While on tour, Blunt will take the opportunity to make two special U.S.
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The trek - which kicks off in Denver on October 24th - will include a number of dates supporting labelmate Jason Mraz, along with a series of headline dates in such cities as New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. with his first full-fledged North American itinerary. The irresistible single is lighting up at multi-format radio outlets, quickly bulleting into the top 25 at Triple A and the top 40 at Hot AC, while also ranking as the No 1 'New & Active' track at AC.īlunt will follow his sold-out October headlining tour of the U.K. 'You're Beautiful' already looks set to recreate its U.K. The building success of BACK TO BEDLAM over the past year prompted Music Week to state the 'the artist development story of 2005, perhaps, is that of James Blunt.' To date, BACK TO BEDLAM has earned 6x-platinum certification in the U.K. The dual successes marked the first time that a male solo artist has ruled both charts at the same time for four weeks running since Rod Stewart did it thirty years ago. In addition, 'You're Beautiful' was the undisputed single of the summer, spending five weeks in the top spot. in October 2004, it recently spent a stunning nine weeks at No 1 on the nation's album chart (where it bumped Coldplay's X & Y from the pole position). (Atlantic Records) - BACK TO BEDLAM has proven a sensation in the 28-year-old singer/songwriter's native Great Britain.
“Once I had the words for the songs I wrote on the road, it was difficult finding the time to write given the amount of workload we had, but it was all about nailing down those moments. Writing an album on Ibiza - also known and celebrated for its natural beauty and pearly beaches - sounds almost as difficult as writing on the road, but Blunt made it happen. He wrote half of “All the Lost Souls” while on the road for “Bedlam,” and he wrote the other half at his new home in Ibiza - the notorious party island in the Balearic Sea off the coast of eastern Spain.
And while the record and his recent shows have taken a critical beating - including (but not limited to) the use of the adjectives “annoying,” “dreary,” “boring,” “tame,” “clunky” and “dull” - the fans are still happy.īlunt is again popular on the FM band, and his Tuesday show at the Ogden is sold out - at $35 a ticket, even.īlunt is also a happy man. With the recent arrival of Blunt’s sophomore record “All the Lost Souls,” the singer has another 10 songs to work with. “I guess I was lucky that when I had to tour, I only had 10 songs, and I had to play all of them - not just have one - every night,” he said. To Blunt’s credit, he was playing 90-minute sets on the headlining tour supporting his 2005 debut, “Back to Bedlam.” (Some beginning artists supporting a debut play for less than an hour.) That involved a number of covers, of course, including an uninspired take on the Pixies’ “Where is My Mind” and a freewheeling version of Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America” - both of which were sung at his late-October show in Denver in 2006, his last stop in the Mile High City.īut the 90-minute sets also required Blunt to sing most of the songs off his debut every night of the tour - something that helped him not get burned out on just one song. “We focus on singles in today’s world, but thankfully people went out and got that entire album - and not just the song.” Life after “You’re Beautiful” – The Denver Post Close Menu
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