{"id":825,"date":"2026-02-16T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesfansite.co.uk\/?p=825"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:36:00","slug":"alton-towers-4th-july-1992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesfansite.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/alton-towers-4th-july-1992\/","title":{"rendered":"Alton Towers \u2013 4th July 1992"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"618\"\n\t\t height=\"467\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/jamesfansite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Video\/Alton%20Towers.mp4'>Alton Towers<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":false,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/jamesfansite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Video\/Alton Towers.mp4\",\"type\":\"video\/mp4\",\"title\":\"Alton Towers\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"1:51:55\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":900,\"height\":680},\"resized\":{\"width\":618,\"height\":467}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/jamesfansite.co.uk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/jamesfansite.co.uk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p><strong>Setlist: <\/strong>Sound, Born of Frustration, Heavens, Hymn From A Village, Goalie&#8217;s Ball, Maria, Live A Love Of Life, Come Home, Next Lover, Lose Control, Stripmining, Say Something, Johnny Yen, Ring The Bells, God Only Knows, How Was It For You?, What&#8217;s The World, America, Seven, Gold Mother, Stutter, Sit Down.<\/p>\n<h3>Review by Pete McGrath, Sounds<\/h3>\n<p>Not just a concert, more an event in itself \u2013 James at Alton Towers, the capital city of family fun, England\u2019s own EuroDisney, only here blockaded by 30,000 pop pickers rather than a few hundred truckers. As bemused families made their way to the exits after a hard day\u2019s queueing, in swarmed thousands of youngsters and not-so youngsters in James T-shirts. The rain came and ensured that Alton Towers own hooded plastic bin liners became almost as vital fashion accessory as the t-shirts, but this was always going to be an event that nothing could dampen. Not the rain, not Tim Booth\u2019s croaky voice, nor even the fact the roof of the stage blew off at 4pm, threatening the whole concert, and causing the cancellation of Galliano\u2019s support slot.<\/p>\n<p>And so to James. As a band, they haven\u2019t really changed over the years. Songs from the days of apathy, bad luck and near splits, such as \u201cWhat\u2019s The World\u201d, \u201cJohnny Yen\u201d and \u201cHymn From A Village\u201d fitted perfectly alongside the successful material of the last eighteen months, (\u201cSit Down\u201d, \u201cCome Home\u201d, \u201cHow Was It For You\u201d, \u201cSound\u201d, \u201cBorn of Frustration\u201d etc.) The only difference between James way back then and James today is that they are now the darlings of serious pop fans all over the country, and officially approved by fabulous Radio 1 FM. James have taken this rollercoaster ride to fame with ease, so it would seem, and a huge gig in a rollercoaster park has perhaps always been their destiny. The only dark cloud for me, other than the rain clouds above, was the premonition which came to me during their slower LP \u201cfiller\u201d tracks. All of a sudden, James became dull open air concert troubadours on a Simple Minds scale. Absent songs such as \u201cWhat For\u201d, \u201cYa Ho\u201d and \u201cIf Things Were Perfect\u201d would have made the performance complete and caused non-stop rather than fragmented delirium for the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>As the firework display ended it all. It was clear that this was an event about which people could say \u201cI was there\u201d. But so too was James at Scumbag College Union in nineteen eighty something when less than two hundred turned up. 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