{"id":201857,"date":"2025-10-10T04:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T04:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/201857\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T04:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T04:50:14","slug":"jade-kicks-off-uk-solo-tour-with-belfast-gig-at-ulster-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/201857\/","title":{"rendered":"JADE kicks off UK solo tour with Belfast gig at Ulster Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandra RosbothamBBC News NI<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759916348_923_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hagXkB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/28a3b700-a52b-11f0-94a8-5d6a26920553.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Getty Images In this photo, JADE is on stage at Glastonbury. She is singing holding a microphone in one hand and her other arm extended out. She is standing in front of stage risers, wearing a t-shirt that says &quot;GLASTO&quot;.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first time JADE has played a solo concert in Belfast<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Excitement had been mounting among fans of JADE as she kicked off her first ever UK solo tour in Belfast on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">She performed her debut album &#8220;That&#8217;s Showbiz, Baby!&#8221; which she released last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The singer, whose full name is Jade Thirlwall, last played in Belfast more than three years ago, where she performed as part of girl group Little Mix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">They announced that the pop outfit would <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/newsbeat-59517505\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 jZoZnB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;take a break&#8221;<\/a> after completing their &#8220;Confetti&#8221; tour in 2022. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759916348_923_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hagXkB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f29bbf10-a52d-11f0-928c-71dbb8619e94.png.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"BBC \/ Handout On the left, a young man sits in front of a large wooden door. He is smiling, wearing a black &quot;Gracie Abrams&quot; hoodie and he has brown hair with a fringe covering his forehead. On the right, the same man is pictured with a woman with long black curly hair and is wearing a red cap.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\"\/>BBC \/ Handout<\/p>\n<p>Hayden from Londonderry met JADE after her show in Dublin earlier in the week and then travelled straight to Belfast to get into the queue<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Fans travelled far and wide to see JADE take to the stage again and ahead of the Ulster Hall gig, queues of revellers lined up outside the venue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Hayden, 17, from Derry was the first one in the queue on Thursday at 07:30 BST.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;Being right up the front is so much more personal so I got here as early as I could&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Hayden made the journey to Dublin to see JADE perform there also,  adding: &#8220;I got to meet her last night after her show. She&#8217;s incredible, it was kind of a blur.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She always puts on a show&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759916348_923_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hagXkB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/da2d01f0-a51e-11f0-9cda-fff576c5be6d.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A young woman sitting outside of a building, leaning between a painted grey wall and wooden doors. She has straight, brown hair with blonde highlights.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Laura waiting on the steps outside of Ulster Hall on Thursday morning<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Laura, 21, from Bangor has been a fan of Little Mix and JADE since primary school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;This will be my seventh time seeing her. She always puts on a show, amazing costumes, sets, dancers. I&#8217;m excited to see what she has in store&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">But not all of those waiting to see JADE were familiar with Belfast, with some committed members of her fanbase travelling hundreds of miles to attend the Belfast gig.<\/p>\n<p>Fans from far and wide<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759916348_923_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hagXkB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0a52e040-a522-11f0-adbe-83a1eb509ffb.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A young woman smiles at the camera, with long dark wavy hair and is wearing a cream coloured zip up jacket.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Vera has come all the way from Portugal to Belfast<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Vera, 25, from Portugal came specifically to see JADE perform in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;I saw Little Mix at their last show in 2022, this is the first time I&#8217;ll see her since they split up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;I came from so far away that I had to get here early to be in the front row. I am crazy about her!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759916348_923_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hagXkB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cd16ad30-a51f-11f0-adbe-83a1eb509ffb.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Two young girls stand in front of the Ulster Hall. Both are smiling, with the girl on the left wearing a black leather jacket and a cross body bag. Her hair is a long, wavy dark brown. The girl on the right is wearing a brown leather jacket, with long wavy hair a lighter shade of ginger-brown.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Guilia (left) and Giada (right) are visiting Belfast for the first time<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Guilia, 18, came from Italy to see JADE at the first night of her UK tour for her birthday, alongside her girlfriend Giada, 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;It&#8217;s my girlfriend&#8217;s first ever concert and I&#8217;ve been waiting five years to see her. We&#8217;re really excited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;I think her new album is a true piece of art, Angel of my Dreams is what I&#8217;m looking forward to hearing most&#8221;, she told BBC News NI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexandra RosbothamBBC News NI Getty Images This will be the first time JADE has played a solo concert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-201857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}