Jamie Lawson: Last News

One Direction on their farewell tour.The 46-year-old toured with the group on their On the Road Again Tour in 2015, with the group bowing out on October 31, of the same year at Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena.Earlier in the year, Jamie re-released his hit single Wasn't Expecting That which charted at Number 6 on the official charts before his album sailed right to the top of the charts.Despite being in close proximity to the group, Jamie claims the four lads were relatively quiet backstage.Speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, he said: "They were very much, the four of them kept to themselves really."Harry was kind enough to drop by a couple of times to say hello, he bought me a bottle of champagne when the album went to Number One which was very kind of him."Generally on the whole, no, I didn't [see them backstage]."Reflecting on the moment he found out he would be going on the tour, Jamie said: "I have no idea how I ended up on that tour but it was a tour I'll always remember, fondly."I went to number one in the duration of that tour which is amazing and I think I did gain a lot of fans, whether it be One Direction fans or parents, a mixture of the two but I still have a few that follow me now."He added: "Harry and Niall were always very kind, they would shout out most nights that I'd been on and I think that made a difference."The fact I had this kind of approval from them – I wasn't sure at first whether it would work or not, but it did seem to.""I'm really glad I did it, it was really interesting considering it was their last," he said.Jamie is gearing up for An Acoustic Round Tour across the UK next month with Gemma Hayes, Richard Walters and Laura Zocca.Discussing the tour, he said: "We're all going to be on stage

Unfortunate, Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow

legendary gig spaces like North London’s Nambucca and Sheffield’s Leadmill were closing their doors or under threat, respectively.Having been backed by Ed Sheeran, the scheme aims to secure the long-term futures of such venues by directly tackling the issue of ownership.The campaign has been likened to “The National Trust, but for venues”. Earlier this year, a similar stand-alone initiative was launched by Sister Midnight in a bid to become Lewisham’s first community-owned venue run by shareholders.Today (October 4) the MVT has shared details of the first grassroots music venue to have been purchased by Music Venue Properties (MVP) – the independent Charitable Community Benefit Society (CCBS) created by the MVT to progress its plans to revolutionise cultural ownership in the UK.The official launch of The Snug – a 100-capacity venue in Atherton, Greater Manchester – took place this morning, as did the unveiling of a commemorative plaque.Many of those who helped the #OwnOurVenues scheme to fruition attended the opening, along with some local musicians – Ivor Novello-winner Jamie Lawson and 16-year-old Jennifer King, the latter of whom is a shareholder in MVP.Music Venue Properties announce first venue purchase with shares bought by the live music community! @SnugAtherton has become the first acquisition under #OwnOurVenues scheme!Official Launch Event held today at The Snug to Celebrate new ownership +unveil a commemorative plaque! pic.twitter.com/HmDamLlrRl— Music Venue Trust (@musicvenuetrust) October 4, 2023Unlike a charity, a CCBS can raise funds via community shares.

Ed Sheeran is one of the best bosses you could ask for after becoming the first signing to his Gingerbread Man label back in 2015.Before signing to Ed's label, Jamie had already released three albums before his first record on Gingerbread Man, his self-titled album Jamie Lawson charted at Number One.Over the course of his career, Jamie has played to millions of fans while supporting the likes of Ed, One Direction and Vance Joy, as well as his own headline tours.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, he reflected on the moment he discovered Ed wanted to sign him.Jamie said: "I was really flattered, it gave me a lot of confidence, in that, Ed had been thinking about starting a label for a while and the fact of him thinking my songs were the best way of launching that meant a lot to me."He has a lot of friends, he knows a lot of artists, he could have picked any of them that wasn't already signed to do it with, they would have been good enough."The fact he thought that mine was the best fitting at that point, meant a lot."The singer-songwriter continued: "He was very encouraging from the start, he was always there for me to be able to run ideas or songs past."He would always leave the music or recordings to me to do my thing with, which you couldn't ask for more in a record label."If you look at his record label and the roster of the records he's released so far, with mine, Foy, Vance and Maisie Peters, that's good stock as far as I can tell."Jamie is gearing up for An Acoustic Round Tour across the UK next month with Gemma Hayes, Richard Walters and Laura Zocca.Discussing the tour, he said: "We're all going to be on stage at the same time, one person will sing a song, tell a story about how the song came about and then it