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James Morrison is making a comeback.
The 30-year-old singer/songwriter is set to relaunch his career four years after he released his third record 'The Awakening', having taken time out to go camping and to spend time with his daughter Elsie.
He revealed: "I took a year and a half out. I spent a year just going camping, hanging out with mates and looking after my daughter."
James originally shot to fame in 2006 with his debut album 'Undiscovered' which featured his hit single 'You Give Me Something' and led to him winning the Best British Male Brit Award in 2007.
But the 'Broken Strings' hitmaker is now ready to return to his life as a chart-topping star following an 18-month break and has completed his fourth studio album which will be released in October.
He explained: "I was in a dark place but I'm out of it now. The album is out in October and the first single in September."
And the singer/songwriter has had no shortage of inspiration, penning over 75 tracks for the LP during his time out of the spotlight.
He told The Sun newspaper: "I wrote 75 songs and I've picked 15 for the record."

The Maccabees find it "hard" making an album.
The 'Unknow' hitmakers are nearly ready to drop their latest album 'Marks To Prove It' and singer Orlando Weeks has revealed the process reminded them just how difficult it was to make an LP.
He shared: "The main thing we learned was how difficult making an album is. You would think we'd remember because making the last album was difficult. But I think we forgot because we had such a good time after it was released.
"But it all came back, how hard it is making a record how you want it to sound."
And for the indie rock band, their struggle to produce the record was due to their wish of making it a "perfect middle ground" between all the band members.
He added: "We put this pressure on ourselves and making the record took a while because we were trying to find this perfect middle ground between us and no one exactly knew what that was."
And bandmate Felix White has admitted winning an Ivor Novello award and being nominated for a Mercury Prize gong gave them a new audience to please.
He explained to The Sun newspaper: "That record opened us up to a new audience. We'd always had crowds that were the same age as us, until that point then they started getting younger.
"It was like the audiences warped - you had people younger than us at the front, people older than us at the back. You don't see how you change as a band, as it's not tangible, but the personnel shifting at gigs was the most noticeable thing."

Disciples think Calvin Harris is a "great person to have around".
The electronic music trio revealed they have become pals with the musician - who is dating 25-year-old chart-topper Taylor Swift - over the years and have taken inspiration from his success, leading to their collaboration with the 'Feel So Close' hitmaker, 'How Deep is Your Love'.
Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz, producer Gavin Kool revealed: "He's more a friend. He showed a big interest in our music and careers so he does have that side to him but he's just a great person to have around. We've all been influenced by him in different ways over the years."
The 29-year-old DJ - along with Luke Mac, 24 and Duvall, 29 - continued to say they were excited by the superstar DJ's enthusiasm for their music even though there was "a lot of going back and forth" while they made their single, which is currently in the top 10 in over 30 countries.
Gavin recalled: "We were working in the studio on 'How Deep is Your Love'. We sent it to him to get some fresh ears and some thoughts on it and he loved the track so much that he proposed working on it and collaborating on it together.
"We were really excited that he wanted to put out a record with us and wanted to be part of the track.
"It's a lot of going back and forth. A lot of the stuff is us, a lot of it is him, we go back and forth and see what sounds we like. It's been a real 50/50 collaboration with this record."

Guns N' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus claims the band's future is "up in the air".
The 48-year-old musician - who joined the band in 2001 - has admitted he is unsure of their future having not had any discussions with fellow members Axl Rose, Dizzy Reed, Tommy Stinson, Chris Pitman, Frank Ferrer, Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal or DJ Ashba for some time.
He told About.com: "The current state of GN'R is pretty up in the air. The last I heard they wanted to finish up the recordings that we have and put them out next year and start touring. But it has been a while since I've heard from anybody in that camp as far as management or Axl. So I really don't know."
However, the news comes just a week after he teased fans could expect to hear new music from the rockers - who haven't released a studio album since 2008's 'Chinese Democracy' - in the near future.
He previously said: "We're going to be doing stuff next year. We're not going to have anything out this year. Next year it should be out and we'll be touring."
Meanwhile, DJ Ashba recently revealed their forthcoming record is their "main focus", ahead of another tour.
He explained: "We were talking about doing another huge tour. Our main focus right now is putting together the next Guns record. We've got tons of material - it's just a matter of sitting down and sifting through all the pieces. It looks like we're going to be doing a lot more touring."

Little Mix performed a hit-packed set at MTV Crashes Plymouth on Wednesday (22.07.15). The chart-topping quartet were the first act to take to the stage at the special event in the coastal city where they delivered a standout performance to the 35,000...

Rita Ora's new album is about female empowerment.
The 'Poison' hitmaker is currently working on her second studio album and has teased fans can expect a record "all about p**sy power" because she wants to celebrate female independence and discuss issues of gender equality.
She explained: "It's really about how we get judged for the things that we do and how men don't.
"I know it's part of society, but I think we can still stick together as females.
"The motive of this album all really came from the nature of being European."
The 24-year-old star - who has reportedly worked with Ed Sheeran and Disclosure on the LP - continued to say she believes it's an "exciting time" for female musicians because there are so many women celebrating who they are.
She told Hot 97 radio station: "Also I feel like at the moment, females have never been closer - pop stars, specifically. It's an exciting time for females in this industry."
Last month, Rita - who recently split up with her boyfriend Ricky Hil - revealed she has also worked with 'Loyal' singer Chris Brown, with their collaboration set to be her next single.
After the news they had worked together was revealed, she said: "Chris Brown is strong, powerful and someone that is important to me personally and professionally.
"The discrimination and all what people think? If you have a great song then no one cares."

Sinéad O'Connor has cancelled all of her summer dates due to "exhaustion".
The 'Nothing Compares 2 U' singer has axed all of her upcoming tour dates due to a medical issue, meaning she will no longer perform at Festival Big Top in Galway, Ireland today (23.07.15) and will miss her scheduled shows in Norway and Canada.
In a statement, her agent explained: "Sinead O'Connor apologises profusely to her fans but she cannot travel this summer anymore. She is suffering from exhaustion due to an existing not resolved medical situation and she has been advised by the doctor to stop any activity and rest. Because of this she is completely unable to travel and to perform."
The 48-year-old musician - who recently became a grandmother for the first time when her 27-year-old son Jake had a child with his girlfriend Lia - hit the headlines last week when she blasted Rolling Stone magazine for putting reality TV star Kim Kardashian West on the cover, claiming the move meant "music has officially died".
In a furious rant on her Facebook page, which has since been deleted, she wrote: "What is this **** ("I don't smile much because it causes wrinkles") doing on the cover of Rolling Stone? Music has officially died. Who knew it would be Rolling Stone that murdered it? Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh can no longer be expected to take all the blame. Bob Dylan must be f**king horrified #BoycottRollingStone (sic)."

Shaggy believes the military prepared him to be a pop star.
The 'It Wasn't Me' hitmaker spent four years in the Marines before embarking on his music career and claims the tough training was perfect preparation for his hectic career because it taught him how to be alert after having hardly any sleep.
He explained: "I go to bed late and get up early. In this game, to win it, you have to do that. I flew in last night and I could have had a club appearance at 2am and be on your show in the morning - I could have done that. And I would have been on time. The military prepared me to do that because you go to bed late and get up early, and I did that for four years."
The 46-year-old star has recently returned to music following a decade-long absence and explained his time out was a result of "management issues and some label issues" which meant he was robbed of his "creative freedom".
Speaking on ITV's 'This Morning' he said: "It wasn't the change in the music world that really bothered me, I had some management issues and some label issues ... and people go through different things in their career and things weren't working out on the management side and things weren't working out on the label side either after those massive hits.
"Funny enough you have to be careful for what you wish for because you want really big hits, but when you get really big hits, and your label is making a hundred and fifty million dollars, there are people that are now interested in what you do, and now they will tell you what to do, so you become important. So your creative freedom, you're not going to have that again and there's a lot of egos and things flying so after a while it wasn't working."

Little Mix will embrace their "inner weirdness" on their new album.
The 'Black Magic' hitmakers are looking forward to the release of their LP, aptly titled 'Get Weird', and insist it will have more of a pop edge to it than the last one.
Perrie Edwards said: "Well, we're all about embracing our inner weirdness. We think it's fun to be individual, it's fun to be out there and crazy and just not care what anybody thinks. That's what it's all about."
Teasing details about the new album, Jade Thirlwall added: "It's a bit more pop, it's a little more pop I think. It's a bit cheekier with the lyrics, and it's a bit more dancey."
And the girl group are looking forward to heading out on the road next year.
Perrie shared: "We love touring, it's our favourite thing to do ever, so we're buzzing," whilst Jesy Nelson added: "This tour is going to be absolutely epic. People are not going to know what they've just seen."
The girls also revealed that the tour would be a unique experience for all the fans.
They told Capital FM: "We've got ideas and concepts and what things we want to do on stage so we're very excited.
"The idea is that you walk in and you walkout and you say to your mate, 'I don't know what I've just seen, that was the best thing I've ever experienced."