POP superstar Jess Glynne will join Justin Timberlake when he brings his world tour to Essex this summer.
The 10-time GRAMMY Award winner is headlining brand-new festival Chelmsford City Live on Friday July 4 and it is announced today he will be joined on the night by London-born singer-songwriter Jess.
2025 marks the inaugural Chelmsford City Live taking place over three days at Chelmsford City Racecourse. Justin Timberlake and Jess Glynne will kick off the festival and will be followed on Saturday July 5 with a headlining set from multi-award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Duran Duran, while Olly Murs has his biggest homecoming show there on Sunday July 6.
Final tickets are on sale now via ticketmaster.co.uk
London-born singer-songwriter Jess Glynne made history by becoming the first and only British female solo artist to score seven number ones on the UK Singles Chart – among them I’ll Be There, Hold My Hand and Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself.
Jess rose to prominence in 2013 as a featured artist on the multi-platinum singles Rather B’ by Clean Bandit and My Love by Route 94, both of which soared to number one in the UK charts.
Since then, Jess Glynne has earned a GRAMMY Award, three Ivor Novello Awards, and nine BRIT Award nominations. With her first two chart-topping albums I Cry When I Laugh and Always In Between becoming Platinum best-sellers, Jess was named on Forbes’ notorious ’30 under 30’ in 2019 following her sell-out world tour.
Last year Jess hit the UK’s Top Ten with her third studio album – the 15-track self-titled JESS – featuring soulful ballads and the quintessential pop anthems that have earned her the title of one of music’s most successful artists.
Adding to her accolades, in April last year Jess received the hugely prestigious BRIT Billion award for achieving more than one billion streams in the UK, following in the footsteps of previous winners Ed Sheeran, Billie Eilish and Lana Del Rey.
A multi-talented entertainer, recording artist, record producer, songwriter and actor, Justin Timberlake has sold more than 54 million albums and 63 million singles globally throughout his career, with a further 70 million records as the lead vocalist of *NSYNC.
ustin has won armfuls of awards to date including 10 GRAMMY Awards across the pop, dance and R&B genres, four EMMY Awards and was nominated for an Oscar in 2017 for hit record Can’t Stop the Feeling. Earlier this year, Timberlake released his sixth studio album Everything I Thought It Was, featuring 18 brand new tracks including hit singles Selfish and No Angels.
His monumental world tour kicked off in April this year marking Justin’s return to the global stage after five years.
Justin Timberlake’s Chelmsford date will mark the biggest ever single headline live show in Essex with an audience of up to 25,000 people and is presented in partnership with Chelmsford City Racecourse and Live Nation promoters Cuffe and Taylor.
Racecourse Commercial Director Nathan Holmes said: “Jess Glynne will be a brilliant special guest for what is set to be an historic night in Essex. We are very excited to be adding her to the bill alongside the global superstar that is Justin Timberlake and we can’t wait for her to kick off our first ever Chelmsford City Live in style.”
Cuffe and Taylor promoter Ben Hatton added: “Jess Glynne is a truly acclaimed British artist who delivers an incredible live set. This is going to be one big night and we look forward to welcoming thousands of people to our brand new festival.”
For more information and to secure tickets head to ticketmaster.co.uk
