{"id":95600,"date":"2024-02-21T21:49:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T21:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=95600"},"modified":"2024-02-21T21:49:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T21:49:20","slug":"jamie-lenman-touring-and-recording-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/jamie-lenman-touring-and-recording-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Lenman Announces Touring and Recording Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime\u00a0<strong>Already Heard\u00a0<\/strong>favourite (and all-around nice chap) <strong>Jamie Lenman<\/strong> has announced his intention to retire from touring and releasing new music.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared on social media,\u00a0<strong>Lenman<\/strong> explained that the past 10 years as a solo artist has been <em>&#8220;fulfilling&#8221;<\/em> but also\u00a0<em>&#8220;physically and emotionally draining&#8221;<\/em>. He goes on to say he has no plans to record new music for the foreseeable future and that he won&#8217;t be doing his own shows anymore. However, he hasn&#8217;t ruled out the occasional festival appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Since making the decision six months ago, Lenman says he&#8217;s felt &#8220;much happier&#8221;. Going forward, <strong>Lenman<\/strong> hopes to focus his efforts on voice acting, presenting, and illustrating children&#8217;s books.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0<strong>Jamie Lenman<\/strong> has launched an official fan club via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TheJamieLenmanFanClub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon<\/a>. Amongst the various perks fans can receive include access to his demo vault, quarterly acoustic Zoom gigs, and a bi-monthly art print.<\/p>\n<p>Membership prices start from just \u00a31. 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