Katie Melua: International Conference Centre, Harrogate
Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 26 January 2006
KATIE MELUA is popular with men of a certain age. Producer (and former Womble) Mike Batt discovered her, Wogan and Parky championed her, and her audience is still peppered with greying temples. But in her third year of superstardom, Britain's most successful female artist is starting to show her age — 21. She isn't dyeing her hair green or singing the Arctic Monkeys' songbook, but gradually she's abandoning the jazzier stuff that goes down well on cruise ships.
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