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Jools Holland Announces Spring Tour

• 24th Jan 2011

Following his hugely successful Autumn / Winter Tour which included two sell out nights at London’s glorious Royal Albert Hall, and the release of his new album Rockinghorse, Jools Holland has announced that he is taking his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra back out on the road for a Spring / Summer tour, along with special guest Sandie Shaw.

The boogie-woogie maestro will kick off in Tunbridge Wells on Wednesday 20 April, before continuing around the UK. This new tour promises to dazzle audiences in each city with all the fun and fervour of the renowned ‘big band’ sound that Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra have become famous for.

Sandie Shaw, one of Britain’s top female singers of the 1960s and true British pop icon, will be Jools’ special guest for this tour – her first tour in over 25 years. Her career has spawned three UK No.1 singles – ‘Puppet On A String’, ‘(There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me’ and ‘Long Live Love’, a string of Top 10 hits such as ‘Girl Don’t Come’, ‘I’ll Stop At Nothing’ and ‘Message Understood’, a collaboration with The Smiths (Morrissey and Johnny Marr are both fans) and more recently, Sandie sung the title track for the hit British film Made in Dagenham, which was released last year. Tohave Sandie Shaw join Jools and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra on this tour makes it one not to be missed.

Jools Holland said, ‘I’m delighted to have the wonderful Sandie Shaw joining us on the road this year, particularly as this is her first tour for such a long time. She is an absolute icon and I am really looking forward to sharing the stage with her on this tour, along with the great musicians we have in the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.’

Sandie Shaw added, “I met Jools at 'Later' last year and then again at his studio for his Radio 2 programme. We got onlike a house on fire and he made me feel very at home. I had a great time that afternoon with some of the members of his orchestra. It was an absolute pleasure to be invited to come on tour. It has been a while but I am reallylooking forward to the show.”

With long time guest vocalists Ruby Turner and Louise Marshall along with the inimitable musicianship of the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Jools Holland will perform tracks spanning his entire solo career as well as songs taken from his latest album Rockinghorse which was released last November. The album includes unique collaborations with some of the world’s most notable singers and musicians including Booker T., Michael McDonald, Alison Moyet, Allen Toussaint and David Sanborn.

Dates:

APRIL 2011
Wed 20th Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre
Thu 28th Derry, Millennium Forum
Fri 29th Derry, Millennium Forum

MAY 2011
Wed 4th Basingstoke, The Anvil
Thu 5th Hastings, White Rock Theatre
Wed 11th Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre
Thu 12th Margate, Winter Gardens
Wed 18th Bridlington, SPA
Thu 19th Middlesborough, Town Hall
Fri 20th Perth, Concert Hall
Sat 21st Preston, Guildhall
Wed 25th St. Albans, Arena
Thu 26th Croydon, Fairfield Hall

JUNE 2011
Thu 9th Hampton Court Palace Festival
Thu 23rd Jersey, Fort Regent, The Gloucester Hall
Fri 24th Waddesdon Manor (nr Aylesbury)
Thu 30th Llandudno, Venue Cymru

JULY 2011
Fri 1st Liverpool Summer Pops
Sat 2nd Alcester, Ragley Hall
Wed 6th Milton Keynes, Theatre
Thu 7th London, Kew Gardens, Kew the Music
Wed 13th Tollard Royal, Larmer Tree Festival
Sat 16th Ripley, Harrogate, Ripley Castle
Sat 23rd Sherborne, Dorset(Yeovil), Sherborne Castle,
Sun 24th Macclesfield (Cheshire), Capesthorne Hall
Sat 30th Exeter, Powderham Castle

Tickets are available from all venue box offices, or visit link.