2017/18
Jools welcomes in 2018 with Ed Sheeran, Mavis Staples, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Jessie Ware, Soul II Soul, the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards and more.
Joining Jools Holland on the show this year are Ed Sheeran, Mavis Staples, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Jessie Ware, Soul II Soul, Beth Ditto, The Beat starring Dave Wakeling, George McCrae, Jose Feliciano, Ruby Turner and the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards.
Jools welcomes in the New Year for what, incredibly, is the twenty-fifth time on his annual musical shindig. Joining Jools this year is the man of 2017, Ed Sheeran, performing songs from his mega-selling album, solo and with the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, and throwing in a surprising cover of a classic British rock song.
Gospel-soul legend Mavis Staples, now in her seventy-eighth year, performs songs from her latest album If All I Was Was Black, produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, along with classics from The Staples Singers' great 70s repertoire. New Orleans' funkiest ambassadors Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue perform good-time tunes from their latest album Parking Lot Symphony, including a stonking version of the late great Allen Toussaint's Here Come the Girls.
Also joining the party is south London's Jessie Ware, currently enjoying the success of her third Top 10 album Glasshouse. Jessie sits in with the orchestra and, alongside her own material, tackles a Nina Simone classic. Across the studio floor, please step forward Jazzie B and his awesome Soul II Soul, surely the biggest British soul act of the late 80s and featuring the storming vocals of frontwoman Caron Wheeler, performing classic hits like Keep On Movin'.
Ex-Gossip frontwoman Beth Ditto joins Jools with her giant voice and personality, with songs from her debut solo album Fake Sugar and a classic soul cover. Early 80s 2-Tone stalwarts The Beat starring Dave Wakeling, now based on the West Coast, are popping in for a rare visit to the UK with songs from their forthcoming album, alongside plenty of their hits like Mirror in the Bathroom, and are joined for the occasion by old friends Jennie Bellestar and Rhoda Dakar.
Soul and disco legend and Worldwide Ambassador of Love George McCrae, originally from West Palm Beach, joins Jools to send the party into overdrive with his 1974 number one hit Rock Your Baby and a tune from his latest album Love.
It's been a year since they met on Later... and now they are on tour together with their album As You See Me Now; Jools hosts the soul voice and stunning guitar of Jose Feliciano, with songs from that album and his hit version of The Doors' Light My Fire and, of course, the queen of boogie woogie, the inimitable Ruby Turner raises the roof with an incendiary gospel tour de force.
When midnight comes, don't be too surprised if there is an emotional appearance by the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards and an impressive selection of stars of stage and screen offering their predictions and resolutions for 2018 while letting their hair down and dancing the night away.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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10:01Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & José Feliciano
Happy New Year
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10:05Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, José Feliciano & Ruby Turner
Hit The Road Jack
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10:08Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Where It At?
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10:13Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Jessie Ware
Alone
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10:19The Beat
Hands Off She's Mine (feat. Dave Wakeling)
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10:24Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Beth Ditto
Fire
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10:30Ed Sheeran
Castle On The Hill
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10:34Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & José Feliciano
Light My Fire
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10:41Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, José Feliciano & Trombone Shorty
Midnight Special
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10:46The Beat
Mirror In The Bathroom (feat. Dave Wakeling)
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10:50Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Mavis Staples
If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
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10:54Ed Sheeran
Shape Of You
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10:59Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & George McCrae
Rock Your Baby
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11:06Soul II Soul
Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)
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11:14Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Beth Ditto
Young Hearts Run Free
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11:18Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Here Come The Girls
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11:23Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Ed Sheeran
Layla
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11:29Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
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11:32The Beat
Tears Of A Clown (feat. Dave Wakeling)
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11:37Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Ruby Turner
On Revival Day
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11:44Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & George McCrae
Love
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11:48Soul II Soul
Keep On Movin'
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11:53Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Mavis Staples
If All I Was Was Black
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11:58Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Ed Sheeran
Perfect
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12:02The Beat & Dave Wakeling
How Can You Stand There?
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12:06Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & José Feliciano
As You See Me Now
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12:13Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Mavis Staples
The Weight
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12:19Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Ruby Turner
Enjoy Yourself
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Jools Holland |
| Producer | Alison Howe |
| Executive Producer | Mark Cooper |
| Director | Janet Fraser-Crook |
| Performer | Ed Sheeran |
| Performer | Mavis Staples |
| Performer | Trombone Shorty |
| Performer | Orleans Avenue |
| Performer | Jessie Ware |
| Performer | Soul II Soul |
| Performer | Beth Ditto |
| Performer | The Beat |
| Performer | David Wakeling |
| Performer | George McCrae |
| Performer | José Feliciano |
| Performer | Ruby Turner |
| Performer | Pipes & Drums of 1st Battalion Scot |
| Performer | Rhythm and Blues Orchestra |
Broadcast
- Sun 31 Dec 2017 23:20
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