Well this is We’re playing the @OfficialNTAs! Watch on @ITV from 7.30pm on 9th September pic.twitter.com/2us62Metwe

— JLS (@JLSOfficial) September 1, 2021

JLS aka Jack The Lad Swing’s vocal lineup includes Ashton Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Oritse Williams and JB (Jonathan Benjamin) Gill. The band entered the fifth series of X-Factor in 2008 and were runners up following Alexandra Burke’s win.

Following the competition, the band were signed to Epic Records and released singles “Beat Again” and “Everybody In Love” with both singles hitting the number one spot in the UK Official Singles Charts. Success continued with a further four number one singles and the release of the band’s debut album JLS released on November 9th 2009 which sold 1 million copies.

The band then went on to release albums, Outta This World (2010), Jukebox (2011), and Evolution (2012), as well as win a Mobo Award for Best Single for “Beat Again” and a Mobo Award for Best Newcomer in 2009.

The band further went on to win 2 Brit Award’s for British Breakthrough and Best Single for their single “Beat Again”. and Best Newcomer in 2010. The band are known for popular singles “The Club Is Alive” and “She Makes Me Wanna”.

On April 23rd 2013 the band announced their split, released the album Goodbye- The Greatest Hits and embarked on a farewell tour. The band bowed out for the last date of their tour at the 02 Arena in London on December 22nd 2013. Band members Merrygold, Humes, Williams and Gill went on to pursue solo projects following the band’s split with Merrygold, Humes and Gill also having children.

It was then reported in November 2019 that the band were to reunite. Confirmation of a reunion arrived on February 12th 2020 and the band then announced that they were to embark on a reunion tour known as The Beat Again Tour. Another announcement followed in March 2020 that the band had signed to BMG and were set to release new music.

The band’s plans were placed on hold due to the Covid 19 Pandemic and they have now expressed their happiness to finally be able to release new music and have also rescheduled their postponed reunion tour. The band have not been able to release new music for 8 years with a further delay caused by the Covid 19 Pandemic following their reunion announcement in 2020. 

This is all set to change tomorrow with the release of their new single “Eternal Love” penned by Humes and Ed Sheeran and it seems a new album is also on the way. Williams stated “We’re putting together an album and a couple of singles. It feels like the time is right” Humes added “We have got three, possibly four, tracks already down”

The band have not yet announced news for an album release. The band are working with Wayne Hector for their new material and look set to ignite the charts once more with their new single “Eternal Love”.

Who’s ready for tomorrow? #EternalLove #JLSReturns pic.twitter.com/R87R2X1H9u — JLS (@JLSOfficial) September 2, 2021

Access JLS’s pre-save link for their new single here

Nahhh you nearly had us #EternalLove out Friday #JLSReturns pic.twitter.com/Dc5SaC9wCB — JLS (@JLSOfficial) September 1, 2021

See JLS’s Tour dates below. Tickets are available here

20/10/21 The SSE Hydro- Glasgow
21/10 The SSE Hydro- Glasgow
22/10 Utilita Arena- Newcastle
23/10 Resorts World Arena- Birmingham
25/10 Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
26/10 Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
28/10 FlyDSA Arena- Sheffield
29/10 FlyDSA Arena- Sheffield
30/10 First Direct Arena- Leeds
31/10 Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
02/11 M&S Bank Arena- Liverpool
03/11 M&S Bank Arena- Liverpool
04/11 The O2- London
05/11 The O2- London
06/11 Utilita Arena- Newcastle
08/11 Brighton Centre- Brighton
09/11 Bournemouth International Centre- Bournemouth
10/11 Hull Bonus Arena- Hull
14/11 SSE Arena- Belfast
15/11 3Arena- Dublin
17/11 Motorpoint Arena- Nottingham
18 /11 Motorpoint Arena- Nottingham
19/11 The O2- London
20/11 The O2- London
23/11 AO Arena- Manchester
24/11 AO Arena- Manchester
26/11 Resorts World Arena- Birmingham
27/11 Resorts World Arena- Birmingham (free NHS matinee charity show)

A second man and Williams’ friend, Jamien Nagadhana, who was in the hotel room at the time of the alleged incident, has also been charged. However, Nagadhana has been charged with sexual assault and not rape, which the police described in a statement as “assault by penetration”.

Confirming the charge, West Midlands Police in a statement, said: “We’ve charged two men with sexual offences after an allegation of rape at a Wolverhampton hotel. Oritse Williams, aged 31, from Croydon, London, has been charged with rape. Jamien Nagadhana, aged 31, from Hounslow, London, has been charged with assault by penetration.”

The statement continued: “West Midlands Police were called to a Wolverhampton hotel at 7.45am on Friday 2 December after an allegation of rape and sexual assault was made by a 20-year-old woman.”

After Williams’ initial arrest he was then released on bail several times, and it wasn’t until now that he was charged with the allege rape. On the 11th of October 2018, both men are now due to appear at Walsall and Aldridge Magistrates Court.