Later…with Jools Holland returns to Alexandra Palace Theatre in North London with a brand new series, packed full of live music and chat.
This week, Jools welcomes a stellar line-up with the classic mix of returning, established artists and debutants.
First up is vocal powerhouse Jorja Smith. Born, raised and currently residing in the West Midlands, she returns to the show to perform a couple of numbers from her much anticipated second LP ‘falling or flying’. It’s a record that follows her 2018 Mercury Prize shortlisted debut album, ‘Lost and Found’.
Returning for the first time since 2017, US stadium rockers The National are currently in the middle of a UK and European tour but will swing by Alexandra Palace to perform a couple of brand new songs from their recently announced tenth album, ‘Laugh Track’. The album is a companion to the band’s ninth LP ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’, making it their second album to be released this year.
There are three very different debuts making up the rest of the bill. First is the Brooklyn based ‘discodelica’ three-piece girl group, Say She She, who met in the downtown dancefloors of the Lower East Side in NYC. They perform a couple of tracks from their second album entitled ‘Silver’. The album is built on ‘flexing rhythms’ and ‘honeyed vocal harmonies’ and was written and recorded live to tape in North Hollywood earlier this year.
The second debut this week is Manchester born wordsmith Antony Szmierek, who started out as a novelist but soon turned his pen to writing lyrics, with his work garnering him comparisons as lauded as ‘Mike Skinner spliced with Simon Armitage’. He performs his latest single ‘The Words To Auld Lang Syne.’
Completing the line-up and trio of debutants is cult singer and punk legend Wreckless Eric, who is best known for his first ever single ‘Whole Wide World’, released in 1977. It’s a track that has been covered by everyone from The Monkees, to the Proclaimers, to Green Day and has appeared in multiple film soundtracks and TV adverts over the years.
Wreckless Eric will be chatting to Jools about sharing a bill back in 1980 and performing a track taken from his latest and nineteenth album ‘Leisureland’ – a record described as a “distorted, psychedelic collection of songs about faded English seaside towns” and which depicts his rollercoaster career to date.
Later…with Jools Holland (2/6)
Saturday 21st October, 10.30pm
BBC Two
Later…with Jools Holland returns to Alexandra Palace Theatre in North London for the second episode of this autumn’s series.
This week, Jools hosts a show full to the brim of musical debutants, plus a legendary chat guest.
Kicking off with arguably one of the UK’s biggest pop bands of the 21st century, Take That make their debut on the show with a couple of tracks from their forthcoming ninth album ‘This Life’. The album explores a new sound for the band, honed in some of America’s most iconic musical spaces, including New York’s Electric Lady Studios and Nashville’s Historic RCA Studio A.
Next up is the new and hotly-tipped all-female band The Last Dinner Party, who formed in London. They will perform a couple of tracks from their much anticipated debut album, produced by James Ford, including the incredibly catchy ‘Nothing Matters’ which is described as “a crude and unashamedly vulnerable love song.”
Stepping forward into the spotlight is METTE who hails from Minnesota and has already had a successful career as an actor, dancer and singer, having starred in the N.E.R.D. and Rihanna video ‘Lemon’, as well as in Pharrell’s dance group The Baes and most recently in the Barbie movie. Tonight she performs a track from her recently released debut EP ‘METTENARRATIVE’.
Also making her TV debut is Folk music’s bright new star Frankie Archer, who was the winner of a prestigious prize at this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival. She performs a track from her upcoming EP ‘Never So Red’, which is described as an imaginative and bold mash of electro alt-trad, showing her Northumbrian fiddle roots, her deep love of electronic music and her immersion in soulful folk songs from the North East of England and around the world.
Completing the musical line-up is heavy metal-ragga band Skindred who hail from Newport in South Wales. This year they became unexpected TikTok stars, after their 2005 song ‘Nobody’ sparked a new dance trend. The band make their debut on the show with their track ‘Gimme That Boom’, taken from their recent Top 2 album ‘Smile’.
Plus guitar legend Johnny Marr will join Jools at the piano for a chat to discuss his upcoming book ‘Marr’s Guitars’. The book is an anthology of his most prized guitars and the stories behind them, which precedes a greatest hits album ‘Spirit Power’, due for release later this year.
Later…with Jools Holland (3/6)
Saturday 28th October, time TBC
BBC Two
Later…with Jools Holland returns to Alexandra Palace Theatre in North London with another new show full of live music and chat.
This week, Jools welcomes back The Streets for their long awaited return to the show. They perform a couple of tracks from the recently released album entitled ‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’. The album has an accompanying film which was written, directed and produced by the main man Mike Skinner. Mike chats to Jools about the creative process behind both projects.
Next up is London-based electronic artist Romy, who has had multiple appearances on the show with The xx but tonight steps forward to perform her single ‘Weightless’ from her first solo album entitled ‘Mid Air’.
Also returning a decade after her last appearance on the show is the inimitable Cat Power. She joins Jools to perform her rendition of ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’, which is taken from her forthcoming album ‘Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert’. The album recreates one of the most fabled and transformative live sets of all time by the folk legend Bob Dylan. The Dylan concert was originally held at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in May 1966 but has long been known as the ‘Royal Albert Hall Concert’ due to a mislabelled bootleg.
Plus, two debuts complete the line-up. The first is from the Grammy nominated artist Allison Russell, who has just released her second album ‘The Returner’ and been on tour with Hozier. She performs her single ‘Stay Right Here’, a song she describes is about “resisting the siren songs of self-hatred, apathy & oblivion”.
The second debutant of the night is BC Camplight, who hails from Philadelphia and now lives in Manchester. He performs a couple of tracks from his critically-acclaimed fifth album ‘The Last Rotation Of Earth’, which is described as a ‘tumultuous pop masterpiece’.
Later…with Jools Holland (4/6)
Saturday 4th November, time TBC
BBC Two
Later…with Jools Holland returns to Alexandra Palace Theatre in North London with a brand new series packed full of live music and chat. Tonight’s episode features an eclectic mix of artists who are all signed to independent record labels.
This week Jools welcomes South London born and raised singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Sampha. Sampha is widely known for winning the 2017 Mercury Prize for his album ‘Process’ and his collaborative work with SBTRKT, Jessie Ware and Kendrick Lamar. Now he makes his Later… debut with a couple of tracks from his second album entitled ‘Lahai’ - his middle name and a record Sampha describes as his “next musical chapter”.
Returning to the show a decade after their last appearance is Wirral’s Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, who perform songs including the title track of their latest album ‘Bauhaus Staircase’. The song is a nod to frontman Andy McCluskey’s love of the Bauhaus era and protest art. Founding members Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey also chat to Jools about the new record and how they honed their sound, which was influenced by early electronic groups like Kraftwerk.
Plus there are three debuts on tonight’s show. The first is from London powerhouse vocalist Izo FitzRoy, who performs two songs with her band and six-piece Gospel choir, which are taken from her album ‘A Good Woman’. The album is an honest and stunning reflection of Izo’s personal journey.
The second debut is Christone “Kingfish” Ingram from Clarksdale, Mississippi - a blues guitarist and vocalist who Jools met playing in a juke joint whilst travelling there. Following in the footsteps of some of the biggest blues artists from Clarksdale, including the likes of Sam Cooke and Muddy Waters, “Kingfish” has enjoyed huge success. Tonight he performs his track ‘Midnight Heat’, as well as treating us to the first thing he learnt on the guitar at the piano with Jools.
Completing the musical line-up is Oxfordshire’s Willie J. Healey, who makes his debut with the track ‘Thank You’, which he wrote with Jamie T and which is taken from his third album ‘Bunny’. The album marks a significant change in sound for the pop troubadour, taking on influences of Philadelphia soul and R&B for this record.
Still to come this series is Billy Bragg, Bombay Bicycle Club, Cleo Sol, CMAT, Corinne Bailey Rae, English Teacher, Nitin Sawhney Ft. I AM Roze, Sekou, Róisín Murphy, Tom Walker, Yussef Dayes and interview guests, Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw.
This week, Jools welcomes a stellar line-up with the classic mix of returning, established artists and debutants.
First up is vocal powerhouse Jorja Smith. Born, raised and currently residing in the West Midlands, she returns to the show to perform a couple of numbers from her much anticipated second LP ‘falling or flying’. It’s a record that follows her 2018 Mercury Prize shortlisted debut album, ‘Lost and Found’.
Returning for the first time since 2017, US stadium rockers The National are currently in the middle of a UK and European tour but will swing by Alexandra Palace to perform a couple of brand new songs from their recently announced tenth album, ‘Laugh Track’. The album is a companion to the band’s ninth LP ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’, making it their second album to be released this year.
There are three very different debuts making up the rest of the bill. First is the Brooklyn based ‘discodelica’ three-piece girl group, Say She She, who met in the downtown dancefloors of the Lower East Side in NYC. They perform a couple of tracks from their second album entitled ‘Silver’. The album is built on ‘flexing rhythms’ and ‘honeyed vocal harmonies’ and was written and recorded live to tape in North Hollywood earlier this year.
The second debut this week is Manchester born wordsmith Antony Szmierek, who started out as a novelist but soon turned his pen to writing lyrics, with his work garnering him comparisons as lauded as ‘Mike Skinner spliced with Simon Armitage’. He performs his latest single ‘The Words To Auld Lang Syne.’
Completing the line-up and trio of debutants is cult singer and punk legend Wreckless Eric, who is best known for his first ever single ‘Whole Wide World’, released in 1977. It’s a track that has been covered by everyone from The Monkees, to the Proclaimers, to Green Day and has appeared in multiple film soundtracks and TV adverts over the years.
Wreckless Eric will be chatting to Jools about sharing a bill back in 1980 and performing a track taken from his latest and nineteenth album ‘Leisureland’ – a record described as a “distorted, psychedelic collection of songs about faded English seaside towns” and which depicts his rollercoaster career to date.
Later…with Jools Holland (2/6)
Saturday 21st October, 10.30pm
BBC Two
Later…with Jools Holland returns to Alexandra Palace Theatre in North London for the second episode of this autumn’s series.
This week, Jools hosts a show full to the brim of musical debutants, plus a legendary chat guest.
Kicking off with arguably one of the UK’s biggest pop bands of the 21st century, Take That make their debut on the show with a couple of tracks from their forthcoming ninth album ‘This Life’. The album explores a new sound for the band, honed in some of America’s most iconic musical spaces, including New York’s Electric Lady Studios and Nashville’s Historic RCA Studio A.
Next up is the new and hotly-tipped all-female band The Last Dinner Party, who formed in London. They will perform a couple of tracks from their much anticipated debut album, produced by James Ford, including the incredibly catchy ‘Nothing Matters’ which is described as “a crude and unashamedly vulnerable love song.”
Stepping forward into the spotlight is METTE who hails from Minnesota and has already had a successful career as an actor, dancer and singer, having starred in the N.E.R.D. and Rihanna video ‘Lemon’, as well as in Pharrell’s dance group The Baes and most recently in the Barbie movie. Tonight she performs a track from her recently released debut EP ‘METTENARRATIVE’.
Also making her TV debut is Folk music’s bright new star Frankie Archer, who was the winner of a prestigious prize at this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival. She performs a track from her upcoming EP ‘Never So Red’, which is described as an imaginative and bold mash of electro alt-trad, showing her Northumbrian fiddle roots, her deep love of electronic music and her immersion in soulful folk songs from the North East of England and around the world.
Completing the musical line-up is heavy metal-ragga band Skindred who hail from Newport in South Wales. This year they became unexpected TikTok stars, after their 2005 song ‘Nobody’ sparked a new dance trend. The band make their debut on the show with their track ‘Gimme That Boom’, taken from their recent Top 2 album ‘Smile’.
Plus guitar legend Johnny Marr will join Jools at the piano for a chat to discuss his upcoming book ‘Marr’s Guitars’. The book is an anthology of his most prized guitars and the stories behind them, which precedes a greatest hits album ‘Spirit Power’, due for release later this year.
Later…with Jools Holland (3/6)
Saturday 28th October, time TBC
BBC Two
Later…with Jools Holland returns to Alexandra Palace Theatre in North London with another new show full of live music and chat.
This week, Jools welcomes back The Streets for their long awaited return to the show. They perform a couple of tracks from the recently released album entitled ‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’. The album has an accompanying film which was written, directed and produced by the main man Mike Skinner. Mike chats to Jools about the creative process behind both projects.
Next up is London-based electronic artist Romy, who has had multiple appearances on the show with The xx but tonight steps forward to perform her single ‘Weightless’ from her first solo album entitled ‘Mid Air’.
Also returning a decade after her last appearance on the show is the inimitable Cat Power. She joins Jools to perform her rendition of ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’, which is taken from her forthcoming album ‘Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert’. The album recreates one of the most fabled and transformative live sets of all time by the folk legend Bob Dylan. The Dylan concert was originally held at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in May 1966 but has long been known as the ‘Royal Albert Hall Concert’ due to a mislabelled bootleg.
Plus, two debuts complete the line-up. The first is from the Grammy nominated artist Allison Russell, who has just released her second album ‘The Returner’ and been on tour with Hozier. She performs her single ‘Stay Right Here’, a song she describes is about “resisting the siren songs of self-hatred, apathy & oblivion”.
The second debutant of the night is BC Camplight, who hails from Philadelphia and now lives in Manchester. He performs a couple of tracks from his critically-acclaimed fifth album ‘The Last Rotation Of Earth’, which is described as a ‘tumultuous pop masterpiece’.
Later…with Jools Holland (4/6)
Saturday 4th November, time TBC
BBC Two
Later…with Jools Holland returns to Alexandra Palace Theatre in North London with a brand new series packed full of live music and chat. Tonight’s episode features an eclectic mix of artists who are all signed to independent record labels.
This week Jools welcomes South London born and raised singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Sampha. Sampha is widely known for winning the 2017 Mercury Prize for his album ‘Process’ and his collaborative work with SBTRKT, Jessie Ware and Kendrick Lamar. Now he makes his Later… debut with a couple of tracks from his second album entitled ‘Lahai’ - his middle name and a record Sampha describes as his “next musical chapter”.
Returning to the show a decade after their last appearance is Wirral’s Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, who perform songs including the title track of their latest album ‘Bauhaus Staircase’. The song is a nod to frontman Andy McCluskey’s love of the Bauhaus era and protest art. Founding members Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey also chat to Jools about the new record and how they honed their sound, which was influenced by early electronic groups like Kraftwerk.
Plus there are three debuts on tonight’s show. The first is from London powerhouse vocalist Izo FitzRoy, who performs two songs with her band and six-piece Gospel choir, which are taken from her album ‘A Good Woman’. The album is an honest and stunning reflection of Izo’s personal journey.
The second debut is Christone “Kingfish” Ingram from Clarksdale, Mississippi - a blues guitarist and vocalist who Jools met playing in a juke joint whilst travelling there. Following in the footsteps of some of the biggest blues artists from Clarksdale, including the likes of Sam Cooke and Muddy Waters, “Kingfish” has enjoyed huge success. Tonight he performs his track ‘Midnight Heat’, as well as treating us to the first thing he learnt on the guitar at the piano with Jools.
Completing the musical line-up is Oxfordshire’s Willie J. Healey, who makes his debut with the track ‘Thank You’, which he wrote with Jamie T and which is taken from his third album ‘Bunny’. The album marks a significant change in sound for the pop troubadour, taking on influences of Philadelphia soul and R&B for this record.
Still to come this series is Billy Bragg, Bombay Bicycle Club, Cleo Sol, CMAT, Corinne Bailey Rae, English Teacher, Nitin Sawhney Ft. I AM Roze, Sekou, Róisín Murphy, Tom Walker, Yussef Dayes and interview guests, Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw.
