James Bay Announces New Album And 2025 Up All Night UK & Ireland Tour
Friday, 19 July 2024
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Caity Krone
James Bay has announced a new album and tour.
The English singer-songwriter will release 'Changes All The Time', the follow-up to 2022's 'Leap', on September 20. It saw him work with producer Gabe Simon and co-writers such as The Killers' Brandon Flowers, Holly Humberstone, Semisonic's Dan Wilson, Natalie Hemby of The Highwomen, and Kevin Garrett.
As a preview, he's shared the opening track Up All Night featuring The Lumineers and Noah Kahan, a foot-stomping folk-rocker with clear '70s influence that plays like an instant classic after just one spin. Bay said:
““Up All Night” is all about navigating the great weight of all the stuff that plays on our minds and keeps us awake at night. I have some great history with Noah and The Lumineers. We manifested this collaboration for a while, and I feel proud we could make it happen!”
"It was an absolute honor to be asked to join this amazing song," commented Kahan. "James and The Lumineers are some of my biggest inspirations and getting a chance to jam out with them on this one is a total joy!” Wesley Schultz of The Lumineers added: “James is a powerful singer and musician - we saw his talent each night on tour together last year. Honored he asked us to guest on his song.”
He'll support his new record with the Up All Night Tour, which will travel across the UK and Ireland in February. Bay has lined up stops in Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Dublin and London, where he'll play his first headline UK arena show at the OVO Arena Wembley on February 13. Tickets go on general sale at 10am next Friday (July 26).
The musician also has festival appearances confirmed for the coming months, with his only UK performance set for Portsmouth's Victorious Festival on August 25.
'Changes All The Time' tracklist:
Up All Night (With The Lumineers & Noah Kahan)
Everburn
Hope
Easy Distraction
Speed Limit
Talk
Hopeless Heart
Some People
Go On
Crystal Clear
Dogfight
James Bay Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sat February 01 2025 - GLASGOW O2 Academy Glasgow
Tue February 04 2025 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE O2 City Hall
Wed February 05 2025 - LEEDS O2 Academy Leeds
Fri February 07 2025 - MANCHESTER O2 Apollo
Sat February 08 2025 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
Mon February 10 2025 - DUBLIN 3Olympia Theatre
Thu February 13 2025 - LONDON OVO Arena Wembley
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