James Bay Delivers Powerful Performances Of “Wild Love” And “Pink Lemonade” On Saturday Night Live Debut

 

12 March 2018 (Toronto, ON) – This weekend, three-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated and BRIT Award-winning multi-platinum singer-songwriter James Bay made his debut on Saturday Night Live. He took the stage to perform “Wild Love” and new track “Pink Lemonade” off of his highly anticipated second full-length album, Electric Light out Friday, May 18 via Republic Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Watch the SNL performances; “Wild Love” Here and “Pink Lemonade” Here. Full track list for Electric Light is below as well as the album pre-order Here.
SNL cast member Leslie Jones was fan of the performance, posting a video from her dressing room saying: “You gotta watch out for James Bay! I like him!” see her video here!
After selling out his spring headline tour, Bay recently announced details for his expanded North American run which include a sold-out show at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto next month and two other Canadian shows in the fall.  Canadian shows listed below, for the full tour itinerary visit the website. Fan pre-sale for these newly added shows will begin on Wednesday, March 14 at 10am local time, with the public on-sale taking place on Friday, March 16 at 10am local time.

• Pre-Order Electric Light Here
• Listen to “Pink Lemonade” Here
• Electric Light Tracklist: 

1. Intro
2. Wasted On Each Other
3. Pink Lemonade
4. Wild Love
5. Us
6. In My Head
7. Interlude
8. Just For Tonight
9. Wanderlus
10. I Found You
11. Sugar Drunk High
12. Stand Up
13. Fade Out
14. Slide

JAMES BAY 2018 CANADIAN TOUR DATES:
April 8                     Toronto, ON      Danforth Music Hall        SOLD OUT*
NEW TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED:
September 28                    Toronto, ON                Woodbine Park+
October 13                        Vancouver, BC           Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre+           
James Bay is the definition of a modern-day rock star.  Following the release of his debut album Chaos And The Calm, featuring “Hold Back The River” and “Let It Go”, Bay was nominated for “Best Rock Album,” Best Rock Song,” and “Best New Artist” at the 2016 Grammy Awards. In the UK, the record became the “Biggest New Artist Album Release” that year and has been certified Gold in the United States, Germany, Australia, Switzerland, platinum in Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, double platinum in the UK and has sold nearly 3.5 million albums in global consumption, and 2.7 billion streams worldwide. Receiving the BRIT’s Critics Choice award in 2015, Bay has gone on to receive a win for “Best Male Solo Artist” at the BRITS, International Newcomer at the ECHO Awards, “Best New Act” & “Best Solo Artist” at the Q Awards, “Most Performed Work” at the Ivor Novello Awards and was nominated for “Best New” & “Best PUSH” at the MTV EMA’s and a MTV VMA for “Best New Act.” On the other side of the globe, he has received a nod for “Best International Artist” at the ARIA Awards in Australia. In addition to selling out shows and performing at festivals across the globe, BAY lent a new version of his song “Running” for the 2016 Sports Relief charity,  is an advocate for the international non-profit Wateraid, designed his own signature line for Topman, and Epiphone created the Limited Edition James Bay Signature “1966 Century” Guitar in his name.