James Blunt

In the organizer's words:

WHO WE USED TO BE TOUR

British singer and songwriter James Blunt hardly needs an introduction these days. He shot to the top of the charts in 2005 with his debut album "Back To Bedlam" and the lead single "You're Beautiful", collecting billions of streams with this song alone to date. Some of these songs, which catapulted his career into orbit so early on, were written during his time as a professional soldier in the British army - where he served as an officer in the KFOR troops in Kosovo, for example. Since then, James Blunt has been able to concentrate fully on music and has released numerous other hit singles and albums. For example, the piano-heavy ballad "1973" from the 2007 album "All The Lost Souls", the folky "Bonfire Heart" from "Moon Landing" (2013) or the rather dark "Monsters" (2019), which can be found on "Once Upon A Mind". His nasal, haunting voice and emphatic sound somewhere between folk and pop inspires millions of people - and at the same time strangely triggers numerous haters, although James Blunt is one of the most charming stage people imaginable. But James Blunt can handle it himself: anyone who hates his music would stand in a stadium at any time when James Blunt reads out his best tweets. This is where his down-to-earth, wonderfully dry, self-deprecating British humor comes to the fore. On the release of his best-of compilation "The Stars Beneath My Feet", for example, he posted: "I solemnly swear I'll never write, record or sing another song as long as I live if my new album (out tomorrow) gets to number one." Luckily for his fans, the haters couldn't bring themselves to buy his album to end his career. In response to the nasty tweet asking if it could really be that there was a "best of" from James Blunt, he replied with the tweet: "Yup, it's called 'Greatest Hit'." But back to the music - and it remains perfect pop music. His new studio album "Who We Used To Be" will be released on October 27 and the advance single already shows where the journey could take him: "Beside You" is more upbeat and cheerful than much of what James Blunt has released before. A danceable, more electronic pop song, which for connoisseurs even has the great film music composer Ennio Morricone in the credits due to a sample. James Blunt himself says in anticipation of his tour: "I can't put into words how much I'm looking forward to going on tour again in 2024. It's been incredible fun writing and recording my new album and some of the new songs will no doubt get you on your feet and dancing again. I'm already looking forward to crowd surfing with you!"

All information about James Blunt 's concert on March 09, 2024 in the Olympiahalle can be found HERE or in the Facebook event.