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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 playlisted 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 anthemic 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 hit^[4]. 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

7"

Selfish Sons 7" (PANICSDJ001)

Side A - "So Lonely Was The Ballad"
Side B - "Back In The Game"

Released in 2006, lmited to 500 copies.

Salvador (song) 7" (PANICS002)

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

If You Got The Money (miloco demo version)

Sheila B-Sides

Northern Line
Sheila (live @ Panic Prevention Disco)
Rawhide (feat. Lily Allen
Meet Me On The Corner
Back To Mine For A Moonshine

Calm Down Dearest B-Sides

Fox News
Calm Down Dearest (acoustic)
Feel Me

Rarities

Panic Prevention Mixtape 01^[7]
A New England (Billy Bragg Cover)
Alicia Keys (Demo which was later renamed "Alicia Quays"
Dance
Do You Have The Time
Down To The Subway
Dry Off Your Cheeks
Feel Me
Interlude
Livin With Betty
NWA (Not Without Apology)
Oh My Girl
On Holiday
When The Night Feels My Song

Jamie T Remixes

Turn To Monsters (Kids with Guns remix)
Hot Club De Paris - Shipwreck (Jamie T remix)
Kid-KO - So Crazy Was The 113^[8]

Upcoming Tour

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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
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18 Chicago Schubas
19 Minneapolis 7th Street entry
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22 Seattle Crocodile Café
23 Portland Doug Fir Lounge
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25 San Francisco Slim's
26 LA Troubadour

Notes

^ "Jamie T wins Best Solo Artist". NME.
^ "Jamie T Biography". NME.
^ "Jamie T profile". Canvas Magazine.
^ "This week's releases 15 January 2007". NME.
^ "Jamie T completes debut album". NME.
^ "Jamie T - Pacemaker". The Skinny.
^ The Panic Prevention mixtapes were given out by Jamie to his fans at his gigs. They feature diverse genres and artists that were influential to Jamie T, see Drowned in Sound Interview
^ Jamie T Forums

External links

[1] "Jamie T wins Best Solo Artist". NME.

[2] "Jamie T Biography". NME.

[3] "Jamie T profile". Canvas Magazine.

[4] "This week's releases 15 January 2007". NME.

[5] "Jamie T completes debut album". NME.

[6] "Jamie T - Pacemaker". The Skinny.

[7] The Panic Prevention mixtapes were given out by Jamie to his fans at his gigs. They feature diverse genres and artists that were influential to Jamie T, see Drowned in Sound Interview

[8] Jamie T Forums

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