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Series 68: Episode 1

Jools welcomes pop sensation Niall Horan from County Westmeath, Ireland, who makes his debut on the show and performs a couple of songs, including the title track from his fourth album Dinner Party.\n\nLondon legends Squeeze make a welcome return to music with their first album since 2017, a collection of stories set in a fictional nightclub called Trixies. They perform a couple of tracks and chat to Jools about how the record came about.\n\nAlso joining the line-up is dance-pop duo TOMORA, who are Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora and Tom Rowlands, one half of The Chemical Brothers. They have combined their talents and names to create a wildly inventive band and perform a track from their debut album COME CLOSER.\n\nCalifornian surrealist blues poet, lyricist and activist aja monet performs her track elsewhere from her second album the color of rain, described as 'an album born from experimental jazz that plays with rhymes and rhythms in a way that gives them a psychedelic quality'. \n\nCompleting the line-up is Bristolian duo Getdown Services, known for their explosive live performances. They perform The Radiator, a song about 'only picking fights that you know you’ll win'.

Source: BBC 2