Up close & personal with James Blunt

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Up close & personal with James Blunt. English crooner James Blunt talks about his world tour and his new inspiration for song writing. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00I've visited 220 cities in a 12 month period, it's been an amazing experience and I've met

00:09a lot of people along the way. You know the music business is often lost in fame and fortune

00:15and this red carpet and that award and touring is something very different. It's about being

00:20with a band and crew, getting up on stage and playing every night and being welcomed

00:25in different places and we've had a phenomenal experience. We've gone to some really wonderful

00:29places, I'd say Beirut was one of my favourites, the most amazing audience and yeah, great

00:34to finish here in Dubai.

00:35My latest album is more upbeat, yeah, well really because I've written a few miserable

00:39songs and I'm not that miserable. I picked up an electric guitar this time and it's just

00:44allowed me to write the songs I always wanted to write, which you know, some faster ones.

00:48It's supposed to be as emotional as you can possibly make it, it's not there to fill a

00:51wall space, it's supposed to come from the heart and be honest, you're not posing or

00:57posturing to yourself and so I don't know what kind of songs I'll write, whether they'll

01:02be happy or sad, it depends on life and who knows what's coming up in the future.

01:06I think the media in Britain definitely needs to sort its act out, yeah absolutely and it

01:13sounds like they're doing that.

01:14Hey I'm James Blunt and you're watching GNTV.

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