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LIVING A DREAM TOUR 2006
Following a startling chart debut in the UK for her albums, Katherine Jenkins caught the attention of Australians everywhere with the 2005 release of her album LA DIVA. Now, following a hugely successful promotional trip to Australia in May 2006, her new album LIVING A DREAM reached #1 on the ARIA Classical Album Charts and has made Katherine a household name in Australia.
LIVING A DREAM is Katherine's third UK album, and since monopolising the number one spot for almost nine months in 2005 with her 2nd album LA DIVA, which won her a Classical Brit award for Album of the Year, she has repeated the success, taking out the 2006 Classical Brit Award for Album of the Year for LIVING A DREAM a few days prior to landing in Australia for her promotional tour.
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No major event is complete without an appearance by Katherine Jenkins. She sang at the VE Day celebration in Trafalgar Square last May, and appeared at the Live8 concerts in both Berlin and London. "When I walked onstage in Berlin, there were 250,000 people going right up to the Brandenburg Gate," she recalls. "They stretched so far I couldn't see where the crowd ended. Then I sang an acapella version of Amazing Grace, and the crowd went absolutely quiet."
One of the disc's blockbuster tracks has been her "classicalised" version of I Will Always Love You, a global mega-smash for Whitney Houston, though written by Dolly Parton. "I love Whitney Houston and I love that song," Katherine says. "I could really hear it as a classical piece, so I had an orchestral accompaniment put to it and I translated it into Italian. Dolly Parton has never allowed anyone to sing it in a foreign language before, so it's a great honour for me."
2006 has been just as amazing so far: Katherine sold out her first Albert Hall headline concert, and has become the first woman to win the Album of the Year at the Classical Brits two years in a row! And with a new album SERENADE out in November, the dream is set to get better yet.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
MEET KATHERINE JENKINS -
Bondi Junction ABC Shop - Saturday 7th October 2006
Level 2, 500 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction, NSW 2022. Ph: 02 9386 5582
TOUR DATES
Sunday October 1 Perth Burswood Theatre
Wednesday October 4 Melbourne Hamer Hall
Friday October 6 Sydney State Theatre
http://www.ampresents.com
http://www.katherinejenkins.com
