EXCLUSIVE: James Bay shares excitement about SA tour!
Internationally acclaimed and multi-Grammy award-winning, singer-songwriter James Bay is set to embark on a highly anticipated tour across South Africa for the first time!
The UK hitmaker’s artistry blends soulful storytelling with modern musicianship.
Now he's bringing his wonderful musical talent to South African stages!
It is my first time. I feel like almost everybody I know has at least gone on holiday or done some sort of fantastic adventure to South Africa and I feel like the last one. So I'm not only looking forward to coming, but I'm of course looking forward to playing shows.
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He’s been in the musical spotlight for more than a decade now, but ask James Bay if he’s satisfied with where he’s landed at this current moment in time and he’ll unabashedly tell you he’s never felt more proud than he does with his latest work, his new LP, 'Changes All The Time'.
When my insecurity sort of manifests it, it struggles to sort of communicate directly and finds it more therapeutic and just easier to express the struggles in the form of a song, or at least some kind of sort of art. I got to say there's something a little bit more sort of vulnerable, earnest and sort of perhaps sort of deeper.
He’s released a Number One album in the UK (2015’s breakout debut, Chaos and the Calm), toured with The Rolling Stones, opened for Bruce Springsteen, been bowed down to by Queen’s Brian May for his guitar prowess, and this summer shared with longtime friend and ‘Hurt Somebody’ hitmaker, Noah Kahan.
Really the last four or five years that I've sort of, you know, thought a lot about kind of 11 year old me and thought, wow, this, if you could tell him this, it would be, it would be quite, he would be like amazed.
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With his distinctive voice and heartfelt lyrics, Bay has captivated audiences worldwide. Known for hits like “Hold Back the River” and “Let It Go,” he combines folk, rock, and pop elements, creating a sound that resonates deeply with listeners.
Details for James Bay’s South African Tour:
Johannesburg
Date: Saturday 29th March 2025
Venue: Marks Park Sports Club in Emmarentia, Johannesburg
Buy tickets here.
Cape Town
Date: Thursday 27th March 2025
Venue: Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town
Buy tickets here.
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