News about Jay Kay

An extremely rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage X-pack (right) - one of only 95 ever built - is expected to fetch up to £400,000 when it goes under the hammer this month. The V8 Vantage famously featured in the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights where it escaped across a frozen lake inside a wooden hut. And while Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay's (left) 1990 Vantage lacks the deployable skis, missiles and a jet engine, it does have a 5.3-litre V8 engine, producing 432 horsepower, black leather interior (inset) and walnut trim, air conditioning and electric windows. It also has 37,594 miles on the clock. The car was part of the Cosmic Girl singer's fleet of more than 100 luxury vehicles including Ferraris, Aston Martins, Mercedes and Porsches.

Jay Kay (pictured left), whose disco-inspired band Jamiroquai had a number of chart topping hits in 1990s and 2000s, bought his 599 GTO (pictured right) a few years after its original owner. But - in the words of one of the popstar's singles - he clearly only loved the car with a little L as there is only a measly 2,800 miles on the mileometer 13 years after the car left the showroom. Although the lack of mileage is no great surprise given that Ferrari mechanics supposedly told Jeremy Clarkson - who reviewed the car for Top Gear back in 2011 -  that it's impossible to drive in rainy conditions.

The red 1972 Miura P400 SV was bought by pop star Kay at the height of his chart fame and formed part of his vast collection of vintage motors. The rare Lamborghini - dubbed the first supercar - was one of just 150 models made, with a V12 engine allowing it to go from 0-60mph in just five seconds and reach a top speed of 172mph. Kay, 54, showed the vehicle off in a 2004 episode of BBC motoring show Top Gear - driving it with Hammond in the passenger seat. The pop star was filmed saying as he drove: 'This car was so ahead of its time - it's a wonderful, wonderful thing.'

Jamiroquai has begun recording their first album in seven years, just weeks after the band's former bassist Derek McIntyre was killed in a car crash. After a recent writing session that yielded encouraging results, the Acid Jazz pioneers, fronted by lead singer Jay Kay, have returned to the studio. It will be the band's ninth studio album and first new music since Automaton's 2017 debut, and the band's ninth top ten LP.

Derek McIntyre, a Jamiroquai bassist, died in a car crash at the age of 66, according to his family in a tweet on Friday. Following a five-car accident in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on February 2, the musician, who came to fame as part of the funk and acid jazz band with vocalist Jay Kaye, died. His family wrote: "Our father, Robert McIntyre, was a proud husband, brother, uncle, grandfather, and friend.'

This week, Jay Kay of Jamiroquai was spotted exploring Venice's sights with wife Maria on a romantic getaway. As the couple strolled through the historic streets before enjoying a ride along the canal, the singer, 53, was busy photographing the scene with his camera. During the outing, Jay cut a casual figure in a T-shirt and shorts, and he might have been seen puffing on a cheeky cigarette.

The Jamiroquai frontman, a well-known petrolhead, is leaving the country for his extraordinary 1958 Bentley Drophead Coupé, which appeared in the Love Foolosophy music video in 2002. Jay Kay has had the car in his garage of exotic cars for 22 years, having purchased it just months before shooting the video. Interested parties are encouraged to make an enquiry direct from the singer's motor collection's private sale direct, and although it's listed as 'price upon request,' a bid over £1 million is likely to be needed to guarantee the keys to the drop-top Bentley.

After an automated hat for their festival run was left on a train, the band Jamiroquai has been given a reward. Lead singer Jay Kay is a huge fan of hats and he's planning to wear the headgear for forthcoming dates, including the Czech Republic, Italy, and Lancashire, as well as three more dates between July and September. However, the flashing light-up hat was "lost in transit" on a train between London Kings Cross and Luton, Beds, on Tuesday (June 6).