{"id":32028,"date":"2021-09-25T03:57:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T10:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/?p=32028"},"modified":"2021-09-20T06:02:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:02:18","slug":"james-blake-announces-friends-that-break-your-heart-2022-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/concerts\/james-blake-announces-friends-that-break-your-heart-2022-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"James Blake Announces \u2018Friends That Break Your Heart\u2019 2022 Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"James Blake - Say What You Will (Official Video)\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JRUjtalz_1k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/james-blake-musician-tickets\">James Blake<\/a> has announced the UK and European tour in support of his forthcoming new album called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friends That Break Your Heart<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tour will take in a series of dates in Glasgow, Manchester and Sheffield, as well as a gig at London\u2019s Alexandra Palace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blake\u2019s dates kick off on April 30, 2022 at the O2 Academy in Glasgow before wrapping up at Alexandra Palace on May 17, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This month, Blake released his latest song \u2018Famous Last Words\u2018. It follows last month\u2019s \u2018Life Is Not The Same\u2018 and July\u2019s \u2018Say What You Will\u2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James &#8211; who is in a relationship with actress Jameela Jamil &#8211; recently shared how &#8216;Say What You Will&#8217; is about &#8220;finding peace&#8221; within himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He said: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The song is about finding peace with who you are and where you&#8217;re at regardless of how well other people seem to be doing.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Comparison really is the thief of joy.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The music video for the song featured a special guest appearance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/finneas-tickets\">Finneas<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The multi-instrumentalist and producer\u2019s fifth album is set for release on October 8 via Polydor. It was recently pushed back from its original September 10 release due to vinyl pressing delays amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blake\u2019s first full-length album in two years will include guest appearances from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/sza-tickets\">SZA<\/a>, JID &amp; SwaVay, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/monica-martin-tickets\">Monica Martin<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blake recently said that he wants to make \u201cplenty more\u201d music with Dave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The musician contributed vocals and production Dave\u2019s latest record, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re All Alone In This Together<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which came out this summer and followed on from the rapper\u2019s 2019 debut <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Psychodrama<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think [Dave] kind of wanted me to executive produce the record, but in the end he was making all the decisions,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blake told GQ. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHalfway through the record I was like: \u2018Hold on, you\u2019re exec producing this and you\u2019re brilliant at it, so let\u2019s just finish it off.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Available James Blake ticket info can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/james-blake-musician-tickets\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>James Blake Friends That Break Your Heart 2022 Tour<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Show date and time: April 30, 2022 \u2013 May 17, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Show location: O2, Glasgow, UK \u2013 Alexandra Palace, London, UK<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Blake has announced the UK and European tour in support of his forthcoming new album called Friends That Break Your Heart. 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