Welsh operatic star, KATHERINE JENKINS, has announced she'll be launching her Winter 2008 UK Tour from Sheffield City Hall on Monday 1 December 2008.

The award-winning Welsh mezzo-soprano is currently on the stage with Darcey Bussell in the sell-out show Viva La Diva. Katherine's first album, Premiere, made her the fastest-selling mezzo-soprano to date and she later became the first British classical artist to have two number one albums in the same year. She also stands as the first female artist to win two consecutive Classical BRIT Awards.The tour is set to coincide with the release her sixth album, a collection of sacred arias, in November.

Katherine expressed her excitement at the prospect of the tour through saying: "Although I've loved being in Viva La Diva, it's meant that I haven't actually done a concert tour for two years.  I am so excited to be going back out on the road with an orchestra and to be premiering some songs from the new album."

Special guests supporting Katherine Jenkins on tour will be four piece Blake, who won the NS&I Album Of The Year Award at this year's Classical Brits.