In March 2023, Jimmy Barnes announced the formation of supergroup The Barnestormers, featuring Barnes, Chris Cheney, Slim Jim Phantom, Jools Holland and Kevin Shirley. A self-titled album was released on 26 May 2023. [9] Personal life [ edit ] So perhaps it is no surprise that Jools Holland’s desire to find new sights matches his drive for creating new sounds. Although he is much travelled through his work, he still relishes making fresh discoveries, which he will do this year on a number of Saga cruises. Official UK Albums Top 100 – 22nd December 2012 | Official UK Top 40 | music charts | Official Albums Chart". Officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012 . Retrieved 18 December 2012. Mississippi. He performs Midnight Heat, whilst Willie J Healey makes his debut on the show with Thank You, from his third album Bunny. Rolling Stones": A Life on the Road (with Dora Loewenstein), Viking/Allen Lane (1998) ( ISBN 0-670-88051-5)

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As a teenager, Holland lived with his grandparents, [10] which he mentioned anecdotally in a 2020 episode of Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains. Jools is excited to announce that tomorrow, Friday 21st July, Brighter Days will be released. A Revival Records danceAfter presenting two series of Juke Box Jury in 1989 and then 26 shows of The Happening in 1990, Jools was asked in 1992 to host a new music programme for BBC2, which combined his talent and experience as a musician with his skills as an interviewer. Later...with Jools Holland re-awakened the innovative spirit of The Tube, is now in its 25th series, and has been running for 13 years. The show is about an hour long, says Jools. ‘There are things from my history, some boogie-woogie and stride piano, some ska. I go for a few different styles.’ Jools Holland To Play UK Charity Concerts". Easier.com. 25 January 2007 . Retrieved 5 December 2007.

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In 2009, Holland commissioned TV series Bangla Bangers ( Chop Shop) to create a replica of the Rover JET1 for personal use. He appeared on the cover of Railway Modeller magazine in January 2019. [18] In the attic of his house, Holland has spent ten years building a 100-foot (30m) model railway. It is full of miniature buildings and landscapes that stretch from Berlin to London. He started with photographs and paintings from early 1960s London. According to The Daily Telegraph, "In the evenings, he builds some trains and buildings before switching on some music, pouring a glass of wine and switching on the trains to watch them move around the room." [19] Copsey, Rob (11 December 2015). "Adele beats Coldplay to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart". Officialcharts.com . Retrieved 27 December 2015. Julian Miles Holland OBE DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer and television presenter. He was an original member of the band Squeeze and has worked with many artists including Marc Almond, Joss Stone, Jayne County, Sting, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison, David Gilmour, Magazine, The The, Ringo Starr and Bono.

Laughing Policeman Wireless Society: History of Swearing". Laughingpoliceman.com . Retrieved 13 April 2011. Leaders in Music, Disability & Technology". Drake Music. 20 June 2014 . Retrieved 27 December 2015. Holland lives in Westcombe Park, south east London, where he had his studio, Helicon Mountain, built to his design and inspired by Portmeirion, the setting for the 1960s TV series The Prisoner. [15] He also owns a manor house near the medieval Cooling Castle in Kent. [16] [17]

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Jools and the Rhythm and Blues Orchestra now play an average of 100 live shows a year, touring Britain and the world to audiences of 500,000.

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Jools was at the launch of Spirit of Discovery in 2019, when its godmother, the Duchess of Cornwall, christened it. ‘It was great that she took time to do that,’ says Jools. ‘She is a patron of a lot of charities and gives her time very generously.’ At the launch, the Duchess of Cornwall was presented with a painting of Spirit of Discovery and joked: ‘I should be able to remind myself to book my berth.’ Farndale, Nigel (19 November 2006). "A man in touch with his inner anorak". Telegraph.co.uk . Retrieved 21 September 2018. When you’re in that space and you’re playing, and they’re tapping their feet or moving in their seats, or you’re inspiring them to dance, it’s like a strange magic,’ he says. ‘The theatre on Spirit of Discovery is a wonderful venue for that. Not only the acoustics but the layout. And the stepped seating means you can see everything clearly.’ re-interpretation of Emeli Sandé's original song, with choir vocals by GeO Gospel Choir, which Jools had the pleasure of