Jay Kay’s London band, behind “Virtual Insanity”, play three nights at The O2 for the arena’s 20th birthday, ahead of their first new album in a decade.
Jamiroquai, the London funk band behind “Virtual Insanity”, play three nights at The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Thursday 15, Friday 16 and Monday 19 July 2027. The shows belong to the arena’s 20th-birthday programme.
Singer Jay Kay was born Jason Cheetham in Stretford in 1969 and moved to West Ealing at 13. He formed the band in 1992, naming it after jamming and the Iroquois confederacy.
The band came up through London’s acid jazz scene, and Sony signed Kay after their first single. Their debut, Emergency on Planet Earth, entered the UK albums chart at number one in 1993.
Travelling Without Moving followed in 1996 and holds the world record as the best-selling funk album. Its single won a Grammy in 1998, and the band finished the decade as the third-best-selling British act, after the Spice Girls and Oasis.
The band played the arena’s 10th-birthday celebrations and have returned since. In June 2025 Kay joined Dua Lipa at Wembley Stadium to sing his 1996 hit.
These nights come ahead of a ninth studio album, reported as their first since Automaton in 2017. The setlist is due to mix the catalogue with new material.