James McCartney Announces First Ever UK Tour
In October last year James McCartney played a handful of UK shows, playing anonymously under the name 'Light'. His whereabouts were soon discovered by one of the UK's largest tabloid newspapers who, unbeknownst to James, were reviewing the show. The newspaper raved about his performance, reporting that his 11 song set was 'a mixture of full-throttle stormers and delicate acoustic numbers' and declared 'James has a way with melody'.
This March, multi-instrumentalist James will embark on his first ever UK tour. If these shows are anything like his 2009 warm-up shows, the audience are in for a night of blistering rock tunes. His songs are melody driven, hook laden anthems that show songwriting clearly runs in the family.
James has been playing music all his life. In 2009 he played a handful of shows in the UK and the US. He's spent much of the last two years writing and recording for his forthcoming debut album which he has been working on with producer David Kahne. Talking about his music James says, "The music was inspired by The Beatles, Nirvana, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Radiohead - and all good music. It is basically rock n' roll, clean sounding and vocal. We are mixing our album in Sussex and New York. The words on the album refer to spirituality, love, family, trying to sort out one's life, and many other things. I have written the songs over a 10-year period."
Today James announces his first ever UK tour that will see him play 14 shows in the UK from end of February and throughout March.
Full dates:
Thursday 25th February - O2 Academy 2, Liverpool
Friday 26th February - Fibbers, York
Sunday 28th February - O2 Academy 2, Newcastle
Tuesday 2nd March - Ruby Lounge, Manchester
Thursday 4th March - Bodega, Nottingham
Sunday 7th March - The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
Monday 8th March - Audio, Brighton
Tuesday 9th March - Hoxton Bar & Grill, London
Wednesday 10th March - 100 Club, London
Saturday 13th March - Cooler, Bristol
Sunday 14th March - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
Wednesday 17th March - King Tuts, Glasgow
Friday 19th March - O2 Academy 3, Birmingham
Saturday 20th March - Barfly, Cardiff
