JADE, CMAT, Jungle, The Boomtown Rats, Queen’s Roger Taylor and Sister Sledge’s Kathy Sledge have been among the many stars who carried out on Jools Holland’s Hootenanny this yr.
The annual BBC present has been a convention since 1994, with the presenter inviting a spread of musical stars from previous and current to ring within the New Yr. The entire present is out there to through catch-up on BBC iPlayer right here.
Among the many standout performers on the 2024/2025 version was former Little Combine singer JADE, who performed her 2024 single ‘Fantasy’, in addition to a medley of Donna Summer season’s ‘Scorching Stuff’ and Eddie Floyd’s ‘Knock On Wooden’, joined by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. Her associate Jordan Stephens, previously of Rizzle Kicks, was additionally readily available, dancing enthusiastically to his girlfriend’s efficiency – test it out beneath.
Arguably essentially the most scene-stealing performances got here from Irish singer-songwriter CMAT, who performed a playful model of ‘Have Enjoyable!’ from her 2023 album ‘Crazymad, For Me’, and later closed out the present with an epic rendition of ‘With out You’, the Harry Nilsson observe memorably recorded by Mariah Carey in 1994.
London neo-soul/dance group Jungle additionally performed their 2024 single ‘Let’s Go Again’, in addition to 2023’s ‘Again On 74’ and ‘Busy Earnin’ from 2014, whereas Canadian bluegrass group The Lifeless South carried out ‘A Little Satan/20 Mile Leap’.
On the veteran act entrance, Kathy Sledge sang the Sister Sledge classics ‘We Are Household’ and ‘Considering Of You’, whereas Bob Geldof’s Boomtown Rats performed their late-’70s Quantity One singles ‘Rat Lure’ and ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’.
Marc Almond performed a model of Tender Cell’s ‘Say Hi there, Wave Goodbye’, whereas Queen drummer Roger Taylor sang a medley of Little Richard songs, ‘Hold-A-Knockin’ and ‘Tutti Frutti’, in addition to a duet of ‘Underneath Strain’ with vocalist Louise Marshall.
Elsewhere, Holland was not too long ago branded the “worst contestant” by viewers after he appeared on Who Desires To Be A Millionaire? on December 29 for this yr’s superstar particular.
Followers had excessive hopes for the previous Squeeze keyboardist however he struggled to achieve the £1,000 mark, calling in his ask-the-audience and phone-a-friend lifelines for his fourth and fifth questions.
“Wow. It’s a great job Jools can play the piano effectively as a result of he’s bloody ineffective at this….,” wrote one viewer.
