Welcoming Jamie T back to Glastonbury - he was last seen headlining the John Peel Stage in 2010 - was always going to be an emotional experience, if for no other reason than he’s always been an exposed nerve sort of performer. He named his first album Panic Prevention after his tendency towards panic attacks, and while his songs are often about youth gone wild, what he describes is the euphoria from the inside, rather than casting judgments from the outside.
He’s been away for a long time, painstakingly working on his third album, 2014’s Carry On The Grudge, the 12 songs of which were whittled down from an astonishing 180. And his comeback has been one of the most heartening musical events of the past few years, ably assisted by recent appearances at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Norwich, on Later… with Jools Holland and blaring out All About That Bass in the Live Lounge.
Welcoming Jamie T back to Glastonbury - he was last seen headlining the John Peel Stage in 2010 - was always going to be an emotional experience, if for no other reason than he’s always been an exposed nerve sort of performer. He named his first album Panic Prevention after his tendency towards panic attacks, and while his songs are often about youth gone wild, what he describes is the euphoria from the inside, rather than casting judgments from the outside.
He’s been away for a long time, painstakingly working on his third album, 2014’s Carry On The Grudge, the 12 songs of which were whittled down from an astonishing 180. And his comeback has been one of the most heartening musical events of the past few years, ably assisted by recent appearances at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Norwich, on Later… with Jools Holland and blaring out All About That Bass in the Live Lounge.
