WELSH mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins has announced an 11-date arena tour in March including performances in Birmingham and Nottingham.

Katherine has spent the last few months in Los Angeles working on her first album with new label, Warner Bros Records, which will be released in the autumn.

Over the past six years, she has worked with Darcey Bussell and given Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah a classical twist.

The March tour starts at Birming-ham's NIA on March 3 and she sings in Nottingham on March 7. Tickets are on sale from today at www.gigsandtours.com or www.ticketmaster.co.uk or by calling 0871 2200 260 or 0844 8262 826.