album release date of james blunt back to bedlam

But I don’t save a life the way a doctor does or a fireman. I can play in Beirut where Muslims, Christians and Jews turn up under one roof and put their troubles aside. There’s a uniting thing about playing to a live audience. I’m not a fan of celebrity culture and I think we obsess about it too much. ‘I can honestly say fame is only important to me if it gets me into a nightclub without queuing. That may have come in handy as he’s had to negotiate his fair share of criticism in the past ten years, and by his own admission he feels uncomfortable in the spotlight. She also gave me a light sabre for protection too.’ She wrote her date of birth and, bizarrely, her “date of death” on its forehead. 'Carrie put her cardboard cut-out from Star Wars outside my room to protect me when I moved in. ‘Everybody needs a Princess Leia looking after them. ‘Rufus Wainwright is there all the time, Sean Lennon pops in and Harper Simon, Paul’s son, is there lots too,’ says James. Now he says he couldn’t imagine being anywhere else when he’s working – and he’s not the only one. Any artist in the world would be thrilled to have had that song.’įor the past two years James has been happily settled with Sofia Wellesley, 30, the granddaughter of Arthur Valerian Wellesley, the 8th Duke of Wellington ‘It’s not the best song, but it set me off on this phenomenal career and I’m lucky to have had that. ‘I have no need to move on from You’re Beautiful at all,’ he tells me as we drop anchor in his seven-seater speedboat off the coast of Ibiza. The song became a No.1 hit in more than 12 countries in 2005 and was played incessantly on the radio, but was slated as cheesy and annoying by the critics. He also feels he’s finally come to terms with the mauling his debut single You’re Beautiful received. But then, what would he have to be down about?Īfter selling close to 20 million albums and touring almost non-stop around the world to sell-out crowds since he arrived on the scene in 2004 with his debut album Back To Bedlam, he’s made his money, has homes in Ibiza, Verbier and London, and now it seems that the one-time lothario is blissfully in love too. James Blunt smiles a lot – endlessly, in fact.

Album release date of james blunt back to bedlam