They promised so much and delivered, 100 + million albums still packing big arenas! I love em anyway.

Lowest common denominator cock rock garbage, it's no wonder they were so big in America.

Wow. Underwhelmed much? Good to see the RFL are doing their best to get the next generation of fans interested. Everyone only knows one song and it's a bloody terrible one.

James are hardly likely to get the place rocking. They're one step away from Prefab Sprout and Deacon Blue and they were "entertaining" us at Old Trafford in 2006.

James are absolute poop just like the entertainment has been every year I've been to the GF so it's a good job I go for the rugby not the music

James are a quality band, there is no winning with music choices as every bodies musical taste varies so much. Everyone who doesn't like James has poor taste by the way

Been to a more than a fair few gigs in my time and have seen James twice. I think they might surprise a few, they're outstanding live performers.

Black Lace were the prematch at Cougars once. After the treatment the FC fans gave them, I suspect they passed on Old Trafford!



That game also featured 'Gwen and Andy'. I'd pay good money to see them do the prematch at OT.

And for what it's worth, I like 'James'. Good band, great songs.

Exactly! Saw them at a Uni gig with Pete Willis on guitar. They were excellent. He didn't fit the image they were after so had to go. Then they come out with Hello America. I think they made their intentions clear then.

Exactly! Saw them at a Uni gig with Pete Willis on guitar. They were excellent. He didn't fit the image they were after so had to go. Then they come out with Hello America. I think they made their intentions clear then.

Should have got The Offspring.

Have Biffy Clyro ever done it? They do have the Super League "theme song" in their nal

Why does it have to be music as the entertainment, why not a magician or a comedian?

This might actually get me out of the Trafford Bar earlier, not often i make the pre-match gig but this has potential.

Cant see the cards from the Stretford end.

How about Father Francis?

the comedians are confined to the commentary box

Edwin Starr once performed at the Challenge Cup Final. I doubt the RFL could ever get anyone better than that.

It's like watching a magician for us Saints fans at the Stretford end, can't see the cup from that end.

It was when bradford played saints. Either 96 or 97.

If you're looking forward to this one because you like James' records don't bother.

I saw them a couple of years ago and they're . They started off with one of the classics an then insisted on playing their new stuff after that. No one wants to hear that do they. They want te classics. I left early.

It's not a gig, they will only get 2 maybe 3 songs out.

They did the same when I last watched them, I imagine they will play the classics for this 'gig' though.

Guys, it really could be a lot worse.

The AFL just had their GF. They offered $1M to Robbie Williams but he turned them down, so they got Tom Jones and he proceeded to refer to their game as rugby and called an ex-player-turned-commentator a d---head on live tv.

edit: Can't believe we have a filter here.

How about Lost Prophets?

Too soon dude too soon.



Aren't they called No Devotion now anyway.

I like James. One of the few bands of that era I regret missing seeing live. Certainly prefer them to Def Leppard, who I did see twice, and would be even further past their use by date than James by now.