Jools Holland

Jools' Annual Hootenanny, will air tonight (December 31) on BBC Two at 11.30pm. This year's show marks a milestone 30 years since it was first broadcast. It's ...

Since the show begun. The answer is no, it's pre-recorded. But it was recorded live. [Walrus washes up on Scarborough Harbour with rescue teams urging crowds of 50 to 'stay away'](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/walrus-washes-up-scarborough-harbour-25868669) [Dad spends £1,000 at Wakey Wines buying Prime energy drinks as Christmas gifts for his sons](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/dad-spends-1000-wakey-wines-25868402) [368 West Yorkshire surnames that could earn you a fortune in unclaimed estates](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/368-west-yorkshire-surnames-could-25864471) [13 of Yorkshire's biggest heroes of 2022 - and 6 'villains' remembered for the wrong reasons](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/real-life/13-yorkshires-biggest-heroes-2022-25760195) [All the criminals locked up in Yorkshire in 2022](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/criminals-locked-up-yorkshire-2022-25532385) This is because it would be logistically a nightmare to do it live, considering the lineup of celebs that would be asked to give up their plans for the New Year. With the countdown to New Year well on the way, some people will be looking forward to Jools Holland’s annual show.

Jools Holland will be tinkling into 2023 on his Annual Hootenanny this New Year's Eve on BBC2 – here he reflects on 30 years of welcoming in the New Year.

“I hadn’t met him before he came on the show,” remembers Jools. “Squeeze were on Top Of The Pops,” he recalls. That in turn led to him being scouted for The Tube. We go back to the good old days.” Paul McCartney and Elton John are pals, Tom Jones, Bjork - the list goes on. “When we started people couldn’t look up the world on their phones, now they are confounded by choice. “Afterwards this man came storming up in the dressing room. “She was wandering back to her dressing room, and someone explained. “So Tom comes on the show and he said ‘Oh I like Jerry Lee’, and I like Jerry Lee, so we start playing a bit of Jerry Lee and we immediately hit it off the three of us (us and the piano).” It was a babyish attention seeking thing you might do as a young fellow of twenty years of age. He adds: “You get people on like that who are legends and you get awestruck, but when you’re playing you become the servant of the song together.” With Jools Holland, which celebrated its 30th anniversary on the

The musical New Year's celebration is back for its 30th anniversary - but when was tonight's show filmed?

Artists whose songs span the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s will be gracing the stage, too, including Gabrielle, The Real Thing and Andy Fairweather Low. But is the show actually live? The musician will be joined by his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra and a line-up of special guests to ring in 2023. Rebecca Lucy Taylor, better known as Self Esteem will also be performing a track from her Mercury Prize shortlisted album Prioritise Pleasure and a Diana Ross classic. Meanwhile vocalist Ruby Turner and the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scot Guards will be singing BBC viewers into midnight, ready to welcome in 2023. George Ezra will be joining Jools, with a performance of his hit Green, Green Grass and a Van Morrisey cover.

BBC Two's annual New Year's Eve show, Jools Holland Hootenanny returns to help bring in the new year.

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Jools Holland is back with his new year Hootenany and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra will help seenin 2023 with a whole host of musical genres and guests.

- Gabrielle - George Ezra Jools Holland is back with his new year Hootenany and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra will help seenin 2023 with a whole host of musical genres and guests.

The BBC Two musical tradition is a much-loved part of the New Year's Eve schedule and is celebrating its 30th anniversary tonight.

Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny fans said they felt 'robbed' as they discovered the show is not actually filmed live. The [BBC](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/bbc) has previously described the Hootenanny as an "idealised New Year’s Eve party with a line-up that would surely be impossible to deliver on 31st December". i feel robbed."

Holland started his music career as a session musician but is best known as the keyboardist of the British rock band Squeeze. He was one of the original line-up ...

[hosts a regular weekly programme on BBC Radio 2](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00738f4), consisting of a mix of live and recorded music and interviews with studio guests and members of his orchestra. Holland started his music career as a session musician but is best known as the keyboardist of the British rock band Squeeze. [Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts](https://harrowdenbooks.co.uk/products/100432). Outside of television, Holland has also appeared in a few films. Holland made a small appearance in 2008’s Me and Orson Welles, which he also contributed to the soundtrack for. Having been one of the founding members of the rock band Squeeze, Holland has experienced quite a varied career, including a cameo in SpiceWorld. with Jools Holland isn’t the only thing the musician has been involved with. He made his theatrical debut in 1987’s Eat the Rich as a reporter for The Sun, then most notably appeared in 1996’s SpiceWorld as a musical director. Holland has also worked with musicians “who have But how much has the musician earned over the years? [celebrated the 30th anniversary of his music show](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001f7v1) in November with a “Birthday Bash”, including performances from Robert Plant, Celeste, and First Aid Kit in front of an audience of 3,000 at London’s Eventim Apollo. on New Year’s Eve.