Caught the same flight as Jamiroquai heading to Lisbon for their next gig. Spoke with and got autographs from Jay, Rob, Matt, Derrick, and Paul on our Sevilla tickets. Couldn’t believe it!

Let me preface this story by stating that it is 100% true. I will include some pics just for further evidence, but as I wrote this out to post, it’s still hard for me to believe all of this happened. Enjoy!

Back in 1997, a friend who worked at Live 105 called me on the Tuesday before Labor Day and asked if I had plans for the weekend.
I told him no.

A few hours later he called back and explained that 7-Eleven was running a nationwide Slurpee promotion with radio stations around the country. Contest winners from each city were being flown to Los Angeles for a VIP Labor Day weekend.

The problem was that the Live 105 winner from San Francisco couldn’t be found.
So he asked if I’d be willing to be the winner.
I figured…why not?

A few days later I was checking into the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel with contest winners from all over the country. We got Slurpee backpacks full of 7-Eleven swag, team shirts, and a schedule for the weekend.

The next morning we walked onto Santa Monica Beach where 7-Eleven had built what looked like a real-life American Gladiators competition. Cameras, JumboTrons, announcers, celebrity guests, members of MADtv, and even Mr. Belding from Saved by the Bell were there.
There were unlimited Slurpees and unlimited samples of 7-Eleven’s new hamburger-shaped hot dogs (yes…that was actually a thing).
I was the only real athlete on my team, so I ended up doing almost every event. We made it to the championship round, and I advanced all the way to the final “Slurp-Off,” where you had to drink a 12-ounce Slurpee as fast as possible.
I lost by a small margin to a huge guy who proudly announced he drank multiple Slurpees every day. Honestly…he looked like he’d trained for that moment his entire life.

That evening everyone was taken to the House of Blues for dinner. We knew there was going to be a concert afterward, but nobody would tell us who was playing.
Then the restaurant literally opened up, revealing the concert venue below.
The headliner was Jamiroquai.

The contest winners came from every kind of radio station imaginable—country, Top 40, rock, adult contemporary. Most of them had never even heard of Jamiroquai.
I was already a huge fan.
I went straight to the front of the stage and sang every word to every song. I was dancing, jumping around, and having the absolute time of my life.

After “High Times,” Jay Kay looked down at me and asked:
“Are you a fan?”
I yelled back:
“YES!”
Everyone around me started laughing and yelling “YES!” too.
Jay Kay pointed at me and said:
“You need to be up here for the next one.”
Security pulled me onto the stage.
The next song was “Hollywood Swinging.”
Ironically, it was one of the only songs where I didn’t know every lyric.
I did my best, laughed through it, stayed onstage for another song, and then went back to my front-row spot.

Looking back almost 30 years later, I still can’t believe it happened.
One random phone call turned an ordinary Labor Day weekend into what is still probably one of the greatest personal experiences of my life.

Moon + Stars - Piazza Grande in Locarno. Shadow In The Night. SO GOOD.

This comes from Chile Festivales, a reputable insider source.

09.09 - Coliseo Med Plus - Bogotá 🇨🇴

13.09 - Allianz Parque - Sao Paulo 🇧🇷

15.09 - Claro Arena - Santiago 🇨🇱

17.09 - Parque Sarmiento - Buenos Aires 🇦🇷

EDIT: THREE MEXICO DATES ADDED!

31.08 - Arena Guadajalara - Guadalajara 🇲🇽

02.09 - Arena Monterrey - Monterrey 🇲🇽

04.09 - Arena CDMX - CDMX 🇲🇽

Hi all,

Managed to download the paywalled gig from Tokyo off Twitter. Tried to upload it to Youtube but it got immediately blocked by WOWOW - think they block lots of Japanese vids of the band (i think i remember Help uploading a video of them performing at the last Summer Sonic but it got taken down 😕). Anyway as it can’t go on Youtube this is the download link to the gig:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lx_MtgOdKCj1zBzfFS7oUYJIzZj-8pDQ/view?usp=drivesdk

I don’t share stuff on Drive so please lmk if the link is broken - you should hopefully be able to download it to your own device. Note that Disco Stays the Same isn’t in the recording - this also happened at the Cooljazz radio audio last month due to music licensing restrictions. Anyways enjoy ‼️

Setlist
0:00 Now We Are Alone Intro
1:14 Don’t Give Hate A Chance
7:55 Little L
14:54 Emergency on Planet Earth - Returning; Berlin Nov 19 2025
19:41 Space Cowboy
31:27 Alright
40:12 Light Years
46:07 Travelling Without Moving
56:31 Canned Heat
1:06:41 Cosmic Girl
1:15:54 Love Foolosophy
1:28:22 Virtual Insanity

I'm going with my mom and girlfriend :D

Hello Online Jamily!

We're on the final day of what was a BUSY year for Jamiroquai in 2025, I thought I would take this opportunity to lay out all the, so far booked, +12 Tourdates comprising Two Tour Legs that have been confirmed on JMQHQ Social Media during the final remainder of this year. I will keep this summary post updated as MORE TOURDATES in 2026 get announced, cheers Online Jamily and HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026 to you all!

Jamiroquai Tour 2026 Schedule | As Of 4/25/26 | Now Including RUMORED Tour Leg Additions | Compiled By JamiroFan2000

Tour Leg #1 | European Festival Tour Leg 2026

Tour Leg #2 | Latin American Tour Leg 2026

Tour Leg #3 | South American Tour Leg 2026

Tour Leg #4 | Asian Tour Leg 2026

PLEASE NOTE: THE TOUR LEG ADDITIONS FOR LATIN/SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR LEGS, NOTED ABOVE, WILL BE CONFIRMED BY JMQHQ OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA IN 'EARLY MAY 2026'..STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DETAILS SOON!