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The pop powerhouse with soulful vocals and fearless delivery
Jess Glynne made history by becoming the first British female solo artist to score seven number ones on the UK Singles Chart – among them ‘I’ll Be There’, ‘Hold My Hand’ and ‘Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself’. Her two previous Platinum selling albums have both become No.1 records and she collected three Ivor Novello nominations, won a Grammy, and racked up nine Brit Award nominations and 1.2 billion streams.
Raised in Muswell Hill, North London, Jess Glynne grew up trying to imitate artists with powerful voices like Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Etta James and Mariah Carey. In 2013 she was signed by Atlantic Records and shot to fame the following year after scoring two No.1 singles as a featured artist on My Love by Route 94 and Rather Be by Clean Bandit, which won a Grammy for Best Dance Recording.
Her first solo single, Right Here, also arrived in 2014, and peaked at No.6 in the UK singles chart. It was the lead track from her debut album, I Cry When I Laugh, released in 2015. Not only did it top the charts in the UK, but it broke into the top 10 in Australia, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands. Plus, the album spawned two more No.1 singles with Hold My Hand and Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself.
Following surgery in late 2015 to remove a polyp on her vocal chord, Glynne took a couple years off to write music. She returned to the charts in early 2018, featuring on Rudimental’s single These Days alongside Macklemore and Dan Caplen. Later that year, her second album Always In Between came out and went straight to the No.1 spot. Four more of its tracks – I’ll Be There, Thursday, One Touch and All I Am – also topped the charts.
In addition to a Grammy, Glynne has received an O2 Silver Clef Award, A&R Award and Ivor Novello Award, as well as been nominated for BRITs, MTV EMAs and BBC Music Awards. She was named on Forbes’ Most Influential People Under 30 list in early 2019, and later that year supported the Spice Girls on their Spice World UK reunion tour.
In summer 2020, Glynne partnered with electronic duo Snakehips on Lie For You featuring Davido and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. The single was accompanied by an anime-themed video set in a dystopian future, with the four artists battling to restore peace and humanity to the world.
In November 2020, Glynne released a festive cover of Donny Hathaway’s This Christmas and she also announced a series of shows at racecourses and other outdoor venues across the UK for summer 2021.
The singer-songwriter brought in fresh management and switched record label to EMI, relocating to Los Angeles for music of 2022 and honing a new, more vulnerable songwriting style with producers including Greg Kurstin (Sia, Adele), Emile Haynie (Lana Del Rey), Malay (Frank Ocean) and BOOTS (Beyonce). They added to a tight, five-member writing team: herself, long-time collaborators Knox Brown and Jin Jin, plus grime musician Wretch-32 and Grammy-nominated producer P2J (Wizkid, Stormzy) and she took songwriting inspiration from the likes of Joni Mitchell, Amy Winehouse, Prince and more.
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We went to watch Jess at the piece hall in Halifax, I took my disabled sister to her first concert and it won't be our last, Jess was amazing from start to finish, we got a lovely viewing platform so my sister didn't get her view of the stage restricted, she loved every minute
Crystal palace bowl is a great outdoor summer venue. I was really impressed with the accessibility. There were plenty of helpful staff, including security and litter pickers. Plenty of toilets, lots of good options for food stalls and drinks, didn't have to que for long for anything. It was a great crowd. Would definitely go back to this venue
Well organised events, excellent performance, fantastic music and good weather 👌
We had a fantastic time from start to finish. Supporting act were brilliant too. Could do it all over again
Really good evening, not over crowded, toilets clean, great venue!!!!
Great atmosphere. Good organisation 🥰🥰 But not sure about the toilet provision as unable to flush - hand sanitiser stations empty most of the time😔😔 Didn't stop enjoyment though 👍
Never have to worry about her missing a note. Down to earth beautiful performance
Had to wait almost an hour between support artist and Jess Glynne which was too long Once she came on brilliant voice Great band and backing singers too Good atmosphere and fantastic venue
Jess was brilliant, the venue amazing, (even despite the weather). To have such a great act at little Piece Hall was brilliant. Hope you come back next year Jess!
Owned the stage even let her backing singers take the stage who were fantastic..loved how cool she is along with that voice..top experience
All well organised and didn't have to wait very long for toilets and getting a drink.
Excellent concert and excellent venue - was raining steadily the whole time (lots of rain ponchos sold at a fiver or so a pop) - but we were up in the balcony so no need... plenty of room for dancing though ! She was really good and engaged with the crowd - her support act Mercia were pretty top too. All in all a good night. 4 stars given, not 5, only due to price of drinks and fact they only take card payment...
By far the best concert I've ever been to. Just gutted I didn't manage to get a t-shirt. Couldn't get near the stand to get one sadly. Jess was amazing. Best night of my life
Great venue fabulous friendly staff will be going back.All bands were fantastic to watch and to top the whole day off was a fantastic performance from Jess Glynne first time seeing jess in concert the wife says it was the best birthday present ever and day ever.
We took our granddaughter she had a great time venue was amazing the only thing that disappointed us was one of the staff kept picking on four ladies in the disabled area telling them they couldn't stand she made one off then cry the staff lady didn't seem to go to anyone else that we could see this didn't spoil our night but thought it was unfair
After booking my tickets in November I've been so excited to see the show. And it was well worth the wait! As a big Jess fan it was a an amazing experience to see her live in such a small show. Will definitely see her live again.
Her performance was incredible and staff were extremely helpful and supportive of my disability
Was truly amazing we would go back staff was very helpful. My daughter has autism made her dream come true to see Jess she was up dancing and singing people with autism struggle with social situations my daughter did it was very proud to watch her be around so many people enjoy the experience.
Absolutely amazing concert I had an amazing day she was sooooo brilliant
Fantastic venue, loads of room, good choice of drinks and food. Amazing view of the stage from across the whole venue. Both support acts were first class and Jess Glynne was just fantastic All in all a great nigjt
