THE Guitar INTERVIEW THE JADED HEARTS CLUB
It’s been a while since we had a bona fide rock ’n’ roll supergroup on the scene, hasn’t it? There was a time when they seemed to be everywhere. But it feels like years since a bunch of proper rock stars got together and formed a band for the sheer fun of smashing out tunes together and celebrating the music they love – and that’s precisely what The Jaded Hearts Club is all about.
Formed as an impromptu Beatles covers band for a friend’s birthday in 2017, the concept attracted attention for its all-star line-up, which includes Muse megastar Matt Bellamy on bass and Blur icon Graham Coxon on guitar.
It was the sort of impromptu fun that you want to last – and so The Jaded Hearts Club did what came naturally to these rock ’n’ roll veterans: they became a genuine band, albeit one playing much smaller shows than anyone in its line-up was used to. Bellamy and Coxon were joined by Sean Payne of The Zutons on drums, singers Nic Cester of Jet and Miles Kane of The Last Shadow Puppets, as well as guitarist Jamie Davies, the man whose birthday spawned the act’s first assemblage.
For the next few years, the band played impromptu gigs in bars and clubs, plus the odd high-profile charity show. They even performed with Paul McCartney at an event in 2018, before the idea formed last year that they
