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James Taylor & His All-Star Band announce Jan/Feb 2022 UK tour

JAMES TAYLOR & HIS ALL-STAR BAND ANNOUNCE UK TOUR JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022

 

Legendary singer-songwriter and multiple Grammy award winner, James Taylor & His All-Star Band, who last toured the UK in 2018, announces a seven-date UK tour, opening on January 27, 2022, at Leeds First Direct Arena and completing two nights on  February 4/5- Hammersmith Eventim Apollo.

Tickets go on general sale: 9.00 am, Friday, July 16, 2021

James Taylor’s classic songs:  “You’ve Got A Friend”, “Fire and Rain” and “Sweet Baby James” to name a few,  have had a  profound influence  on songwriters  and music lovers  from all walks of life and  

Taylor recently won his sixth Grammy Award for Best Tradition Pop Vocal Album for his latest album “American Standard”.  

 

 

Tour dates below:

 

JANUARY 2022

27 - Leeds First Direct Arena

29 - Manchester O2 Apollo

30 - Glasgow SEC Armadillo

 

FEBRUARY 2022

Feb 1 - Brighton Centre

Feb 2 - Birmingham Resorts World Arena

Feb 4/5 - Hammersmith Eventim Apollo

 

 

NOTES TO EDITOR

 

As a recording and touring artist, James Taylor has touched people with his warm baritone voice and distinctive style of guitar-playing for more than 40 years, while setting a precedent to which countless young musicians have aspired.  Over the course of his celebrated songwriting and performing career, Taylor has sold more than 100 million albums, earning gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards for classics ranging from Sweet Baby James in 1970 to October Road in 2002. In 2015, Taylor released Before This World, his first new studio album in thirteen years, which earned him his first-ever #1 album.  He has won multiple Grammy awards and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame.  In 2012, Taylor was awarded the distinguished Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government and the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony.  In November 2015, Taylor was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honour. In December 2016 Taylor received the Kennedy Center Honors, which are presented annually to individuals who have enriched American culture by distinguished achievement in the performing arts.

 


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