KATIE MELUA ANNOUNCES AUTUMN 2020 TOUR DATES AND ‘LIVE IN CONCERT’ DOUBLE ALBUM

Multi award-winning recording artist Katie Melua has announced an extensive 45-date headline 2020 tour, including 18 UK & Eire dates. Tickets for the tour will go on general sale on Friday 22^nd November 2019 at 10am GMT – check www.katiemelua.com for local ticket link.

The announcement of the tour coincides with news of a ‘Live In Concert’ 2xCD album featuring Gori Women’s Choir, recorded at London’s Central Hall, Westminster, in December 2018.

Pre-order the ‘Live In Concert’ album from katiemelua.lnk.to/storePR to access the exclusive artist pre-sale for the tour.

UK & Ireland 2020 dates:

Fri 30th Oct Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Sat 31st Oct Gateshead Sage

Mon 2nd Nov Manchester Bridgewater Hall

Tue 3rd Nov Liverpool Philharmonic

Thu 5th Nov Sheffield City Hall

Fri 6th Nov Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Sat 7th Nov York Barbican

Mon 9th Nov London Royal Albert Hall

Tue 10th Nov Brighton Dome

Thu 12th Nov Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre

Fri 13th Nov Cardiff St David’s Hall

Sat 14th Nov Birmingham Symphony Hall

Mon 16th Nov Cambridge Corn Exchange

Tue 17th Nov Oxford New Theatre

Thu 19th Nov Torquay Princess Theatre

Fri 20th Nov Reading Hexagon

Sat 21st Nov Leicester De Montfort Hall

Mon 23rd Nov Belfast Ulster Hall

Tue 24th Nov Ireland, Dublin Vicar Street

The limited edition ‘Live In Concert’ 2xCD collection is presented as a stunning 84-page hardback book, and contains never-before-seen photographs of moments on stage and behind-the-scenes, captured by renowned photographer Karni Arieli. The book also contains the extraordinary illustrations created by the show’s Creative Directors Karni & Saul, and opens with a foreword written by Katie herself.

This 2xCD collection is a perfect souvenir of a truly remarkable tour.

Released on December 15^th 2019 via BMG, this special release can be pre-ordered from https://katiemelua.lnk.to/storePR

Gori Women’s Choir first worked with Katie on the silver-certified 2016 album ‘In Winter’. That album was recorded in Georgia, and commanded some of the finest reviews of her career with the Sunday Times describing it as “bewitching…ravishing…spellbinding” and the Independent as “exquisite” and “remarkable.”

This concert begins at Katie’s birthplace of Georgia with her solo rendition of the folk song Tu Asa Turpa Ikavi. Plane Song, performed with her brother Zurab Melua, speaks of their childhood in the city of Kutaisi, followed by Belfast, tracing the family’s emigration to the United Kingdom, where Katie’s journey towards becoming a professional recording artist begins. The show continues, revealing songs from Katie’s 7 multi-award-winning studio albums; works by legendary writers that have inspired her craft along the way; crowd favourites; and tales from her past. All the while, she is accompanied by her bandmates, and members of Gori Women’s Choir – whose powerful and ethereal voices manifest a constant reminder of home. Through the blustery autumn, the still English winter, and eventually to the spring with the world in full bloom, the artists on stage finally bring the show to a hopeful, joyous, and optimistic close, with a majestic rendition of Louis Armstrong’s A Wonderful World.

Katie Melua featuring Gori Women’s Choir

Live in Concert

Disc 1

Tu Ase Turpa Ikhavi
Plane Song
Belfast
Nine Million Bicycles
Just Like Heaven
River
Dreams on Fire
Cradle Song
Nunc Dimittis
O Holy Night
Diamonds are Forever

Disc 2

Perfect World
The Little Swallow
I Cried For You
The Flood
The Closest Thing to Crazy
Piece by Piece
Wonderful Life
Fields of Gold
Maybe I Dreamt It
What a Wonderful World

Full European tour dates:

Fri 25th Sep France, Paris Olympia

Sat 26th Sep Belgium, Brussels Cirque Royal

Sun 27th Sep The Netherlands, Amsterdam Carre

Tue 29th Sep Denmark, Copenhagen Opera House

Wed 30th Sep Norway, Oslo Spektrum

Thu 1st Oct Sweden, Stockholm The Cirkus

Sat 3rd Oct Denmark, Aalborg Musikkenshus

Sun 4th Oct Germany, Hamburg Barclaycard Arena

Mon 5th Oct Germany, Berlin Tempodrom

Wed 7th Oct Poland, Gdansk Hala Gdynia

Thu 8th Oct Poland, Warsaw Torwar Hall

Fri 9th Oct Poland, Wroclaw Hala Stulecia

Sat 10th Oct Germany, Munich Philharmonie

Mon 12th Oct Germany, Nuremberg Meistersingerhalle

Tue 13th Oct Germany, Mannheim Rosengarten

Wed 14th Oct Germany, Frankfurt Alte Oper

Thu 15th Oct Austria, Linz Brucknerhaus

Sat 17th Oct Austria, Bregenz Festspielhaus

Mon 19th Oct Switzerland, Zurich Samsung Hall

Tue 20th Oct Switzerland, Basel Musical Theatre

Thu 22nd Oct Germany, Kempten Big Box

Fri 23rd Oct Germany, Kassel Stadthalle

Sat 24th Oct Germany, Dusseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Hall

Mon 26th Oct Germany, Rostock Stadthalle

Tue 27th Oct Germany, Hannover Kuppelsaal

Wed 28th Oct Luxembourg Rockhal

Fri 30th Oct UK, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Sat 31st Oct UK, Gateshead Sage

Mon 2nd Nov UK, Manchester Bridgewater Hall

Tue 3rd Nov UK, Liverpool Philharmonic

Thu 5th Nov UK, Sheffield City Hall

Fri 6th Nov UK, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Sat 7th Nov UK, York Barbican

Mon 9th Nov UK, London Royal Albert Hall

Tue 10th Nov UK, Brighton Dome

Thu 12th Nov UK, Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre

Fri 13th Nov UK, Cardiff St David’s Hall

Sat 14th Nov UK, Birmingham Symphony Hall

Mon 16th Nov UK, Cambridge Corn Exchange

Tue 17th Nov UK, Oxford New Theatre

Thu 19th Nov UK, Torquay Princess Theatre

Fri 20th Nov UK, Reading Hexagon

Sat 21st Nov UK, Leicester De Montford Hall

Mon 23rd Nov UK, Belfast Ulster Hall

Tue 24th Nov Ireland, Dublin Vicar Street

Born in the Georgian city of Kutaisi, Katie and her family emigrated to Belfast when she was 9 years old. She has released 7 studio albums to date and is one of the UK’s highest-selling female recording artists of all time.