Today sees the announcement of dates and guest's for Jools Holland and his much loved Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. Spanning the length and breadth of the British Isles, bringing their audience-pleasing, foot-stomping ‘big band’ sound to over 50 cities and towns this year.
Appearing on the Spring / Summer leg, which starts Wednesday 8 May in Canterbury, will be former Fine Young Cannibals front-man Roland Gift. The special guest for the Autumn / Winter tour dates, commencing 31 October in Southend, will be pop superstar Melanie C.
Tickets for the Autumn / Winter tour go on sale 10.00am Friday 8 February and links will be provided. Spring/Summer dates are currently on sale HERE, with more to be announced soon.
Fine Young Cannibals frontman Roland Gift returns as special guest for Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra’s Spring/Summer dates for the second year running. The singer had huge success with the Fine Young Cannibals during the 1980s, with a No. 1 UK album (1988’s The Raw and The Cooked), and two No.1 hit singles ‘She Drives Me Crazy’ and ‘Good Thing’ – the latter also holds the honour of being the most successful record that Jools Holland has ever guested on, after it went No. 1 in 17 countries.
Three million album selling pop icon and former Spice Girl Melanie C will join the party for the Autumn / Winter dates, following in a long line of brilliant female special guests including KT Tunstall, Alison Moyet and Sandie Shaw. Melanie C’s solo musical career has seen two Number 1 singles, six Top 10 singles as well as performances on the theatre stage in Blood Brothers and Jesus Christ Superstar.
With long time drummer Gilson Lavis, vocalists Ruby Turner and Louise Marshall, and acclaimed trombonist Rico Rodriguez, along with the peerless musicianship of the rest of the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Jools Holland will perform tracks spanning his entire solo career, as well as songs taken from his latest album The Golden Age Of Song, which has rocketed back up the UK Album Charts this week following an appearance on ITV’s The Jonathan Ross Show. The album, released in December by Rhino UK, is now at No. 11.
‘The Golden Age Of Song’ is Jools’ first major collaboration since 2007’s Moving Out To The Country, and went Gold within six weeks of release. The album’s initial success followed the widespread radio play for ‘Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive’ featuring Rumer, which was added to BBC Radio 2’s A-List and playlisted across the BBC regional radio network, with the whole album playlisted across Radio 2 over Christmas. The album features superb collaborations with some of the world’s most acclaimed musical artists, including Florence Welch, Tom Jones, Amy Winehouse and Cee-Lo Green.
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra are confirmed to appear on the one-off ITV entertainment special ‘From The Heart’ on Wednesday 13 February, joining a host of musical and comedy stars, to perform ‘When You’re Smiling’ from The Golden Age of Song, followed by a performance on The Alan Titchmarsh Show on Tuesday 19 February, showcasing the album track ‘Get Away Jordan’ with longtime Rhythm & Blues Orchestra guest vocalist Ruby Turner.
JOOLS HOLLAND LIVE DATES 2013
SPRING / SUMMER Tickets on sale now HERE
Special Guest on all dates: Roland Gift
MAY 2013
Wed 8th Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre
Thu 9th Basingstoke, The Anvil
Fri 10th Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre
Wed 15th Scarborough, SPA
Thu 16th Preston, Guildhall
Fri 17th Perth Festival
Sat 18th Middlesbrough, Town Hall
Sun 19th Skegness, Embassy Theatre
Wed 22nd Croydon, Fairfield Halls
Thu 30th St. Albans, Albans Arena
JUNE 2013
Thu 6th Wolverhampton Civic
Fri 7th Aberytswyth, Arts Centre
Sat 8th Stamford, Burghley House
Thu 13th Hampton Court TIckets
Fri 14th Milton Keynes, Theatre
Sat 15th Bergenfest, Norway
Wed 26th Grassington Festival (near Skipton)
Fri 28th Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
JULY 2013
Sun 7th Love Supreme Festival, Glynde Place, East Sussex Tickets
Fri 12th Kew Gardens, Kew The Music Tickets
Sun 14th Llangollen, Royal Pavilion, International Music Festival
Fri 19th Music On The Hill, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent
Fri 26th Buxton, Opera House
Sat 27th Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
AUGUST 2013
Sun 25th Carfest, Laverstoke Park Farm, Overton, near Basingstoke, Hampshire SOLD OUT
AUTUMN / WINTER
***Tickets go on sale 9am Friday 8 February***
Special Guest on all dates: Melanie C
OCTOBER 2013
Thu 31st Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
NOVEMBER 2013
Fri 1st Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
Sat 2nd Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Sun 3rd Ipswich, Regent
Thu 7th Reading, Hexagon
Fri 8th Bristol, Colston Hall
Sat 9th Cheltenham, Centaur
Sun 10th Southampton, Mayflower
Thu 14th Guildford, GLive
Fri 15th Watford, Colosseum
Sat 16th Oxford, New Theatre
Thu 21st York, Barbican
Fri 22nd Glasgow, Clyde Auditorium
Sat 23rd Glasgow, Clyde Auditorium
Sun 24th Sheffield, City Hall
Wed 27th Stoke, Victoria Hall
Thu 28th Leicester, DeMontfort Hall
Fri 29th London, Royal Albert Hall
Sat 30th London, Royal Albert Hall
DECEMBER 2013
Thu 5th Newcastle, City Hall
Fri 6th Newcastle, City Hall
Sat 7th Manchester, O2 Apollo
Sun 8th Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Fri 13th Bournemouth, BIC
Sat 14th Brighton Centre
Thu 19th Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
Fri 20th Plymouth, Pavilions
Sat 21st Portsmouth, Guildhall
Sun 22nd Nottingham, Royal Centre
Tickets will be on sale from Friday 8 February 2013 at 10am
PRICES: £35.50 (RAH £59.00, £57.50, £50.00, £47.00, £44, £38.00, £18.50)
(TKTS SUBJECT TO BOOKING FEE)
