STARS OF THE SHOW

ADELE

THE SINGERSONGWRITER SPARKED HUGE INTEREST WHEN SHE APPEARED ON Later IN 2007 PLAYING Daydreamer ON ACOUSTIC GUITAR. ‘IT WAS FRIGHTENING,’ RECALLS ADELE, WHO WAS ON THE SAME SHOW AS PAUL MCCARTNEY.

seasick steve

THE FORMER RAILROAD HOBO FIRST APPEARED ON Jools’ 14th Annual Hootenanny IN 2006, AND GAVE A PERFORMANCE THAT MADE HIM A HOUSEHOLD NAME OVERNIGHT. ‘I WAS SHOCKED, MAN,’ HE SAYS. ‘ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.’

COLDPLAY

IN 2000, THE BAND PERFORMED Yellow IN THEIR FIRST TV APPEARANCE. ‘IT WAS TERRIFYING. WE COULDN’T COMPREHEND BEING WATCHED BY SO MANY VIEWERS,’ REMEMBERS DRUMMER WILL CHAMPION.

KT TUNSTALL

STEPPING IN AFTER RAPPER NAS DROPPED OUT OF THE SHOW IN 2004, THE UNKNOWN SINGER-SONGWRITER’S PERFORMANCE LAUNCHED HER INTO THE BIG TIME. ‘THE RESPONSE WAS INCREDIBLE,’ SHE SAYS.

DUFFY

‘IT WAS REALLY OVERWHELMING, BUT I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT,’ SAYS DUFFY ABOUT SINGING Mercy ON Later, WHICH PAVED THE WAY FOR HER DEBUT ALBUM Rockferry TO BECOME THE BESTSELLING ALBUM IN THE UK IN 2008.

TRAVIS

IN 1996, THE SCOTTISH BAND MADE THEIR FIRST TV APPEARANCE. ‘WE’D BEEN A BAND FOR SIX YEARS AND WERE ON THE DOLE UNTIL Later CHANGED EVERYTHING,’ SAYS SINGER FRAN HEALY. ‘ WE WERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.’