James announce UK arena tour and ‘Nothing But Love – The Definitive Best Of’
Manchester band James have confirmed details of their new compilation album, Nothing But Love – The Definitive Best Of, and an arena tour across the United Kingdom.
Nothing But Love – The Definitive Best Of is set to arrive on November 21st through UMR and is described as “a comprehensive and career spanning collection, documenting the band’s journey from their early singles through to fan favourites and special selections made by the band themselves”.
In addition to charting the band’s career, it also includes two brand new tracks, ‘Wake Up Superman’ and ‘Hallelujah Anyhow’. Both songs are produced by Leo Abrahams, who worked with the band on their 2024 album, Yummy.
The deluxe version of the release comes with a booklet containing exclusive track commentary from band members. Additionally, for the first time in 35 years, the original demo version of ‘Laid’ will be available to stream once Nothing But Love – The Definitive Best Of is released.
Next year, to celebrate the release of Nothing But Love – The Definitive Best Of, James will head out on their biggest UK arena tour to date, with support coming from special guests Doves.
The run of dates will begin at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on April 3rd, followed by visits to the First Direct Arena in Leeds, P&J Live in Aberdeen, Glasgow’s Ovo Hydro, Newcastle’s Utilita Arena, and Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena.
Then, James will perform at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff and the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham. They will then play London’s 20,000-capacity O2 Arena before concluding the tour at Europe’s biggest indoor arena, Manchester’s Co-op Live.
Tickets are set to go on sale at 9:30am on October 10th.
James UK arena tour dates 2026:
April
- 3rd – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
- 4th – Leeds, First Direct Bank Arena
- 7th – Aberdeen, P&J Live
- 8th – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
- 10th – Newcastle, Utilita Arena
- 11th – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
- 13th – Cardiff, Utilita Arena
- 14th – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
- 17th – London, The O2
- 18th – Manchester, Co-op Live
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