Hi, it's Nick from Magic in the Morning
And you'll never guess where we are... well, it's obvious we're in a theatre
But it's the London Palladium!
And we're sitting on the stage with Jack Savoretti – hi!
Hi, buddy, how are you?
Very good. Thank you so much for speaking to us
There's a reason why you're here, and that is because you are going to be doing The Magic
of Christmas!
Yes I am, I can't wait, especially in this beautiful setting, makes all the difference
November the 27th, in the afternoon as well, it's an afternoon gig this year
Perfect, perfect, I'll be home for supper!
We're so pleased that you're going to do it, because last time we saw you, Written in Scars
was doing so well
And you were talking about the next album, but you couldn't release that because Written
in Scars was doing so well, wasn't it?
It was a weird one, like I was saying to you before, but last Christmas, we had kind of
finished the run of the album, it had been almost two years
We'd toured it, and we just thought, let's get back into the studios and make another
one
And then, something just- it got rebooted, and came back into the Top 10
And we weren't expecting it, at all
But with this one, it was sort of like – we have a slot, we've got two, three months
So you'd got the songs ready, you just needed to put them into an album?
No, about half the album wasn't written yet
I had started writing the album, but it definitely wasn't finished
I knew they were in there, because I hadn't written for about two years
So I knew the tank was filling up, and I needed to get them out
So it was quite nice, having this short space to do it, because it allowed us to really
focus and not mess around
And the album's called Sleep No More
That's about being a dad for the second time?!
It is a LOT to do with it
Somebody kept posting – there's a lot of posters around London, they were like, "Is
this an ode to parenting?"
It's from a serious point – it is an album about all the things that keep you up at night
So it's a very personal album for you?
Yeah, for sure
'When We Were Lovers', first track, that we've been playing on the show on Magic, it's a
great track
Thanks
It's got that kind of Jack Sav feel to it, but it feels like it's different from the
last album
I've not heard the rest of the album, what else is on there?
Well, I never like to make the same album twice, I've always said that
And I've always tried to sort of, push the bar up
And making this album was a bit like preparing a football team
With the last record, I felt like we had come into the premiership, we had made it
With going into the Top 10 and all that, we thought OK
But when I made this record, it was a bit like preparing a football team for the next
season and saying OK, let's try and go for Europe, let's try and go for Champions League,
let's try and go even bigger
There are so many instant success stories these days, because of the way it works with
shows like The X Factor and all that sort of stuff
But you've really honed your craft over the years, and you're reaping the rewards now,
which is great to see
I've definitely seen in this business so often 'easy come, easy go'
And I think that has to do a lot of the time with when people have success and they don't
know why
It's a very dangerous place to be, because you start believing in your own talent a little
bit too much
Your own hype?
Yeah, you start believing in your own hype
The best thing that ever happened to me was that I never got that big break
I was able to slowly crawl, claw, climb, walk our way up this strange industry,
one step at a time
And that's allowed me to see
To understand it?
Yeah, to understand OK, I'm not doing that, or I really want to do that
So it kind of allows you to choose what you go for and ignore all the other nonsense
You've got a bit of a tour in November
Well this is insane because it's been exactly ten years since I played the Hammersmith Apollo,
speaking of another historical venue in London
So we're very excited about that
That's on the 9th November, and that's going to be – hopefully – an unforgettable night
for everybody there
And you're going to be playing on this stage on November 27th
27th, we will be here as well
We are so pleased that you've managed to find time, because I know with the tour and stuff,
you're busy
It's going to be a great night, we've got Rick Astley, we've got Birdy, who's a great
singer
I'm a huge fan of Birdy
The Shires are going to be playing as well, they did it last year for us
I love The Shires, I'm a big fan of The Shires
I love that they're bringing country music to the mainstream
As are Ward Thomas!
They're going to be here as well
It's going to be a great gig
One of those nights!
It's going to be a brilliant night
You've always got your guitar with you, I've never seen you without it
So go get your guitar!
Jack Savoretti will be here on the 27th of November, for The Magic of Christmas, and
we can't wait
Thank you, Jack
You too, I can't wait, thank you.