Jools will be joined by former Fine Young Cannibals frontman Roland Gift, performing ten dates of the tour, including the Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Stockton Globe and New Theatre, Oxford.
A Jools Holland tour would not be complete without the spectacular vocal power of Ruby Turner, the soul tones of Louise Marshall and the tireless drums of original Squeeze member, Gilson Lavis, along with the inimitable musicianship and exuberant sound of the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.
The tour follows the release of Jools’ latest star-studded album, Pianola Piano & Friends, featuring musical luminaries David Gilmour, Sir Tom Jones, Jamie Cullum and many more.
New Theatre Oxford
There has been a theatre on George Street for almost 185 years. The first theatre was built in 1836, and a second in 1886. In 1908, the Dorrill family took over the venue and finally in 1934, the third Theatre opened; the ‘New Theatre’. Stanley Dorrill masterminded the rebuilding of the theatre as we know it today. He commissioned a new building from the well-known theatre architects William and T.R. Milburn of Sunderland. The Milburns developed the decadent art-deco interior with T.P Bennett and Sons, who also designed the Saville Theatre in London.