James Blunt

James Hillier Blount was born on 22nd February

1974. He is an English singer-songwriter, better
known by his stage name James Blunt. He became
famous in 2004 with the release of his debut studio
album Back to Bedlam, before achieving worldwide
fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and
"Goodbye My Lover". The album sold over 11 million
copies worldwide, topping the UK Albums Chart and
peaking at number two in the US. Blunt's second
album, All the Lost Souls, which was released in
2007, topped the charts in over 20 countries. His
third album, Some Kind of Trouble, was released in
2010. In 2013, he released his fourth album, Moon
Landing, which was preceded by the lead single "Bonfire Heart", which peaked at number four in
the UK Singles Chart.

Blunt has sold over 20 million albums and 17 million singles worldwide, with his debut album, Back
to Bedlam, being listed as the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.

Blunt was an officer in the Life Guards, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under
NATO in Kosovo during the conflict in 1999. While he was in Kosovo, Blunt worked with Médecins
Sans Frontières (MSF or "Doctors Without Borders"). He filmed the documentary “Return to Kosovo”,
in which he visited the people and places he had encountered while he was there. Blunt is a patron
of “Help for Heroes”, a charity which raises money to provide better facilities for wounded British
soldiers.

Bonfire Heart
Bonfire Heart is the first single from British singer-songwriter James Blunt's fourth studio album,
Moon Landing. The song was written by Blunt, in collaboration with OneRepublic's lead singer Ryan
Tedder.

 Are the following statements TRUE (T) or FALSE (F)? Correct the false sentences.

o He’s released three albums.

o Combining albums and singles, he’s sold over 37 million copies.
o He’s a very selfish person and never helps any charities.
o His first album was number one in the UK.
o He wrote the song “Bonfire Heart” alone.

 Answer the following questions.

o How old was James when he became famous?

o What are the names of the two NGOs he’s worked with?
o What was the best-selling album in the UK in the 2000s?
o In how many countries did his second album reach number 1?
o Where did he work as a soldier during the war?
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  Complete the first verse with the words from the box.

revolver burnt die time

soldier turn sky life

Your mouth is a ______________ I’ve been putting out fires

Firing bullets in the ______________ All my ______________
Your love is like a ______________,
Loyal 'til you ______________ Everybody wants a flame,
And I’ve been looking at the stars They don’t want to get ______________
For a long, long ______________ And today is our ______________

 Choose the right word

Days like these/this lead to… People like us, we don’t need/eat that much.
nights like these/this lead to love like ours. Just someone that starts, starts the spark in
You light the spark/park in my bonfire heart. our bonfire hearts.

 Change the words in bold for the correct ones.

This EARTH______ is getting HOTTER_____. Just trying to break through,

PEOPLE______ passing by
No one offers you a HAND______.
No one looks you in the FACE______.
But I’ve been TALKING TO ____________you
For a long, long time
Trying to make you FLY ______
Everybody wants a GAME______,
They don’t want to get RICH ______
Well, TONIGHT______ is our turn

 Put the lines in the correct order

Starts the spark in our bonfire hearts

People like us—we don’t
Days like these lead to...
Love like ours.
One that starts,
You light the spark in my bonfire heart.
Nights like this lead to
Need that much, just some-

 Match the words with their definitions

1. Revolver a) a small piece of burning material that comes from a fire or is produced by
rubbing or hitting two hard objects together
2. Sky
b) the space over the Earth where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds appear
3. Die
c) the part of your body where your arm is connected
4. Shoulder
d) a small gun with a container for bullets that turns after the gun is fired and
5. Bonfire puts another bullet into position to be fired next
e) to stop living
6. Spark
f) a large outdoor fire

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