JAMES BLUNT TO BRING ‘BACK TO BEDLAM 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR’ TO THE O2

James Blunt has announced that he will be bringing the ‘Back To Bedlam 20th Anniversary Tour’ to The O2 on Sunday 16 February 2025.

Tickets are available to Virgin Media & O2 customers via https://priority.o2.co.uk/ from 10am on Wednesday 29 May and go on general sale at 10am on Friday 31 May via www.theo2.co.uk.

Alongside the tour, James has also revealed that his forthcoming special remastered version of Back To Bedlam, one of the top ten best-selling albums of the Noughties, will be released on 11 October 2024, twenty years to the day of its initial release. Pre-order HERE.

In true James Blunt fashion, he explains; “I’ve released seven studio albums, but Back To Bedlam was the one people actually bought. So on its twentieth anniversary, the record label and I thought we should repackage it with some early demos, and milk it for all it’s worth. It was one of the biggest selling albums of the Noughties, so here’s hoping it makes a dent in the 20’s.”

Back To Bedlam featured the global smash hit ‘You’re Beautiful’ and is one of the top ten best-selling albums of the Noughties. He’s won two Brit Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards and has received five Grammy nominations. As James humbly approaches national treasure status in his native UK, he is widely regarded for his honesty, wit, and charm, as showcased on record, on stage and with his ever-engaging social media banter.

“I’ve been touring now for twenty years, and really, it’s only Back To Bedlam that people want to hear… so on that album’s twentieth anniversary, what better way to celebrate than to head out on the ‘Back To Bedlam 20th Anniversary Tour’!” explains James. “I’ll play all the songs from Back To Bedlam in full, from start to finish, and chuck in the better known songs from later albums to finish. It’s going to be, well, it pains me to say it… beautiful.”

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