From Rough Trade this morning:

It is with great regret that we have to announce the cancellation of My Morning Jacket’s up-coming tour to Europe due to injuries suffered by Jim James in Iowa City. For the fans who have purchased tickets, we would like to extend our gratitude for your support and understanding. Our hope was to
merely postpone the tour, but as our scheduling does not allow that to happen in the immediate future, we feel it is best to cancel this tour in hopes of re-scheduling at some point. We would also like to say ‘thank you’ to all the fans who have reached out to Jim with their well-wishes as we all hope for his speedy and full recovery.

My Morning Jacket are returning to our fair shores this coming November, taking in the sights and sounds, but also, for their London show, they’ve joined forces with The Black Keys for a co-headline show!

AN EVENING WITH MY MORNING JACKET (excluding *)
29-Oct - Ireland, Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art (as special guests to Seasick Steve) *
01-Nov - Belgium, Brussels, Cirque Royal
02-Nov - Holland, Amsterdam, Paradiso
04-Nov - Denmark, Copenhagen, Small Vega
05-Nov - Norway, Oslo, Sentrum Scene
06-Nov - Sweden, Stockholm, Berns
07-Nov - Sweden, Lund, Mejeret (The Dairy)
09-Nov - Germany, Berlin, Lido
10-Nov - Germany, Frankfurt, Batschkapp
12-Nov - UK, London, BRIXTON ACADEMY w/ THE BLACK KEYS *
13-Nov - UK, Manchester Uni
14-Nov - UK, Glasgow, ABC

When you get to the last night of a long tour you don’t know what to expect. The gap between a special treat and a night where the band is looking forward to going home is tiny and unpredictable.

My Morning Jacket closed their tour last week at the London Forum. Being one of those who suffered for the cancellation of My Morning Jacket Z tour dates few years ago, I arrive with great expectations. Entering the Forum I am quite surprised to catch Jim James on stage jamming with support band Everest. An interesting Californian group which gave me the impression of Crazy Horse covering the Grateful Dead.

When Jim James came back on stage fronting his band, half an hour later, he will remain on stage for the next 2 hours gratifying the audience with a mammoth set: 23 songs, 8 just for the encore. It was a treat. But, at the end, why was he emotionally left in a limbo? Continue Reading

For a band who’s album Z saw critics claim they were ‘doing a Radiohead’ (in a time when that meant departing from their set sound and exploring other musical avenues, not giving away your album for free), it seems perhaps fitting that My Morning Jacket’s new release Evil Urges has seen their old record label RCA, through their ATO imprint, re-release their back catalogue now the band have moved on to Rough Trade. It seems to be a similar move to EMI’s repackaging of the aforementioned Radiohead back catalogue: a cynical move by a record label to squeeze the last they can out of the band and cash in on the excitement generated by the bands new album. It would be interesting to know if the records have been re-released in the US, where the band remain on ATO. Unlike many of the re-issues coming out at the moment, which often have bonus tracks, demos or in some cases DVD’s to make the items more appealing to the fans, this series of releases remains the same as it was the day they first hit the shelves. Still, that isn’t to detract from the music made by the Louisville space rockers, nor the releases themselves. Continue Reading