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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
Nothing but happy memories of that time the music was great but the friendship meant everything to me it still does See ya soon
@thecoralband
The Coral
4 years
P.S. Love ya Al x
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This the most I’ve laughed this year I’m crying here 😂😂😂😂
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Later...with Jools Holland on BBC Two
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"We became really good mates with them and we took them on tour. And they're still one of my favourite ever bands..." Can you guess who @NoelGallagher  is talking about here? 🤔 Find out tonight @BBCTwo  at 10pm and enjoy Noel's other favourite Later... performances. #LaterJools
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
1 year
I wish I’d written this song. The Doors - People Are Strange
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
5 years
Chris Martin should join @thecoralband we’re carbon neutral as it gets No light show No monitor guy No long haul flights Only tour the uk
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James Skelly
3 years
I can honestly say this has been my favourite album release we’ve ever done, the fans have made it so special for us and I can’t thank everyone involved enough for their belief and hard work here’s to another twenty years mother fuckers 👊 #coralisland
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James Skelly
4 years
If we can find phosphorus aliens in the clouds of Venus surely we can find some testing kits for people in Bolton 🤷‍♂️
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James Skelly
3 years
Imagine being 85 and your debut album enters the charts at number 2 #coralisland #grandad #firsttimeforeverything #thegreatmuriarty
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
Fun fact Once Ian McCulloch called me bear grylls for no other reason than I had an army jacket on
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
3 years
There are only two things in life that are certain and that’s death and Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox’s divorce
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James Skelly
3 years
Fuck it let’s do another album #thecoral #fuckit @thecoralband
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
This government are not fit for purpose
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
Lockdown 2 is the shittest sequel since son of the mask
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James Skelly
4 years
It was great doing this with @BlossomsBand hope everyone enjoyed it 👍🏼 I’ll be tuning into their #TimsTwitterListeningParty   tonight at 9pm @Tim_Burgess
@BlossomsBand
BLOSSOMS
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Dreaming Of You - Blossoms and @JamesSkellyBand ( @thecoralband ) in Isolation Xxx
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5 years
I think we’ve just recorded my favourite @thecoralband album to date #numberten #thecoral
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
THE MCDONALD FAMILY
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
7 years
I had a great time writing and making this album with best mates #longlivethecoral @thecoralband @BBC6Music
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
1 year
Thank you to everyone that bought the records.We couldn’t keep making music without our fans.
@officialcharts
Official Charts
1 year
The Coral ( @thecoralband ) earn their seventh Top 10 collection with Sea of Mirrors, making a BIG Top 3 debut! Find out where it - and Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show - landed:
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
Nice one everyone who listened & @Tim_Burgess for having us. @thecoralband playing our residency in @cavernliverpool when we first started #TimsListeningParty
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
3 years
New Year’s Day version of faceless angel for anyone that’s interested #coralisland #facelessangel @thecoralband
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
First time I heard this I understood there’s another level to this songwriting thing you can actually break down someone’s isolation with a melody or a phrase
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
6 years
Instead of saying 3G on your phone it should just say fuck off
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
2 years
Recording new Coral music 🎶 #gretsch #springreverb @thecoralband
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
3 years
New member of the coral family #guitars #thecoral @thecoralband
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
10 months
We’ve played the ‘Goodbye’ jam for over twenty years now, last night was up there with the best versions. Thank you Liverpool.
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
5 years
I’ve never related to anything as much as this
@musimerides
Efemérides Musicales
5 years
Hoy se cumplen 35 años desde este histórico momento
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4 years
I don’t think I’ve ever gotten over the first time I heard this tune @thestoneroses #thestoneroses #greatrecords
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
Changed my life this video
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
What a film 🔥
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James Skelly
5 years
Found this in my garage stage times for a midsummer nights scream signed by everyone that played on the day #thecoral #thezutons #thebasement #thethrills #thebees #thelibertines
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4 years
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
1 year
I won’t hear a bad word against ‘Ob‐La‐Di, Ob‐La‐Da.’
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James Skelly
3 months
I wrote a lost Merseybeat song that I wish existed. For anyone interested in that kind of thing.
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
The last day of recording the lathums album #lathums #guitars #parrstreet @TheLathums
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
1 year
Last time we played Birkenhead we lost Battle Of The Bands to a Bon Jovi tribute band.
@thecoralband
The Coral
1 year
We’ll be playing @future_yard , Birkenhead next week for The National Lottery’s United By Music Tour. For tickets, visit:
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James Skelly
4 years
Test pressing sounding mighty fine #thecoral #newmusic @thecoralband
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
3 years
No other voice has stirred up my emotions like Ronnie Spector,joy,pain,love,rage,beauty she had everything RIP Ronnie
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James Skelly
2 years
The brave men that fought in The Great Battle Of Zebra Crossing will never be forgotten.
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James Skelly
3 years
What a fucking tune this is by the way @TheLathums
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
Has that cum stain fella that looks like a used Johnny still got a job?
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
OCEAN RAIN
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
7 years
Last day of recording tomorrow it’s been emotional #newcoralalbum
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
5 years
The coral live at the blue coat in the late 90s @thecoralband
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James Skelly
3 years
Every member to ever be in the coral as one person @thecoralband
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
Tier 3 and a shit ending to mandalorian Liverpool better win tonight or I’m gonna get shit faced a punch a squirrel 👊
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James Skelly
1 year
When I’m playing and harmonising live with ⁦ @thecoralband ⁩ that’s when I know who I am.
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
5 years
This is like sprinkling nuts on a piece of shit and trying to sell it as a ferrero rocher
@NME
NME
5 years
Pop is Not A Dirty Word: Why I reckon Shawn Mendes is the Gen-Z Bruce Springsteen
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James Skelly
8 years
The finished @BlossomsBand master sounds great, it should be called best of blossoms it's a classic
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James Skelly
4 years
OGDENS’ NUT GONE FLAKE
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
10 months
Cycles Of The Seasons. #TheCoral #SeaOfMirrors
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
Zuton fever 🔥
@ElevatorStudios
Elevator Studios
4 years
We're listening to 'Who Killed... The Zutons' today - such a great album! It was recorded at #ElevatorStudios Cheapside over 16 years ago! @zutonsthe #liverpoolmusicians #liverpoolband #elevatorstudios #baltictriangle #thezutons #davemccabe #whokilledthezutons
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4 years
Nice one for joining in and bringing back great memories of magic & medicine listening back for the first Time in years I can see why people love it,timeless music will never be out of time. Thanks again to @Tim_Burgess for having us ✊ #TimsTwitterListeningParty
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James Skelly
1 year
Nice one @JamieWebster94 for having me on last night, the gig was great and @michaelheadtreb was the best I’ve ever seen him.
🎥 2nd night on the waterfront was pretty special. Amazing couple days. Jamie, Band, crew & everyone involved smashed it. @jamiewebstermusic @JamesSkellyBand
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
3 years
I remember Tom playing this song to me down the phone when he’d first written it and I thought you little fucker can’t believe you caught that melody before me @BlossomsBand #greatsongwriting #blossoms
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James Skelly
1 year
The Coral approach to production. “Anyone want to redo it ?” “I’m not bothered” “Sounds good to me”
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
RIP MARADONA THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
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James Skelly
10 months
“What’s Christmas like when you get older dad?”
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
3 years
Has anyone else ever shouted “shut the fuck up sting” at the radio?
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
What a fucking band
@crockpics
Classic Rock In Pics
4 years
Love, 1967
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
10 months
Nice one to everyone that came to watch ⁦ @thecoralband ⁩ tour.I loved playing all the new songs.Even though my voice wasn’t 100%, the crowd sang along and helped me every night. See you next year Coral Heads👊 📸Alain Bibal
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James Skelly
3 years
However long you think it will take you get your kids ready and out of the house double it
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James Skelly
1 year
It’s a shame all the credits aren’t shown on streaming sites, because making and releasing music is massive collective effort.
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
1 year
The Actor And The Cardboard Cowboy #TheCoral #SeaOfMirrors
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
3 years
I’ve loved watching @TheLathums take their music from Wigan to the the world, the hard work has paid off they’ve made a brilliant debut album it was a pleasure to be involved.
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
3 years
The last rehearsal before the tour and that’s just the start of it 👊 #thecoral #20thanniversarytour @thecoralband
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
10 months
Warming my voice up for the last rehearsal before the tour. #FarawayWorlds #TheCoralOnTour
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
3 years
RIP Steve Strange one of life’s great characters
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James Skelly
4 years
RIP Gerard Houllier
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4 years
THE BOSS
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
3 years
Thank you to everyone that bought tickets and everyone that worked on the tour without you we couldn’t do it 👊
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
7 years
Adults that buy ed sheeran records are probably emotionally unstable, I have no proof of this it's just a feeling I have
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James Skelly
1 year
Get involved 👊
@thecoralband
The Coral
1 year
‘Sea of Mirrors' the new album out 08.09.23 on multiple formats (ltd signed copies) includes new single 'Wild Bird' out now. Accompanying album ‘Holy Joe's Coral Island Medicine Show’ out on the same day (Physical only). Pre-order now+listen to 'Wild Bird'
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Let me get this straight the government that has presided over one of the worst death rates in the world are the same government that are going to make a plan to get us out of it 👌
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James Skelly
4 years
On location 👀
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James Skelly
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I can’t overstate the influence this performance had on @thecoralband
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Having a little run through the festival set. In The Rain ☔️
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James Skelly
5 years
Last day of recording for the new coral opus 👊 #numberten #thecoral #newalbum @thecoralband @parr_street
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
I remember seeing this on the chart show it blew my mind what a band @superfurry
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super furry animals
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If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You... Released on this day in 1996. Y sengl olaf i ddod oddi ar Fuzzy Logic.
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Skeleton key back from the dead 👊 #thecoral #20thanniversarytour @thecoralband
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James Skelly
7 years
Imagine looking round for inspiration and seeing Gareth Southgate
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James Skelly
8 months
Recording ⁦ @brookecombe ⁩ album in ⁦ @kempstonstreet ⁩ Liverpool.🔥
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James Skelly
6 years
At some point a major label artist will fart in to an 808 drum machine and it will get to number one
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James Skelly
4 years
Great album 👍
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@JamesSkellyBand
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4 years
RIP Peter Green one of greatest artists of all time in my book
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Wild Flowers by Tom Petty is such an effortlessly beautiful song.I could circle these chords all night.💐
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James Skelly
4 years
Thanks for all my well wishes and presents on what turned out to be my birth month celebrations life begins at 40 apparently 👊
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@JamesSkellyBand
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3 years
Heading out to play three sold out shows with my best mates let’s do this mother fuckers 👊 @thecoralband
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James Skelly
3 years
That’s all the gigs done for this year can’t wait for next year’s gigs now see you there 👊 @thecoralband 📸 @sixteentonnes
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
1 year
He was in KFC in Philadelphia when we found out and we forgot to tell him when he got back on the bus🤷‍♂️
@thecoralband
The Coral
1 year
20 years of Magic and Medicine this year, special congrats to @Pdthecoral who only realised this weekend that it went in at #1 🏆
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
MAC
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
4 years
I’m not sure the meaning we’re all searching for will be found arguing with complete strangers on twitter 🤷‍♂️
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
3 years
Fuckinel Neighbours is going and Toadfish is still in it
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@JamesSkellyBand
James Skelly
1 year
If anyone fancies some weekend listening, here’s a playlist of the music that influenced Sea Of Mirrors.
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