The one with James Blunt & Si King
The Chris Evans Show with The National Lottery
Virgin Radio UK
4.4 • 681 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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James Blunt tells all about the 20th anniversary version of his debut album Back To Bedlam, out now.
The Hairy Bikers’ Si King turns the pages of the new book in tribute to Dave Myers, Our Family Favourites: Over 100 new recipes inspired by our journey together, out Thursday 24th October.
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| 0:29.8 | Our next guest has dodged a bit of a bullet, which means slightly disappointingly we're |
| 0:34.9 | not about to speak to Bluntie McBluntface, |
| 0:37.9 | the 20th anniversary edition of his album Back to Bedlam is out now and back in the top 10. |
| 0:44.0 | So please welcome someone not quite in front, but in the hunt and still, James Blunt. |
| 0:51.4 | Lots of hunting slang there. Good morning, James. How are you? |
| 0:54.9 | Hey, I'm very well, Chris. How are you doing? |
| 0:56.7 | All right. Mixed emotions. Is it congratulations or commiserations? I don't quite know. |
| 1:00.8 | No, we've had a proper party as a result. I mean, to be back in after 20 years of an album |
| 1:05.3 | and be back in the top ten is just a thrill and as such a relief not to have to change my name. Right. So it's the perfect |
| 1:11.1 | scenario then. So you're back in the top 10 with this album, but it didn't get to number one, |
| 1:15.9 | which is sort of what you wanted. No, I think it would have been a terrible thing. No, you know, |
| 1:22.1 | my children were in a panic. My wife was going to change her name back to her maiden name. |
| 1:30.6 | And so, yeah, anything under number one is great. |
| 1:35.5 | All right. So for people who relate to this party, what was the scenario going into the re-release of Back to Bedlam? I just stupidly said if it went to number one, I would change my |
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