Jade Jones (singer)

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Jade Jones
Born (1979-02-12) 12 February 1979 (age 45)
London, England
Origin Finchley, London, England
Genres R&B
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, television personality
Years active1994–present
Labels
Spouse
(m. 2021)

Jade Jones (born 12 February 1979)[ citation needed ] is a British R&B singer turned chef. He is best known for being the lead singer of the band Damage.

After leaving Damage, Jones joined CherryBlackStone, which appeared on Channel 4's Bo in the USA . In 2006, he participated in and went on to win the Channel 4 reality show The Games .

Jones left CherryBlackStone in 2008 following his son's birth and became a full-time trainee chef.

In 2014, Jones appeared with three of the original Damage members—Rahsaan J Bromfield, Andrez Harriott and Noel Simpson—in the second series of The Big Reunion on ITV2. [1]

Personal life

Jones was born to a Jamaican father and a British mother.[ citation needed ] Since 1998, he has been in an on/off relationship with Spice Girls singer Emma Bunton. The couple became engaged on 21 January 2011. [2] The couple have two sons, born on 10 August 2007, [3] and 6 May 2011. [4] Jones and Bunton married on 13 July 2021. [5]

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