Joe Jackson

With a remarkable career spanning over four decades, a discography that includes 20 studio albums and five Grammy nominations, Joe Jackson has left an indelible mark on the music world. His loyal fanbase prizes Jackson’s unapologetic curiosity, impressive musical diversity, and unique artistic perception – ready to follow and embrace their idol in any new musical adventure he wants to explore. Joe Jackson’s audience expects to be surprised, and with his latest endeavour the artist once again succeeds excellently, doing so by introducing an extraordinary artist named Max Champion, a representative of the genre known in Britain as Music Hall.

The genre started in the pubs and streets of London in the mid-19th century and grew into the first form of mass entertainment to be created by the working classes. By 1900 it regularly drew huge audiences from across the whole spectrum of society, from prostitutes to princes, all singing along with superstar performers in gorgeous theatres (some of which still survive). Like its American cousin Vaudeville, Music Hall featured magicians, acrobats, and ventriloquists – elements that we still see today in musical theaters and cabaret shows.

One of the most fascinating of the later Music Hall performers was Max Champion. We know little about him, except that he was born in London in 1882. Champion was almost completely forgotten until the sheet music of his songs was found in Valletta, Malta, in 2014. How it got there is a complete mystery. “What A Racket!” presents eleven of Max Champion’s songs for the first time in more than a century. According to producer Joe Jackson, ‘These were wonderful songs in their time, but they’re surprisingly modern, too. Sometimes it’s almost as if Max is speaking, from his London of the early 20th century, directly to us in the early 21st’.

News
27/07/2021 Joe Jackson
JOE JACKSON ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR DATES 2022
Joe Jackson is launching a new tour with the same band as his last, the successful Four Decade Tour of 2019, and his last album Fool: Graham Maby (Bass, Vocals), Teddy Kumpel (Guitar, Vocals) and Doug Yowell (Drums, Vocals, Electronics). The show will feature both the full band and a 'mini-set' of Joe solo. The songs will be drawn from Joe's whole career, including some that haven't been heard live in many years.
14/02/2019 Joe Jackson
JOE JACKSON ANNOUNCES NEW SUMMER 2019 TOUR DATES, FOLLOWING SOON TO BE SOLD-OUT SPRING TOUR CELEBRATING 40 YEARS AS A RECORDING ARTIST
On the heels of an electrifying performance of his latest single “Fabulously Absolute” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”, legendary songwriter Joe Jackson announces an additional run of 13 concerts in June and July 2019 following his highly anticipated soon to be sold-out spring tour.
05/02/2019 Joe Jackson
NEW STUDIO ALBUM FOOL HITS #25 ON BILLBOARD’S “TOP ALBUMS” CHART
Joe Jackson announces new May & June 2019 tour dates, following soon to be sold-out North American spring tour celebrating 40 years as s recording artist
30/11/2018 Joe Jackson
JOE JACKSON PREMIERES NEW SONG “STRANGE LAND” TODAY. AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD AND STREAM NOW.
09/10/2018 Joe Jackson
JOE JACKSON - NEW STUDIO ALBUM “FOOL” OUT JANUARY 18 - SINGLE “FABULOUSLY ABSOLUTE” IS AVAILABLE NOW
Following the 2015 release of the critically acclaimed “Fast Forward”, legendary songwriter Joe Jackson has announced the release of his new studio album “Fool”. The record, which is the 20th studio album of Jackson’s career, was the fulfilment of a career-long dream: to finish a tour and head straight into the studio with the band firing on all cylinders.
Releases
02/10/2015
02/06/2017
22/06/2012
18/01/2019
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