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We are pleased to announce we are now accepting worldwide pre-orders for the first of two mini-albums scheduled for release in 2010. Volume one, entitled ‘The Night Before’, is due out in April, and comprises six tracks, plus an additional bonus track, and is available on CD or as mp3s, right here on wearejames.com…

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Some news to warm your cockles, from Larry Gott:

Mirrorball and ‘The Night Before’

“The nice people at SJM concerts have put together a rather eclectic series of concerts for us all to enjoy together in the spring of 2010. We are getting to re-visit some venues for the first time in ages, most notably The Royal Albert Hall, last visited on the ‘Meat is Murder’ tour supporting fellow Manc mukkers Moz/Marr etc, back in ’85.

“All of us are working hard on the batch of songs that will become the first of two mini-albums released next year and they are sounding great! We even have a title (gasp!), “THE NIGHT BEFORE”. It will be out in April 2010 and you will have the chance to pre-order it exclusively through wearejames.com when you order your tickets through us.

See you all in April.

Larry x”

The Mirrorball Tour, April 2010

Monday 5th – Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Tuesday 6th – Newcastle Academy
Thursday 8th – Sheffield Academy
Friday 9th – Preston Guild Hall
Saturday 10th – Cambridge Corn Exchange
Monday 12th – Southend-on-Sea Cliffs Pavilion
Tuesday 13th – Bournemouth Academy
Thursday 15th – Bristol Colston Hall
Friday 16th – London Royal Albert Hall
Saturday 17th – Liverpool University – Mountford Hall

Tickets go on general sale at 9:30am on Thursday 3rd December, and will be available from the usual outlets.

You will also be able to place an advance order for the new James mini-album ‘The Night Before’ when you purchase your concert tickets through us.  It is scheduled for release in April 2010, and this offer is exclusive to wearejames.com, so it will not be available when ordering tickets elsewhere.

We are very pleased to announce that Tim, Jim, and Larry will be taking part in this year’s Manchester Versus Cancer concert, which will take place on 12 December at the Manchester Evening News Arena, and promises to be a very special evening.

The annual event, now in its fourth year, aims to raise money for cancer patients in the region, with The Christie in Manchester being one of its beneficiaries, in addition to local hospices and support groups. Other acts already confirmed for this year’s concert include Andy Rourke (of The Smiths, and founder of Versus Cancer), and Peter Hook (New Order).

This year looks set to be especially memorable, as the artists will be collaborating with the world renowned BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to perform a special one-off set. Tim, Jim, and Larry will be working closely with critically acclaimed composer Joe Duddell on special arrangements of some of their songs.

The band had this to say, “We can’t wait to get started on the arrangements and to work with such an amazing orchestra. The night looks set to be something that neither we, nor our fans will forget, and it’s great to be involved with such an important cause.”

Larry added, “We will be doing about 30 minutes with the 24-piece Orchestra, and will be performing arrangements of some of our back catalogue and possibly a cover version. We may also be joined by one or two Manc music legends on a couple. It’s too early in the process yet to be more specific, but needless to say it will be something very special and unique.”

Tickets for the concert go on sale on today, priced from £32.50 to £40, and are available from Ticketline, See Tickets, and Ticketmaster. Many more acts are due to be announced later this month. For more information on the event visit versuscancer.org.

Larry Gott will be jumping out of a plane with a Red Devil strapped to his back on Thursday the 1st of October in a bid to raise at least £2500 for Disability Snowsport UK. Larry is paying for the jump himself in order to allow all the money raised to go direct to the charity. You can help him meet his target by visiting justgiving.com, or via the sticky post on our forum that tells you more about his brave (but slightly mad) decision.

To coincide with this weekend’s performances at the V Festivals, James are making available a recording of a semi-legendary unreleased song, as a free download through this website.

Not So Strong was first performed during a low-key gig at Hoxton’s Bar and Kitchen in June 2007, and became a regular feature on the setlist throughout the rest of the year. It quickly established itself as a fan favourite, and many of you expressed shock and disappointment when it did not appear on Hey Ma.

Happily, Not So Strong wasn’t consigned to oblivion… Those of you who saw James perform in Europe this summer will have noted its return to the set. The band have just finished recording the song during sessions for the next album, and are distributing this recording online.

Tim says: “The song is about a boxing match. A genre of one unless you count Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘The Boxer’. I am interested in the paradoxical sense of peace that can arrive at the moment when you feel you have lost everything.”

Simply join the mailing list using the form on the homepage to receive the link to the mp3. Current mailing list members should have already received the link.  If not, let us know.

We do hope you enjoy it.  If you have any problems downloading the file, drop us an email at mp3@wearejames.com and we’ll do our best to help you out.

There is also a lyric sheet for the song, available to view or download.

James will be appearing on the V Stage (Main Stage) at 4:40pm, at both Weston Park and Hylands Park over the weekend.  For further line-up and scheduling information, visit the V website.

The band’s performance at Sonorama Festival in Spain will be broadcast live on Spain’s Radio 3 tonight.  James are headlining the festival and are onstage at 10:30pm local time (9:30pm in the UK, 4:30pm on the East Coast of America). You can listen online at RTVE.es.

Update: You can now listen to the band’s full set at your leisure on the RTVE website, here.

James will be visiting Poland for the first time later this month, where they have been asked to perform at the Coke Live Music Festival in Kraków on Thursday the 20th of August.  The band are second on the bill and will be appearing on the Main Stage at 9pm, preceded by The Streets, and followed by headliners The Killers.

The festival takes place over three days, from the 20th to the 22nd, and tickets range in price from 100 PLN (about €25) for a day ticket, to 220 PLN (about €54) for a weekend ticket with camping.  You can purchase e-tickets from the Alter Art shop; tickets are also available from ticketpro.

We now have an official James Flickr group.  Membership is open to all; please feel free to join and add your favourite James photographs to the pool.  There are already a number of live photos from around the globe in the collection, as well as some wonderful and rather unusual shots of the band taken at the chateau in France whilst recording Hey Ma, which Julian James Ward has kindly added.

We are pleased to announce that due to the first two nights at the Earth Theatre in Thessaloniki selling out, James have added a third concert, and will now be performing on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of July.

Tickets for the additional show on the 18th are on sale now from ticketquest.gr and ticket.gr, and are priced at 40€.