67 h. ago Fans queue down the street as former Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall arrives in Greater Manchester town

The IT Girl has arrived!

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3 d. ago Inside Jade Thirwall's epic album launch with the impromptu gig on unique stage

Huge crowds descended on the launch part for the former Little Mix star Jade Thirwall's debut solo album, titled That's Showbiz Baby!, which has been released today

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8 d. ago Jade: That’s Showbiz Baby! review – former Little Mix star thrives in chaos on an idiosyncratic debut

(Sony)Jade Thirlwall offers a wild ride through electroclash, Eurovision drama and emotive synth-pop – albeit one she can’t quite maintain for a whole albumLast month, the indefatigable Vice magazine published a piece on the “summer of British chaos”, documenting a scene of deranged social media provocateurs existing at the crispiest fringes of our nation’s cooked identity. Writer Clive Martin defined these graven images of the algorithm as being regionally specific, lurid, rowdy, funny and hedonistic. As a former member of Little Mix, a girl band put together via public vote on The X Factor, Jade Thirlwall might not seem like the likeliest bedfellow of this unhinged movement. But the South Shields pop star’s debut solo single, last year’s Angel of My Dreams, dodged focus-grouped smoothness to present a sublimely whacked-out, thoroughly British pop vision that felt like spinning through someone else’s for you page and realising they exist in a markedly different universe from your o...

Events

1 week ago Brit winner and former Little Mix star Jade is coming to Bury

The Angel of my Dreams hitmaker is coming to the borough next week for a special album signing

Politics

1 week ago Topshop: UK fashion chain returns to high streets with John Lewis – full list of stores stocking clothes

The brand returns nationwide, giving high street fashion fans a reason to queue! 👗

Politics

2 w. ago Little Mix star rallies behind Jade Thirlwall as she celebrates major career milestone

Jade Thirlwall has been supported by her former bandmates from Little Mix as she surprised crowds by playing the opening act slot on Chappell Roan's UK tour

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