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Jake Shears

Founding member of the Scissor Sisters turned solo star Jake Shears chooses his Tracks of My Years in this omnibus edition.

Founding member of the Scissor Sisters turned solo star Jake Shears chooses his Tracks of My Years in this omnibus edition.

Three times BRIT Award winners Scissor Sisters released four albums together, including their self-titled debut (the UK's best-selling album of 2004) and hits include I Don't Feel Like Dancing, Laura and Filthy/Gorgeous.

Jake released his self-titled debut solo album in 2018, and on June 2nd the long-awaited follow-up 鈥楲ast Man Dancing鈥 arrives, which features Kylie Minogue, Big Freedia, Jane Fonda and more. The lead single Too Much Music was released at the beginning of this year, and was one of the songs Jake performed in Radio 2's Piano Room in February.

Away from performing, Jake's been keeping himself busy writing - having written music for Tales of the City, a 2011 stage musical based on Armistead Maupin鈥檚 bestselling book series, he's also teamed up with Elton John to write the lyrics for the new musical Tammy Faye.

Jake's also written and performed with Kylie, duetted with Cher, starred in Kinky Boots on Broadway and appeared on The Masked Singer.

And as well as putting on several shows around the launch of his new album, Jake will also be appearing at Brighton Pride and opening for Duran Duran for their UK Tour.

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 16 Apr 2023 05:00

Music Played

  • Oingo Boingo

    Weird Science

    • Single.
    • MCA Records.
    • 1.
  • David Bowie

    Boys Keep Swinging

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • The B鈥52s

    Mesopotamia

    • Mesopotamia.
    • Island Records.
    • 3.
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Kiss Them For Me

    • Spellbound - The Collection.
    • Polydor.
    • 16.
  • Roxy Music

    More Than This

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.
  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Nutbush City Limits

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1973 (Various).
    • EMI.
  • Shirley & Lee

    Let The Good Times Roll

    • The Best of Shirley and Lee.
    • ACE.
    • 1.
  • Duran Duran

    Planet Earth

    • Duran Duran - Greatest.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Glen Campbell

    Southern Nights

    • That's Country (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 002.

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 Apr 2023 05:00