Eurovision 2021 hopeful James Newman: ‘I’ve written the summer banger the UK deserves’
A year ago, James Newman was preparing to sing for an audience of 200 million in Rotterdam. Now he's back, with the data on his side
20 May 2021 • 7:26am
'I just hope everyone’s at home watching it on telly and not in the pub': UK Eurovision entrant James Newman
Credit: Victor Frankowski
The last time I saw James Newman, he was singing on top of the world. Or, at least, the upper floor of a central London private members’ club, before an audience of music industry and BBC grandees. The musician was launching his new single, My Last Breath, a song whose very existence had been a matter of utmost national secrecy for many months.