James Blunt announces ‘Back To Bedlam’ 20th anniversary UK and European tour along with reissue

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James Blunt has announced a 20th anniversary reissue of ‘Back To Bedlam’, as well as details of a UK and European tour. Find out more details and buy tickets below.Announced today (May 22), the British ‘00s icon is set to re-release his iconic 2004 album ‘Back To Bedlam’ in celebration of the upcoming 20th anniversary.Set to arrive on October 11 – exactly two decades since it first dropped – the reissue will see the same tracklist, including hits ‘You’re Beautiful’ and ‘Goodbye My Lover’, as well as a number of previously unreleased songs.These include tracks titled ‘Standing All Alone’, ‘Close Your Eyes’, ‘Butterfly’, ‘Dancing Days’ and B-side track ‘Sugar-Coated’, all of which were recorded during the ‘Bedlam’ era, as well as demo versions of the tracks seen on the original album.It also arrives just a year after Blunt dropped his latest studio album, ‘Who We Used To Be’.“I’ve released seven studio albums, but ‘Back To Bedlam’ was the one people actually bought.

So on its 20th anniversary, the record label and I thought we should repackage it with some early demos, and milk it for all it’s worth,” Blunt said of the re-release. “It was one of the biggest-selling albums of the ’00s, so here’s hoping it makes a dent in the ’20s.”Check out the album artwork below as well as the tracklisting.

Visit here to pre-order.1. ‘High (2024 remaster)’2. ‘You’re Beautiful (2024 remaster)’3. ‘Wisemen (2024 remaster)’4. ‘Goodbye My Lover (2024 remaster)’5. ‘Tears and Rain (2024 remaster)’6. ‘Out Of My Mind (2024 remaster)’7. ‘So Long, Jimmy (2024 remaster)’8. ‘Billy (2024 remaster)’9. ‘Cry (2024 remaster)’10. ‘No Bravery (2024 remaster)’11. ‘High (demo)’12. ‘You’re Beautiful (demo)’13. ‘Wisemen (demo)’14. ‘Goodbye My Lover (demo)’15..