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news_text[0] = "We're happy to finally confirm our full European Tour which will see us playing in Eindhoven, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Milan, Koln, Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris during September. To see full details of each show please visit the calendar section of the website. ";
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news_text[1] = "Starsailor have been named as Hard Rock's Philanthropic Artist Of The Year. The band were awarded this title in recognition of the work they've done in support of the Caron Keating Doundation, the AECC of Barcelona and Nordoff – Robbins Music Therapy, as well as having contributed an exclusive cover of Military Madness by Graham Nash to the World Hunger Year Serve3 Charity album. Below is a photo of the band being given their award whilst in America recently.
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news_text[2] = "We're going to be playing a show on Tues 2nd June as part of the Crisis Hidden Gigs series, also playing on the night will be Bombay Bicycle Club and Portico Quartet. The show takes places in London but the venue will remain a secret until the day before the show, as Crisis hightlight the fact that most homeless people often don't know where they'll end up sleeping each night. For tickets please visit [link=\"http://www.crisis.org.uk/hidden\"]crisis.org.uk[/link] and [link=\"http://www.seetickets.com/hidden\"]seetickets.com[/link]";
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news_text[3] = "We will be playing a small homecoming show in Wigan on Sunday 26th April as part of the Gaymers Grassroots Gigs series. For a chance to win tickets to this intimate show please[link=\"http://www.starsailor.net/gaymerscompetition/\"] click here.[/link]";
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This month sees the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough football tragedy, to mark this and raise funds for the Hillsborough Family Support Group a commemorative CD is being released, including a version of The Fields of Anfield Road by James. The four tracks which also feature a host of former Liverpool footballers and Elvis Costello will be available to download through iTunes from April 6th and to buy physically from April 15th. For more details please visit[link=\"http://www.fieldsofanfieldroad.co.uk/ \"] fieldsofanfieldroad.co.uk/ . [/link]";
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news_text[5] = "Our new album All The Plans is on sale now, as well as finding it in your local record shop, you can buy it [link=\"http://www.starsailor.net/buyalltheplans/\"]from a variety of online and digital retailers.[/link]";
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news_from_date[5] = "Mon, 09 Mar 2009";
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news_text[6] = "Our new single is out now, as well as the physical bundle we've been advertising you can also find some great value digital bundles from [link=\"http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23708&a=1129537&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi
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634%26id%3D304794621%26s%3D143444%26partnerId%3D2003\"]iTunes (click here),[/link][link=\"http://www.7digital.com/artists/starsailor/tell-me-its-not-over-2/01-Tell-Me-Its-Not-Over/\"] 7 Digital (click here)[/link][link=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001TO3OJU/ref=pd_luc_mri?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=AE2QNCE40KCLM\"] Amazon (again, click here).[/link]";
news_menu_title[6] = "Tell Me It's Not Over - Out Now";
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news_from_date[6] = "Mon, 02 Mar 2009";
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news_text[7] = "Tell Me It’s Not Over, the first single from our new album All The Plans, is being released on March 2nd. It’ll be available on CD, 7\" and download formats, the package will include the exclusive non-album song – 'In Their World' as well as a version of the album title track that features Rolling Stone guitar legend Ronnie Wood.
The tracklistings are:
CD: Tell Me It's Not Over, In Their World
7\" vinyl: Tell Me It's Not Over, All the Plans (feat Ronnie Wood.)
Digital: Tell Me It's Not Over, Stuart Price Radio Mix and Thin White Duke Club Mix
Details of availability, prices and exclusive bundles to follow.";
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news_from_date[7] = "Wed, 28 Jan 2009";
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news_text[8] = "When you pre order the deluxe version of All The Plans by [link=\"http://www.recordstore.co.uk/starsailor/home.jsp?Search=CDVX305\"]clicking here[/link], you will immediately have access to the Boy In Waiting digital EP (for free).
The Boy In Waiting digital EP is as follows:
1. Boy In Waiting (album track)
2. Do You Believe In Love? (exclusive non album track)
3. Black Limousine (exclusive non album track)
4. Darling Be Home Soon (acoustic Loving Spoonful cover)
The deluxe album will have an extended booklet and will come with an additional CD of acoustic songs.
Bonus Disc
1. Listen Up
2. Tell Me Its Not Over
3. All The Plans
4. Merry Go Round (new track unavailable elsewhere)
5. The Thames
6. Change My Mind
7. Stars and Stripes
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news_from_date[8] = "Fri, 09 Jan 2009";
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news_text[9] = "Starsailor have just announced details of a 2009 UK tour in support of their next album All The Plans. Starting today there will be an exclusive pre-sale and if you order the deluxe version of All The Plans, you will immediately have access to the Boy In Waiting digital EP (for free!) You will also be able to purchase a ticket for the tour for a 48 hour window before they go on general sale. For full details of this please[link=\" http://forums.starsailor.net/viewtopic.php?t=8212\"] click here to visit the message board. [/link]";
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news_text[10] = "James will be playing two acoustic shows in America next month; one at the Living Room in New York on Dec 4th and one at Hotel Café in Los Angeles on Dec 8th. For details on how to buy tickets [link=\"http://forums.starsailor.net/viewtopic.php?t=8196\"] click here to visit the message board. [/link]
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news_text[11] = "James has recorded a cover of Graham Nash’s Military Madness for a new charity compilation called SERVE3 which was released yesterday to raise awareness and money for WHY (World Hunger Year). The CD is available to download from iTunes and other major online retailers, and can be bought as a physical CD from Hard Rock venues and the Hard Rock website. The release also features tracks from John Lennon, My Morning Jacket, Bruce Springsteen, Joss Stone and more.";
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news_from_date[11] = "Wed, 05 Nov 2008";
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news_text[12] = "Starsailor are playing Le 112 in Terville, France on Tues 4th November. Tickets are on sale by visiting [link=\"http://www.fnac.com/\"]www.fnac.com/ [/link] or [link=\"http://www.ticketnet.fr\"]www.ticketnet.fr[/link].";
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news_text[13] = "We thought you'd all like to know that we now have a new record label (Virgin) and a whole new team of people working with us to promote our fourth record. This will be called 'All The Plans' and is likely to be released at the beginning of March 2009. It will be preceded by a single, 'Tell Me Its Not Over,' to be released towards the end of February 2009.
We will be bringing you more regular updates over the coming months with all our news. In the meantime you can check out a video of James playing an acoustic version of 'Hurts Too Much' which is one of the album tracks, performed earlier this year at the Heavenly social by[link=\" http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tHBmdAOUEPM \"] clicking here.[/link]";
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