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.
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Newman has now changed his song and will represent the UK with a new single, at the Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands later this year.
So, who is James Newman, what will he sing and when is Eurovision 2021? This is what you need to know
Who is James Newman?
Newman was born in 1985 and grew up in Settle, in the Yorkshire Dales with his brother John and their mother, Jackie.
John went on to be a chart-topping solo artist, with songs such as Love Me Again and Blame featuring Calvin Harris.
Newman has won a Brit Award for co-writing Waiting All Night , sung by British group Rudimental (Picture: BBC)
Eurovision 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
11 March 2021 • 11:39am 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.
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