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21/12/01 - Adams-Walsh collaboration
RYAN ADAMS (US Alt-country rocker) and JAMES WALSH are set to collaborate. The pair met up on December
the 19th in London and have decided to arrange a date for next year.
Starsailor today also appear in the Guardian's 'year in rock and pop 2001 review' where we were told,
"2001's great British rock success story was Starsailor, a polite, Verve-influenced quintet so devoid
of personality as to be faintly chilling."
19/12/01 - Performance for NME B-day
To celebrate NME's 50th birthday Starsailor will perform alongside Ed Harcourt (+others) on February 8th
at the LONDON ASTORIA.
As part of the NME Carling Shows the venue has been taken over for an entire month, other artists include
DOVES and ANDREW WK. To buy tickets online click here.
29/11/01 - James manages a Lullaby
It seems that James has a throat infection (get well soon James!) and therefore the band will not be
performing at the following shows
29th November 2001 - Milan, Italy Magazzini Generali
28th November 2001 - Munich, Germany Metropolis
(There's more info on Gigs and Tour in the 'LIVE' Section of this site.)
Also The band will be performing 'Lullaby' on CD:UK this Saturday (1st of December) the day also marks Ant
and Dec's last appearance on the show.
27/11/01 - James: UK Tour and New Album
The band who will finish their north American tour at the end of January in Philadelphia will return to
the UK for a STRING OF DATES at 'quite big theatres' James Walsh Told NME exclusively Today. The band will
also be trying out new material on the tour and James has also spoken about the NEW ALBUM. He told NME:
LIVE:
"We'll be out in the States in January and then we'll be coming home for a bit in February. We're
going to be doing some quite big shows. They're probably not quite as big as arenas, but they'll be quite
big theatres. Then we'll be touring Europe in April before coming home again. We've got a very busy year
ahead of us."
NEW MATERIAL:
"We've got a new song called 'Some Of Us', which we wrote during a soundcheck in Lancaster. We
recorded it on a nylon string guitar and the keyboards were switched so that they sound like a harp. We
thought of putting it on the B-side of 'Lullaby', but we'll probably keep it for the album, although it'll
probably be the end of next year before we start doing it, we've got so much ahead of us."
For Upto Date Tour info visit the LIVE section by Clicking Here.
23/11/01 - Starsailing across the Pond
Starsailor have released details of the forthcoming North America Winter tour, they will start off in
Boston on the 2nd of December. The band will also be appearing on 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien' on
December 11th. James talking to Billboard.com said:
"We're gonna work hard. Too often, British bands thought they could break internationally from
England, thinking they could go over to America for a week and do a couple of shows and everyone would go
mad and that would be it. We're prepared to put the hard work in."
The new Dates are as follows -
2nd December 2001 - Boston, Paradise
4th December 2001 - Chicago, Double Door
5th December 2001 - Los Angeles, Troubadour
7th December 2001 - San Francisco, Bimbo's
9th December 2001 - Philadelphia, North Star Bar
10th December 2001 - New York, Bowery Ballroom
11th January 2001 - Los Angeles, Palace
15th January 2001 - San Francisco, Fillmore
17th January 2001 - Seattle, Showbox
18th January 2001 - Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom
21st January 2001 - Minneapolis, Fine Line Music Cafe
22nd January 2001 - Chicago, Vic Theatre
23rd January 2001 - Detroit, St. Andrews Hall
25th January 2001 - Toronto, Kool Haus
26th January 2001 - Montreal, Cafe Campus
28th January 2001 - Boston, Paradise
29th January 2001 - New York, Irving Plaza
30th January 2001 - Washington DC, 9:30 Club
31st January 2001 - Philadelphia, TLA
For info on other Starsailor Gigs Visit the Gigography by Clicking Here.
21/11/01 - James's Top Ten of 2001
James Walsh yesterday revealed his top Ten albums of 2001 to 'Allstar', they are as follows.
1. Charlatans U.K., Wonderland
2. Ed Harcourt, Here Be Monsters
3. Spiritualized, Let It Come Down
4. Elbow, Asleep in the Black
5. Ryan Adams, Gold
6. Mercury Rev, All Is Dream
7. The Strokes, Is This It
8. David Kitt, The Big Romance
9. Travis, The Invisible Band
10. Amen, We Have Come For Your Parents
16/11/01 - Official 'Lullaby' Details
The Official release date for the single 'lullaby' has been set for December 10th. The formats are Enhanced CD and tape which will include a new song called 'From A Whisper To A Scream' and the song 'Tie Up My Hands' recorded in LA. A DVD will feature the video for 'Lullaby' and a live version of 'Love is Here' also recorded in LA.
13/11/01 - Starsailor to be Re-mixed
The London based alternative radio station 'Xfm' will be releasing a compilation album early next year
featuring a remixed Starsailor track. The compilation titled 'The Remix' will feature many artists
including Fatboy Slim, New Order and Badly Drawn Boy. Xfm say:
'Xfm are proud to present their first 'The Remix' compilation, through Virgin Records in February 2002.
The Remix, an extension of the Xfm radio show and monthly live event at Cargo, will see the biggest names
in dance joining forces with the greatest guitar bands on one album for the very first time to represent
remix culture at its finest.'
9/11/01 - 'Lullaby' video on TV
The video for Starsailors next single (release date rumoured to be early December) 'Lullaby' has been released and is being shown on your favourite music channels, to see it on the box the number is '856'. The video will also be shown on CD:UK this Saturday! With the same feel as previous videos and with such a fantastic song this really is something to look out for.
30/10/01 - Starsailor - 'Best New Act'
Last Night at the Q Awards Starsailor who were up against the likes of Turin Brakes and The Strokes won
the award for 'Best New Act'.
Other winners on the night included Travis for the Album 'The
Invisible Band' that won the award for 'Best Album' and Radiohead who got 'Best Act in the World Today'.
On collecting the award Starsailor were heckled by Sex Pistols front man Johnny Rotten who on seeing
their Hooded Anoraks yelled: "Nice to see you boys dressed up for the occasion."
For more information on whom won what visit Q Online by Clicking Here. Also remember to watch the awards on channel 5 - November 3rd.
25/10/01 - 'One Live in Birmingham'
Starsailor will be performing at the Birmingham Academy as part of radio 1's 'One live in Birmingham'. The band will play alongside 'Elbow' and 'Electric Soft Parade' on Tuesday 30th of October featuring on Steve Lamacq's: Evening Session Starting from 8pm. For more information and the opportunity to listen online Visit Radio 1 Online by clicking here.
21/10/01 - 'Lullaby' - Next Single
Recently Starsailor have been shooting the video for 'Lullaby' and there are rumours that the single will be released early December, stay tuned for more details!
15/10/01 - Starsailor - 'Have a Number 2'!
This week saw starsailor hit Number 2 in the UK Album Charts. It is obvious that the band would have been number 1 if it weren't for the All Mighty Kylie Minogue with her album 'Fever'. Another new entry 'Days of Speed' sees Paul Weller at number 3 with a compilation of his classics played acoustically.
10/10/01 - Starsailor up 4 Q Award
Starsailor have been nominated for an award in this years Q Awards. Nominated for 'Best New Act'
Starsailor will be up against Turin Brakes, The Strokes, Goldfrapp, Tom McRae and Dido. The shortlist was
announced on Monday the 8th of October at London´s Hanover Grand where Starsailor supplied the
music. For more Information Click Here to Visit Q
Online
8/10/01 - Love is definitely here
Today sees the release of starsailors debut album 'Love is Here' (as if you didn't know!). more info in the Discography section.
6/10/01 - US release Date
The Official US release date for Starsailors Debut Album release is January 8th 2002.
