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Jamie Treays (born January 8 1986 ), known by his stage name '''Jamie T''', is a 21-year-old English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon , South London . He attended Reed's School in Cobham, Surrey until he was 16 and is currently signed to Virgin Records , but released his ''Betty and the Selfish Sons'' EP on his own Pacemaker Records Label . He defeated Jarvis Cocker and Thom Yorke to win the ''Best Solo Artist'' at the 2007 Shockwave NME Awards 1. He has also been nicknamed "one man Arctic Monkey ".2 Canvas Magazine have described him as "like the bastard lovechild of Billy Bragg and Mike Skinner doing his best Joe Strummer impression" 3. On July 17, 2007, Jamie T's debut album ''Panic Prevention'' was shortlisted as one of the 12 nominees for the Mercury Prize. MUSIC CAREER Zane Lowe made "Salvador" his single of the week and "Back in the Game" his Hottest Record in the World. On Jo Whiley 's show, "Back in the Game" featured as her "Pet Sound" and more recently his single " Sheila " was Whiley's Record of the Week. Jamie's single "Sheila" has been Playlist ed by BBC Radio 1 thus receiving more airtime across all shows. Jamie's songs received a lot of airplay on XFM throughout 2006, especially "Sheila" and "If You Got The Money". "Sheila" was released on 3 July 2006 . The video features actor Bob Hoskins lipsynching to the lyrics. On 16 October 2006 , Jamie released his Anthem ic tune, "If You Got the Money" which reached #13 in the charts. Currently, Jamie T is on an extensive tour of the UK, playing major towns and cities. During this tour and past tours Jamie T has handed out volumes of his mixtape ''Panic Prevention Disco'' to fans; the cassettes chronicle his favourite songs and influences. His next single " Calm Down Dearest " was released in the UK on 15 January 2007 and reached #9, his first top 10 hit4. His debut album '' Panic Prevention '' was then released on 29 January 2007 5. Jamie attended Reed's School in Cobham when he was younger and used to suffer from panic attacks 6, hence the album name. ''Panic Prevention'' was leaked onto the internet on 18 December 2006 . Lily Allen provided backing vocals on the song 'Rawhide' the B-side to the rerelease of 'Sheila' on 7th May 2007 . Jamie T won the Best Solo Artist award at the 2007 NME Awards . He performed on the Main Stage on 19 May 2007 in Preston for Radio 1's Big Weekend. He also performed at Glastonbury 2007, Benicassim 2007, Oxegen 2007(8 July) where he performed at the green room and Carling Weekend Leeds 2007. DISCOGRAPHY Albums
EPs
Singles
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# Side A - "So Lonely Was The Ballad" # Side B - "Back In The Game" Released in 2006, lmited to 500 copies.
# Side A - "Salvador" # Side B - "Livin' With Betty" Released in 2006, lmited to 500 copies. RARITIES/B-SIDES If You Got The Money B-Sides
Sheila B-Sides
Calm Down Dearest B-Sides
Rarities
Jamie T Remixes
UPCOMING TOUR Jamie is soon to begin a tour of England , performing concerts at small venues, that normally would not be used to stage Concerts . The tour will kick off on 12th June 2007 in the St. Aloysius Boxing Club, in Huyton , Liverpool . US Tour September 12 Boston Great Scott 13 New York Bowery Ballroom 14 Brooklyn TBA 15 Philadelphia North Star 16 17 18 Chicago Schubas 19 Minneapolis 7th Street entry 20 21 22 Seattle Crocodile Café 23 Portland Doug Fir Lounge 24 25 San Francisco Slim's 26 LA Troubadour NOTES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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