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James Taylor announces details of 2022 UK tour dates

The legendary singer will head to these shores with his 'All Star Band' early next year

James Taylor has announced details of a 2022 UK tour – see the full list of dates below.

The legendary singer will head to these shores with his ‘All Star Band’ in January and February next year.

The run of dates will begin at the end of January with a show in Leeds at the First Direct Arena, before running through to early February and ending with a double-header of gigs at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.

See James Taylor’s full UK tour dates for 2022 below. Tickets for the shows will be available here from 9am BST on Friday (July 16).

JANUARY 2022 27 – Leeds, First Direct Arena 29 – Manchester, O2 Apollo 30 – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo

FEBRUARY 2022 1 – Brighton, Centre 2 – Birmingham, Resorts World Arena 4 – London, Hammersmith Apollo 5 – London, Hammersmith Apollo

James Taylor released his 20th studio album ‘American Standard’ in February 2020, with the album going on to win Best Tradition Pop Vocal Album at the Grammys.

Last year, the singer revealed that he met John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman the day before the Beatles icon was shot dead .

Speaking to The Telegraph , Taylor said that Chapman, who was 25 at the time, was said to be “glistening with sweat” and “his eyes were dating all over the place… dilated like crazy”.

Recalling their encounter, Taylor said that Chapman “seemed either drugged or in a manic break of some sort”. He also remembered that Chapman mentioned Lennon in conversation and said he was “going to show him” something.

Live music with no restrictions is set to return to the UK next week (July 19) as the country prepares to drop all COVID-19 rules. Despite this, over half of the UK’s festivals set for this summer have already been cancelled .

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Legendary singer-songwriter and multiple Grammy award winners, 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. 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”. 

James was disappointed to announce that his upcoming European tour, previously set to begin in January 2022, has been postponed due to concerns about COVID-19.

Previously purchased tickets will be honoured for all-new concert dates and fans are encouraged to hold onto their tickets. 

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2022 European Tour Announced

JT has announced 23 new European tour dates in early 2022.

Update: Five dates in Italy have been added to the tour.

See the Tour page for details on fan pre-sale tickets, which go on sale July 13. The general on-sale begins July 16.

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James Taylor announces 2022 United Kingdom tour dates

Legendary singer James Taylor has announced details for his 2022 United Kingdom tour. The singer will be heading to The United Kingdom with his all-star band; the tour kicks off on January 27, 2022.

Taylor announced details for his upcoming tour on Instagram on Monday, July 12, 2021. While sharing the details for the tour, he also promised to announce more dates.

Exciting news today: James and his All-Star Band will be touring the UK and Europe starting in January 2022! The JamesTaylor.com presales for these new shows will begin tomorrow, July 13, at 10am local time. Please click the link in bio for more info. . STAY TUNED FOR MORE TOUR DATES TO COME! . . . . #JT #JamesTaylor #2022Your #EuropeanTour #LiveMusic #Concerts #LiveConcert #Concert #Band #SingerSongwriter #SingerSongwriters

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The tour kicks off on January 27, 2022, at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, and concludes on February 5, 2022, at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.

See James Taylor’s 2022 UK tour dates below.

January 27, 2022 – Leeds First Direct Arena

January 29, 2022 – Manchester O2 Apollo

January 30, 2022 – Glasgow SEC Armadillo

February 1, 2022 – Brighton Centre

February 2, 2022 – Birmingham Resorts World Arena

February 4, 2022 – Hammersmith Eventim Apollo

February 5, 2022 – Hammersmith Eventim Apollo

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James Taylor & His All-Star Band Announce UK Tour For 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. The shows begin on 27 January 2022 at Leeds First Direct Arena and wrap with two nights on 4 and 5 February at London’s Hammersmith Eventim Apollo.

Tickets go on general sale: 9.00am, Friday, 16 July 2021. Visit the artist’s official website for more information.

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”.

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.

Taylor 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.

James Taylor plays the following UK shows in 2022:

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

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James Taylor Announces Details of 2022 UK Tour

James Taylor has just announced a seven-date UK tour alongside his All-Star band set for January and February of 2022. The tour will kick off on January 27 of next year at the First Direct Arena in Leeds and wrap up with two performances at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo in London on February 4 and 5.

Tickets are currently available for pre-sale and will be releases for general sale at 9am this coming Friday, July 16. The singer-songwriter’s last UK tour took place in the Summer of 2018 with performances in Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Dublin, and Cardiff, as well as an appearance at the Barclaryard Presents British Summertime Hyde Park music festival in London where he shared the bill with Bonnie Railt and Paul Simon, who headlined the festival.

Taylor recently secured his sixth Grammy Award win back in March for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for  American Standard , a collection of covers featuring tracks from the Great American Songbook. Last month, Taylor performed a cover of Garth Brooks’ “The River” at the Kennedy Centre Honors 2021 where the country superstar was being recognized for his contributions to the genre.

Taylor and Jackson Browne are due to being their rescheduled co-headlining tour later this month on July 29. The tour was originally scheduled for Summer 2020, but was cancelled due to the pandemic. The rescheduled tour with run through August and the second half of October before concluding with a final performance in San Diego on November 1.

In preparation for his 2022 UK tour, Taylor has asked fans via social media to submit videos of themselves, in groups of five or more, singing along to his 1976 song “Shower the People”. Videos selected for use on the tour will be displayed via giant LED screens between Taylor and his band during performances of the song. The call for video submissions reads: “Please feel free to hold a flag of the place where you are from, or wear shirts/hats to identify your state, school, country, camp, hospital, place of work, favorite vacation spot, etc!”. The deadline for entries is at 6pm ET on July 13.

James Taylor’s 2022 UK Tour Dates are as follows:

• January 27 – Leeds First Direct Arena
• January 29 – Manchester O2 Apollo
• January 30 – Glasgow SEC Armadillo
• February 1 – Brighton Centre
• February 2 – Birmingham Resorts World Arena
• February 4 & 5 – Hammersmith Eventim Apollo

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Taylor will now begin the extensive, 27-date itinerary in Barcelona on September 20.

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James Taylor has swiftly rescheduled the European tour that was postponed only days ago. He will now begin the extensive, 27-date itinerary in Barcelona on September 20.

The UK leg of the tour now comprises seven dates, starting on October 7 in Glasgow. His London shows will be at the Eventim Apollo on October 10 and 11 and the full schedule concludes on November 17 in Copenhagen. Taylor is continuing his  rescheduled North American tour with special guest and longtime friend Jackson Browne, in the wake of Taylor’s 2020 release of the  American Standard  album. Read our interview about that project here.

A message on the singer-songwriter’s website and social media says: “Previously purchased tickets will be honored for all of the rescheduled dates. If you purchased tickets from JamesTaylor.com or an official ticketing site you should receive an email today with information regarding refunds.”

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The full European tour schedule is:

Tue September 20 2022 – BARCELONA Palau de la Musica Catalana (Spain) Wed September 21 2022 – MADRID Auditorio Nacional De Musica (Spain) Mon September 26 2022 – DUBLIN 3Arena Wed September 28 2022 – STUTTGART Beethovensaal (Germany) Thu September 29 2022 – PARIS Olympia (France) Sun October 02 2022 – DUSSELDORF Mitsubishi Electric Hall (Germany) Mon October 03 2022 – BRUSSELS Palais Des Beux Arts (Belgium) Wed October 05 2022 – AMSTERDAM AFAS Live (Netherlands) Fri October 07 2022 – GLASGOW SEC Armadillo Sat October 08 2022 – LEEDS First Direct Arena Mon October 10 2022 – LONDON Eventim Apollo Tue October 11 2022 – LONDON Eventim Apollo Thu October 13 2022 – BRIGHTON Centre Fri October 14 2022 – BIRMINGHAM Resorts World Arena Mon October 17 2022 – MANCHESTER O2 Apollo Fri October 28 2022 – MILAN Teatro degli Arcimboldi (Italy) Sun October 30 2022 – ROME Auditorium Parco Della Musica (Italy) Mon October 31 2022 – FLORENCE Teatro Verdi (Italy) Wed November 02 2022 – BASSANA DEL GRAPPA Palabruel (Italy) Thu November 03 2022 – TURIN Teatro Colosseo (Italy) Mon November 07 2022 – ZURICH Samsung Hall (Switzerland) Tue November 08 2022 – FRANKFURT Jahrhunderthalle (Germany) Thu November 10 2022 – BERLIN Tempodrom (Germany) Fri November 11 2022 – ANTWERP Queen Elizabeth Hall (Belgium) Sun November 13 2022 – RANDERS Vaerkat (Denmark) Tue November 15 2022 – STOCKHOLM Cirkus (Sweden) Thu November 17 2022 – COPENHAGEN Opera House (Denmark)

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James Taylor Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, London live review

James Taylor is undoubtedly one of the greatest artists that has ever lived. Active since 1966, Taylor has paved the way for today’s crop of male singer-songwriters such as Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Shawn Mendes and Ed Sheeran. His 1970 breakthrough single ‘Fire and Rain’ catapulted him to international fame and the album it came from, ‘Sweet Baby James’, is considered to be one of the all-time classics in the Rock/Folk genre. Since that success Taylor has gone on to achieve numerous Platinum certifications and he’s enjoyed a career that has spanned an incredible seven decades. Last night, Taylor brought his latest tour to London’s Hammersmith Eventim Apollo after a series of delays caused by the pandemic.

Split into two sets, with an intermission in the middle, Taylor delivered an impressive 22 songs across the just over two hours he was on stage. Opening with ‘Something in the Way She Moves’, which started as a solo acoustic number before the band came in to join him, Taylor sounded on fine form vocally. He’s blessed with one of music’s most distinctive voices and there’s something spine-tingling about being able to witness him perform live. Highlights in the first part of the set included the fantastic ‘Sweet Baby James’ and the live-life-to-the-full message of ‘Never Die Young’, which Taylor joked he was now too old to worry about. For ‘Long Ago and Far Away’, Taylor explained to the audience that he had asked Joni Mitchell for permission to use her backing vocals from the original track, before launching into one of the night’s finest moments. Taylor closed out the first set with a cover of Carole King’s ‘Up on the Roof’, which ended things on a high.

Opening the second part of the show, Taylor divulged that his cover of ‘Teach Me Tonight’, covered by many artists including Dinah Washington, allowed him to live out a childhood fantasy of getting it on with the teacher. Taylor’s cheeky way of letting the audience in on that secret was pretty funny, and just one of many examples of his warm humour. Elsewhere in the second part of the set, Taylor hit on favourites such as ‘Caroline in My Mind’, ‘Mexico’ and the optimistic anthem ‘Shower the People’.

Of course, the biggest reaction of the night was reserved for ‘Fire and Rain’. Earlier in the set when he was introducing ‘Copperline’, members of the audience got over excited and Taylor joked that he was going to sing the song they were expecting… just not quite yet. By the time ‘Fire and Rain’ came around, the audience was more than ready and it was quite special to sit in an auditorium as intimate as the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo as Taylor performed and the audience listened so intently. The song has lost none of its magic and Taylor’s performance packed the same emotional punch it did on the original recording.

Aside from the songs, Taylor won the audience over with his charisma and sense of humour. Between songs he cracked jokes, told stories about getting sober and admitted he couldn’t always remember the events that led to some of his classic songs. Taylor came across as endearing and warm, leading the audience from one laugh to the next before wowing them with another song. He’s a true raconteur and quite simply put, a class act, and had the audience in stitches when he picked up the large double-sided set-list from the floor to see what was coming next.

Taylor returned to the stage for a three-song encore following ‘Your Smiling Face’. He kicked off with his version of the Carole King classic “You’ve Got a Friend” before delivering his unique take on Marvin Gaye’s ‘How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)’. The final song of the night was ‘Wandering’ from 1975 album ‘Gorilla’ and it was a perfect, and emotional, end to a fantastic night of live music.

What was so evident over the course of the show is just how easily Taylor moves through genre. In a world where we’re desperate to pigeonhole artists into one genre, Taylor proved that there’s really no need. He’s as comfortable with folk and rock, as he is with blues and soul, and that’s been evident throughout his career.

James Taylor may be in his mid-70s but he’s as charming and entertaining today as he’s ever been. With an incredible catalogue of songs to choose from, and backed by a remarkably talented all-star band, Taylor proved that this tour has been more than worth the weight. When you have much younger artists struggling to perform for more than 70 minutes, you realise just how much of a true artist Taylor is. He’d have happily stayed on the stage all night and performed, and the audience would have happily let him.

Set list: Set 1 – 1. Something in the Way She Moves 2. That’s Why I’m Here 3. Walking Man 4. (I’ve Got to) Stop Thinkin’ ‘Bout That 5. Sweet Baby James 6. The Frozen Man 7. Never Die Young 8. Steamroller 9. Copperline 10. Long Ago and Far Away 11. Up on the Roof (Carole King cover) Set 2 – 12. Teach Me Tonight (Dinah Washington cover) 13. Bittersweet (John Sheldon cover) 14. You Make It Easy 15. Fire and Rain 16. Carolina in My Mind 17. Mexico 18. Shower the People 19. Your Smiling Face Encore: 20. You’ve Got a Friend (Carole King cover) 21. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (Marvin Gaye cover) 22. Wandering Performance date: Monday 10th October 2022

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

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: 9.00am, 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".

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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

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Is there anyone who doesn’t love James Taylor?

The legendary singer-songwriter was greeted enthusiastically by fans young and old at the Dunkin Donuts Center in a holiday weekend concert Friday, July 1. The six-time Grammy Award winner and his band were strong throughout the two-set show full of familiar hits, warm banter, and a couple of Taylor rarities.

A foggy night in the Dunk (ice was under the floor in advance of a Cirque de Soleil show) added to the charm. Taylor has fun at these shows, displaying his trademark modesty, charming wit, and impeccable musicianship … while showing gratitude toward his fans. Can you say mutual lovefest a little louder?

There were no particular surprises from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in the setlist. But no one was complaining. Taylor shined on hits like “Sweet Baby James,” “Mexico” and “Carolina in My Mind.” He’s a master storyteller, bringing you deep into the story on songs like “Copperline” and “The Frozen Man.”

The crowd favorite “Steamroller Blues,” was predictable fun. Think back …I’ll bet for many, that song was your first exposure to blues music. At least for many of us of a certain age…

Other highlights included the Carole King penned “Up on a Roof,” “Your Smiling Face,” and encores “Fire and Rain,” and “You Can Close Your Eyes.” These songs are part of the American songbook, among the greatest ever written.

If you missed JT, and you don’t already have a ticket for his sold-out shows at Tanglewood this weekend, he’ll be back in the area later this summer. He’s playing the new MGM Music Hall at Fenway on August 29th and 30th. Ticket information here.

Check out a few photos of the evening from Lifestyle Editor Ken Abrams below.

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James Taylor will tour the UK and Europe early in 2022. James Taylor tickets go on sale at 9am today.

The UK and Ireland leg of the run will see the legendary singer-songwriter accompanied by his All-Star Band at shows between January 25 and February 10.

Stops include Dublin, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Brighton, Birmingham, and London, where he'll play two dates at the Eventim Apollo. The multi-Grammy Award winner will also head to cities across Europe before and after the UK and Ireland leg.

Taylor is hitting the road in support of his latest album, 'American Standard', released in 2020. He'll embark on a rescheduled North American trek this summer, with special guest Jackson Browne.

James Taylor Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows

Thu July 29 2021 - CHICAGO Illinois - United Center (USA) Sat July 31 2021 - CUYAHOGA FALLS Ohio - Blossom Music Center (USA) Sun August 01 2021 - CLARKSTON Michigan - DTE Energy Music Theatre (USA) Tue August 03 2021 - PITTSBURGH Pennsylvania - PPG Paints Arena (USA) Fri August 06 2021 - CHARLESTON West Virginia - Charleston Civic Center (USA) Tue August 10 2021 - COLUMBIA Maryland - Merriweather Post Pavilion (USA) Thu August 19 2021 - HERSHEY Pennsylvania - Giant Center (USA) Sat August 21 2021 - BETHEL New York - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (USA) Sun August 22 2021 - SYRACUSE New York - St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview (USA) Tue August 24 2021 - SARATOGA SPRINGS New York - Saratoga Performing Arts Center (USA) Wed August 25 2021 - CAMDEN New Jersey - BB&T Pavilion (USA) Fri August 27 2021 - WANTAGH New York - Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater (USA) Sat August 28 2021 - HOLMDEL New Jersey - PNC Bank Arts Center (USA) Tue August 31 2021 - LENOX Massachusetts - Tanglewood Music Center (USA) Sun September 12 2021 - ST JOHNS Newfoundland - Mile One Centre (Canada) Wed September 15 2021 - HALIFAX Alberta - Scotiabank Saddledome (Canada) Thu September 16 2021 - MONCTON New Brunswick - Avenir Centre (Canada) Sat September 18 2021 - MONTREAL Quebec - Bell Centre (Canada) Sun September 19 2021 - OTTAWA Ontario - Canadian Tire Center (Canada) Wed September 22 2021 - TORONTO Ontario - Scotiabank Arena (Canada) Thu September 23 2021 - LONDON - Budweiser Gardens (Canada) Sun September 26 2021 - WINNIPEG Manitoba - Bell MTS Place (Canada) Wed September 29 2021 - EDMONTON Alberta - Rogers Place (Canada) Fri October 01 2021 - VICTORIA British Columbia - Save On Foods Memorial Centre (Canada) Sat October 02 2021 - VANCOUVER British Columbia - Rogers Arena (Canada) Sat October 16 2021 - NEW ORLEANS Louisiana - Smoothie King Center (USA) Sun October 17 2021 - HOUSTON Texas - Toyota Center (USA) Tue October 19 2021 - FORT WORTH Texas - Dickies Arena (USA) Sat October 23 2021 - BOISE Idaho - ExtraMile Arena (USA) Mon October 25 2021 - PORTLAND Oregon - Moda Center at the Rose Quarter (USA) Wed October 27 2021 - TACOMA Washington - Tacoma Dome (USA) Fri October 29 2021 - SAN FRANCISCO California - Chase Center (USA) Sat October 30 2021 - ANAHEIM California - Honda Center (USA) Mon July 04 2022 - LENOX Massachusetts - Tanglewood (USA) Tue January 18 2022 - PARIS Olympia (France) Wed January 19 2022 - BRUSSELS Palais Des Beux Arts (Belgium) Fri January 21 2022 - DUSSELDORF Mitsubishi Electric Hall (Germany) Sat January 22 2022 - AMSTERDAM AFAS Live (Netherlands) Tue January 25 2022 - DUBLIN 3Arena Thu January 27 2022 - LEEDS first direct Arena Sat January 29 2022 - MANCHESTER O2 Apollo Sun January 30 2022 - GLASGOW SEC Armadillo Tue February 01 2022 - BRIGHTON Centre Wed February 02 2022 - BIRMINGHAM Resorts World Arena Fri February 04 2022 - LONDON Eventim Apollo Sat February 05 2022 - LONDON Eventim Apollo Mon February 07 2022 - HAMBURG Laeiszhalle (Germany) Tue February 08 2022 - BERLIN Tempodrom (Germany) Thu February 10 2022 - STUTTGART Beethovensaal (Germany) Fri February 11 2022 - FRANKFURT Jahrhunderthalle (Germany) Sun February 13 2022 - COPENHAGEN Opera House (Denmark) Mon February 14 2022 - STOCKHOLM Cirkus (Sweden) Wed February 16 2022 - RANDERS Vaerkat (Denmark) Fri February 18 2022 - ANTWERP Queen Elizabeth Hall (Belgium) Mon February 21 2022 - ZURICH Samsung Hall (Switzerland) Thu March 03 2022 - BARCELONA Palau de la Musica Catalana (Spain) Fri March 04 2022 - MADRID Auditorio Nacional De Musica (Spain)

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Q&A: James Taylor on his 2024 U.S. tour, the possibility of new music and his legacy

FILE - James Taylor performs at the 7th annual Love Rocks NYC concert in New York on March 9, 2023. Taylor kicks off his North American tour on May 29 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — He’s gone to Carolina in his mind and on tour for much of 2024.

Not long after his 76th birthday, James Taylor & His All-Star Band will take their show on the road in the United States, hitting 24 cities for 31 shows in five months.

Over Zoom from his studio in western Massachusetts, Taylor tells The Associated Press “It’s been September since the last time I’ve been out.” That, he says, is “a long time for me.”

The tour kicks off in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl on May 29 and ends at Wolf Trap Filene Center in Vienna, Virginia, on Sept. 15.

The tour hits Salt Lake City; Morrison, Colorado; Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis; Highland Park, Illinois; Noblesville, Indiana; Nashville, Tennessee; North Little Rock, Arkansas; Thackerville, Oklahoma; Clarkston, Michigan; Darien Center, New York; Syracuse, New York; Bethel Woods, New York; Bangor, Maine; Gilford, New Hampshire; Lenox, Massachusetts; Philadelphia; Wantagh, New York; Saratoga Springs, New York; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, and Boston.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

AP: Before the continental U.S. tour, you’re headed to Japan, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii. What keeps it interesting?

TAYLOR: The audience, always. The event itself has never failed to supply the motivation and the energy that is required. You know, it’s very compelling to go a great distance and to find a crowd of people that have bought tickets to come see me and the band play again.

Over time, it’s something you learn to do, to keep your strength up, keep your health... also, I don’t do more than a couple of shows in a row without a day off. I’ll do more than that if I’m in one town, but generally speaking, we pace ourselves now.

AP: That’s good advice.

TAYLOR: I definitely burned myself out a few times.

AP: You’re performing at Tanglewood, in your home state of Massachusetts, 50 years since you first performed there. What significance does it hold?

TAYLOR: I was trying to figure out whether or not it was 50 years or 50 shows that I’ve been playing at Tanglewood, and it turns out it’s both. 1974 was the first time I played there. It averages out to one a year, although at one point we skipped a whole decade.

We had an episode where one of my crew members, in a fit of pique, drove a truck across the Tanglewood lawn and made a mess of it. He was told he had to get the truck off the lawn because it had been raining and it was making an imprint on it. As we were breaking down after the show, he was driving out there to unload the mixing board and stuff. But he put it in reverse, stomped the accelerator and tore a great trough, a great furrow in the Tanglewood lawn. And they never asked me back. It was only when (my wife) Kim came along and resurrected my reputation that I was allowed to come back.

It’s been a great privilege... It’s turned out to be a great thing for me, to play Tanglewood every year.

AP: Does an anniversary like that — 50 years — allow you to reflect on your career?

TAYLOR: This is the time of life when you feel like you ought to get in touch with a lawyer and make a will. You see, the older generation, the people that were your friends and mentors, sort of checking out one by one . It is a time when you feel as though things are being summed up a little bit and you start thinking about, the whole thing as a totality. You know, a line from one of my songs, “Copperline,” is “I’m only living ‘til the end of the week,” and I think that really does describe me.

But, you know, it is a period of time when you look back and see the whole thing, it’s important not to internalize that idea of being a big deal. It’s important to focus on what it is that you do — and that thing as a craft that allows you to have your place in the world.

AP: What has that allowed you to learn?

TAYLOR: As time goes by, I think it’s wrong for people to judge other people and even to evaluate them, and yet it’s something we constantly do, and we can’t avoid it. But we should mitigate it by knowing that when we judge someone, we’ve got it wrong. They know who they are, and not we. But, of course, in a million ways, all day long, we evaluate ourselves and other people and it’s complicated. It’s not up to me determine what my ultimate position in popular culture turns out to be 50 years from now.

AP: That’s a value judgment, too.

TAYLOR: I see people selling the rights to their catalogs. That baby boom generation musical expression, which happened between ’62 and 1980, that sort of 20 years of amazing activity that happened, I was in the center of it and actually got my start in London with the Beatles . So, I had a real sense of this generational phenomenon that the music that I was part of, was a big feature in the landscape and we were communicating to each other. We invented a kind of music there. It was predicted by rhythm and blues and folk music. And those two resurgences sort of fueled it and supplied it. It was big.

You see those people now, being in my sort of age group generally, selling the rights to their catalogs and sort of evaluating what their life’s output was worth. You know, David Bowie ’s went for like 250 million. I think (Bob) Dylan ... got like 300 million... (Bruce) Springsteen is said to have gotten more than that, like half a billion or something. It’s sort of like monopoly money.

AP: What do you hope people take away from your live show, and are you working on a new album?

TAYLOR: I feel like I’ve got another one in me — sounds like an egg — but I’m writing a little bit.

And as to what I hope people take away from live performances, I hope they take away a sense of connection. You know, live music — the thing that I’m so attached to about it, why I can’t let it go — is that there’s something (that) happens when people come together for a couple of hours for two or three hours and have a sort of collective experience.

It’s indescribable. You prepare for it, but when it happens, it’s spontaneous and, in a way, unique. I love it when that happens, and it does most nights.

AP: Give us a call if you consider selling your catalog.

TAYLOR: If someone comes sniffing around, I’ll get in touch.

Q&A: James Taylor on his 2024 U.S. tour, the possibility of new music and his legacy

He’s gone to Carolina in his mind and on tour for much of 2024

LOS ANGELES -- He's gone to Carolina in his mind and on tour for much of 2024.

Not long after his 76th birthday, James Taylor & His All-Star Band will take their show on the road in the United States, hitting 24 cities for 31 shows in five months.

Over Zoom from his studio in western Massachusetts, Taylor tells The Associated Press “It's been September since the last time I've been out." That, he says, is “a long time for me.”

The tour kicks off in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl on May 29 and ends at Wolf Trap Filene Center in Vienna, Virginia, on Sept. 15.

The tour hits Salt Lake City; Morrison, Colorado; Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis; Highland Park, Illinois; Noblesville, Indiana; Nashville, Tennessee; North Little Rock, Arkansas; Thackerville, Oklahoma; Clarkston, Michigan; Darien Center, New York; Syracuse, New York; Bethel Woods, New York; Bangor, Maine; Gilford, New Hampshire; Lenox, Massachusetts; Philadelphia; Wantagh, New York; Saratoga Springs, New York; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, and Boston.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

TAYLOR: The audience, always. The event itself has never failed to supply the motivation and the energy that is required. You know, it’s very compelling to go a great distance and to find a crowd of people that have bought tickets to come see me and the band play again.

Over time, it’s something you learn to do, to keep your strength up, keep your health... also, I don’t do more than a couple of shows in a row without a day off. I’ll do more than that if I’m in one town, but generally speaking, we pace ourselves now.

TAYLOR: I definitely burned myself out a few times.

TAYLOR: I was trying to figure out whether or not it was 50 years or 50 shows that I’ve been playing at Tanglewood, and it turns out it’s both. 1974 was the first time I played there. It averages out to one a year, although at one point we skipped a whole decade.

We had an episode where one of my crew members, in a fit of pique, drove a truck across the Tanglewood lawn and made a mess of it. He was told he had to get the truck off the lawn because it had been raining and it was making an imprint on it. As we were breaking down after the show, he was driving out there to unload the mixing board and stuff. But he put it in reverse, stomped the accelerator and tore a great trough, a great furrow in the Tanglewood lawn. And they never asked me back. It was only when (my wife) Kim came along and resurrected my reputation that I was allowed to come back.

It’s been a great privilege... It's turned out to be a great thing for me, to play Tanglewood every year.

TAYLOR: This is the time of life when you feel like you ought to get in touch with a lawyer and make a will. You see, the older generation, the people that were your friends and mentors, sort of checking out one by one. It is a time when you feel as though things are being summed up a little bit and you start thinking about, the whole thing as a totality. You know, a line from one of my songs, “Copperline,” is “I'm only living 'til the end of the week,” and I think that really does describe me.

But, you know, it is a period of time when you look back and see the whole thing, it's important not to internalize that idea of being a big deal. It's important to focus on what it is that you do — and that thing as a craft that allows you to have your place in the world.

TAYLOR: As time goes by, I think it’s wrong for people to judge other people and even to evaluate them, and yet it’s something we constantly do, and we can’t avoid it. But we should mitigate it by knowing that when we judge someone, we’ve got it wrong. They know who they are, and not we. But, of course, in a million ways, all day long, we evaluate ourselves and other people and it’s complicated. It's not up to me determine what my ultimate position in popular culture turns out to be 50 years from now.

TAYLOR: I see people selling the rights to their catalogs. That baby boom generation musical expression, which happened between '62 and 1980, that sort of 20 years of amazing activity that happened, I was in the center of it and actually got my start in London with the Beatles. So, I had a real sense of this generational phenomenon that the music that I was part of, was a big feature in the landscape and we were communicating to each other. We invented a kind of music there. It was predicted by rhythm and blues and folk music. And those two resurgences sort of fueled it and supplied it. It was big.

You see those people now, being in my sort of age group generally, selling the rights to their catalogs and sort of evaluating what their life’s output was worth. You know, David Bowie ’s went for like 250 million. I think (Bob) Dylan... got like 300 million... (Bruce) Springsteen is said to have gotten more than that, like half a billion or something. It’s sort of like monopoly money.

TAYLOR: I feel like I’ve got another one in me — sounds like an egg — but I'm writing a little bit.

And as to what I hope people take away from live performances, I hope they take away a sense of connection. You know, live music — the thing that I’m so attached to about it, why I can’t let it go — is that there’s something (that) happens when people come together for a couple of hours for two or three hours and have a sort of collective experience.

It's indescribable. You prepare for it, but when it happens, it’s spontaneous and, in a way, unique. I love it when that happens, and it does most nights.

TAYLOR: If someone comes sniffing around, I'll get in touch.

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Q&A: James Taylor on his 2024 U.S. tour, the possibility of new music and his legacy

Not long after his 76th birthday, james taylor & his all-star band will hit the road for a u.s. tour, by maria sherman | associated press • published march 27, 2024.

He's gone to Carolina in his mind and on tour for much of 2024 .

Not long after his 76th birthday,  James Taylor & His All-Star Band will take their show on the road in the United States, hitting 24 cities for 31 shows in five months.

Over Zoom from his studio in western Massachusetts, Taylor tells The Associated Press “It's been September since the last time I've been out." That, he says, is “a long time for me.”

The tour kicks off in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl on May 29 and ends at Wolf Trap Filene Center in Vienna, Virginia, on Sept. 15.

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The tour hits Salt Lake City; Morrison, Colorado; Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis; Highland Park, Illinois; Noblesville, Indiana; Nashville, Tennessee; North Little Rock, Arkansas; Thackerville, Oklahoma; Clarkston, Michigan; Darien Center, New York; Syracuse, New York; Bethel Woods, New York; Bangor, Maine; Gilford, New Hampshire; Lenox, Massachusetts; Philadelphia; Wantagh, New York; Saratoga Springs, New York; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, and Boston.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

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AP: Before the continental U.S. tour, you're headed to Japan, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii. What keeps it interesting?

TAYLOR: The audience, always. The event itself has never failed to supply the motivation and the energy that is required. You know, it’s very compelling to go a great distance and to find a crowd of people that have bought tickets to come see me and the band play again.

Over time, it’s something you learn to do, to keep your strength up, keep your health... also, I don’t do more than a couple of shows in a row without a day off. I’ll do more than that if I’m in one town, but generally speaking, we pace ourselves now.

AP : That's good advice.

TAYLOR : I definitely burned myself out a few times.

AP: You're performing at Tanglewood, in your home state of Massachusetts, 50 years since you first performed there. What significance does it hold?

TAYLOR: I was trying to figure out whether or not it was 50 years or 50 shows that I’ve been playing at Tanglewood, and it turns out it’s both. 1974 was the first time I played there. It averages out to one a year, although at one point we skipped a whole decade.

We had an episode where one of my crew members, in a fit of pique, drove a truck across the Tanglewood lawn and made a mess of it. He was told he had to get the truck off the lawn because it had been raining and it was making an imprint on it. As we were breaking down after the show, he was driving out there to unload the mixing board and stuff. But he put it in reverse, stomped the accelerator and tore a great trough, a great furrow in the Tanglewood lawn. And they never asked me back. It was only when (my wife) Kim came along and resurrected my reputation that I was allowed to come back.

It’s been a great privilege... It's turned out to be a great thing for me, to play Tanglewood every year.

AP: Does an anniversary like that — 50 years — allow you to reflect on your career?

TAYLOR: This is  the time of life  when you feel like you ought to get in touch with a lawyer and make a will. You see, the older generation, the people that were your friends and mentors, sort of  checking out one by one . It is a time when you feel as though things are being summed up a little bit and you start thinking about, the whole thing as a totality. You know, a line from one of my songs, “Copperline,” is “I'm only living 'til the end of the week,” and I think that really does describe me.

But, you know, it is a period of time when you look back and see the whole thing, it's important not to internalize that idea of being a big deal. It's important to focus on what it is that you do — and that thing as a craft that allows you to have your place in the world.

AP: What has that allowed you to learn?

TAYLOR: As time goes by, I think it’s wrong for people to judge other people and even to evaluate them, and yet it’s something we constantly do, and we can’t avoid it. But we should mitigate it by knowing that when we judge someone, we’ve got it wrong. They know who they are, and not we. But, of course, in a million ways, all day long, we evaluate ourselves and other people and it’s complicated. It's not up to me determine what my ultimate position in popular culture turns out to be 50 years from now.

AP: That's a value judgment, too.

TAYLOR : I see people selling the rights to their catalogs. That baby boom generation musical expression, which happened between '62 and 1980, that sort of 20 years of amazing activity that happened, I was in the center of it and actually got my start in London  with the Beatles . So, I had a real sense of this generational phenomenon that the music that I was part of, was a big feature in the landscape and we were communicating to each other. We invented a kind of music there. It was predicted by rhythm and blues and folk music. And those two resurgences sort of fueled it and supplied it. It was big.

You see those people now, being in my sort of age group generally, selling the rights to their catalogs and sort of evaluating what their life’s output was worth. You know,  David Bowie  ’s went for like 250 million. I think  (Bob) Dylan ... got like 300 million...  (Bruce) Springsteen  is said to have gotten more than that, like half a billion or something. It’s sort of like monopoly money.

AP: What do you hope people take away from your live show, and are you working on a new album?

TAYLOR: I feel like I’ve got another one in me — sounds like an egg — but I'm writing a little bit.

And as to what I hope people take away from live performances, I hope they take away a sense of connection. You know, live music — the thing that I’m so attached to about it, why I can’t let it go — is that there’s something (that) happens when people come together for a couple of hours for two or three hours and have a sort of collective experience.

It's indescribable. You prepare for it, but when it happens, it’s spontaneous and, in a way, unique. I love it when that happens, and it does most nights.

AP : Give us a call if you consider selling your catalog.

TAYLOR: If someone comes sniffing around, I'll get in touch.

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