Nic Cester: Last News

Jet have made a comeback with their first single in 15 years, ‘Hurry Hurry’.The Australian rockers have been playing the song live on their recent 20th anniversary tour in their home country, but the track has now got a proper release. It is coming out alongside the B-side ‘Un’avventura’, which features vocalist and guitarist Nic Cester performing in both English and Italian, having lived in Italy for the past 15 years.“‘Hurry Hurry’ is our first single in 15 years and a little appetiser while we continue to work on our upcoming album,” Cester said.

In partnership with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Veteran Australian rockers Jet have announced a special one-off concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) – find out more and get tickets below. The quartet are performing a one-night-only concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Australia on November 8 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and conductor Nicholas Buc.Tickets are now on sale across several categories via Ticketek.

Jet have announced their first UK and Ireland tour in 15 years in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their seminal 2003 debut album ‘Get Born’.The UK and Ireland tour marks the band’s return to the countries since 2009. It will kick off on October 3 at The Academy in Dublin.

Jet‘s Nic Cester has revealed that he had auditioned to be in AC/DC before they hired Guns N’ Roses‘ Axl Rose.The Jet frontman – known for their hits such as ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’ and ‘Cold Hard Bitch’ – opened up about the opportunity to possibly take on frontman duties for the legendary Australian rock band.While appearing as a guest on Australian radio station Triple J, Cester shared that he received a call to audition for AC/DC after singer Brian Johnson had to step away from the band due to hearing issues.“I was staying with my in-laws and I got up in the morning and read the paper and it said that Brian Johnson was not in the band anymore,” Cester told Triple J.He continued: “I remember saying to my father-in-law, ‘Holy shit, you would not want to step into those shoes,’ and literally 20 minutes later my phone rang and they’re saying, ‘Would you be interested in going to Atlanta, Georgia to audition and potentially fill in for this next round of dates that we’ve got?’”The singer went on to add that he was thinking of saying yes “just for the life experience,” explaining that he wasn’t really expecting to get the gig anyway but thought: “‘How could I turn this opportunity down?’”Cester is no stranger to performing AC/DC tracks.

The Jaded Hearts Club have returned with a new single, ‘Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)’ – scroll down the page to watch the video for it now.It’s the first new material that the band – comprised of Miles Kane, Jet’s Nic Cester, Graham Coxon, Muse’s Matt Bellamy and The Zutons’ Sean Payne – have released since their 2020 debut album ‘You’ve Always Been Here’.The song was originally recorded by Frank Wilson in 1965 and was set to be released on Tamla Motown, until label boss Berry Gordy changed his mind.

The Jaded Hearts Club have shared a cover of Patti Smith‘s ‘Gloria’ – listen below.The band’s version of the 1975 song – which itself was a reworking of a record by Van Morrison’s early group Them mixed with one of Smith’s poems – was recorded live at London’s 100 Club.Made up of frontmen Nic Cester (Jet) and Miles Kane (The Last Shadow Puppets), guitarists Graham Coxon (Blur), British guitarist Jamie Davis as well as Muse’s Matt Bellamy on bass and The Zutons’ Sean Payne on drums, The Jaded Hearts Club shared their cover of ‘Gloria’ on Twitter.“G-L-O-R-I-A (GLORIA)/ G-L-O-R-I-A (GLORIA)/ I’m gonna shout it all night (GLORIA)/ I’m gonna shout it everyday (GLORIA),” the song’s chorus rings out.Listen to The Jaded Hearts Club’s take on

The Jaded Hearts Club started out as a Beatles covers band at a birthday party for their mate Jamie Davis, a guitarist who ran Graham Coxon‘s record label Transcopic.Having too much fun to stop, Graham, Jamie, Miles Kane, Jet singer Nic Cester, The Zutons drummer Sean Payne and Muse‘s Matt Bellamy (acting as producer and bassist) have progressed to covering lost Northern Soul classics for an album, ‘You’ve Always Been Here’.NME met a few of the Hearts to hear how they’re swerving supergroup cliches, avoiding ego clashes and sweating through leather.Sean: “It’s not something you can call yourself. We are a group and we’re all super people, I guess.”Jamie: “Supergroups have got a bad reputation for massive egos and not sticking it out.

Muse‘s Matt Bellamy has shared a new cover by his supergroup The Jaded Hearts Club.The band, which is made up of frontmen Nic Cester (Jet) and Miles Kane (The Last Shadow Puppets), guitarists Graham Coxon (Blur), British guitarist Jamie Davis as well as Bellamy on bass and The Zutons’ Sean Payne on drums, have covered Vera Lynn’s 1939 song ‘We’ll Meet Again’.Blending it with their recent cover of Four Tops’ ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’, the mashup was featured at the end of the BBC‘s Saturday (August 1) broadcast of this year’s FA Cup final, which saw Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1.Taking to Instagram to share the cover, Bellamy wrote: “Me singing We’ll Meet Again and @thejadedheartsclub doing Reach Out I’ll Be There over the FA Cup final

The Jaded Hearts Club have today released a new video for their cover of ‘Reach Out and I’ll Be There’ – watch it below.Featuring frontmen Nic Cester (Jet) and Miles Kane (The Last Shadow Puppets), guitarists Graham Coxon (Blur), British guitarist Jamie Davis as well as Muse’s Matt Bellamy on bass and The Zutons’ Sean Payne on drums, the group have covered the Four Tops Motown track.

It's their take on Marvin Gaye's ‘This Love Starved Heart Of Mine (It’s Killing Me)’