James Bay: Last News

James Bay will play a fundraising gig in London next month to help raise money for food banks.Bay is teaming up with food bank donation platform Bankuet to raise money for those using food banks this winter. He will open up their Christmas 2023 #GiveFoodGiveJoy appeal by playing a gig at London’s Lafayette in King’s Cross on November 7.Tickets for the show will go on sale on October 18 to those on the James Bay and the Bankuet mailing lists here.

Thania Garcia Mercury Records has upped Tyler Arnold to chairman and CEO and Ben Adelson to president and COO, the label announced Wednesday. The executives previously held the titles of president and general manager, respectively, when they first re-launched Mercury Records in 2022. Arnold and Adelson will report to Monte Lipman, Republic Collective founder, and Founder, Vice-Chairman and COO Avery Lipman.

James Bay has announced an intimate London show as part of BRITs Week 2025. Find all the details below.The singer-songwriter is due to perform at the iconic, 350-capacity 100 Club on Oxford Street on Wednesday March 5.Bay, whose fourth album ‘Changes All The Time’ arrived last October, joins the likes of Kasabian, Soft Play, Nova Twins and Joy Crookes on the line-up for this year’s BRITs Week.Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (February 21) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

Myles Smith has been confirmed as the last artist to be named in BBC Sound Of 2025 countdown poll, coming in at Number Four.The singer-songwriter was first announced as part of the longlist for the BBC Sound Of 2025, which was shared late last year and contained names like Kneecap, Ezra Collective, Chappell Roan and English Teacher. The list was chosen by a panel of 180 music industry experts, who named the acts with “the best chance of mainstream success” in the next 12 months.English Teacher were the first to be announced in the list of the top five artists yesterday (January 6), with the rising Leeds four-piece kicking off the countdown and coming in at Number Five.The countdown for the remaining four artists on the BBC Sound Of 2025 list will continue across Radio 1 this week, before the winner is announced on Friday (January 10).Now, rising star Myles Smith has been confirmed as having come in fourth place and one of the year’s most promising talents.

Fall Out Boy, Luke Combs and Dave Matthews Band are set to headline the Memorial Day weekend event.The festival returns to the Harvard Athletic Complex in Boston’s Lower Allston neighbourhood from May 23 to 25, with country star Combs closing out the Friday. Also on the same day, the likes of Megan Moroney, Sheryl Crow, T-Pain, TLC, Infinity Song, Kyle Dion, Bebe Stockwell and Holy Roller will be on the line-up.Pop-punk behemoths Fall Out Boy are set to headline the Saturday, and will be joined by acts including Avril Lavigne, Cage The Elephant, The Black Crowes, All Time Low, James Bay, The Maine, Lucius and Valley.2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Dave Matthews Band will close out the festival on the Sunday, before performances from Vampire Weekend, Sublime, Public Enemy, Remi Wolf, Goth Babe, Tom Morello, The 502s and Spin Doctors, among other artists.A range of local and up-and-coming artists will also be playing Boston Calling over the weekend, including Timmy Skelly, Simon Robert French, Rebuilder, Sidebody, Pinklids, Mo Lowda & The Humble, Mon Rovîa and Amble.A post shared by Boston Calling (@bostoncalling)General admission and VIP tickets will go on sale on Wednesday (January 8) at 10am EST, and you can find tickets here.

Josh Groban & Friends Go Home for the Holidays is airing tonight (Friday, December 20)!

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! only returned for it's new series this evening (Sunday 17 November) but fans have already guessed that influencer GK Barry - real name Grace Keeling - and N-Dubz star Tulisa will make a 'power couple'. As they watched the stars enter the iconic jungle alongside fellow celebs such as Coleen Rooney and Danny Jones, many took to X to share their predictions for Tulisa and Grace - even pleading for them to team up together in the first challenge, which saw the campmates team up in duos upon meeting.

I'm A Celebrity star Danny Jones has told how he once spent a bizarre night out with soon-to-be campmate Coleen Rooney's husband Wayne.

I'm A Celebrity star Danny Jones has shared a hilarious tale about a night out with Wayne Rooney, husband of his soon-to-be campmate Coleen Rooney.The McFly singer, 38, who is heading to the I'm A Celeb jungle tonight (Sunday, November 17), recounted the story from an after party at Soccer Aid during Covid in September 2020. Speaking on the Sappenin' Podcast with Sean Smith, Danny revealed how he, Dermot Kennedy and James Bay were asked by ex-footballer Robbie Keane to bring their guitars - which turned into an invitation for Rooney to showcase his musical skills.The singers ended up jamming Mustang Sally with the former England captain. Danny said: "I was lucky enough to play the one in Covid times.

James Bay has spoken to NME about ‘Changes All The Time’, his upcoming fourth album that sees “the guitars to come through more than they ever have done before” as he joins forces with Holly Humberstone and “hero” Brandon Flowers.Ahead of the album’s release on October 4 (pre-order here), the singer-songwriter opened up to NME about how he wanted to introduce more “freedom” into his songwriting this time around.“I wanted to get myself across in a more direct, truthful way,” he said. “They’re still songs that mean a lot to me and describe what I’ve experienced, but I wanted to come across as a guitar player too.“While I’ve always played the guitar in my songs, I’ve never really released music with guitar solos on.

The Princess of Wales is set to lead her annual Christmas Carol service at Westminster Abbey, partaking in Royal duties again as she recovers post-cancer treatment.

James Bay has shared a new single co-written by The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers – listen to ‘Easy Distraction’ below.The collaborative, upbeat guitar anthem serves as the second preview of Bay’s fourth studio album ‘Changes All The Time’, which is out on September 20 via Mercury/EMI (pre-order here).“For every mistake, I’ll give you my hand/ Just promise to hold it wherever we land,” the musician sings in the soaring track’s breakdown before it builds up to a reverb-drenched solo.“The song is about realising too late that someone means so much to you, but you still want to show them and let them know,” Bay explained. “It’s exploring how, in the face of adversity we can still reach out, we can still connect.”As for working with Flowers, the artist said: “I found out from a mutual friend that Brandon was interested in writing with newer artists, so I jumped at the chance and went to work with him in Park City, Utah over in America.“It was an unbelievable experience and insight into writing with one of my heroes.

James Bay has announced his upcoming album ‘Changes All The Time’, and dropped the star-studded lead single ‘Up All Night’. Check it out below.Revealed today (July 19), the project will mark the fourth full-length LP in Bay’s catalogue, and follows on from the singer-songwriter’s ‘Leap’ album, which arrived back in summer 2022.

Noah Kahan performed in New York City was on Dec. 2, 2023.That night, he was the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” and performed just two songs; “Dial Drunk” and “Stick Season.”On Monday, July 15 and Tuesday, July 16, the rapidly rising folk singer is returning to the Big Apple for a pair of huge gigs at Madison Square Garden (where he’ll play quite a few more songs than he did when he was at SNL back in December).And, while it was free to see Kahan folk out at 30 Rock’s Studio 8H stage, tickets will cost you a pretty penny to catch his ‘We’ll All Be Here Forever Tour’ shows live at MSG.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find for the two last-minute concerts was $339 before fees on Vivid Seats.If that’s too rich for your blood, you might want to ship up to Boston this week instead.

The Beatles‘ classic 1970 documentary film Let It Be was premiered in London earlier this week (May 7), before arriving on Disney+. Speaking at the press launch, creators explained how one of the most vital scenes – and significant moments in music history – never happened.The film was screened in front of an audience at the Curzon Mayfair which included original recording engineer Glyn Johns and Giles Martin (son of legendary Beatles producer George Martin, who remixed the music in Let It Be), Louis Theroux, James Bay, The Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie and Captain America and Indiana Jones actor Toby Jones.The documentary, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, was first released in cinemas 54 years ago and has been difficult to obtain since primarily because the original master tapes were stolen from Apple Corps shortly after the film was made.Speaking in a Q&A hosted by former Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman, Jonathan Clyde producer of the film and director of production at Apple Corps, said: “When we first started talking about [restoring] it with [head of Apple Corps] Neil Aspinall in 2000, he said rather unenthusiastically, ‘I suppose we’d better do something about Let It Be’.“But the problem was that the master sound, that’s 450 to 500, 15 minute reels of master sound from the 20-odd days of shooting, had been stolen from Apple [Corps] in the early ’70s.”He continued: “So in truth, there was not a lot we could do except whoever it was who pilched them was licensing them to bootleggers who were then bootlegging vinyl and CD box sets.

Jimmy Page, Brian May and Tony Iommi came together to launch the new Gibson Garage in London.The moment took place in Soho yesterday morning (February 22) as the guitar manufacturer held a special preview of the shop, which is set to open on Saturday (February 24).It is inspired by the Nashville flagship branch and has over 300 guitars for sale, as well as a live music space downstairs and a made-to-measure counter for ordering bespoke, custom guitars.At the first preview of the store, Led Zeppelin icon Jimmy Page was in attendance to reveal a new collaboration with the brand – launching a replica of his iconic 1971 Doubleneck.As well as Page, Brian May of Queen and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath were in also attendance, and joined the Led Zeppelin guitarist in cutting the opening ribbon.

NME about why so many grassroots events have seen cancellations recently or are taking a fallow year in 2024.While a number of the UK’s mid-to-large capacity festivals have shared their line-ups over recent weeks, a number of grassroots events have broken news to fans that they would no longer be going ahead. Last month saw Herefordshire’s Nozstock Hidden Valley announce that 2024 would be their final incarnation after 26 years due to “soaring costs” and financial risk”, while the fan favourite Shepton Mallet skating and music festival NASS announced that they wouldn’t be putting on an event this summer either as it was “just not economically feasible to continue”.Elsewhere, rising costs also cancelled Dumfries’ Doonhame Festival for 2024, Bluedot announced a year off for the land to “desperately” recover after being struck by heavy rain and cancellations last summer, Nottingham’s Splendour has been canned for this year due to planning delays from a financially-struggling city council, and Barn On The Farm shared that it would be taking a fallow year due to financial constraints.Last year Barn On The Farm hosted headline performances from Gang Of Youths, Bleachers and Holly Humberstone, as well as sets from the likes of Sigrid, Sam Ryder and Mahalia.

A Dumfries couple enjoyed a Christmas carol concert in the company of members of the royal family.

Kate Middleton is set to return to Westminster Abbey to host a special Christmas carol service for the third year running. Sharing the news in a new clip, The Princess Of Wales looked beautiful in a sparkling cream blazer ensemble, with her chocolate brown locks falling freely behind her shoulders. "Join me this Christmas eve for a carol service as we say a heartfelt thank you to all those supporting the very youngest members of our society during their crucial early years," she said with a smile.

Princess Catherine is preparing to host her annual Christmas event — and this year’s theme is bound to ruffle some feathers! Honestly, that’s nothing new for this clan, though!

McFly brought out Rou Reynolds from Enter Shikari at their show at London’s Alexandra Palace last night (October 27). Watch the footage below.READ MORE: The five most wholesome moments from McFly’s set at GlastonburyReynolds joined the group for a performance of their 2008 song ‘Corrupted’, originally released on their studio album ‘Radio:Active’.