KATIE MELUA ANNOUNCES AUTUMN 2020 TOUR DATES AND ‘LIVE IN CONCERT’ DOUBLE ALBUM FEATURING GORI WOMEN’S CHOIR Multi award-winning recording artist Katie Melua has announced an extensive 45-date headline winter 2020 tour, including 18 UK & Eire dates. Tickets for the tour will go on general sale on Friday 22nd November 2019 at 10am GMT. 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 Montford Hall Mon 23rd Nov Belfast Ulster Hall Tue 24th Nov Ireland, Dublin Vicar Street 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. This limited edition 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 15th 2019 via BMG, this special release can be pre-ordered. 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 7 Broadbent Close, Highgate Village, London, N6 5JW t 020 3213 0135 f 020 8348 7776 e [email protected] www.republicmedia.net @republic_media 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 1. Tu Ase Turpa Ikhavi 2. Plane Song 3. Belfast 4. Nine Million Bicycles 5. Just Like Heaven 6. River 7. Dreams on Fire 8. Cradle Song 9. Nunc Dimittis 10. O Holy Night 11. Diamonds are Forever Disc 2 1. Perfect World 2. The Little Swallow 3. I Cried For You 4. The Flood 5. The Closest Thing to Crazy 6. Piece by Piece 7. Wonderful Life 8. Fields of Gold 9. Maybe I Dreamt It 10. 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 7 Broadbent Close, Highgate Village, London, N6 5JW t 020 3213 0135 f 020 8348 7776 e [email protected] www.republicmedia.net @republic_media 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. www.katiemelua.com 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 .