this event sold out some time ago and there will be no more tickets made available.  There are, however, a limited number of tickets still available for the show in Patras on the 30th of April, which are available here.

The band are very much looking forward to revisiting Athens, and their first trip to Patras.   Apologies to those of you who haven’t been able to get tickets this time around; hopefully it won’t be too long before they return to your shores.

Sign up to the wearejames.com mailing list on our homepage, or become a fan of the James Facebook page to ensure you don’t miss out on future tour dates as they’re announced.

The general sale of tickets for The Night Before The Morning After Tour is now under way.  Please visit gigsandtours.com or see our live page for ticketing links and telephone numbers.

You can also watch a video interview about the tour with Tim and Jim which features live footage of the band from the recent Mirrorball Tour, which is now on our YouTube channel, along with a sampler of the new mini-album.

Don’t forget The Night Before is in stores this week, and available to ship worldwide from our own shop for just £4.95 plus p&p.

We are very pleased to announce that the band will be embarking on another tour of the United Kingdom this December, The Night Before The Morning After Tour.  The dates are as follows:

Thursday 9th December             London – Hammersmith Apollo
Friday 10th December                London – Brixton Academy
Sunday 12th December               Birmingham Academy
Tuesday 14th December             Leeds Academy
Wednesday 15th December      Leicester – De Montfort Hall
Friday 17th December                Glasgow – SECC
Saturday 18th December           Manchester Evening News Arena

Special guests for all shows except Leeds are The Pigeon Detectives.

Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday 23rd April 2010, but if you want to participate in the fan pre-sale for preferential tickets, this commences at 9am on Wednesday 21st April 2010 and these tickets will only be available for 48 hours.  To purchase tickets visit our ticket shop.  Don’t delay as these tickets are strictly limited.

In other news, the new mini-album ‘The Night Before’ is in stores today, and you can pick up a copy from our shop for just £4.95 plus p&p (we ship worldwide), or from your friendly neighbourhood record store.

Volume two will be released on Monday 2nd August, and is entitled ‘The Morning After’.  The band are presently ensconced in a top secret location, writing and recording this album in a natural and spontaneous manner, jamming away in a big room together, in stark contrast to the technological wizardry through which the first volume evolved.

There will also be the opportunity to place an order for the new mini-album The Night Before and to pre-order the sequel, ‘The Morning After’, while making your ticket purchase during the pre-sale.

The Independent newspaper is exclusively previewing the new mini-album The Night Before, in full, for a limited time. The album will be in stores this coming Monday, so this is your chance to take a sneak peek!  You can have a read and a listen in their online music section, here:  www.independent.co.uk

If you like what you hear, you can pick up a copy in our shop for just £4.95 plus p&p (worldwide shipping is available).