JLS have ruled out releasing new music despite preparing to embark on a comeback tour across the UK this summer.
The group – which consists of Aston Merrygold, JB Gill, Marvin Humes and Oritse Williams – want to pack their live gigs full of familiar hits for fans rather than perform unknown songs.
Oritse told The Sun: ‘We’ve got a lot of music stacked up that we haven’t performed, that’s been out in the form of JLS 2.0, the album, and the Evolution album.
‘So I feel like we need to catch up with ourselves musically before we can add anymore to the bank.
‘For us, it’s about the hits and enjoying those big records that people love.
JLS member Oritse Williams has ruled out releasing new music despite the band preparing to embark on a comeback tour across the UK this summer (pictured last week)
The group – which consists of (L-R) Oritse, Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes and JB Gill – want to pack their live gigs full of familiar hits for fans rather than perform unknown songs
‘When you go to a show you always want to hear the songs you’re familiar with which bring back those memories.’
The boyband announced new tour dates for 2024 in November last year much to the delight of fans.
It comes after they performed their Everybody Say JLS: The Hits Tour in venues around the UK, and due to popular demand announced even more dates for this year.
JB said at the time: ‘Ah wow! The response to our ‘Everybody Say JLS – The Hits’ tour has been so incredible from all our JLSters that it was a no brainer for us to announce summer dates for 2024!
‘We LOVE touring in the summer, especially as we get to meet fans in parts of the country that DON’T usually host us in the arenas.
‘It’s been a while too – another UK summer road trip with your boys?! Dare you to name anything more exciting than that!’
The tour will kick off in Newmarket in June, with the final date in Yorkshire in August.
Meanwhile, reality star Sam Thompson became the temporary fifth member of JLS in a surprise cameo during a performance on Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.
JLS fans were delighted after the band announced new tour dates for summer 2024
The band last performed their Everybody Say JLS: The Hits Tour in venues around the UK (pictured on October 30 in Cardiff)
The reigning I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! champion had previously expressed his love for the group.
He learned the dance to Everybody In Love and She Makes Me Wanna while he was in the jungle last year alongside Marvin.
Welcoming the former Made In Chelsea star to the stage on Saturday, Marvin said: ‘For one night only, please welcome your reigning king of the jungle, Mr Sam Thompson.’
Sam performed alongside the group who found fame on The X Factor.
Sam Thompson finally realised his dream of performing live with JLS during this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Takeaway
The reality star, 31, was seen singing JLS hits with his pal Marvin Humes while they were both in the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! jungle last year
Sam took to the stage with Marvin and his band JLS on Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s Saturday Night Takeaway this weekend
He told hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly: ‘If 17-year-old me could see this, he would die.’
Asked if he was enjoying his year as king of the jungle, Sam added: ‘I’m having the best year in the world, it’s all down to you guys.’
When he was a celebrity contestant on the hit ITV programme in 2023, Sam said JLS was a ‘huge part of my earlier life’.
After teaching him some dance moves on the show, Marvin admitted Sam ‘was pretty good’ and said: ‘We’re working on maybe a tour when we get out of here.’
