Live at the Royal Albert Hall Katie Melua

• 1 Joy (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:38
• 2 Lie in the Heat (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 02:57
• 3 9 Million Bicycles (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:21
• 4 Plane Song (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:30
• 5 Golden Record (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:26
• 6 Perfect World (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 04:16
• 7 Your Longing Is Gone (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:18
• 8 Darling Star (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:30
• 9 Remind Me to Forget (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:13
• 10 Love & Money (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:02
• 11 A Love Like That (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:30
• 12 Pick Me Up (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:42
• 13 Wonderful Life (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 04:03
• 14 14 Windows (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 04:13
• 15 Tiger in the Night (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 02:56
• 16 The Closest Thing to Crazy (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:33
• 17 Red Balloons (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 04:02
• 18 Quiet Moves (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 04:07
• 19 Those Sweet Days (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 04:37
• 20 Call Off the Search (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:19
• 21 I Cried For You (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 03:23
• Total Runtime 01:15:36

Info for Live at the Royal Albert Hall

'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' is Katie Melua's third live album, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 16th May 2023 to a sold-out audience. Bookending Katie's 'Love & Money' tour in 2023, promoting her ninth studio album of the same name, 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' is a celebration of her remarkable 20-year career to date.

Initially postponed from 2020 due to the global pandemic, the concert was the fulfilment of a long-held personal ambition of Katie's. The 21-track setlist takes in beautiful live renditions of some of Katie's best-loved and classic songs, including 'The Closest Thing To Crazy', 'I Cried For You' and 'Nine Million Bicycles', as well as the first live recordings of newer songs like 'Golden Record' and 'Quiet Moves'.

‘Three years after the original show was cancelled due to COVID, a new tour was already planned for spring 2023. Standing on that stage in front of a full house felt electrifying. The magic and madness of a live show clearly means that we can't just stop in the middle. In the recording studio you can pause for a moment; even in a TV show or any other kind of recording you can stop; but when it's live, it's live. As soon as you start and feel the eyes of the audience on you, the performance turns into a kind of wave that demands a beginning and a concrete end. That wave changes the tone and character of each song depending on where it is in the set. We present the songs on this recording exactly as they were played. Every note is exactly as it was played live. And if you listen from start to finish, I'm sure you'll dive into this powerful, musical wave with us too.’ (Katie Melua)

Katie Melua

Katie Melua
was born in Georgia and moved to Belfast when she was eight after her heart surgeon father landed a job there. When she was fifteen she entered a light-hearted TV talent competition called ‘Stars Up Their Nose’ and her version of Mariah Carey’s ‘Without You’ earned her victory. Katie later joined the Brit School for Performing Arts where she studied for a BTEC and Music A-level.

Having visited the school on the lookout for new talent, Mike Batt of ‘The Wombles’ fame discovered Katie and immediately signed her up to his Dramatico label. Having graduated from the Brits School with a distinction in 2003 she joined Batt in the studio to record a demo. Radio 2 DJ, Terry Wogan became her champion and his support of the single ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’ led to it entering the charts at No.10 on its release.

Her debut album ‘Call Off the Search’ went quadruple platinum and in 2004 the young singer set off on her debut live tour. The album featured two songs written by Melua including ‘Belfast (Penguins and Cats)’ about her childhood experience living in the troubled capital of Northern Ireland and ‘Faraway Voice’ about the death of Eva Cassidy. Melua’s follow-up album ‘Piece by Piece’ was released on 26 September 2005. The first single ‘Nine Million Bicycles’ was released the week before and reached number three in the UK charts. It also featured four more songs written by Melua and reached number one in the UK album chart on 5 October 2005.

This album also helped the singer break Europe, as it sold more than one million copies in Germany alone. It has since sold 35 million copies worldwide. Her third album was entitled ‘Pictures’ and was released in the UK on 1 October 2007. It was announced as being the last album on which Batt would be the lead writer and producer. The record featured Melua’s friend Molly McQueen, former frontwoman of The Faders, and Andrea McEwan, who wrote the lyrics for ‘What I Miss About You’ and ‘Dirty Dice’.

In 2008, Melua embarked on a world tour, allowing her to focus on her previous three records. Her live performance at London’s O2 Arena was released on DVD in May 2009. Melua focused on breaking the US during the first half of 2009 by undertaking an acoustic tour performing with her guitar and piano. She then retired to the studio to write her new album on her own and with Guy Chambers, Rick Nowels and Mike Batt. On 24 May 2010, Melua’s fourth studio album ‘The House’ was released. The singer’s scheduled European tour in 2010 was postponed due to illness, with Melua saying: “I had a bit of a breakdown so needed to take time off.” In September that year she was ordered by her doctors to stop working, resulting in her hospitalisation for six months.

Her postponed tour took place in 2011 and she released her fifth album ‘Secret Symphony’ on 5 March 2012. She also confirmed her engagement to World Superbike racer James Toseland in January 2012.

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