We are giving away another pair of tickets to James @ Crystal Ballroom on October 2. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed September 29.
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From our sponsors:
October 2, 2025
6:30pm doors, 8pm show | $52.25-68.50 | All Ages
Purchase Tickets: crystalballroompdx.com
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209
With more than 25 million albums sold over a longstanding career, James are amongst the most commercially and artistically successful alternative rock bands of their era. Having gathered a cult following around art rock gallops like Johnny Yen in the ’80s, they broke through to mainstream success with their major label debutGold Mother (1990), followed by a slew of euphoric anthems: ComeHome, Sit Down, and Laid. Their fifth album Laid saw them break the US charts, while Whiplash (1997), Millionaires (1999)and Pleased To Meet You (2001) cemented their standing as a classic1990s act with Tomorrow, She’s A Star and Just Like FredAstaire. James returned from a 6-year hiatus with 2008’s Hey Ma, followed by Girl at the End of the World (2016), Living inExtraordinary Times (2018), and All The Colours Of You (2021)- returning to a sustained period in the upper echelons of the album chart.
Their 40th anniversary in 2023 was celebrated with orchestral reworkings via BeOpened By The Wonderful – but this was far from a full stop. James released their 18th album Yummy on 12 April 2024, which reached #1 in the UKAlbums Chart – their first studio album to do so. One of their most prescient releases, Yummy deals with politics, AI, and conspiracy theories, and documents the creative process of a band who continues to evolve and defy expectations. Best described by MOJO: ‘after 18 LPs and overfour interrupted decades at the coalface, James are still re-inventing themselves.’