Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and James Morrison are never seen in the same room at the same time. ITN asked Morrison to tell the truth – is he really Chris Martin? “I can see why,” James admitted of the comparisons, “because I do see it myself.” Morrison added that Martin “has more of a man jaw than me.”
In support of his new album ‘Songs For You, Truths For Me’, James Morrison is kicking off his US Spring Tour on April 18th at the Coachella Valley Music Festival in Indio, California on April 18th and ending in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 9th. The British singer songwriter will be ending his American trek with Jason Mraz at a special Midnight show at The Pearl in the Palms Resort. Check out all the dates below.
April 18th Indio, CA Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 19th Phoenix, AZ Martini Ranch
April 20th Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
April 23rd Dallas, TX Granada
April 24th Austin, TX La Zona Rosa
April 25th Houston, TX Warehouse Live
April 27th Atlanta, GA The Loft
April 28th Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
April 30th New York, NY Webster Hall
May 1st Montreal, CAN Cabaret
May 3rd Cleveland, OH House of Blues
May 5th Indianpolis, IN The Vogue
May 7th Toronto, CAN The Opera House
May 9th Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Concert Theatre @ The Palm w/Jason Mraz
James Morrison is out with the music video to his new single ‘Please Don’t Stop The Rain’, the third release off the British singer songwriter’s second album ‘Please Don’t Stop The Rain’, out now on Polydor/Interscope. Watch it below.
Pop acts on television this week include:
The Bird and the Bee, who perform on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ (NBC) on Monday.
James Morrison, who performs on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ (Syndicated) on Monday and ‘The Tonight Show’ (NBC) on Friday.
‘American Idol’ continues with audition shows from Jacksonville, Salt Lake City, New York and San Juan, Puerto Rico on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on FOX. Additionally, ‘Idol’ judge Paula Abdul makes a guest appearance on ‘The Tonight Show’ (NBC) on Tuesday.
M83, who performs on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ (NBC) on Tuesday.
Miranda Cosgrove, who visits ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ (ABC) on Tuesday.
Joey Fatone, who visits ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ (Syndicated) on Tuesday.
Demi Lovato, who visits ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ (ABC) on Thursday and ‘The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet’ (FOX) on Friday.
Benji Hughes, who performs on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ (ABC) on Friday.
Katy Perry, who visits ‘Chelsea Lately’ (E!) on Friday.
Jason Mraz, who is musical guest on ‘Saturday Night Live’ (NBC).
James Morrison updated fans from Los Angeles on his blog at MySpace on Thursday (January 22), where the British singer songwriter was about to appear on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’. The 24-year-old tells readers:
So, I’m here in LA, on tour with the wonderful Adele. It’s a lovely 18 degrees and there’s a nice breeze in the air. We just arrived from Chicago and Minneaplois where it was minus 10 and snowy, so this is a nice change.
Today I’m doing the ‘Ellen’ TV show and we’re playing ‘Nothing Ever Hurt Like You’. We’ve got a great set up including 3 brass players from the amazing Nika De Costa’s band. They’re so good.
I’ve just been told that I am one of the nominees for the Best Male catagory at The Brits this year. I’m really pleased about that. When I won a couple of years ago I had a fantastic time. I’m so glad that I’m still fortunate enough to be doing what I’m doing, playing music and travelling the world, and to be nominated again is amazing. I’m delighted that everyone seems to be enjoying the album, and ‘Broken Strings’ being such a big hit has given me a great start to the year.
Check out the entire post here.
Showbiz stars, including Katy Perry and James Morrison, talked to Sam Beeton’s companion Rocco Genovasi in a clip at Rocco’s YouTube channel. Watch ‘The Genovasi Syndrome 2008′ below.
Pop acts on television this week include:
Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato, who perform on ‘Kids’ Inaugural: We Are The Future’, a concert honoring military families airing on the Disney Channel on Monday at 9:30 PM ET/PT.
‘American Idol’ (FOX) continues the audition phase of the show with stops in San Francisco on Tuesday and Louisville on Wednesday. In addition, show judge Kara DioGuardi makes an appearance on ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ (ABC) on Monday.
Mariah Carey and Shakira perform on ‘The Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration’ (ABC) on Tuesday at 8 PM ET/PT.
Becky Baeling, who visits ‘Chelsea Lately’ (E!) on Wednesday.
James Morrison, who performs on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ (Syndicated) on Thursday.
With James Morrison looking forward to his extended string of US tour dates next month, the British singer songwriter is giving fans a chance to see the first of a series of webisodes which have been put together for his US website. The first webisode features James’ thoughts on US and UK audiences and his favorite track on his hit new album ‘Songs For You, Truths For Me’. Watch it at jamesmorrison-us.com.
James Blunt, Alphabeat, James Morrison, Scouting For Girls, Eva Mendes, ‘X Factor’ contestant Diana Vickers and other celebs combined to “sing” the English Christmas carol ‘The Twelve Days Of Christmas’, for ITN. Watch it via YouTube below.
James Morrison is headed to the U.S in January for a string of shows. The British singer songwriter will be playing 12 dates on the trek kicking off in Chicago on January 19th and finishing up in Washington, DC on February 5th. For the first eight shows, James will be teaming up with Grammy nominated UK singer songwriter Adele, the last four shows of the tour are James’ own headline gigs. The full list of dates is below.
19-Jan-09 Chicago, Park West
20-Jan-09 St. Paul, Fitzgerald Theatre
22-Jan-09 Denver, Bluebird Theater
23-Jan-09 Salt Lake, Murray Theatre
26-Jan-09 Seattle Neumos Crystal Ball Reading
27-Jan-09 Portland, Wonderball Room
29-Jan-09 San Francisco, Warfield Theatre
30-Jan-09 Los Angeles, The Wiltern
31-Jan-09 San Diego, Belly Up
02-Feb-09 Boston Paradise Rock Club
04-Feb-09 New York, Highline Ballroom
05-Feb-09 Washington D.C, 9:30 Club