Exciting news from Thunder HQ, three more of Thunder's studio albums will be reissued by BMG on 20th October 2023. Vinyl and CD, bundles, bonus tracks, limited edition signed artwork and all manner of goodies are available. Go to the Thunder website for full details and get yours now!
SEPTEMBER 2022
While our beloved Mr Bowes is recovering, Thunder have sadly had to cancel the November 3rd show at the Garage in London. As always, for full details and to stay up to date visit www.thunderonline.com.
Big love and best wishes to Danny and his family and we hope he's back fighting fit as soon as possible ❤️
OCTOBER 2020 - UPDATED
Harry has been invited to perform at Planet Rock's Zeppelin
concert at the London Palladium. The event will feature more
than 50 performers, including a full band and symphony
orchestra, performing the music of Led Zeppelin.
Speaking about the event, Harry said “John Bonham was one of my
major influences growing up, so to take part in a show like this
and play these tunes ticks a big box for me. The fact that it’s
with an orchestra ramps it up even higher, so I’m really looking
forward to it”.
June 2019
They've been busy over at Thunder Towers. A lovely new website
and a shiny new Greatest Hits album heading our way soon. Read
all about it...
March 2017
Thunder have released "Stage" - recorded live in Cardiff last
year, there are various lovely bundles of CD / DVD / Vinyl /
Blu-ray / limited things / signed things...
October 2017
Oooooh a Thunder Christmas song! How exciting. Release date 1st
December 2017, but you can pre-order
yours NOW!
10th MAY 2017
As announced on the Magnum Facebook page this morning, it is
with a heavy heart that Harry will not be joining Magnum for
their forthcoming performances. As demand for Thunder shows
increases, this has inevitably lead to conflicting tour dates.
Harry would like to wish all the best to Lee, who will be
taking up drum duties for the up and coming shows and the
recording of the new album.
Much love, as always, to the rest of the band, Magnum family
and fans xx
THUNDER HMV INSTORE APPEARANCES FEBRUARY
10th-16th
Not long now til the release of the new Thunder album Rip It Up
on 10th February. To mark the occasion Thunder will be appearing
in HMV stores up and down the country, playing live and acoustic
and signing copies of the new album. You can catch them here...
February 10th - HMV 363 Oxford St London
February 13th - HMV Cardiff
February 14th - HMV Leeds
February 15th - HMV Glasgow
February 16th - HMV Manchester
THUNDER ANNOUNCE NEW STUDIO ALBUM 'Rip It Up' will be released on 10th February 2017. Click
the image for full details...
THUNDER UK tour 2016 Tickets are onsale now, click the image below for more
information and to get yours...
THUNDER TOUR IN FEBRUARY 2016!
9th May 2015 - Magnum, Escape From the
Shadow Garden - LIVE
13th February 2015 There are only a few days left to wait now until the
release of Thunder's "Wonder Days", all sorts of promotional
stuff going on, special performance, vidoes and sneak peaks,
check out
Thunder's facebook page for all the latest information!
27th November - Thunder: new studio album Thunder have confirmed that, six years after the release
of their last studio album, they've recorded a new one! Out on
February 16th next year. Woop!
A video has been released for the title track "Wonder Days".
Full details here
or head straight over to watch it on
youtube. Which is nice.
27th November - Magnum single Magnum are set to release a brand new recording of "On
Christmas Day" (B-side "Born to be King". Available by digital
download or beautiful
limited edition vinyl from Amazon on 1st December 2014.
9th April - Magnum video: Too Many Clowns New video from Magnum, perfect to get you in the mood for
the current tour. Check out the gigs
page for a date near you.
Not
only musiciansand freelance artists know this phenomenon: it’s
impossible to deliver top creative performances at the push of a
button. You need peace, leisure, and – most of all – a certain
amount of serenity to create truly great works of art. “We used
to be under permanent pressure from our record companies,” says
Magnum mastermind Tony Clarkin. “They kept calling us, demanding
hit singles and radio numbers. But that sort of thing doesn’t
work on demand. Now we’re with SPV, where it’s a totally
different situation. They give us the necessary time and trust
us to do the right thing. That’s probably the reason why I enjoy
working with Magnum again."
Clarkin’s regained joy in his band is omnipresent on the
latest Magnum
offering, Escape From The Shadow Garden. Just like his simple
yet logical
work ethos: “I simply told myself: you’re a passable guitarist,
so you
should play the guitar. As the band’s guitarist and producer, I
have all the
freedom I need to create exactly what I feel like creating.” The
result of
his latest burst of creativity consists of eleven wonderfully
melodic rock
songs which blend all the typical Magnum ingredients, sounding
in a
fascinating way both timeless and classic. “This band has
certain
unmistakable trademarks,” Clarkin explains. “Among them are my
feel for
melodies and Bob’s unique vocal style."
Only a month after the release of its predecessor, On The 13th
Day, Clarkin
started with the preparations for Escape From The Shadow Garden
– as always
an exciting phase in his life. “Before you haven’t recorded and
mixed every
single note, you never really know whether you’ll be happy with
the result.
When I heard the final version of the eleven new songs with
their different
stories and diverse arrangements, I knew it had turned into an
impressive
and complete album. Together with the great cover artwork
designed by Rodney
Matthews (Asia, Nazareth, Eloy), this is a release which forges
an arch to
the early days of Magnum’s career. And that’s wonderful! I was
really happy
when my friend Jimmy Lea of Slade came to visit me at the studio
again and
said: ‘You’ve done it again?’ It doesn’t matter whether by sheer
luck or
hard work – life could have gone a totally differently way.”
‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’ will be release on Steamhammer
/ SPV on
March 19th in Scandinavia, March 21st in Germany, March 24th in
Europe and
March 25th in the US/Canada.
‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’ will be available as a limited
digipak
edition with bonus DVD, as a double gatefold coloured vinyl LP
set incl.
bonus track, standard jewel case CD and download.
TRACKLISTING:
Digipak Version
CD
1. Live ‘Til You Die
2. Unwritten Sacrifice
3. Falling For The Big Plan
4. Crying In The Rain
5. Too Many Clowns
6. Midnight Angel
7. The Art Of Compromise
8. Don’t Fall Asleep
9. Wisdom’s Had Its Day
10. Burning River
11. The Valley Of Tears
DVD
Bonus Features
Recorded Over Six Nights In Europe Live Footage
(Black Skies - Freedom Day - All My Bridges - On A Storyteller’s
Night)
Extras (On tour Footage)
(Too Many Clowns - Dance Of The Black Tattoo)
Jewel case Version
1. Live ‘Til You Die
2. Unwritten Sacrifice
3. Falling For The Big Plan
4. Crying In The Rain
5. Too Many Clowns
6. Midnight Angel
7. The Art Of Compromise
8. Don’t Fall Asleep
9. Wisdom’s Had Its Day
10. Burning River
11. The Valley Of Tears
LP Version
LP 1 Side One
1. Live ‘Til You Die
2. Unwritten Sacrifice
3. Falling For The Big Plan
LP 1 Side Two
1. Crying In The Rain
2. Too Many Clowns
3. Midnight Angel
LP 2 Side One
1. The Art Of Compromise
2. Don’t Fall Asleep
3. Wisdom’s Had Its Day
LP 1 Side Two
10. Burning River
11. The Valley Of Tears
12. Dance Of The Black Tattoo (live) – bonus track
The cover is once again created by famous fantasy artist Rodney
Matthews
(Asia, Nazareth, Eloy).
Three weeks after the release of ‘Escape From The Shadow
Garden" MAGNUM
set off on a huge European Tour (details on the gigs
page).
Magnum are:
Tony Clarkin - guitars
Bob Catley - vocals
Mark Stanway - keyboards
Al Barrow - bass
Harry James - drums
19th August - Album featuring Harry
released today... Reuben Archer's Personal Sin is out today featuring Harry
and a host of familiar names. Get yours here.
4th July - Charity gig Here are all the details for the event on July 20th - a
great event to support if you can get there. Happy Independence
Day to all our American friends!
THURSDAY 24TH JANUARY - Harry on GTFM
Rockshow Harry will be joining Andy Fox live in the studio for the
Thursday Rockshow, 9-11pm on GTFM 107.9FM or on the web at www.gtfm.co.uk
and on BCFM 93.2 www.bcfm.org.uk.
They will talk about Snakecharmer and all things Harry James. If
you have a question you would like them to put to Harry you can
email rockshow@gtfm.co.uk and don't
forget to tune in next Thursday!
THUNDER TO TOUR WITH JOURNEY &
WHITESNAKE Following many announcements about announcements, a super
tour has been announced for May 2013. Tickets go on sale 10am on
Friday 9th November and are available from www.livenation.co.uk
or www.ticketmaster.co.uk
New Magnum Album
- 'On the 13th Day' Magnum's latest album will be released in the UK on 24th
September 2012. Various exciting formats are available, (full
details on the Magnum
website) and it's available for pre-order
now!
15th September 2011 - Thunder Chrismas
show finally confirmed! After much speculation (and delayed official
announcements!) the Thunder Christmas show 2011 has been
confirmed - 21st December 2011 at Nottingham Rock City.
Danny and Ben will also hit the road in January 2012 with 8
special, intimate sit down shows which will feature stripped
down Thunder classics, their favourite cover versions and
stories of their years in the music business. Visit the official
Thunder website for full details.
No Thunder related update would be complete without news of
Luke's fabulous new band (along with Chris Childs and Thunder
friend Peter Shoulder) The Union. The boys have a new album out
on 3rd October which you can listen to in full on their website
and a tour in October. Check out The
Union official website for more information.
14th
September 2011 - Magnum release "Evolution" On 14th November 2011 Magnum are to release a exciting
new album "Evolution". A celebration of the last ten years of
Magnum since the reunion, the album contains partially
rerecorded and fully remixed versions of songs from the comeback
albums as well as two brand new songs. The band have also
confirmed three exclusive live dates in the UK this
November/December.
15th July 2011 - Top secret news! A cheeky little secret has emerged today that a band we
all know and love will be special guests of Skin next Thursday
(21st) at Nottingham Rock City. So get your tickets now before
they all go!
1st June 2011 - THUNDER TO PLAY IN THE
USA! Further to the news about members of Thunder's
involvement in the Childline fundraising trip, the latest
announcement from the Thunder
website is that the rest of the members of Thunder and The
Union will fly out to join Ben, Danny, Luke and Peter in the
USA. Both bands will perform at the Sun Valley Pavilion in
Ketchum on 16th July. The band will treat the show as a warm up
for their High Voltage appearance on July 24th.
31st May 2011 - Ben, Danny, Luke &
Peter USA Adventure Some of Harry's Thunder colleagues are heading to Canada
& America from 10th to the 16th of July 2011 to take part in
the The Childline Rocks Hands Across The Water Ride.
The team are also raising much needed money for Childline, so
if you've got a spare quid or two, or to find out more about the
trip click
here.
Good luck boys!
15th February 2011 Fabulous news for Thunder fans today - Thunder will play
a one-off reunion show at this Year's High Voltage festival! As
the official statement points out, this does not mean Thunder
are getting back together and Harry would like to underline his
ongoing commitment to Magnum and he can't wait to get out on
their forthcoming tour. Harry's
involvement in his other projects also remains unchanged.
I’ve been informed today that the ex
members of Thunder have agreed to reunite after almost 2 years
apart, for a one off show at High Voltage Festival, at Victoria
Park London on Sunday July 24th.
I’ve been asked to point out that this
does not mean they’re getting back together, and there are no
plans to record or release any new material. In fact Luke and
Chris have asked me to stress that whilst they’re both chuffed
to be doing a Thunder show, their commitment to The Union and
the new album release (later this year) is undiminished, and the
writing is going really well.
All ex-Thunder band members’ other
activities will remain unchanged, and Harry is about to go on
tour with Magnum, so this really is a one off.
Danny says: “I can’t lie, I’ve missed
singing and being in the band more than I thought I would over
the past couple of years, so when High Voltage called last week,
I was keen to explore it, as it was great last year. We’re still
releasing the new “Rough & Ready” live album, but there’s no
plan to do any other recording going forwards. It will be great
to play again, and we’re really excited”.
Luke says: “I thoroughly enjoyed
playing at the inaugural High Voltage last year with The Union
so I'm really looking forward to getting together with the rest
of the boys for a one-off reunion (no pun intended). Fortunately
it fitted in nicely with everything else we're doing so in the
end it was difficult to say no. I'm sure we'll have a lot of
fun”.
Ben says: “We’re all busy with other
things, so it took a bit of discussion to ensure there were no
clashes, but we got it sorted. I only live down the road, and I
can’t think of a better way to spend a sunny Sunday evening, so
happy days!”
This is great news, I will of course be
there, as I hope will you, but there is no more information, so
please don’t bombard me for info on a new studio album, tour
etc.
10th February 2011 If you haven't done so already, get yourself straight
over to the Magnum
website (on the main page, just scroll down a bit) where
the band have treated us to an amazing official video release
"Eyes Like Fire" as featured on the new "The Visitation" bonus
DVD. Brilliant song, brilliant video featuring footage of Harry
with the lovely Magnum boys in the recording studio and
backstage.
1st February 2011 The latest Magnum album "The Visitation" is going down a
storm with fans and critics alike so if you're not yet a Magnum
convert, this is one to add
to your collection and don't forget Magnum will be visiting
a town near you soon (boom boom) so if you haven't already done
so, check out the gigs page for
details.
29th November 2010 -NEW MAGNUM ALBUM "THE
VISITATION"
Here's a sneak peak at the MAGNUM digi pak version of "The
Visitation" which contains:
- the full "The Visitation" CD
- a bonus DVD with over 50 minutes playing time
- comes in a slipcase with different cover
Release Date Europe: January 17th. Available for pre-order at Amazon.
THE 80S ROCKED – A BAND
ANNOUNCEMENT
After a great deal of soul searching, I am very sad to announce
that the rest of the band and I have decided to pull out of The
80s Rocked Tour. I’m not at liberty to go into the detail as to
why, as there could be legal ramifications if I do.
We are told by the organisers that the tour will still go ahead,
with another band stepping in to take our place. We have no more
information on this, so if you have questions or queries, I can
only suggest you contact management at www.the80srocked.co.uk
or via the Facebook page.
We would like to send our most profound apologies to fans and
ticket buyers for any disappointment and inconvenience caused by
our non-appearance. This is not a decision we made lightly, we
simply felt we had no choice.
Cheers
Harry
13th August 2010
HARRY FEATURED ON ALBUM
BY DAVE "BUCKET" COLWELL Harry, along with Thunder's Danny Bowes, have recently
been in collaboration with old friend Dave “Bucket” Colwell, a
musician who’s versatile career has led him from his early days
alongside Iron Maiden’sAdrian Smith in the A.S.A.P project of
the late1980s via a 14 year tenure with Bad Company, to his
current undertaking: the album ‘Guitars, Beers & Tears’.
Harry is the featured drummer on the album and Danny is featured
on the song ‘Life’ which is due for release on August 17, 2010
on the AAO Music/Reality label in the US and Canada. Alongside
Harry and Danny, Bucket also enlisted the help of a number of
other notable musicians for this project including members of
Iron Maiden, The New York Dolls, Bad Company, The Quireboys and
Edwin McCain. For more information click
here.
Wednesday 14th April 2010
MONSTERS OF BRITISH ROCK Harry, along with five of the UK's most highly-esteemed
and experienced rock musicians have joined forces to create
Monsters of British Rock! Original Whitesnake members Micky
Moody and Neil Murray have teamed up with Laurie Wisefield
(Wishbone Ash), Harry, Chris Ousey (Heartland) and Michael
Bramwell (We Will Rock You) to bring you classic twin-guitar
based rock as it should be played. Playing classic rock songs
that they helped create, such as Whitesnake's Here I Go Again,
Fool For Your Loving, Don't Break My Heart Again, Ready An'
Willing and Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City, together
with other hits from the band members' back catalogue, Monsters
of British Rock are the genuine article. The list of world-class
bands and musicians that the members of Monsters of British Rock
have collectively played with runs into literally hundreds: Eric
Clapton, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Magnum,
Queen & Paul Rodgers, just to name a few. This is one
Monster of a rock band! Micky Moody - guitar, slide guitar,
vocals; Neil Murray - bass; Laurie Wisefield - guitar, vocals;
Harry James - drums, vocals; Chris Ousey - lead vocals; Michael
Bramwell - keyboards.
Harry is over the moon to be amongst such a
prestigious line up of musicians and can't wait to start
performing live with his new bandmates. Check out the gigs
page.
Thursday 12th November
Final Moonblogs This year's fabulous Magnum tour has sadly come to an end
but you can eek out the fun for a bit longer with the final
instalments of the Magnum Moonblogs by following the links
below.
Charity auction update -
autographed Harry drumsticks The pair of autographed drumsticks sold for the final
amount of £103 which is a great amount raised for charity.
Thanks to everyone who bid and made it such a great success.
Saturday 24th October
Thunder final Hammersmith show DVD
If you haven't already ordered your copy of
Thunder's final show of the final ever UK tour what an earth
have you been waiting for? Click
here to order now from the Thunder shop.
More Moonblogging More fantastic tour updates in the shape of video blogs
created by (just like) Al Barrow (straight through your heart)
have been added, the most recent video features Harry on a
rollercoaster. Brilliant! Check them all out...
Charity auction - genuine
autographed Harry drumsticks You can do your bit for charity and bag yourself a pair
of genuine signed Harry sticks in a charity auction on eBay.
Click here to bid or find out more about the cause here.
Moonblog Al Barrow, the bass playing multi-media wizard, has been
keeping Magnum fans updated during their current European tour
with a series of excellent video blogs available on Youtube.
They're all a great snapshot of life on the road with Magnum
and Moonblog 2 will be of particular interest as it features
Harry and his shiny new drumkit. Check it out by clicking
here.
If you haven't already got tickets to a Magnum show, visit the
gigs page tocheck out the dates and get
it booked.
And finally... The cinematic evidence of Thunder's final show of their
final tour filmed in London in July 2009 is now available to own
on DVD. Get
yours now.
13th September 2009
Bad Influence new album release
"Carousel"
VAL COWEL, RICHARD HAYES, PETE STROUD AND
HARRYJAMES will be playing a special gig at the Boom Boom Club,
Sutton. They also have special guest Roger Cotton joining them
on keyboards for this gig. They recorded the CD at Roger's
"Roundel Studios" in Kent.
The gig is to promote the bands' latest CD release "CAROUSEL"
along with playing some of the old rocking favourites. They hope
that you have this night available and that you can make it
along to our gig.
11 Original songs on the CD are:
BACK WHERE I BELONG / ROAD TO NOWHERE / DON'T WALK AWAY /
LIFESONG /
RIDE WITH ME /I CAN'T CHANGE / IF YOU WANT MY LOVE / FEELING IN
MY BONES /
EVERYTHING / CAROUSEL / DIRTY BLUES
With two cover songs: I HOPE and CAN'T LET GO
DATE: Friday 18th September
VENUE: "BOOM BOOM CLUB",
Sutton United FC, Gander Green Lane, Sutton, SM1 2EY.
TICKETS: Advance @£8 or £10 on the night
The club is next to West Sutton BR station and there is also a
large car park.
17th July 2009
Thunder have been nominated for the Classic Rock Band of the
Year category at this year's Classic Rock Awards. It's a fan
voting system so show Harry and the boys how much you love them
one last time and click
here to Vote for Thunder!. The winners will be announced
November 2nd at the Hall Of Fame Awards.
6th July 2009
The last ever Thunder gig will be a very special performance at
the Sonisphere festival. See the gigs
page and the Thunder
website for more details.
1st July 2009 Thunder's "20 Years and Out" tour
of the UK kicked off in Glasgow today. Luke, Ben and Danny
stopped off at Rock Radio Soctland for a little acoustic
performance. Watch the video here.
22nd
June 2009
Into the Valley of the Moonking,
the fantastic new Magnum album featuring Harry on drums is out
now. Click
here to order your copy.
While you're in a buying mood, complete your
Thunder collection with live recordings of selected gigs from
their final tour. Pre-order
now or pick one up on the night. Very clever.
14th
September 2011 - Magnum release "Evolution"
