James // Nothing But Love - The Definitive Best Of LP // Out Now

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NOTHING BUT LOVE – THE DEFINITIVE BEST OF // OUT NOW

LOVE IS THE ANSWER // ARENA TOUR // APRIL 2026

UK INDIE STORE EVENTS // NOVEMBER 2025

JAMES have released the Nothing But Love – The Definitive Best Of album via UMR and available here. The album is a comprehensive, career spanning collection, documenting the band’s journey from their early singles through to fan favourites and special selections curated by the band themselves. Nothing But Love – The Definitive Best Of also includes two new tracks, Wake Up Superman and Hallelujah Anyhow, both produced by Leo Abrahams who worked with the band on their 2024 #1 album Yummy.

Formats include a 3 CD deluxe version, taking fans on a chronological journey from the beginning of the band’s career right up to the present day, which includes a booklet with exclusive track commentary from the band themselves and features the original Sit Down (Rough Trade Version) available to purchase for the first time in 35 years. The 5 LP vinyl set – which also includes tracks from Yummy – is housed in a rigid slipcase with accompanying booklet with 14 tracks and versions being made available on vinyl for the first time ever. The 2 LP colour vinyl set is a highlights selection of the tracks.

All formats of the album include two brand new tracks: Wake Up Superman and Hallelujah Anyhow.

Wake Up Superman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0kks1KOsmY Hallelujah Anyhow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PULiInpashg

James have also announced their biggest ever arena tour for April 2026 with the dates culminating at the 20,000 capacity Co-op Live in Manchester. The band will be joined on all dates by special guests Doves. James also recently announced a number of Indie Instore Events to coincide with the release of Nothing But Love – The Definitive Best Of. Full dates as follows:

INDIE INSTORE EVENTS | NOVEMBER 2025

Tue 25 MANCHESTER Piccadilly Records (Signing Session @ 12:00pm)

Wed 26 LEEDS Crash Records (Signing Session @ 6:00pm)

Thu 27 LIVERPOOL Cavern Club (Acoustic Set + Q&A @ 2:30pm)

Thu 27 LIVERPOOL Cavern Club (Acoustic Set + Q&A @ 5:00pm)

Fri 28 KINGSTON Circuit (Acoustic Set + Q&A @ 5:00pm)

Fri 28 KINGSTON Circuit (Acoustic Set + Q&A @ 7:00pm)

LOVE IS THE ANSWER UK TOUR | APRIL 2026

Fri 03 BIRMINGHAM Utilita Arena

Sat 04 LEEDS First Direct Arena

Tue 07 ABERDEEN P&J Live

Wed 08 GLASGOW OVO Hydro

Fri 10 NEWCASTLE Utilita Arena

Sat 11 LIVERPOOL M&S Bank Arena

Mon 13 CARDIFF Utilita Arena

Tue 14 NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena

Fri 17 LONDON The O2

Sat 18 MANCHESTER Co-op Live

Arena tour tickets available from: wearejames.com | gigsandtours.com | ticketmaster.co.uk

ABOUT JAMES

With over 30 million albums sold over a longstanding career, James are among the most commercially and artistically successful alt rock bands of their era.

Having gathered a cult following around art rock gallops like Johnny Yen in the 80s, they broke through to mainstream success with their major label debut Gold Mother (1990) followed by a slew of euphoric anthems including Come Home and Sit Down. Their fifth album, Laid, saw them break the US charts, while Whiplash (1997) Millionaires (1999) and Pleased To Meet You (2001) cemented their standing as a classic 1990s act with tracks such as Tomorrow, She’s A Star and Just Like Fred Astaire.

James returned from a six year hiatus in 2008 with Hey Ma, followed by Girl At The End Of The World (2016) Living in Extraordinary Times (2018) and All The Colours Of You (2021) – returning to a sustained period in the upper echelons of the album chart. In 2023, James celebrated their 40th Anniversary with the release of Be Opened By The Wonderful, a double album of orchestral reworkings of their biggest hits and rare cuts and were presented with The PRS For Music Icon Award at the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards, a testament to their enduring influence and contribution to British song writing.

In April 2024 James released their 18th album Yummy which reached #1 in the UK Albums Chart, their first studio album to do so. One of their most prescient releases, Yummy deals with politics, AI and conspiracy theories, and documents the creative process of a band who continue to evolve and defy expectations, best described by UK music bible MOJO: "After 18 LPs and over four interrupted decades at the coalface, James are still re-inventing themselves”.

The band played their largest UK Arena tour to date in 2024, selling out the 20,000-capacity Co-op Live arena in Manchester and The O2 in London, then followed this up with a co-headline tour with Johnny Marr in the US and Canada. This year has seen the band play multiple shows across the globe including a huge concert on the streets of Penamacor, Portugal where they played to over 20,000 fans.

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JAMES are: Tim Booth, Jim Glennie, Saul Davies, Adrian Oxaal, David Baynton-Power, Mark Hunter, Andy Diagram, Chloe Alper and Deborah Knox-Hewson