NEWS 2007


Gig info
24 Sep 2007 [Official site]
South America
- Starsailor are now confirmed to support The Killers on their dates in Argentina and Chile.

the Bud Rock Festival / 17 Nov 2007 Korea
- Starsailor will be making their first visit to Korea to headline the Bud Rock Festival on November 17th.

Rolling Stones
- Due to Amy Winehouse's recently publicised problems, Starsailor will now be supporting The Rolling Stones at their show in Hamburg on Wednesday night.

Starsailor announce UK tour
5 July 2007 [NME]
Starsailor have announced details of a UK tour.The band will hit the road this autumn for a series of dates.

The group, who last released an album in 2005, will play acoustic and electric sets to promote Fairtrade.

They play:
Huddersfield Town Hall (September 30)
Queens Hall Edinburgh (October 1)
Middlesbrough Town Hall (2)
Preston 53 Degrees (3)
Warrington Parr Hall (5)
Chesterfield Winding Wheel (6)
Southampton University (8)
Northampton Roadmenders (9)
Bath Pavilion (10)

Fairtrade tour this autumn
28 Jun 2007 [Starsailor MySpace]
Starsailor continue to raise awareness of The Fairtrade Mark with another series of dates in the Autumn just announced. Similar to 2006's successful shows in Leeds and London, these will include an opening acoustic set, followed by a full electric show. A full list of dates can be found on our myspace page and tickets are on sale through...

Starsailor have just finished a run of support dates with The Rolling Stones and are now working on the eagerly anticipated follow up album to 2005's 'On The Outside'.

Starsailor begin work on new album - They demo three new songs
16 Mar 2007 [NME]
Starsailor have begun work on their new album.

The band have begun recording demos for the follow up to 2005's 'On The Outside'.

Posting on their Myspace blog frontman James Walsh wrote:

"We have completed another set of demos in Henley which produced 3 new songs. The one which everyone is raving about is called 'Lights Out' or 'Tell Me It's Not Over' (we haven't decided yet!).

"It's got a massive drum beat, reminiscent of Doves and U2. Another couple of these and we will have a truly great album."

In an earlier post the band said that they had written 15 songs for the album, and demoed the songs 'Let Go', 'Do You Believe In Love?', 'Won't Stop Now' and 'Change My Mind'.

A release date has not been announced.

Starsailor make headway with new album
19 Jan 2007 [NME]
Starsailor are hard at work on their fourth album, the band have revealed.

Posting on the band's messageboard, singer James Walsh informed fans what his group have been up to.

"We found a great little place near Henley to write and record songs for our next album," he wrote "We are now in great shape with around 15 songs written but we will continue doing tracks until we are happy we have got the best songs we could possibly write."

He continued: "I think we have struck a great balance between our heavier side and our more emotional downbeat side. There are some stompers certainly but also the ballads are back! I can't wait for you to hear some of these songs and we hope to be able to play them live for you in the near future."

Gig info. from official site
15 Jan 2007 [Official Site]
Zermatt Unplugged - 13 Apr 2007
Acoustic show, Switzerland

SXSW - 15 & 17 Mar 2007
For those of you going to SXSW James will be playing a couple of acoustic shows, details of which can be found in the calendar section of the site.

Russia - 18 Jan 2007
Starsailor will make their first trip to Russia this month, playing a debut gig on Thursday 18th January 2007 at 20:00 at the B1 Club in Moscow. You can click here to buy tickets.