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You can still catch James performing Hey Ma on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross by clicking onto the BBCi player – you have three days left to watch this episode – definitely one not to be missed!

James will be appearing on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross this Friday 27th June, BBC 1 at 22:35, alongside; Charlotte Church, Jay-Z & Will Smith, where they will be performing the title track from their new album, Hey Ma.

For all those who are out and about on Friday and worried you will miss it, fear not for there is a repeat on Saturday, 12:05am.

It’s a corker of a show, so make sure you tune in!

The fantastic Larry Gott has recorded an exclusive tutorial piece for nowplayit. If you want to learn how to play the guitar to the classic james song Laid, or Whiteboy from the album Hey Ma then all you have to do is visit www.nowplayit.com.

Whether you’re a beginner or guitar pro, download the tutorial and play it!

Tickets are on sale now for James’ warm up gig at the Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth. They will be performing an exclusive set on Saturday 14 June, so log onto SeeTickets for your chance to buy some tickets or call the box office on 02392 863 911.

Stateside

James has also hit the States to promote the up and coming US release of Hey Ma. They are already receiving a welcoming review from the press including Billboard who announced “Veteran U.K. rock act James has inked a U.S. deal with Decca Records for the release of its first new album in seven years. “Hey Ma” will be released Sept. 16 and will be supported by as-yet-unannounced North American tour dates.”

To read more, click here.

If you are upset not to have been able to buy tickets to see James perform at the Isle of Wight Festival, fret not… for the band will be playing an exclusive warm up gig at the Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms on Saturday 14th June.

Tickets are on sale now – you can purchase them by calling the box office on 02392 863 911 or by logging in here.

See you there!

We are happy to report that Hey Ma hit the album charts in Greece at #3 whilst James completed a round of successful gigs playing to a sell out crowd at the SOS Festival, Razz 1, La Riviera, Praça da Canção, Braga Municipal Park… and that’s just in Spain & Portugal! Stay tuned for more festival info.

Tim Booth is appearing on Jools Holland’s BBC Radio 2 show to perform some exclusive tracks and if you miss this, you have the chance to hear it again by visiting www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/.

Tickets for the December Arena Tour are selling fast but there are still a limited number available from www.gigsandtours.com, www.ticketmaster.co.uk, www.ticketweb.co.uk or www.ticketline.co.uk. Don’t forget that due to high demand, an extra night at Manchester Central has been added – Saturday 20th December…

Full dates are as follows:

Thursday 11th December – Leeds Carling Academy
Friday 12th December – Glasgow SECC (DF Concerts)
Saturday 13th December – Birmingham NIA
Monday 15th December – Brixton Academy
Tuesday 16th December – Brixton Academy
Friday 19th December – Manchester Central (Formerly G-Mex)
Saturday 20 December – Manchester Central (Formerly G-Mex)

* Support on all dates excepting Leeds comes from Athlete

This summers festival season kicks off with James flying out to Spain to perform at various events including; SOS Festival, Razzmatazz & La Riviera – they will then be back in the UK playing the Isle of Wight Festival before jetting off for the Ejekt Festival in Greece – then finally rounding off at Portugal’s Festival Marés Vivas.

Keep checking out our website for any new added dates!

Remember James will be performing songs from their new album ‘Hey Ma’ live on Later… with Jools Holland tonight at 10pm on BBC TWO, and then will be on again on Friday 2nd May, at 11.35pm.