Legendary singer-songwriter andmultiple Grammy award winner, James Taylor & His All-Star Band, has teamed up with Bonnie Raitt (and her band) to announce three special UK shows in July 2018 in Manchester, Glasgow and Leeds.
Taylor and Raitt are long-time friends and had a highly acclaimed US tour last year that played to sold-out crowds. They are continuing another run of dates in the US this summer, including two shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, before heading across the pond for the first time touring together in the UK, including dates in London at Hyde Park and Dublin at the RDS Arena.
New Tour dates being announced are as follow:
July 9th Manchester Arena
July 10th Glasgow SEC Hydro
July 12th Leeds Direct Arena
Tickets go on sale: 9.00 am – Friday February 16th.
Ticket prices are: £75 (Platinum)/£65 and £50.
Tickets are available from www.ticketline.co.uk / 0844 888 9991 or from the venues direct
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 honor. 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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