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Wednesday 01 October 2008, 21:22 (BST), No comments
Jamiroquai percussionist Sola Akingbola will be performing alongside a number of other artists at a gig called Africa Now, being held on 23 October at the Barbican in London.
Credit: Deesha Dyer

Wednesday 01 October 2008, 21:21 (BST), 2 comments

According to the PlayDB website (and in English at the Korea Gig Guide website), Jamiroquai will be performing at the COEX Convention Hall in Seoul, Korea on 14 November.  A 'translation' of the original announcement can be read using the Babelfish translation service.

Credit: Deesha Dyer

Wednesday 01 October 2008, 21:16 (BST), 2 comments

Funk Affair - a group featuring Jamiroquai band members Derrick McKenzie, Rob Harris and Paul Turner have announced that they will be performing their December gig at Ronnie Scotts club in London's Soho on 21 December.  They are also performing on 5 October and 9 November.

For more information about Funk-Affair please visit the Ronnie Scotts website.

Credit: Deesha Dyer

Friday 26 September 2008, 11:24 (BST), 4 comments

On 20 November Jay will be attending a "Gala Evening to Celebrate 30 Years of Racing" of the Williams Formula 1 team.  Tickets are available starting at £499 (GBP) per person!

"Immerse yourself in an evening to remember in the surroundings of race cars from the last three decades of Williams’ success on the track, as well as the people and personalities that have given this exceptional team its enduring appeal. England rugby stars Lawrence Dallaglio and Joe Worsley and Jay Kay from Jamiroquai are just some of the stars from the sports, music and media industries who will be present."

More information can be found at the Williams F1 website.

Credit: Deesha Dyer

Wednesday 24 September 2008, 21:34 (BST), 3 comments

The Guitar Class - a website which aims to make guitar playing self-learning as easy as possible has Jamiroquai's Rob Harris giving a masterclass for subscribers to the site.

"If you're interested in adding a little taste of funk into your playing then this is the masterclass for you! Having played with artists ranging from Gary Numan to Kylie Minogue, and currently with Jamiroquai, Rob's tips on rhythm playing are well worth checking out!"

More information about the masterclass and a video clip can be found at The Guitar Class website.

Credit: Maxime Varet

Monday 22 September 2008, 17:12 (BST), 3 comments

A television show called "London Live Jamiroquai Special", which consists of a number of tracks originally recorded in November 2006 for UK television show The Album Chart Show will be broadcast on HBO Plus Latin America over the coming weeks (September/October).

Please visit the HBO Plus website and search the listings for Jamiroquai to see the dates/times in your country.

Credit: Georgiquai

Friday 19 September 2008, 23:18 (BST), 9 comments
The results of the recent MTV Top 10 Greatest Videos Ever poll have been revealed.  The winner was Rio by Duran Duran and Jamiroquai's virtual insanity finished in 8th place.

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Recent Site Updates

  • Added A Funk Odyssey UK Promo CDR sampler to the discography. - 24 September 2008
  • A number of updates to the discography - some corrections and additions to put the Japanese singles boxset releases in the individual single pages. Added a Virtual Insanity 'Metropolis Mastering' promo CD, an 'Inflight Studios' promo of When You Gonna Learn. Added 'Making of Runaway' and '24xTrack Compilation' DVD's to the Runaway and High Times:Singles pages. Added European promo CD release of A Funk Odyssey album. Added Mexican promo CD's of Alright and Virtual Insanity. Added details of recently released Spend A Lifetime white label 12" remix. Added details of Groove Assassin vinyl remix of Stillness In Time. - 23 March 2008
  • Added details of Wrongun! remix of Space Cowboy to the discography and an audio download of the track to the downloads page. - 02 February 2008
  • Added details of HT Funk remix of Love Foolosphy to the discography and an audio download of the track to the downloads page. - 13 January 2008

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on this day in history

  • Space Cowboy, the title track from the second album was at number 17 in the UK singles chart this week in 1994.
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