James Bay: Last News

James Bay has announced plans for a UK and Ireland tour and shared a video for his recent single ‘One Life’.The Hitchin singer-songwriter will hit the road in the autumn kicking off at Bournemouth O2 Academy on November 20.The jaunt will also call at Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin and Birmingham before wrapping up at London’s O2 Brixton Academy on December 2 and Bristol O2 Academy the following night (3).Pre-sale tickets will go on sale next Wednesday (May 25) from 9am until 8am on Friday (May 27). Tickets will then go on general sale at 9am on the same day. You can purchase tickets for the shows here.Bay has also posted the video for ‘One Life’ which charts “a relationship between a couple, while milestone memories are captured in a way that resemble a very personal and intimate home movie,” according to a press release.

Thania Garcia AJR has signed with Mercury Records, the Universal Music label that recently relaunched via Republic Records. The New York-based trio of brothers Adam (vocals/bass), Jack (vocals/guitar), and Ryan (guitar/piano/vocals) Met, are currently in the midst of the U.S.

James Bay has announced the release of his third studio album, ‘Leap’. Check out new single ‘One Life’ along with our interview with Bay below.Bay’s new album will be released on July 8 via EMI Records/Republic Records, and comes previewed by the single ’One Life’. Arriving on the heels of March’s ‘Give Me The Reason’, the song is a tribute to Lucy Smith, Bay’s longtime girlfriend and the mother of his daughter Ada, who arrived last October.“I’d never written from this perspective before,” Bay told NME.

James Bay played two unreleased songs, ‘One Life’ and ‘Everybody Needs Someone’, during his gig in London last night (May 4) – you can watch footage of the performance below.Bay, whose last studio album ‘Electric Light’ was released in May 2018, is currently on his ‘Give Me The Reason’ tour, which will continue in Norwich tonight (May 5).Last night Bay performed at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, where he included two unreleased songs – ‘One Life’ and ‘Everybody Needs Someone’ – in his setlist. These tracks have yet to be officially released by Bay, though he has included them in his live sets in 2022 (via setlist.fm).

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records is relaunching the Mercury imprint as an “extension” of the label, the company announced Monday. The move is similar to Atlantic’s relaunch of Elektra and Interscope’s of Geffen, an effort to split the parent label’s large roster so that artists receive more attention.

As the weather cheers up and April begins, it’s a sign that better things are on the way.

As the clocks go forward this weekend, the change in season brings with it a return to festivals and plenty of concerts on the horizon.

James Bay has shared the first single from his upcoming third album – listen to ‘Give Me The Reason’ below.The singer-songwriter is due to release the follow-up to his 2018 record ‘Electric Light’ later this year, though specific details on the project are yet to emerge.Today (March 24) Bay previewed his next full-length effort with a bittersweet new song, which was previously teased by the musician on social media on Valentine’s Day (February 14).Announcing that ‘Give Me A Reason’ was “finally here”, Bay explained: “It’s been a long and winding adventure making all this new music, but every moment was worth it. I love this song, hope you all love it too.Tune in here:Give Me The Reason, the first single from my third album is finally here.

It’s clear spring is on the way - as we move further into March, the weather’s slowly on the rise.

If you’re looking for an incredible live experience to pencil in your calendar this year, we’ve got you covered.

James Bay has announced his ‘Give Me The Reason’ tour, which will take place in the UK in April and May.The BRIT award-winning singer-songwriter will start off in Oxford, before heading to cities including London, Leicester, Glasgow and Aberdeen. The spring tour finishes up at Sheffield’s Leadmill on May 13.

Exciting news for all music and festival lovers!

Rock titans Manic Street Preachers have been confirmed to join the stellar line-up for this year's Neighbouhood Weekender festival in Warrington - as part of the second wave of acts announced today.

Manic Street Preachers have been announced among the new additions to the line-up of Neighbourhood Weekender 2022.The Victoria Park, Warrington festival will return on May 28-29, and will feature Courteeners, Kasabian and Blossoms as headliners.Speaking about their co-headline slot back in September, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden said: “We can’t wait! The other headliners we’re massive fans of [as well], so it’s gonna be a big old party.”Neighbourhood Weekender has today (February 3) added a host of new names to their 2022 line-up, including the Manic Street Preachers.Baby Queen, Razorlight, James Bay, The Rills, Red Rum Club, GAYLE and Scouting For Girls have all joined the line-up for this year’s festival, while rising acts The Academic, Dylan John Thomas, Brooke Combe and Seb Lowe will also perform.Those artists join the already announced likes of DMA’s, Becky Hill, Tom Grennan, Starsailor, Cast, The Fratellis, Example, Sports Team, Inhaler, The Lathums, Pale Waves, Jamie Webster, Crawlers, The Amazons and Wet Leg on the bill – you can see the latest line-up poster for Neighbourhood Weekender above.Tickets, including VIP Packages, for Neighbourhood Weekender 2022 are on sale now from here. Manic Street Preachers, meanwhile, will kick off their live commitments in 2022 with a trio of UK stadium shows supporting The Killers.

Wet Leg, Years & Years and James Bay.The ninth consecutive edition of IVW will take place across over 210 independent UK venues between Monday (January 31) and Sunday, February 6. It’ll host more than 485 performances, including live gigs, comedy shows, Q&A sessions, films and documentaries.BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Steve Lamacq will celebrate Independent Venue Week 2022 by presenting a series of one-off shows between January 31 and February 4.It’ll kick off with Franz Ferdinand at PJ Molloys in Dunfermline ahead of Yard Act performing a hometown gig at Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds on February 1.

James Bay will be performing some intimate solo shows as part of Independent Venue Week in early 2022.The BRIT award-winning singer-songwriter will be touring grassroots music venues across the UK, with dates confirmed in England, Scotland and Wales. The ‘New Songs New Stories’ solo tour starts in Cardiff on January 24 and finishes up in Stockton on February 4.

Kate and Rio Ferdinand kicked Christmas off in style by giving us our first look and their new baby - and then revealed his name.The family picked Cree, and naturally it left fans wondering why.The name has historic roots, and it is also not exclusive to boys, either. Newborn bible babynames.com lets us in on why the couple made their decision and what it all signifies.

Paul McCartney has admitted that he didn’t recognise his own guitar when he first heard his ‘FourFiveSeconds’ collaboration with Kanye West and Rihanna.The 2015 track, which has been covered by everyone from Drake to James Bay, peaked at Number Four on the US Billboard chart, and it helped McCartney set a record by ending the longest break between Top 10 singles on the chart.Speaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday (December 17), McCartney said that he didn’t even know he was making a song at first.“It was only two months later when I got a track sent to me,” McCartney said. “I didn’t think I’d done anything, but suddenly I got sent ‘FourFiveSeconds’ with Rihanna.”He added: “I like that one.

Ed Sheeran’s attempt to break the ice with his hero resulted in him getting the cold shoulder, a pal says.

A post shared by Paul Mescal (@paul.mescal) on Jul 26, 2020 at 10:37am PDTOn Thursday, Paul shared to his Instagram that Hollywood star Jennifer Garner had shared his post about Nell’s recent video to her own page.She captioned the Instastory: ‘I can’t get over this.’Paul then shared her post along with the words ‘Whaaaat!!!’Nell herself was stunned with the shout out from the Alias and Elektra star and posted to her own page with a series of shocked face emojis.The 17-year-old has been working hard on her music during lockdown and even released two singles, Deja Vu and Crash, earlier this year.Musician James Bay has even taken notice of the young singer and commented on Paul’s post saying her performance was ‘totally magical’.The Mescal

TV Presenter Dermot O’Leary has opened up on how he is dealing with fatherhood after the birth of his son Kasper in June. Speaking on Radio 2 the star explained that he and his 41-year-old wife Dee are having are “having a great time” and that they are currently enjoying a “period of sleepless love” at home with their baby.