Singer-songwriter James Taylor maakt in 2026 een Europese tournee, of eigenlijk en tourneetje.
Van 14 tot en met 25 juli treedt hij namelijk vijf keer op in Europa, waarvan vier keer in het Verenigd Koninkrijk.
Dat doet hij met zijn All Star Band. Daarin zitten inderdaad zeer grote namen: drummer Steve Gadd, percussionist Luis Conte, bassist Jimmy Johnson, gitarist Michael Landau en blazers Lou Marini en painist Larry Goldings bijvoorbeeld.
De vijfde keer speelt Taylor in Amsterdam in AFAS Live.
Dat optreden vindt plaats op 21 juli:
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Taylor is inmiddels 77, maar heeft nog altijd zin in optreden, zo zei hij eerder dit jaar in de San Diego Union-Tribune: ‘The way it feels to me — working like this and for so long — I’m surprised it still feels the same.
And the fact I’ve stuck with it is, well, when something works, you tend to stick with it. And performing is the realest part of a kind of a show-biz career, or a commercial artistic career. The fact that you put it in front of an audience — they come back to hear you again and again — and you know immediately how they’re receiving it and what their response is.
We don’t have a script. We may have a set list, but we’re free to do whatever we need to be present. That’s the main thing about the way I and my band perform. We want to be as present and available in the moment, right there in real time, as possible. If that wasn’t the case, people could just watch a recorded show on television. We want those moments when it’s definitely happening right now, there’s no question about it.’