James has been spending his time in America working on his the follow-up to his multi-million selling debut, Back To Bedlam.

And far from moping around, the 30-year-old is relishing his new-found singledom and has been partying with Lindsay Lohan although the friend denies any romance.

"James is now enjoying being a single man - he’s having the time of his life thanks to his huge success."

Blunt’s rep blames paps for accident - Feb 28 2007
James Blunt’s rep has blamed "swarming" paparazzi for an accident that resulted in the singer’s car running over a man’s foot.

A police report had revealed the singer had been "involved" in a car accident, but the rep denied reports that James hit a fan as he left a pre-Oscar party in LA on Saturday.

"It wasn’t a fan," the rep told People magazine. "It was a ton of paparazzi that were all swarming his car as he was driving 2mph trying to navigate his way through them. That’s the first and foremost. They were invading his space. He was just trying to quietly leave the party."

Local police were called to the incident, which occurred outside the home of CAA agent Bryan Lourd at 1.58am on Saturday.

Other guests at the annual A-list bash included George Clooney, Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise and Madonna.

Photographer Josephine Santos told the magazine: "Suddenly James Blunt pulled out. I was across the street. I looked over and the guy was flat on his back.

"I was totally frightened. I thought maybe that he got flattened by the car. I thought he was fully run over. It was horrifying.

"It turns out that he started to get up slowly. His right lower leg near his foot was run over."

Although the man was taken to hospital for treatment, the photographer says she spotted him back at work on Sunday.

"I saw him the next day. He was walking around with a limp."

James Blunt moving to Switzerland - Jan 17 2007
British singer James Blunt plans to move to an exclusive Swiss ski resort, local officials said today.

Patrick Messeiller, director of tourism for Verbier, confirmed a report in the Swiss daily Le Matin that the singer, who is a frequent visitor to the mountain village, had registered with the tax office there.

James, 32, is the latest celebrity to move to the alpine nation, after French rock legend Johnny Hallyday took up residence in nearby Gstaad last month.

Hallyday’s move prompted a heated debate in France about rich people and multinational companies fleeing the country for Switzerland because of low taxation there.

But Meisseiller would not comment on whether James would receive similar preferential tax treatment as Hallyday. "That’s a private matter," he said.

Each Swiss canton (state) sets its own tax rates, and can cut special deals with wealthy foreigners that allow them to pay only a fraction of what they would have to pay elsewhere.

The Daily Mirror reported last year that Blunt, a former tank commander in the British army, earned £5million with his 11-time platinum album Back To Bedlam, which includes the hit You’re Beautiful.

James heads Brit Grammy hopes - Dec 7 2006
Britain will be well represented at next February’s Grammy Awards, following the announcement of the nominations this morning at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood.

James Blunt scooped six nominations, including Best New Artist and the uber-prestigious Record Of The Year for You’re Beautiful. He will be competing against Corinne Bailey Rae in the latter category, for her hit Put Your Records On.