Jools' Annual Hootenanny


Jools' Annual Hootenanny is a TV show presented by Jools Holland and broadcast on New Year's Eve as an end-of-year special edition of his series Later... with Jools Holland. It is generally broadcast between approximately 11pm on 31 December and between 1am and 2am the following morning in the United Kingdom on BBC Two.
The advance-recorded show features a Hogmanay party atmosphere with all the guests and other guest audience members present, and the artists themselves getting involved alongside a variety of musical acts by the artists from various genres who perform both before and after midnight. There is a countdown to the midnight start of the New Year, followed by a traditional rendition of "Auld Lang Syne", often with the Pipes and Drums of the Scots Guards. Among the regular events of the evening is the spot where Holland asks actor and comedian Rowland Rivron his predictions for the year ahead/his New Year's resolutions. Editions also feature a white-suited man with a clock for a face named Father Time or Clockman.

Production

The show is pre-recorded, but is presented as if live, with a countdown to midnight and references to the new calendar year. Artists appearing on the programme while performing live at New Year celebrations elsewhere, and guests mentioning New Year's Eve instead of New Year's Day after the pre-recorded countdown, have led viewers to complain that they were deceived. The BBC has described the show as "an idealised New Year's Eve party with a line-up that would surely be impossible to deliver on 31 December".

2006/07 edition

Acts that appeared in 2006/07 included the Zutons and Seasick Steve. Comedian Adrian Edmondson, a regular on the show, was joined by Jools and his band to perform a swing version of the Sex Pistols song "Anarchy in the U.K." Also appearing on the show was Amy Winehouse collaborating with Paul Weller on two tracks, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Don't Go to Strangers", originally recorded by Etta Jones.
Kate Rusby sang "Fare Thee Well" as midnight struck, accompanied by the 1st Battalion Scots Guards.

2007/08 edition

Artists who performed on the 2007/08 show

Playlist of the 2007/08 show

These are the songs that were performed during the 2007 show:

Playlist of the 2008/2009 Edition

Artists who performed on the 2009/10 show

Artists who performed on the 2010/11 show

Artists who performed on the 2011/12 show

Artists who performed on the 2012/13 show

Artists who performed on the 2013/14 show

Artists who performed on the 2016/17 show

Artists who performed on the 2017/18 show

Artists who performed on the 2018/19 show

As listed on the BBC Two show website:
The programme also featured, as usual, Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra and the 1st Battalion Scots Guards Pipes and Drums.

Playlist of the 2018/19 edition

As listed on the BBC Two show website:
  • "You Done Me Wrong" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
  • "Don't Matter Now" performed by George Ezra
  • "Faraway Look" performed by Yola and Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
  • "Life to Fix" performed by The Record Company
  • "I'll Be There" performed by Jess Glynne and Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
  • "Get Up" performed by The Hot 8 Brass Band
  • "Sun Comes Up" performed by Rudimental and James Arthur
  • "When You're Smiling" performed by Michael Buble and Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
  • "Time is Winding up" performed by Ruby Turner and Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
  • "Auld Lang Syne" performed by The 1st Battalion Scots Guards & Louise Marshall
  • "Good Times" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Nile Rodgers & Chic
  • "Paradise" performed by George Ezra
  • "Tainted Love" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Marc Almond
  • "These Days" performed by Rudimental
  • "Such A Night" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Michael Bublé
  • "Mama Used To Say" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Junior Giscombe
  • "I'm Getting Better " performed by The Record Company
  • "Slow Train / Long Walk To DC" performed by Yola and Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
  • "Shotgun" performed by George Ezra
  • "Le Freak" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Nile Rodgers & Chic
  • "Love Will Tear Us Apart" performed by The Hot 8 Brass Band
  • "I Only Have Eyes For You" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Michael Bublé
  • "Gipsy Rover" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Marc Almond
  • "Sweet Love" performed by Rudimental
  • "Enjoy Yourself" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Ruby Turner

    2019/20 edition

Whilst Series 54 of Later... was recorded at Television Centre, the 2019/20 Hootenanny was recorded at The Maidstone Studios.

Artists who performed on the 2019/20 show

As listed on the BBC Two show website:
The programme also featured, as usual, Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra and the 1st Battalion Scots Guards Pipes and Drums.

Playlist of the 2019/2020 Edition

  • "Jumpin at the Woodside" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
  • "Come on In" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Ruby Turner
  • "Bust This Town" performed by Stereophonics
  • "Stay High" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Brittany Howard
  • "Crown" performed by Stormzy
  • "Every One of Us" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Rick Astley
  • "Without You" performed by Joseph
  • "I Put a Spell on You" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Kelly Jones & YolanDa Brown
  • "Too Much Pressure" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Pauline Black & Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson
  • "Auld Lang Syne" performed by The 1st Battalion Scots Guards & Eddi Reader
  • "Perfect" performed by Eddi Reader
  • "Dakota" performed by Stereophonics
  • "Never Gonna Give You Up" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Rick Astley
  • "Vossi Bop" performed by Stormzy
  • " Higher and Higher" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Brittany Howard
  • "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Melanie
  • "In for the Kill" performed by La Roux
  • "Just You and I" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Tom Walker
  • "White Flag" performed by Joseph
  • "La Vie En Rose" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Eddi Reader
  • "Don't Let The Devil Take Another Day" performed by Stereophonics
  • "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Rick Astley & YolanDa Brown
  • "Do Better" performed by Stormzy
  • "Brand New Key" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Melanie
  • "International Woman of Leisure" performed by La Roux
  • "Secret Love" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Pauline Black & Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson
  • "Enjoy Yourself" performed by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Kelly Jones, Eddi Reader, Ruby Turner, Rick Astley, Joseph, La Roux, Brittany Howard and Tom Walker