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James Blunt announces Greatest Hits album and 2022 UK tour

James Blunt will release greatest hits album, ‘The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004 – 2021)' on 19th November via Atlantic Records.

The collection celebrates Blunt's 17-year career, which has seen him sell more than 23 million albums worldwide. Alongside the hits, the release will feature four new songs – ‘Love Under Pressure', ‘Unstoppable', ‘Adrenaline' and ‘I Came For Love' – as well as four live performances from around the world.

Along with the album announcement, Blunt will embark on a huge UK arena tour in 2022.

Blunt reflects, “Amazingly, I’m releasing my Greatest Hits. I wanted to call it “Greatest Hit (& Songs I Wish You’d Heard)”, but the good people at Atlantic Records suggested I call it something more sensible, so it’s called “The Stars Beneath My Feet”. If you’d ever wished that James Blunt had only ever released one album – this is that album. It’s 30 awesome songs, including live performances from Glastonbury and elsewhere, and four new songs. To celebrate its release, I’ll be heading out to tour the world all next year. I can’t wait to see you then.”

As well as his huge 2022 greatest hits UK arena tour, Blunt and his band will be one of the highlights of this summer during his string of highly anticipated rescheduled UK dates. The tour includes a must-see date at the Royal Albert Hall on 23rd July, the first full-capacity concert at the venue as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations.

James Blunt plays the following 2022 UK arena dates:

February 2022

Thu 3rd  Brighton, Brighton Centre Fri 4th  Manchester, AO Arena Sat 5th  London, SSE Wembley Arena Mon 7th  Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena Tue 8th  Hull, Bonus Arena Thu 10th  Birmingham, Resort World Fri 11th  Leeds, First Direct Arena Sat 12th Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena Sun 13th  Glasgow, SEC Armadillo

‘The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021)’ track listing is:

1.           Love Under Pressure 2.           1973 3.           Wisemen 4.           Same Mistake 5.           You’re Beautiful 6.           Monsters 7.           Tears And Rain 8.           Bonfire Heart 9.           I Really Want You (live in New York) 10.         The Truth 11.         Heart To Heart 12.         Champions 13.         Postcards 14.         No Bravery (live in London) 15.         Adrenaline 16.         Smoke Signals 17.         Unstoppable 18.         Goodbye My Lover 19.         Coz I Love You (live at Glastonbury) 20.         So Long, Jimmy 21.         Carry You Home 22.         The Greatest 23.         High 24.         Don’t Give Me Those Eyes 25.         OK 26.         Stay The Night 27.         Bartender 28.         Cold 29.         Where Is My Mind? (live in Paris) 30.         I Came For Love

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James Blunt announces 2022 Greatest Hits tour

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'You're Beautiful' singer to perform throughout February

James Blunt has announced a massive Greatest Hits tour for 2022, alongside a greatest hits album. Tickets go on presale at 10am on Wednesday 21 July, before heading on general sale at 10am on Friday 23 July.

Famed for acoustic ballad 'You're Beautiful', Blunt has gone on to release six studio albums. His latest release Once Upon A Mind came out in 2019 and marked a move into dance-inflected club anthems alongside his usual soft rock trappings.

This tour will be in support of his career-spanning greatest hits collection The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021) , which will be released on Friday 19 November. James says, 'Amazingly, I'm releasing my Greatest Hits. I wanted to call it Greatest Hit (& Songs I Wish You'd Heard) , but the good people at Atlantic Records suggested I call it something more sensible, so it's called The Stars Beneath My Feet .

'If you'd ever wished that James Blunt had only ever released one album – this is that album. It's 30 awesome songs, including live performances from Glastonbury and elsewhere, and four new songs. To celebrate its release, I'll be heading out to tour the world all next year. I can't wait to see you then.'

The pop balladeer has also become well known for his acerbic and quick-witted Twitter feed just as much as his amiable tunes. He most recently shared a photo of himself with former One Direction star Harry Styles, signalling a potential future collaboration.

James Blunt's 2022 UK performance dates: Thursday 3 February – Brighton Centre Friday 4 February – AO Arena, Manchester Saturday 5 February – SSE Wembley Arena, London Monday 7 February – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Tuesday 8 February – Bonus Arena, Hull Thursday 10 February – Resort World, Birmingham Friday 11 February – First Direct Arena, Leeds Saturday 12 February – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Sunday 13 February – SEC Armadillo, Glasgow

Tickets for James Blunt's performances will go on general sale at 10am on Friday 23 July.

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Alongside the release of his greatest hits album, 'The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021)'    James Blunt will embark upon a huge UK arena tour for 2022 which will see him celebrate songs spanning a stellar 17-year career that has spawned over 23 million album sales, a global smash hit with ‘You’re Beautiful’, two Brit Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards, as well as receiving five Grammy Award nominations

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James is currently touring across 4 countries and has 8 upcoming concerts.

Their next tour date is at Ludlow Castle in Ludlow, after that they'll be at Scarborough Open Air Theatre in Scarborough.

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Absolutely fantastic. James is a wonderful band. I've been a fan since I first got the album, Laid on cassette in high school. However this is my first time to see the band live. The lead singer, Tim Booth was a wonderful show man and the band was really killing it! The band members are talented musicians, there was a horn player and a mandolin even came out at one point. The crowd was entranced and loving the performance. If you get a chance to see James live, I really think you should. I didn't even get to see the main act, Psychedelic Furs but I wasn't disappointed at all. I completely got my money's worth! I would recommend looking into seeing James as a main act. I missed out on "Say Something" and "She's a Star" because there was no time for an encore but the crowd was really wanting one!

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Wow, what an amazing venue, definitely going back there, James came on just like a support act, no smoke, no bells and whistles, just casually walked onto the stage, took their places and played an amazing acoustic set, so laid back but brilliant, then they left the stage, "see you later" said Tim

Sure enough, back on they came to the more familiar smoke and darkness, although Tim was on crouches, that didn't stop him from dancing, it did, however, stop him from his usual surf crowding, and dance away he did, along with just about everyone else in the venue when I looked around, what a fantastic night, thank you James, yet again, just brilliant, can't wait to see you again and again and again.

Been a fan of James since the 90's and had only seen them once before in Manchester in the Mid 90's (appx) but I am a music fan period and I see a lot of bands/singers but rarely does a gig blow you out of your socks and through the doors like the Llandudno event did - Five new songs on the set-list from the forthcoming album to be released in August - every new song was awesome!

There was something about the band AND the

audience at the gig but I couldn't put my finger on it and I left the gig with one goal in mind.... attend Parr Hall Warrington the night after... I tried but it was in vain due to the demand and was sold out 10 minutes after the tickets went on sale. (Source Parr Hall Box Office)

So, after obtaining a ticket from a great fan in Prestwich Manchester on THE DAY, it was on to the King Georges Hall Blackburn on the Saturday night.

I didn't think the band could top Llandudno but the feedback from Warrington was amazing and then they performed at Blackburn... I can only describe the gig as IMMENSE! By now I'm out of socks, blown off by the energy from the band and

the fans... An explosive unification of sound and love....

I needed a recovery period as I have disabilities, and it was Tuesday I was reading the reviews on Halifax - I just inquisitively had a check on a fan-fan site to see if any poor soul couldn't attend and would sell their ticket for Middlesbrough... lol

Up I went to Cleveland on Wednesday for the hat-trick. Honest opinion, I think the all-seater venue had a slight dampening effect on both band and crowd although it was still a fantastic gig, it just lacked that explosion that I experienced at the previous two, but take nothing away, this was still an awesome evening.

I dare say, had I not already been committed to another event on the night of the Finale to the tour in Scunthorpe a couple of days later, I'm sure I would have been heading over the Pennines AGAIN lol

The new album 'Living in Extraordinary Times' is set for release on 3rd August and to showcase the album the band are playing the rebuilt (2010) Scarborough Open Air Theatre on 18th August, with it's 6500 capacity, I can't see there being tickets available for long.

(In order to appease younger fans that may not get tickets, Scarborough had to ask Britney Spears to play the 17th August as a second prize for them (lol - Only joking) but it does highlight the attraction of this venue and looking down the list of Artists having played the venue, the names get bigger each year,

culminating in 2018 hosting The Script, Gary Barlow, Steps, (My sister tells me this group can sell-out 20-30,000 arenas??) Alfoe Boe, Il Divo and Bastille. THE Great Tom Jones having played in July 2017

The O.A.T is rapidly turning into a must play venue for the top artists and thus the arrival of James and the army of souls that are connected to this remarkable band, both musically and spiritually, will descend on Scarborough with a treat in store for many people at the gig AND within earshot -

What is certain to be the new anthem of James, MANY FACES, has the most poignant chorus sang by the entire audience for 2-3 minutes, (last tour appx's) in my opinion, if carried on the a low cloud it has the potential to bring the town and it's visitors to a standstill - this is an incredible experience both being in the audience singing along and hearing it.

Lead singer Tim Booth had encouraged the audience at Venue Cymru (Opening night of the tour) to sing along with the chorus, but I'm not sure even he and the other band members could have expected the reaction from them - EVERYONE was singing these touching four lines back to them. This for me and my three attendances was the highlight of the tour.

(although available to hear on you tube and was heard live on Jools Holland's show (09/06) the mobile phone recordings at the venues and the missing 3,000 backing singers on Jools's show couldn't reflect the soul caressing emotion the lyrics heard/felt in that fashion induce)

Llandudno 9/10 - Blackburn 10/10 - Middlesborough 8/10 (The all seater venue just took away a slight edge but still great) Overall 27/30 - As a gig attendee for nearly 40 years now, I like to think I can give fair critical analysis of a performance, the fact I attended three gigs in a week states a lot and using a score from 20 for a single event, 16/20 would be outstanding for any band/artist, only Amy Macdonald, Birdy, Nerina Pallot and Stiff Little Fingers (in my opinion only) have emulated James in the past couple of years..

If you ever can... YOU MUST SEE JAMES - It's a music experience you will never forget....Needless to say my ticket for the Scarborough event is already sitting in my drawer...

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Celebrities keep ‘retiring.’ We sort the quitters from the fakers.

Ye, Pat Sajak and Lizzo are among the most recent celebrities to call it quits only to not really quit.

In Hollywood, where retirement is less of a life decision than a passing phase for some, Ellen DeGeneres has been remarkably consistent about her plans to quit entertainment forever.

She pulled the plug on her long-running talk show in 2022, after a toxic workplace scandal tarnished her image. She is now doing one last comedy tour for Netflix, literally called “Ellen’s Last Stand … Up.” On a tour stop in California this month, DeGeneres reiterated to the crowd, “This is the last time you’re going to see me. After my Netflix special, I’m done.”

And yet, they still doubt. A fan at the same show asked DeGeneres if she planned to return as Dory in a “Finding Nemo” film, so the legendary comedian resorted to baby talk: “No, I’m going bye-bye, remember.”

If no one believes her, it may not be her fault. The history of the U.S. entertainment industry is replete with cases of celebrities announcing they were quitting the industry, only to go back on their word.

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West — who won 24 Grammys before torching his reputation with antisemitic rants in 2022 and has announced three new albums since then — appeared to declare his retirement in a screenshot of a text conversation posted online by Ye’s musical collaborator, Rich the Kid, on July 9.

“I am retiring from professional music,” Ye allegedly wrote, as Rich tried to talk him out of it. “Not sure what else to do.”

Psych. Rich the Kid posted minutes later that he was releasing an album featuring Ye. The same day, it was announced that Ye would release a song with the rapper Consequence on July 12. It’s unclear if the texts about quitting were faked to build hype for the releases; Ye’s people did not reply to a request for comment.

Verdict: No retirement from Ye yet. Also, where is the “Yahndi” album?

Sajak finished his run on “Wheel of Fortune” in June after 41 years on the show, after originally announcing his retirement in June 2023.

But on July 10, Sajak was confirmed as a host of ABC’s “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune,” which premieres in the fall. Kellyn Holmes, a senior publicist for ABC Entertainment, said this will be Sajak’s last season hosting the game show. The number of episodes he will appear in has yet to be determined, she said.

Verdict: Sajak’s retirement has ended, albeit briefly. We are unsure how many episodes his “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” run will include. But for now, he’s back in the game.

Okay, this one is a bit messy if you’re not a wrestling geek (like this reporter). Cena , a professional wrestler turned actor, announced July 6 that he would be retiring from the not-quite sport.

Then he added that he would wrestle 30 to 40 mores times throughout 2025. Oh, and Cena will continue to work alongside WWE when his career ends, though not in a wrestling capacity. “People say they’re walking away, and two years later they come back. I want to set the record straight right now. I’m done. This is it,” Cena said at a WWE press event. “Part of this business plan that I proposed and they accepted was me remaining in the WWE family in some capacity for an extended time to come.”

Verdict: He is retiring from in-ring competition, but he will still act in movies and television shows, and potentially show up on WWE’s television products as a “behind-the-scenes” character. And if he ever does decide to hop back in the ring, he wouldn’t be the first wrestler turned actor to do so.

Evangeline Lilly

Lilly, star of “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and the 2004 hit show “Lost,” announced June 3 on her Instagram that she would be taking a break from acting.

“I am so filled with joy and contentment today as I live out my vision. Praise God, I feel so grateful for my blessings,” she wrote on Instagram . “Stepping away from what seems like the obvious choice (wealth and fame) can feel scary at times, but stepping into your dharma replaces the fear with fulfillment.”

She added that she “might return to Hollywood one day, but, for now, this is where I belong.”

Verdict: Not clear. Lilly has stepped away before , after her run on “Lost” wrapped up in 2010. It wouldn’t be surprising for her to fade into the background before resurfacing in another “Avengers” movie.

Lizzo shocked her fans in April when she suggested that she was leaving the industry, or music, or social media, or … something. Her Instagram post was mostly spent venting her frustrations over becoming “the butt of the joke every single time because of how I look,” concluding simply, “I didn’t sign up for this s--t, I QUIT.”

Days later, Lizzo clarified in a video that “when I say ‘I quit,’ I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention.” She added: “What I’m not going to quit is the joy of my life, which is making music, which is connecting to people.”

Verdict: She hasn’t quit. She said it herself. Unless she says otherwise later.

Britney Spears

In January, a fired-up Spears denied certain tabloid reports that she was working on a new album.

T he ’90s pop icon wrote in an Instagram post: “Just so we’re clear most of the news is trash !!! They keep saying I’m turning to random people to do a new album … I will never return to the music industry !!!”

So far, Spears has held true to her word, but her decades-long relationship with the music business has many fans doubting that they won’t reconcile. Spears released a song called “Hold Me Closer” with Elton John in 2022, which was her first released track since the end of her conservatorship. She also had a track with Will.i.am called “Mind Your Business” in 2023. So new music isn’t entirely out of the question for her, right?

Verdict: Unclear. It seems Spears has nixed the idea of a new album, though new music might be possible. As her memoir proved , she has a lot of songwriting material if she wants to return to music.

Nicki Minaj

In September 2019, Minaj shared that she planned to retire and spend time with her family. But that post was subsequently deleted, and Minaj backtracked in an interview with Billboard days later, saying she “can’t really see taking myself completely away.”

Since then, she has released the 2023 album “Pink Friday 2,” featured on several songs and has been touring around the world.

Verdict: Case closed. Minaj hasn’t quit music.

It would be hard to count all the celebrities who have slinked away from the limelight after being accused of sexual misbehavior in the #MeToo era, but Louis C.K.’s mea culpa stands out. The comedian released a long statement to the New York Times in late 2017, a day after the newspaper published the accounts of several women who said he took advantage of them.

“These stories are true,” the message began, and ended with a promise to “step back and take a long time to listen.”

Who knows what Louis C.K. considers a “long time,” but he returned to the stand-up comedy scene less than a year later and has since seemed to have revived his career, selling out theaters and becoming the subject of multiple documentaries.

Verdict: #MeToo accusations derailed the careers of many celebrities and Hollywood bigwigs, but as Louis C.K. proved, that doesn’t mean they’re gone forever.

David Letterman

Like DeGeneres, David Letterman was pretty blunt when he announced his retirement in 2015. “For the last time on a television program, thank you and good night,” he said on his final episode of “The Late Show.”

And hello and good day. Letterman got his own Netflix series two years later and even stopped by “The Late Show” in 2023. His series, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,” has had two episodes in 2024 so far — one with Charles Barkley, the other with Miley Cyrus.

Verdict: Letterman is no longer retired and has shown a willingness to stop by Hollywood on occasion. How long he chooses to do so is another question entirely.

One of the more notable “ I’m retiring but not really” moments came from the rapper Jay-Z, who said in 2003 that he was done making music. You know how this ends: Three years later he released the album “Kingdom Come” and has since released four more, as well as a handful of features.

In 2022, Jay-Z reflected on his inability to retire in an interview with Kevin Hart . “I tried that. I’m terrible at that,” he said. “I just needed a break. But I really thought that I was really burned out at the time.”

Verdict: Jay-Z could probably afford to retire any time he wants, but he doesn’t seem ready to do so yet.

Justin Bieber

Bieber has had a complicated relationship with his career. In December 2013 , he announced on Twitter that he was retiring, the night before his movie “Justin Bieber’s Believe” hit theaters. But Bieber didn’t stay retired for long. Since 2013, he has released three albums (2015’s “Purpose,” 2020’s “Changes” and 2021’s “Justice”) and had some pop-charting singles, including “Love Yourself,” “Sorry” and “What Do You Mean?” His appearance on the remix of Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” led to the hit being a 2017 song-of-the-summer contender.

However, in June 2022, Bieber announced he would take another break from music as he contended with a diagnosis of Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome. One month later, he began touring again. The tour, which stretched across Europe, “took a real toll” on him, Bieber said in a social media post at the time.

In February 2023 , he canceled his “Justice World Tour” dates and seemingly disappeared from the spotlight.

But Beliebers found new hope when the singer posted several photos in January, one of which showed him with a microphone in a studio . He also appeared to include a snippet of a new song in a post in May.

Verdict: We somehow doubt Bieber will remain out of the radio playlists much longer.

On the bubble: Adele, Trixie Mattel

Two later entries to our list are Adele and Trixie Mattel, who both announced this week that they are feeling burned out and need to step away from the spotlight.

Adele specifically said her “tank is empty” after completing a two-year residency in Las Vegas. Trixie Mattel, a star of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” who has been running a YouTube channel in addition to other television appearances, announced a three-month break and teased “a complete reboot” after what Trixie described to be a difficult year.

So, expect to see Trixie back in the spotlight in the fall. As for Adele, she’ll probably be hanging at Los Angeles Lakers games beside her partner Rich Paul , a longtime associate of LeBron James. Sure, she may not perform new music, but she will probably be on screen .