Katie Melua will be coming to De Montfort Hall as part of the tour to launch her fourth studio album. 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.” 

When Georgian-born Katie Melua signed with Mike Batt's Dramatico Records in September 2002, no-one could have imagined that by the release of her third album, Pictures, she would be the biggest-selling UK-based, female artist in the world that year.

Her first two albums, Call Off The Search and Piece By Piece both became international number ones, and the story was to continue with an exciting, record-breaking rollercoaster ride involving several massive world tours and many special moments - like Katie playing on stage for Nelson Mandela with her idols, Queen, or dining at Buckingham Palace with the real Queen and the American Ambassador.