Poolbar Festival 2026: Joss Stone

Joss Stone is a Grammy and Brit Award-winning artist who released her acclaimed debut album, The Soul Sessions, in 2003, at the age of 16. Over her career, she has released nine studio albums, selling over 15 million copies worldwide.

Stone has performed and collaborated with legendary artists including James Brown, Burt Bacharach, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Sting, Van Morrison, Melissa Etheridge, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, and Damien Marley, amassing over one billion streams in the US alone.

In 2014, she completed her audacious Total World Tour, performing and collaborating with local artists and charities in every country in the world.

Her critically acclaimed 2022 release, Never Forget My Love, was her eighth studio album, written with and produced by Eurythmics ’Dave Stewart, with whom she also co-wrote music and lyrics for the West End musical The Time Traveller’s Wife.

In 2023, Stone embarked on her "20 Years of Soul" anniversary tour, during which she recorded her first live album, 20 Years of Soul - Live in Concert. A highlight of the tour was a sold out show at London’s Royal Albert Hall which garnered and exotic audience reaction and rave reviews. She followed this with the Ellipsis Tour later in 2024, and in 2025 her stripped back ‘Less Is More’ tour of North and South America as well as a co-headline run of shows with Melissa Etheridge.

On December 1st 2025, Joss will release a brand new Christmas track - a cover of Phil Spector and Darlene Love’s classic “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”- which will be available on all major streaming platforms December 1st onwards. In 2026, she’ll embark on the next leg of her successful Less Is More tour in the USA, with further European dates in June and July currently being announced.

Joss also co-hosts A Cuppa Love, a lifestyle and relationship podcast with soul sensation Lemar, which will continue into 2026. A Cuppa Love sees a relationship expert join the pair for each episode, and comes after the success of Joss ’podcast A Cuppa Happy. Alongside this 2025 has seen her collaborate in the studio on duets with US artist Jessie Decker, Northern Irish country artist Gareth and UK soul star and some time Stone co-writer, Conner Reeves.

Additionally, the eternally busy mother of four is currently working on new music for her ninth studio album, slated for release in 2027.