The first ever Jersey Jingle Jangle will be held at Fort Regent on 19 December, and hundreds of Islanders are expected to attend.
X Factor finalist Luke Friend, who finished third in the TV talent competition in 2013, will also perform at the event.
Union J, who have had four top ten hits since the 2012 series of the X Factor, including Carry You and You Got It All, performed in Jersey this year at Sure’s Big Gig in the Park, alongside fellow British pop band The Vamps.
The band’s youngest member, George Shelley, is currently on reality TV show I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
The Jersey Jingle Jangle will be his first performance after spending time in the jungle.
Friend (19), who has performed in Jersey on several occasions, released his debut single last year and is currently working on his first album.
Organisers of the event have said that more special guests will be announced and the event will be a party that ‘should not be missed’.
Tickets cost between £25 and £30 and are available online through the Fort Regent website, by phone on 449827 or from the Fort Regent concert desk.
- Boy band Union comprises of Josh Cuthbert, JJ Hamblett, Jaymi Hensley and George Shelley.
- In 2007, Blair Dreelan of Alpha Dog Management met 14-year-old Josh Cuthbert, who was auditioning for the fourth series of The X Factor. Josh failed to get through to the next round, but Blair believed that he looked like a pop star and was impressed by his voice. In 2011, Josh met Jaymi Hensley met whilst studying performing arts at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Westminster and decided to put a band together. Former jockey Jamie JJ Hamblett was later added to the group by Blair and they named themselves Triple J (due to each member sharing the same initial).
- In May 2012, after eight months together, Triple J and soloist George Shelley both auditioned in London for the ninth series of The X Factor. The band were given the opportunity to progress in the competition on the condition that George joined the band and they became a four-piece, with the name Union J. The band came fourth in the series.
- Following The X Factor, the band signed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment before signing a new deal with Epic Records in 2014 – and they released their debut single, Carry You, in June 2013, charting at number six in the UK Singles Chart. Follow up singles included Beautiful Life (number eight),Tonight (We Live Forever) (number nine) and You Got It All (number two).
- To date they have released two albums, 2013s Union J, which reached number six in the charts, and 2014s You Got It All, which charted at number 28.
- In 2013 they partnered up with Pokémon for the UK release of X and Y and last year they released a set of lookalike dolls and teamed up with Panini for an official Union J sticker collection.
