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Katie Melua announces ninth album

By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 13 January 2023

Katie Melua has announced that she will release her ninth studio album, ‘Love & Money’, this spring.

Out now is new single ‘Golden Record’, of which she says: “It’s about the scene changing and being a woman in the music industry and how strange and lucky I feel to have a job I’m addicted to”.

“This approach for nearly 20 years led me to being very dogmatic and leaving very little space for my life at home”, she goes on. “Before I knew it, the years had flown and I was 36, newly divorced, still pedalling like mad with music, while around me, friends were all married, making babies”.

“And while the draw of making records and getting up on stage still did everything I thought I needed for my soul”, she explains, “I knew not having a stable relationship at home and starting a family was gradually gnawing away at me”.

“Writing ‘Golden Record’”, she concludes, “it was like I was finally making peace with it all, accepting how things have changed in the industry, being happy with my lot at home and ready to face the fear of letting go of the forever funfair of the music industry”.

‘Love & Money’ will be out on 23 Mar and you can watch the video for ‘Golden Record’ here:

Melua will also be touring the UK in May. Here are the dates:

2 May: Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion
3 May: Bournemouth, Pavilion Theatre
5 May: Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
6 May: Gateshead, Sage
9 May: Cardiff, St David’s Hall
11 May: Bath, Forum
12 May: Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
14 May: Liverpool, Philharmonic
15 May: Birmingham, Symphony Hall
16 May: London, Royal Albert Hall
18 May: Guildford, G Live
19 May: Cambridge, Corn Exchange
20 May: Manchester, Bridgewater Hall