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Melanie C is the latest special guest joining Jools Holland and Jim Moir on Joyride.
Best known from her Sporty Spice days as part of Spice Girls, Melanie C and the group had incredible global success, still remaining one of the most popular and iconic groups to this day. The Liverpudlian has also had an incredible solo career as well as a songwriter for others, having co-written 11 UK number-ones.
Sporty by name, sporty by nature, Melanie C discusses with Jools Holland and Jim Moirher love for cycling (despite a painful crash as a child that left her with a scar on her knee), her opinion on tour buses, and reminisces about one of her first shows at V Festival in 1999 where she got a variety of items thrown at her on stage, including Weetabix!
JIM MOIR: Have you ever had anything thrown at you on the stage?
MELANIE C: Yes! One of my first gigs as a solo artist was V 99, and I’d made this album, my first solo record and couldn’t wait to get out there with my band. I think I was a little bit naïve and at the time… I think V Festival became quite pop friendly through the years, but back then I think I went on after Faithless. And Manic Street Preachers were headlining so it was quite a strange line-up and I was positioned really weirdly within it. I had bottles of things thrown, and in my memory there’s even Weetabix. I don’t know how you throw it because they’re quite light, but it has definitely stuck in my memory!
Next week the pair will be joined by presenter Vick Hope, with others confirmed including fashion designer Pam Hogg and producer Nik Hodges.
Streaming on all major podcast platforms, series five of Jools and Jim’s Joyride has been produced by Molly Stewart for Dig!Studios and Warner Music Entertainment.
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