Despite his debut album’s great success, James Morrison has revealed the pressures of writing and recording his sophomore album “Songs for You, Truths for Me.”

Morrison felt he had to make this album even better and says he felt very “pressured,” however the birth of his first daughter Elsie helped him to let it go.

“It made it easier for me having my daughter to concentrate on rather than my album, because you have to let it go and see what happens. I’d put everything I had into it. And if it wasn’t successful then it wasn’t. The most important thing is that you believe in it, he said.

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Here’s James Morrison’s music video for his huge hit “Broken Strings” featuring Nelly Furtado. Morrison’s sophomore album ‘Songs for You, Truths for Me‘ is out now!

James Morrison is planning to do his bit for the environment this weekend - and will cycle 150 miles before his performance in Essex.

The ‘Wonderful World’ singer is concerned about climate change, and so he has decided to travel between the Staffordshire and Essex V Festival sites on a four-seater bike with his band.

A source told the Daily Star: “James is worried about his carbon footprint, particularly as acts normally get helicopters from both sites. He thought it might be fun to cycle instead.”

The insider added: “The band will be totally knackered if they make it. It’ll probably go horribly wrong and they’ll have to hitch a lift instead.”

British singer James Morrison will take a short break after finishing his US tour and performing at the V Festival.

“I’m a perfectionist and I haven’t got anything I have finished, so I can’t wait to take a bit of time off so I can get back to writing,” Morrison said.

“People have really been getting into it. It overwhelmed me how quickly the crowds took to it, so we will see how things go next year,” he said of his tour of the US.

James Morrison has unfortunately had to cancel tonights show in Melbourne, Australia at Melbourne’s Palais. James has contracted laryngitis and has strict doctor’s orders not to perform tonight’s show.

Morrison issued the following statement to his fans, “I am absolutely gutted that I have had to cancel this show in Melbourne. I have been looking forward to bringing the band here for so long. I hope to be back to play a show in Melbourne in the not too distant future.”

James should still be able to perform his shows in Sydney and Brisbane.

James recently performed at the Australian Logie Awards on the 6th of May. Below are some photos of James arriving for the awards seen with Stephanie Macintosh and Damien Leith from Australian Idol.

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James Morrison - who, aping Stevie Wonder in You Give Me Something, sold an incredible 1.5 million copies of his debut single.

James who is barely of drinking age in the country from which he pilfered his sound, is blessed with an undeniably strong voice. It projects all the necessary grit and range to lend sincerity to even the most banal of lyrics.

Morrison, now 22, can’t help but be genuinely bewildered by his annus mirabilis. A penniless van washer less than two years earlier, in 2006 he released a No. 1 album (Undiscovered), won a Brit Award for best male solo artist and filled his passport chock-full of stamps.

Asked to list the most incredible moments, Morrison, who hails from a town called Rugby, is lost for words.
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James Morrison is in New Zealand right now and has Kiwi singer/songwriter Luke Thompson opening for him at St Theater, Auckland, Tuesday 15 May.
James previously visited New Zealand on a promo tour in October last year. Aside from interviews and stripped-back renditions of hits including ‘You Give Me Something’ and ‘Wonderful World’, James was also called upon to present the Best Male and Best Female Tuis at the NZ Music Awards. Read rest of story…

There is a lot of Buzz around James Morrison right now in the states, where James has spoken about his writing and his life. “I just wrote about what I know,” he says. “But I didn’t want to set the tone too sad. I wanted to write an album where people would know that I’d been through a hard time, but no matter. You can come out of it.”

Only two years ago, he was cleaning vans for a living, six days a week, struggling to book gigs, even open-mic nights, in his scant time off.

Fired from that dead-end job, he was ready slink home to his mother’s home in Cornwall. Not an attractive option, as he sings in “This Boy.”

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James Morrison has said that the Scots fans are the craziest of them all and scares the life out of him.  James said: “They are totally lethal. I nearly got raped.” “It was full on, mental. They have some big women in Scotland, very big women, and when they set their sights on a target they go for it. I was that target.”