JAMES BLUNT 2024

British singer and songwriter James Blunt hardly needs an introduction these days. He shot to the top of the charts in 2005 with his debut album "Back To Bedlam" and the lead single "You're Beautiful", collecting billions of streams to date with this song alone. Some of these songs, which catapulted his career into orbit so early on, were written during his time as a professional soldier in the British Army - where he served as an officer in the KFOR troops in Kosovo, for example. Since then, James Blunt has been able to concentrate fully on music and has released numerous other hit singles and albums. For example, the piano-heavy ballad "1973" from the 2007 album "All The Lost Souls", the folky "Bonfire Heart" from "Moon Landing" (2013) or the rather dark "Monsters" (2019), which can be found on "Once Upon A Mind".

His new studio album "Who We Used To Be" will be released on 27 October and the advance single already shows where the journey could take him: "Beside You" is more upbeat and cheerful than much of what James Blunt has previously released. A danceable, more electronic pop song, which for connoisseurs even has the great film music composer Ennio Morricone in the credits due to a sample. James Blunt himself says in anticipation of his tour: "I can't put into words how much I'm looking forward to going on tour again in 2024. It's been incredible fun writing and recording my new album and some of the new songs will undoubtedly get you on your feet and dancing again. I'm already looking forward to crowd surfing with you!"