Sophie Ellis-Bextor rang in 2025 on the dancefloor, internet hosting her New 12 months’s Eve Disco particular on the BBC, which featured duets with Jessie Ware and Jake Shears.
A handful of clips from the particular have been uploaded to YouTube, together with Ellis-Bextor’s rendition of her personal basic, “Homicide on the Dancefloor.” She additionally linked up with Ware for a canopy of “Sure Sir, I Can Boogie,” the 1977 disco gem from Spanish duo Baccara.
And later, Shears joined Ellis-Bextor for a efficiency of the Scissor Sisters’ 2005 monitor, “Filthy/Attractive” (an apt choice, with the group set to reunite for a European tour this spring).
Together with Ware and Shears, Ellis-Bextor’s particular featured visitor appearances from Final Dinner Celebration guitarist Emily Roberts and the Mark De-Lisser Singers.
On social media, Ellis-Bextor referred to as internet hosting the particular an “absolute privilege,” including, “I’ve seen many a brand new yr in with the @bbc on as Massive Ben chimes so I actually see it as the most important honour my band and I received to ring in 2025 with whoever was watching. If that was you, thanks.”
Because it occurred, Ellis-Bextor’s New 12 months’s Eve Disco particular was truly pre-taped, that means she was additionally in a position to carry out throughout Dick Clark’s New 12 months’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest in Instances Sq.. That present featured Carrie Underwood, the Jonas Brothers, Kesha, Tinashe, Alanis Morissette, Fats Joe, Ja Rule, Slick Rick, and extra.
Again in October, Ellis-Bextor launched a new single, “Freedom of the Night time,” marking her first new providing since “Homicide on the Dancefloor” went viral and re-entered the charts because of its massive placement in Saltburn. Ellis-Bextor’s most up-to-date album, Hana, arrived in 2023.
