Jackie James Barnes

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  Jackie James Barnes

  Hard-Hitting Australian drummer Jackie James Barnes has been described as a drummer of amazing feel and endurance, with a hungry appetite for music from all different corners of the globe that continues to add many different flavours to his playing.
  
  Born into Australian music royalty as the son of legendary rock singer Jimmy Barnes, it seems Jackie was always destined to be a part of the music industry. He discovered drums at age 5 through watching Tony Brock play with his father, and grew up listening to Soul, Motown, Blues, Funk and Rock’n’Roll as well as many other genres.
  
  “I remember watching dad singing from side of stage when I was a little boy and wanting to imitate everything he did, but then I saw the guy up the back with stuff everywhere swinging his arms all over the place and bangin’ on things and I thought to myself, ‘That’s what I want to do’.”
  
  After finishing high school studies in Sydney, Australia, Jackie began working in the local music scene and eventually auditioned successfully for the Jimmy Barnes band in 2005 and immediately began touring locally and globally. After a few years in the band, he felt the necessity to branch out and expand his musical knowledge, so he applied, auditioned and began a Bachelor of Music at the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he graduated Cum Laude in 2010.
  
  In 2013, Jackie toured the world with Australian group "The Ten Tenors" before joining LA based hard rock band "Heaven and Earth" in 2014. With Heaven and Earth, Jackie toured Europe, performing at the Montreaux Jazz Festival. In late 2014 he toured with X Factor winner Reece Mastin on his "Wolf in the Woods" tour. In 2015 Jackie recorded drums, percussion and vocals on The Dead Daisies' album "Revolucion". Shortly after this, he joined The Lachy Doley Group full time and has toured both locally and internationally with the world renowned Hammond Organist.
  
  In 2016, Jackie began working with The Wiggles, known worldwide for their Children's music. He has recorded both back catalogue and new releases for them, as well as contributing to the writing of songs with The Wiggles.
  
  Jackie also teamed up with Singer/Songwriter to form the duo "Chance Carousel". They released their debut self titled EP in 2015 and are in the process of writing and recording a follow up EP.
  
  He is currently dividing his time between local work in his hometown of Brisbane and touring with Jimmy Barnes and The Lachy Doley Group.
  
  He has had the chance to work such other great artists as Keith Urban, Journey, Joe Bonamassa, Diesel, Ian Moss, Bob Daisley, Steve Morse and Glenn Hughes to name a few. He has recorded on over 40 releases and 2 DVDs, and he has toured Europe, USA, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Australia/New Zealand. With such great experience at 30 it seems Jackie has a long illustrious career ahead of him.
  
  Jackie is an endorsee of TAMA Drums, UFIP Cymbals, Promark Drumsticks, Evans Drumheads, Puresound Percussion and Meinl Percussion.
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  KT Tunstall

  Since scoring a worldwide smash with her debut album Eye To The Telescope in 2004, which went on to sell over 5 million copies, and is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary, KT Tunstall has remained at the forefront of UK singer- songwriter talent. Tunstall outsold every other female artist in the UK in 2005, won the 2006 Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist, an Ivor Novello Best Song award for her huge, self-penned hit ‘Suddenly I See’, and a Q award for Track of the Year. She also landed a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and lent her tunes to a host of movies and TV shows (‘Suddenly I See’, used in the iconic opening scene of Meryl Streep flick ‘The Devil Wears Prada’). Several critically acclaimed albums were released in the years that followed, culminating in a trilogy of albums on the theme of Mind Body and Soul: 2016’s Top 10 album KIN, WAX in 2018 and most recently, NUT (2022). KT has toured and collaborated with a dizzying array of superb artists including The Pretenders, Simple Minds, Hall and Oates, Roger Daltrey and Barenaked Ladies. Her many awards include Inspirational Artist gong at the Women In Music Awards and most recently, earlier in 2024, a prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection. 2025 saw her perform a collection of ‘Eye To The Telescope’ 20th Anniversary Shows, including a duo of electric gigs in Glasgow (Royal Concert Hall and Barrowlands) as part of Celtic Connections, as well as her own headline show at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall on June 23rd - her 50th birthday. A starstudded celebration, the highly praised show featured special guest appearances from Sir Roger Daltrey, Jools Holland, Mel C, Natalie Imbruglia and Rick Astley. KT has also written the music for the acclaimed stage musical of classic 90’s movie “Clueless”, which opened in London’s West End in February 2025 and will tour next year as well as several other forthcoming theatre projects, to be announced.