Katie Melua Announces Winter 2018 European Tour Featuring Gori Women’S Choir
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Katie Melua Announces Winter 2018 European Tour Featuring Gori Women’s Choir www.katiemelua.com Multi award-winning recording artist Katie Melua has announced an extensive European tour for winter 2018, including 13 UK dates. Katie will be joined by a cast of stellar musicians, as well as members of Gori Women’s Choir who featured on the silver-certified 2016 album ‘In Winter’. ‘In Winter’ 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." The associated 2016 tour, which saw Katie and the choir undertake 28 performances across 8 countries received universal acclaim from music critics and audiences alike. The Times ★★★★ Evening Standard ★★★★ Next winter will see another expansive set of live performances, which will include songs from ‘In Winter’ alongside brand new recordings and catalogue classics adapted for the stage. The announcement follows the release of the 2xCD Special Edition of ‘In Winter’, which includes the BBC Children in Need 2017 single ‘Fields Of Gold’. The second disc, recorded at Admiralspalast, Berlin, includes live renditions of the entire ‘In Winter’ album, as well as new choral arrangements of hits such as ‘Closest Thing To Crazy’, ‘Nine Million Bicycles’, and ‘I Cried For You’ performed with the Gori Women’s Choir. DATE COUNTRY/CITY VENUE Wed 24th Oct Sweden, Stockholm Cirkus Thu 25th Oct Norway, Oslo Spektrum Sat 27th Oct Denmark, Arhus Musikhuset Sun 28th Oct Denmark, Aalborg Aalborg Hallen Tue 30th Oct Denmark, Copenhagen Opera House Wed 31st Oct Germany, Hamburg Mehr! Theatre Thu 1st Nov Belgium, Brussels Palais des Beaux Arts Fri 2nd Nov The Netherlands, Amsterdam Carre Theatre Sun 4th Nov France, Paris Olympia 7 Broadbent Close, Highgate Village, London, N6 5JW t 020 3213 0135 f 020 8348 7776 e [email protected] www.republicmedia.net @republic_media Mon 5th Nov France, Bordeaux Theatre Femina Tue 6th Nov France, Marseille Le Silo Thu 8th Nov France, Lyon Amphitheatre Sat 10th Nov Switzerland, Zurich Halle 622 Sun 11th Nov Switzerland, Geneva Théatre du Léman Mon 12th Nov France, Strasbourg Palais de la Musique et des Congrès Wed 14th Nov Germany, Munster Munsterlandhalle Thu 15th Nov Germany, Wuppertal Stadthalle Fri 16th Nov Germany, Mannheim Mozartsaal Sun 18th Nov Austria, Bregenz Festspielhaus Mon 19th Nov Austria, Vienna Stadthalle F Wed 21st Nov Germany, Munich Philharmonie Fri 23rd Nov Luxembourg Rockhal Sat 24th Nov Germany, Hannover Kuppelsaal Mon 26th Nov Germany, Frankfurt Alte Oper Sun 18th Nov Austria, Bregenz Festspielhaus Mon 19th Nov Austria, Vienna Stadthalle F Wed 21st Nov Germany, Munich Philharmonie Fri 23rd Nov Luxembourg Rockhal Sat 24th Nov Germany, Hannover Kuppelsaal Mon 26th Nov Germany, Frankfurt Alte Oper Wed 28th Nov UK, Bournemouth Pavilion Thu 29th Nov UK, Cardiff St David’s Hall Fri 30th Nov UK, Birmingham Symphony Hall Sun 2nd Dec UK, Salford Lowry Mon 3rd Dec UK, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Tue 4th Dec UK, Guildford G Live Thu 6th Dec UK, Brighton Dome Fri 7th Dec UK, Bath Forum Sat 8th Dec UK, London Central Hall Westminster Mon 10th Dec UK, Liverpool Philharmonic Tue 11th Dec UK, Gateshead Sage Wed 12th Dec UK, York Barbican Thu 13th Dec UK, Edinburgh Assembly Rooms 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. For more information please contact Sue Harris, Republic Media [email protected] 020 3213 0135 7 Broadbent Close, Highgate Village, London, N6 5JW t 020 3213 0135 f 020 8348 7776 e [email protected] www.republicmedia.net @republic_media .