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Tim Booth, lead singer of James

Before his band James perform in the Radio 2 Piano Room this month, here's another chance to hear frontman Tim Booth choosing his Tracks of My Years from June 2024.

Before his band James perform in the Radio 2 Piano Room this month, here's another chance to hear frontman Tim Booth choosing his Tracks of My Years - first broadcast in June 2024.

Tim is probably best known as the lead singer of the Manchester band James, who gave us anthems like 鈥淪it Down鈥� and 鈥淪he鈥檚 A Star鈥�. James recently celebrated 40 years together, and it all started when Tim met his future bandmates in the student union cellar bar at Manchester University. They stormed the 1990s with four top ten hits and reunited in 2007 landing five top ten albums.

In 2024, they beat Beyonce to the number one album slot in the charts with their 18th studio album 鈥淵ummy鈥� and then embarked on a huge UK arena tour, culminating at London鈥檚 02 - the first time the band had played that 20,000 capacity venue. Away from the band, Tim has also worked as an actor in 鈥淏atman Begins鈥� and has just released his debut novel, called 鈥淲hen I Died For The First Time鈥�.

A 麻豆社 Audio production for 麻豆社 Radio 2.

57 minutes

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Sun 1 Feb 2026 05:00
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • John Lennon

    #9 Dream

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.

  • Julee Cruise

    Rockin' Back Inside My Heart

    • Floating Into The NIght.
    • Warner Records.
    • 4.

  • Nina Simone

    I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)

    • The Best Of.
    • Philips.

  • The Stooges

    I Wanna Be Your Dog

    • The Stooges.
    • Elektra.
    • 2.

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Into My Arms

    • The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
    • Mute Records.
    • 7.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Thanks For The Dance

    • Thanks For The Dance.
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Talking Heads

    Love Goes To A Building On Fire

    • The Best of Talking Heads.
    • Sire Records.
    • 1.

  • Pixies

    Where Is My Mind?

    • 4 A.D..

  • Regina Spektor

    Loveology

    • Home, Before & After.
    • Sire.
    • 7.

  • Arcade Fire

    Wake Up

    • Funeral.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 7.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Jun 2024 05:00
    麻豆社 Radio 2
  • Sun 1 Feb 2026 05:00
    麻豆社 Radio 2