Singer turned TV host goes back to his roots on band’s latest tour
goes down well. The Hit List is filmed in Glasgow so Rochelle and I often get to enjoy some Scots delicacies when we are up.”
JLS shot to fame during the fifth series of The X Factor, finishing as runners-up to Alexandra Burke.
Their first two songs, Beat Again and Everybody In Love, were No1s, while their debut self-titled album sold more than one million copies.
The awards soon started to pile up too, with the band winning Best Single for Beat Again at the Mobo Awards in Glasgow in 2009, then Best Breakthrough Act and Best Single at the Brits in 2010.
But in 2013 they called it a day, having sold more than 10million records. Since then, the band have carved out their own careers, with married dad-ad-of-ofthree Aston, 36, appearingng on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017. He’s also released a solo album and starred in the West End. nd.
JB Gill, 37, bought a farmrm in Kent for £1.2million, wherere he lives with his wife and two kids. He also made the he popular CBeebies series es Down on the Farm with h
Scots co- star Storm m Huntley in 2015.
Oritse, who founded the group as UFO in 2007 before changing name for The X Factor, reached the final of ITV dance show Stepping Out in 2013 and has become a club DJ.
JLS reformed four years ago, completed a comeback tour last year and will embark on a number of open-air concerts this summer.
Marvin, who starred in BBC drama Holby City before pursuing music, said: “Scotland is just crazy. From back in the X Factor days to now, every time we touch down in Scotland it is pandemonium.
“Any time we have stayed overnight after doing tours there, it is almost like the arena stays out in the streets until 5am continuing the party.
“Everyone gets really excited to see us and as a performer it makes you want to come back again and again. It’s a beautiful place with beautiful people. The Scots love living the old school memories.” Marvin, runner- up to Sam Thompson Thomp in last year’s I’m A Celebrity..., Celebr said: “We do lots of meets and greets and the other dday I went into a Glasgow hotel anda there were JLS fans there wwith their own kids who are nonow fans too. It’s mad but brilliant brillian as it means our legacy can continue.” co
TheTh Greenwich-born star, whosewho concert at the castle willwil take place on July 9, added:ad “We are still living theth dream, man.
“The castle concert is goinggo to be epic. It’s going to be a celebration of JLS withw all of our hits and a DJD set with all the biggest trackstr from the noughties anda 2010s. Tinchy Stryder willw be supporting us. It’s goingg to be a big party for theth whole family to enjoy. ScotlandS – bring it on!”