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Jools Holland unites a unique cast in a single room for one night only. With performances by Manic Street Preachers, Gwenno, Melissa Laveaux, Ray Lamontagne and Ben Howard.

Approaching their 30th anniversary are Manic Street Preachers, who come to the show with numbers from their new album Resistance is Futile. This new set sees them hark back to two of their most iconic albums, Everything Must Go and Generation Terrorists, for an ever vital and passionate collection.

Also adding to the Welsh flavour of proceedings is the TV debut of Cardiff's Boy Azooga, led by Davey Newington, whose influences include Black Sabbath and William Onyeabor. They showcase songs from their upcoming 1, 2 Kung Fu album. Also from Cardiff and making her TV debut is singer-songwriter Gwenno, who sits on the descriptive scale as a cross between Jane Birkin and Boards of Canada. Her new album Le Kov sees her singing in Cornish, which she was inspired to record due to a decision by the British government to cut funding towards the Cornish language in 2016.

Another debutante comes in the form of Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist of Haitian descent Melissa Laveaux, whose music has been described as a mix of roots, folk, and blues using her signature percussive finger-style guitar and soulful vocal stylings. New Hampshire singer-songwriter Ray Lamontagne, whose bluesin' folk/soul blend tenor has seen him compared to both Otis Redding and The Band, performs a number from his brand new, seventh album Part of the Light.

Devon-based chart-topping singer-songwriter Ben Howard completes the bill, with selections from his first album in four years, Noonday Dream, which was recorded in both England and France.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 21 May 2018 00:10
BBC Two Northern Ireland

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Manic Street Preachers

    Distant Colours

  • 00:04

    Boy Azooga

    Face Behind Her Cigarette

  • 00:10

    Gwenno

    Eus Keus?

  • 00:14

    Mélissa Laveaux

    Lè Ma Monte Chwal Mwen

  • 00:18

    Ben Howard

    Nica Libres At Dusk

  • 00:29

    Manic Street Preachers

    Liverpool Revisited

    • Liverpool Revisited.
  • 00:32

    Ray LaMontagne

    Such A Simple Thing

  • 00:39

    Boy Azooga

    Loner Boogie

  • 00:41

    Mélissa Laveaux

    Tolalito

  • 00:48

    Ben Howard

    Towing The Line

  • 00:52

    Gwenno

    Tir Ha Mor

  • 00:56

    Manic Street Preachers

    International Blue

Credits

Presenter Jools Holland
Director Janet Fraser-Crook
Series Producer Alison Howe
Executive Producer Mark Cooper
Performer Manic Street Preachers
Performer Boy Azooga
Performer Gwenno
Performer Melissa Laveaux
Performer Ray LaMontagne
Performer Ben Howard

Broadcasts

  • Sun 20 May 2018 22:50
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Sun 20 May 2018 23:20
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Mon 21 May 2018 00:10
    BBC Two Northern Ireland

Behind the scenes at Later... with Jools Holland 25 at the Royal Albert Hall

Behind the scenes at Later... with Jools Holland 25 at the Royal Albert Hall

Take a sneak peak backstage at our spectacular show celebrating 25 years