I've got a mate who does a lot of electronic stuff. I'd love to do a side-project where I'm not James Morrison, I just put a vocal on a fat beat or something.

I just want to keep changing it up. After this album, I definitely want to look at setting up my own label, or a side-project. I don't like feeling like I've got boundaries of what I can and can't do, just because I'm a singer-songwriter. At the same time, this album is penultimately what I want to be doing.

-Looking past the album, there's the UK in November. Are you looking forward to that?
Yeah, man. I'm always excited to be going on tour. It's why I do what I do, you know? Starting in a studio is an amazing experience, recording and writing.

When you play the songs you've spent a year and a half writing, sculpting in a little room somewhere, and you play them on a big stage - it's amazing. When you see everyone with you and singing along, it's a good feeling.

-You've also had a show at the MEN Arena announced in support of Children in Need. Can you tell us a bit about that?
I only found out about that today, right as I was coming up to talk to you. It was a surprise to me! I heard that Coldplay and Lady Gaga are playing. I feel very lucky to be involved. They're two massive acts.

-Do you think it's important for people with a platform to raise awareness of issues like this?
Not really, you're ego's most- nah, only joking! Of course it is man. it's one of the perks of the job, being able to raise awareness of charities. I just did a Samaritan's album with a friend of mine.

KT Tunstall's involved, Ed Harcourt. It's one of the perks of the job, to do something that's selfless and for someone else, but you still get to do what you enjoy doing.

It's a good feeling. It makes you feel like you're doing something more worthy than just sorting your own stuff out. Writing songs that transcend a language or barriers of countries, that's an amazing thing. To get that as well as raise money and help people, is an amazing feeling.

-What's planned after those live dates?
There'll be the odd gig here and there. I'm doing a lot of promo at the moment. The back-end of the year is getting ready to launch the next single. The album's out soon, so I'm just doing promo and that tour.

I think after that I'm working towards a European tour, an American Tour, next year in February. I'm getting ready for the gigs, basically.

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