Don’t forget — James will be featured on the episode of Oprah’s Master Class which airs this Sunday, November 29 at 8pm ET on OWN. Click here for a preview video from the show, (scroll to the bottom of the page to see two additional videos). Make sure to tune in!
James stopped by Late Night with Stephen Colbert last week, performing Before This World‘s “Montana” and duetting with Stephen on the classic “You Can Close Your Eyes”. James and Stephen also performed an updated version of “Fire And Rain” and closed the show with his personal touch on the French national anthem.
Click the images below to see each of those performances, and click here to see a gallery of photos from James’s visit to the historic Ed Sullivan Theater.
Montana
You Can Close Your Eyes
Fire And Rain – Updated!
La Marseillaise
Exciting news: Next Tuesday, November 24, James will receive the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, in a ceremony at the White House.
James is honored to be included in the amazing list of recipients!
On pense toujours à Paris. Dans un sens l’esprit du monde civilisé se trouve la, chez vous. La priorité de la loi, les droits de la personne, la liberté… La plus belle du monde.
On pense toujours à Paris. Aujourd’hui avec tristesse et avec indignation. Vous êtes notre balise, notre phare. Alors, continuez à vous défendre. Bien que nous soyons loin, nous sommes avec vous.
~ James Taylor, 11/14/15
Next summer, James, his band and special guest artist Jackson Browne will play two of America’s most storied ballparks: Wrigley Field in Chicago (June 30) and Fenway Park in Boston (August 3).
James is excited to announce these first two concert dates of his 2016 tour and, as always, would like to invite his fans the opportunity to purchase a limited number of fan presale tickets in a fan presale starting Tuesday, November 17 at 10 am local time through JamesTaylor.com. (Public sale will begin November 20).
To participate in these exclusive ticket presales, please make sure you are signed in to your JamesTaylor.com account. If you do not already have a JamesTaylor.com account, please click here to register and create your account in advance of Tuesday.
Please also remember: the ticket allotment provided to JamesTaylor.com for the fan presales is a very small number of tickets that sell out quickly — sometimes within the first 30 minutes. We apologize in advance for any frustration but our hope in offering the fan presale is that you will have advance opportunity to purchase great seats. Luckily, if you are unable to purchase tickets in presale, you will have a second chance during the public sale.
This Friday night at 9pm, James’s recently recorded performance for DIRECTV’s Guitar Center Sessions will air on Audience (ch.239). Watch three exclusive sneak peek videos, then click here to see the gallery of photos from the show. Make sure you tune in this Friday!
James recently recorded an episode of comedian Marc Maron’s podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, and that episode is now available for listening. Visit WTFPod.com now to listen to James and Marc discuss family, growing up, addiction, James’s first band and their shared love of nicotine gum.
On October 14, James joined a stellar line up of performers, including Smokey Robinson, Usher and Carol Burnett in the East Room of the White House for a special event called A Celebration of American Creativity: In Performance at the White House. James performed Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” (with Keb’ Mo’) and Buddy Holly’s “Everyday”. PBS will broadcast the show on January 8, 2016 — but you can view a gallery of photos from the evening now by clicking the image below.
James has been selected as a nominee in the “Favorite Music Icon” category for the 2016 People’s Choice Awards!
From now until November 3, fans can cast their vote to decide who makes the top five in each award category. The winners will then be announced during the People’s Choice Awards 2016 ceremony, airing live on CBS on January 6, 2016!
Visit Vote.PeoplesChoice.com now to cast your vote!
On October 1, James and the band performed at the famed Austin City Limits, a special concert filmed for an upcoming episode of the long-running PBS program of the same name. That show will air on November 14, but in the meantime click on the image below to see some shots from that evening.
