Katie Melua announces 18-date UK tour for 2020 and live in concert double album
Story by Jack Foley
MULTI award-winning recording artist Katie Melua has announced an extensive 45-date headline 2020 tour, including 18 UK and Eire dates.
Commencing in Nottingham on October 30, 2020, the tour includes a night at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall on November 9, before concluding at Dublin Vicar Street in Ireland on November 24.
Tickets for the tour will go on general sale on Friday, November 22 at 10am.
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 here to access the exclusive artist pre-sale for the tour.
The UK tour dates are (all October and November 2020)
October 2020
30 – Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
31 – Gateshead Sage
November
2 – Manchester Bridgewater Hall
3 – Liverpool Philharmonic
5 – Sheffield City Hall
6 – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
7 – York Barbican
9 – London Royal Albert Hall
10 – Brighton Dome
12 – Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
13 – Cardiff St David’s Hall
14 – Birmingham Symphony Hall
16 – Cambridge Corn Exchange
17 – Oxford New Theatre
19 – Torquay Princess Theatre
20 – Reading Hexagon
21 – Leicester De Montfort Hall
23 – Belfast Ulster Hall
24 – 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.
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.
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 seven multi-award-winning studio albums; works by legendary writers that have inspired her craft along the way; crowd favourites; and tales from her past.