Jools Holland

Not to be confused with Jools (band).

Jools Holland
OBE DL
Holland at the British Academy Television Awards 2009
Born
Julian Miles Holland

(1958-01-24) 24 January 1958 (age 66)
Blackheath, London, England
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
  • television presenter
  • bandleader
Years active1974–present
Spouse
Christabel McEwen
​
(m. 2005)​
Children3
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Piano
  • keyboards
  • vocals
LabelsEastWest, I.R.S. Records
Member of
Formerly ofSqueeze
YouTube information
Channel
GenreMusic
Subscribers33.9K[1]
Total views6,889,544[1]
Websitewww.joolsholland.com

Julian Miles Holland OBE DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer and television presenter. He was an original member of the band Squeeze and has worked with many artists including Marc Almond, Joss Stone, Jayne County, Tom Jones, José Feliciano, Sting, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison, David Gilmour, Ringo Starr, Bono, Rod Stewart and Ruby Turner.

From 1982 until 1987, Holland co-presented the Channel 4 music programme The Tube. Since 1992, he has hosted Later... with Jools Holland, a music-based show aired on BBC2, on which his annual show Hootenanny is based.[2] Holland is a published author and appears on television shows besides his own. He regularly hosted the programme Jools Holland on BBC Radio 2. In 2004 he collaborated with Tom Jones on an album of traditional R&B music. He achieved his first UK number one album in 2024 with Swing Fever, a collaboration with Rod Stewart.

  1. ^ a b "About Jools Holland". YouTube.
  2. ^ "BBC Later With Jools Holland". BBC. Retrieved 13 April 2011.