October 1st 2024.
James Blunt has made a bold promise to his loyal fans - he is willing to change his name to whatever they want if his album, Back To Bedlam, reaches number one again, 20 years after its initial release. This album, released in 2004, was a huge success, featuring hit songs such as "You're Beautiful", "High", "Wisemen", and "Goodbye My Lover". Now, in celebration of its 20th anniversary, James is re-releasing the album and embarking on a tour.
During an appearance on Radio X's The Chris Moyles Show, James confirmed his promise, stating, "I have signed up to changing my name to whatever the public want - they can change my name." He even swore on his life and the life of his one fan, Brian from Glasgow, that he would follow through on this promise. However, he did add a little caveat, hoping that the public would be kind and not choose a name that rhymes with "Blunt". He joked, "But you know, as long as it's not, you know, Blunty McBluntface."
This creative challenge for fans is just one way that James is trying to get his album back to number one. He explained to Chris that he wants to encourage fans to purchase the re-released album, following its initial success back in 2004. The album's first single, "High", topped the charts, followed by the success of "Wiseman" and "You're Beautiful". James fondly recalls, "High was the first single. So we put out High, and that got a bit of radio visibility, all over Radio X at that stage - this is my natural home!" He then added, "And then we put Wisemen out, and the album got into the top 20 and then came the killer, You're Beautiful, in 2005 at that stage, and the rest is a terrible, terrible history!"
Back To Bedlam spent an impressive 10 weeks at number one on the UK charts, with a total of 40 weeks in the top 10, 47 in the top 20, and 130 in the top 100. It was also the biggest-selling album by a British male solo artist at the time, selling 11 million copies worldwide and over three million in the UK alone.
Since the massive success of Back To Bedlam, James has released seven more albums, including All the Lost Souls, which reached number one in 12 countries. His other albums, such as Some Kind of Trouble, Moon Landing, The Afterlove, Once Upon a Mind, and Who We Used to Be, have also seen varying levels of success.
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