JAMIE CULLUM's "The Pursuit" to Get US Release; Tour Announced

 

MUSIC NEWS - English singer/songwriter/pianist/multi-instrumentalist Jamie Cullum, who the Hollywood Reporter called "a one man British Invastion", has revealed a series of USA tour dates to promote the U.S. release of his The Pursuit album (due March 2, 2010 from Verve Records). The album is Cullum's third for the label and his first in four years,  following on last year's Golden Globe nomination for Cullum and Clint Eastwood of "Gran Torino" as Best Original Song. 

 

Cullum's previous, Twentysomething and Catching Tales were international crossover hits. The Pursuit has already been released in Europe and the UK and  garnered Top 10 digital debuts on the iTunes Top Album Chart in the U.K., Germany, France, Spain and ten other countries.

 

Like the exploding piano on its cover, the anticipated The Pursuit will blow away your preconceptions with 14 tunes that run the gamut from swinging standards and yearning singer-songwriter confessionals to 125 BPM house dance tracks and resurrected Broadway ballads. The album features nine Cullum originals and five cover songs that showcase his unique voice and iconoclastic interpretive skills. The self-penned gems include the buoyant first single "I'm All Over It," the cheerfully apocalyptic "Wheels," the animated swing of "You and Me Are Gone," Cullum's love song to music "Mixtape" and his love song to love "Love Ain't Gonna Let You Down."   Cullum also reinvents 1930s jazz standards (Cole Porter's "Just One Of Those Things" and "Love For Sale"), brings the dance floor into the bedroom (Rihanna's "Don't Stop The Music") and cleans the pancake off the Great White Way (Leslie Bricusse's "If I Ruled the World" and Stephen Sondheim's "Not While I'm Around"). 

 

JAMIE CULLUM 2010 USA Tour Itinerary:

 

March 2010

4     NYC, NY            The Town Hall

5     Philadelphia, PA      The Keswick Theatre

6     Boston, MA          House Of Blues

7     Washington, DC      9:30 Club

9     Toronto, ON         Massey Hall

12     Atlanta, GA         Cobb Energy Center

13     Nashville, TN James K. Polk Theater

14     St. Louis, MO  Roberts Orpheum Theater

16     Chicago, IL         Park West

20     Vancouver, BC  Commodore Ballroom

21     Seattle, WA          The Moore Theatre

22     Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom

23     San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

25     Los Angeles, CA     Avalon