17.2.10
Katie Melua's new single - first radio play!

BBC Radio 2 secures world exclusive play of new Katie Melua single ‘The Flood’. Written by Katie with Guy Chambers & Lauren Christy, this first release from her new album will be played on the Ken Bruce show on Thursday 18th February between 09:30 & 12:00 (Richard Allinson standing in for Ken Bruce).



8.2.10
Katie Melua has announced an East Anglian date for the summer
as part of Forestry Commission Live Music.

Katie Melua will be performing at:
Thetford Forest, Nr Brandon, Suffolk, Saturday 10th July

Tickets £33.00 (subject to booking fee) go on sale at 9.00am Friday 12th February from the Forestry Commission box office tel 01842 814612 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music

Forestry Commission Live Music takes place each summer in seven forests locations around the country. Woodland clearings are temporarily transformed into a concert arena creating a safe and relaxed atmosphere for gig-goers.

Info: www.forestry.gov.uk/music



1.2.10
New dates announced for July

Katie has confirmed four further dates for July 2010, in Norway and Demnark - see live page for details.

20.1.10
Katie Melua announces extensive European tour for Autumn 2010

Katie Melua announces today an extensive European tour to follow the release of her fourth studio album, which will be released in May 2010. The tour, which will start in France on October 16th, will include 13 shows in Britain in December and conclude in Bristol on December 21st.

OCTOBER 2010
16th Bordeaux La Patinoire
18th Marseille Le Dome
19th Lyon Amphitheatre
21st Lille Zenith
22nd Rouen Zenith
24th Paris Olympia
28th Braunschweig VW Halle
29th Munchen Philharmonie

NOVEMBER 2010
1st Hamburg Color Line Arena
2nd Koln Lanxess Arena
3rd Nurnberg Arena
5th Dresden Messe
6th Berlin O2 Arena
7th Mannheim SAP Arena
9th Strasbourg Zenith
10th Geneva Arena
11th Zurich Hallenstadion

DECEMBER 2010
1st Amsterdam HMH
2nd Brussels Forest National
4th Manchester Apollo
5th Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
6th Gateshead Sage
8th Leicester De Montfort Hall
9th Ipswich Regent
10th Sheffield City Hall
12th Cardiff Arena
13th Birmingham NIA
14th Liverpool Philharmonic
16th Brighton Dome
17th London Hammersmith Apollo
20th Bournemouth BIC
21st Bristol Colston Hall

Having spent 2009 writing songs for the album, including teaming up with songwriting partners Guy Chambers and Rick Nowels amongst others, Katie is currently in the studio finishing the as-yet-untitled record with producer William Orbit. Orbit has been running a commentary of the studio sessions on Twitter and Facebook including “this is shaping up to be one of the finest things I’ve ever been involved with. I am hearing what can only be described as magic”

UK box office details:

Tickets on sale from January 22nd 2010

All tickets for UK venues available from 0844 5765483 (24 hours) and www.livenation.co.uk

Ticket prices: £30 / £32.50. Plus £50 (gold circle)
Except London: £32.50 / £37.50. Plus £50 (gold circle)



3.9.09
Katie at the Stuttgart Jazz Open

You can see the entire Katie Melua performance from 2009's Stuttgart Jazz Open here.



17.6.09
Katie on Better TV (USA)

Interview and performance footage from Katie's New York soundcheck is broadcast on Friday 19th June on Better TV in the United States. More info on the channel here.



16.6.09
US TV appearance repeated

ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! show featuring Katie is being repeated on Wednesday 17th June.



2.6.09
US TV appearance

Katie will be appearing on the prestigious Jimmy Kimmel Live! show in America on Wednesday 3rd June to support her current US tour and the release there of 'Pictures'. US viewers can see the show on their website after the event, the rest of us will have to hope it shows up on YouTube!



12.5.09

Take a sneak peek at the Live At The O2 Arena TV advert!





5.5.09
Katie Melua Live At The O2 Arena - new album release!

' Live at the O2 Arena’ was recorded on 8th November 2008 during Katie Melua’s 'Pictures' world tour. In a live review of the concert The Times wrote “her voice was rarely short of astounding” and this live recording leaves the listener in no doubt as to what a unique and extraordinarily perfect voice Katie has.

Katie opened the concert, with just her electric guitar for accompaniment, singing ‘Piece By Piece’ - the title track of her second album - and ‘Lilac Wine’ before taking a seat at the grand piano to play the Georgian folk song ‘Yellow Leaves’ (or Qviteli Potlebi).

The concert was a celebration of the remarkable success that Katie has enjoyed since the release of ‘Call Off The Search’ in 2003. Joined by her 6 piece band Katie weaved her way through her three multi-platinum selling albums including her debut single ‘Closest Thing To Crazy’, the international hit single ‘Nine Million Bicycles’ and the more recent singles from her third album ‘Pictures’.

After a mesmerising cover of Janis Joplin’s ‘Kosmic Blues’ Katie closed the show as she began, unaccompanied, to sing the heartbreaking ‘I Cried For You’.

Tracklisting:

1. Piece by Piece
2. Lilac Wine
3. Yellow Leaves
4. My Aphrodisiac Is You
5. Crawling Up A Hill
6. Mary Pickford
7. Blues In The Night
8. I You Were A Sailboat
9. Ghost Town
10. Perfect Circle
11. Spiders Web
12. Toy Collection
13. Scary Films
14. Mockingbird Song
15. The Closest Thing To Crazy
16. Nine Million Bicycles
17. On The Road Again
18. Kosmic Blues
19. I Cried For You

Order now:

25.3.09
New merchandise site open

You can now buy Katie Melua merchandise online at the new official Dramatico online store here, including CDs, DVDs, clothing and accessories.




24.3.09
Blog and Norway date

Katie has a new blog live here, as well as announcing the venue for the Norway date on 8th July here.



20.3.09
More dates confirmed

Katie announces North American acoustic shows between May and June 2009 in support of the US Release of Pictures album April 28th; keep watching for updates. More dates have also been set for European shows - venues and ticket details are to be confirmed but we're announcing the dates now because of incorrect information appearing elsewhere.

See the live page for details.



6.3.09
Concert announced for Switzerland

Katie has confirmed her appearance at Live at Sunset 2009 in Switzerland on 19th July, at Dolder Eisbahn. For more information click here.



21.1.09
Exclusive version of 'Toy Collection'

Katie has a contributed an exclusive acoustic version of 'Toy Collection' to 'Faintheart', the first ever MySpace movie.

The director, production and cast members were auditioned via uploads to the social networking site in a truly innovative move. You can see the results for free - the film is showing in cinemas for one day only, on Tuesday 27th January, or you watch it on MySpace.

For a chance of a free ticket, register on the Faintheart MySpace page here.

To order the soundtrack CD featuring Katie Melua, click here.

To order the DVD click here.



5.12.08
Katie confirmed for Stuttgart Jazz Open 2009

Katie Melua will be joined by the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Mike Batt, at the Stuugart Jazz Open 2009. The performance, the first show scheduled for 2009, is on July 26th. Book tickets here.



4.12.08
Katie video interview on Faceculture

Katie has done an exclusive interview with online multimedia magazine Faceculture, in which she discusses Eva Cassidy, working with Mike Batt, the current situation in Georgia and much more. You can see the interview here.



12.11.08
Exclusive and free - a new Katie Melua recording!

To mark the 90th anniversary of Armistice, Katie Melua has recorded a special version of the World War I classic 'Keep The Home Fires Burning', especially for Radio 2. You can hear the song here.



11.11.08
Katie helps raise money for BBC Children In Need

As part of the BBC Children In Need's 'Things Money Can't Buy' auction, Katie Melua has generously offered to write a love song for the winning bidder and perform it live to them on the Radio 2 Terry Wogan Breakfast Show on Tuesday 18th November. Yesterday a listener bid an incredible £20,000 for this exclusive opportunity and after the show Katie spoke to him to get some background information and went away to write the song.

As well as being performed live on the show nest Tuesday, the song will also be released on CD as part of Katie's next single release, due before Christmas.

Katie is appearing on the BBC Children In Need TV show on BBC1 this Friday, at 1.30am. For more details on this and Katie's other appearances this week, see the TV & Radio News page.



28.10.08
The Katie Melua Collection
Exclusive track at TescoDigital.com

Tesco have an exclusive track available as part of their digital album bundle of The Katie Melua Collection. 'How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You' has long been a concert favourite and this live version, unavailable elsewhere, will leave you in no doubt as to why.

Click here to buy the digital album.



27.10.08
The Katie Melua Collection
Released today
2 DISC SET / CD + DVD

Today Dramatico releases ‘The Katie Melua Collection’. This two disc set is a musical summary of the 24 year old’s journey so far with 17 songs - including 'The Closest Thing To Crazy', 'Nine Million Bicycles', the number 1 duet with Eva Cassidy 'What A Wonderful World' and 3 previously unreleased bonus tracks – and a live DVD filmed earlier this year in Rotterdam.

Highlights from Katie’s three albums (‘Call Off The Search’, ‘Piece By Piece’ and ‘Pictures’) are joined by ‘When You Taught Me How To Dance’, from the film Miss Potter, and three new songs recorded for this album release - Toy Collection (written by Katie for the MySpace film ‘Faintheart’), ‘Somewhere In The Same Hotel’ (a slow, bluesey song co-written by Katie and Mike) and ‘Two Bare Feet’ (a brand new, up-tempo, foot-tapping Katie/Mike co-write).

TRACKLISTING
AUDIO CD
1. The Closest Thing To Crazy
2. Nine Million Bicycles
3. What A Wonderful World
4. If You Were A Sailboat
5. Piece By Piece
6. Call Off The Search
7. On The Road Again
8. Mary Pickford
9. Spider's Web
10. Thank You, Stars
11. I Cried For You
12. Crawling Up A Hill
13. Tiger In The Night
14. When You Taught Me How To Dance

NEW TRACKS
15. Two Bare Feet
16. Toy Collection
17. Somewhere In The Same Hotel

DVD
The Arena Tour 2008, Live from Rotterdam.
Plus ‘Behind The Screens’ – a short film about the preparation and design of the tour production.

Katie Melua’s world tour will come to Britain this autumn for what will be her largest UK arena tour to date. Starting at the Nottingham Arena on October 29th 2008 Katie will perform at arenas in Sheffield, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, London and Bournemouth before concluding at the Brighton Centre on November 11th.

20.10.08
Bid for a signed Katie Melua painting in aid of The Prince's Trust

To mark the fortieth anniversary of their first hit single, ‘Pictures Of Matchstick Men’, and raise money for youth charity The Prince’s Trust, Status Quo host a star-studded auction / album launch at 6pm on 5th November 2008 at Bonhams, supported by Coutts. Read more about the event here.

Fifty renowned musicians, artists and stars have taken up a challenge from The Prince’s Trust and created their own versions of classic Quo single / album covers and these will be auctioned with all net proceeds going to The Trust. Katie has answered the Quo's call and created a one-off 60cm x 60cm painting for the event (click on the image for a larger version).

Entrance to the auction is strictly by invitation only, but online bidding will be available exclusively on The Prince’s Trust website. Online bidding will finish at midday on the day of the Bonhams auction and the highest bids transferred to the auction room at midday on 5th November (the highest bidders online will be given the opportunity to continue bidding).

Place your bids here.