Starsailor – Starsailor With Strings : Live From Liverpool

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Release Date 3rd October 2025

Red Recycled Vinyl LP

As part of their 25th anniversary celebrations,
Starsailor are set to release their
first official live album, ‘Starsailor with Strings – Live from Liverpool’,
due out 3rd October via East West / Parlophone.

Available on CD and limited edition Red recycled vinyl LP.

Recorded at Liverpool’s prestigious
Tung Auditorium, the album captures a one-off performance with a
string ensemble at the venue’s state-of-the-art, acoustically optimised concert hall and features the full original four-piece line-up of
James Walsh,
James Stelfox,
Ben Byrne, and
Barry Westhead with additional guitars from
Tony Foster (Spiritualized).

The ensemble was conducted by
Joe Duddell, renowned composer and arranger whose credits include
New Order,
Elbow,
James, and
Richard Hawley.

The result is effectively a live ‘best of’ – featuring lush new arrangements of fan favourites like
Alcoholic,
Four To The Floor,
Good Souls and
Silence Is Easy, the album also includes a stunning cover of
Jealous Guy along with further tracks from across their catalogue of the past 25 years.

Since debuting in 2000,
Starsailor have carved a lasting legacy with emotionally charged songwriting and powerful live shows. They have charted all their six studio albums in the Top 40 including their debut album
Love Is Here which reached
#2, selling over
a million copies and earning them the ‘Brightest New Hope’ (Philip Hall On Award) at the
NME Awards, along with nominations at the
BRIT Awards and a win for Best New Act at the
Q Awards.