Former Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall will be kicking off the new series of Later… with Jools Holland later this month.
The singer – who was in one of the biggest-selling girl groups of all time – will make her solo TV debut when the show returns on October 19. Thirlwall, 31, whose stage name is JADE, will perform her breakout solo record Angel of My Dreams, which samples Sandie Shaw’s 1967 Eurovision winner Puppet On A String, and her upcoming second single, Fantasy.
It is two years since Thirlwall and fellow Little Mix stars Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 32, and Perrie Edwards, 31, said the group was taking a break. With ex-member Jesy Nelson, 33, the group, formed on The X Factor in 2011, sold over 60 million records and won three Brit Awards.
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Alongside Thirlwall, there will be a return to the show, in its 32nd year, by Stockport band Blossoms, Laura Marling, Nubya Garcia and Gurriers. And legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor join Jools for a chat and to perform a classic John Lennon track.
Taylor is promoting the release of a re-mixed and re-mastered version of the band’s debut 1973 album, entitled Queen I Collector’s Edition. Other big stars appearing in the series include Pink Floyd legend Dave Gilmour, Manic Street Preachers, Pixies, The The, Joan Armatrading and Neneh Cherry. Among the other acts coming up are St Vincent, Nia Smith, Amyl and the Sniffers, Cymande, Dhruv, Jacob Alon, Jerron Paxton, Katy J Pearson, Max Richter and Pozer.
