Jamie Hince

Musician

Popular As Hotel

Birthday December 19, 1968

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Buckinghamshire, England

Age 55 years old

Nationality United Kingdom

#29059 Most Popular

1920

Hince proposed to her in bed with a vintage 1920s ring worth more than £10,000.

1968

James William Hince (born December 19, 1968) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for the indie rock duo The Kills.

He started his musical career in the bands Fiji, Scarfo, and Blyth Power.

2000

He co-founded The Kills with American singer Alison Mosshart in 2000.

In The Kills, Hince is known as "Hotel".

2008

In 2008, The Sun reported that Hince and Moss became engaged during a trip to Amsterdam.

2010

In the early 2010s, Hince lost the use of one finger on his left hand following an accident of his hand being shut in a car door.

He had to relearn how to play the guitar without it.

2011

They married on 1 July 2011 at St Peter's Church, Southrop in Gloucestershire, and separated in July 2015.

2016

They divorced in 2016.

2018

In 2018, he was featured on Azealia Banks' song "Lorelei" from her second studio album, Fantasea II: The Second Wave.

Hince grew up in Woolton Hill, Hampshire, England together with an older sister, Sarah.

He attended Goldsmiths where he studied playwriting.

Hince was married to model Kate Moss.