Katie Melua will play Thetford Forest later this year as part of Forestry Commission Live Music.

SUFFOLK: Katie Melua will play Thetford Forest later this year as part of Forestry Commission Live Music.

Having spent last year writing songs for her fourth studio album, due for release in May, including teaming up with song-writing partner Guy Chambers - best known for Robbie Williams' Angels and Millennium - Katie is currently in the studio finishing the record with producer William Orbit who produced Madonna's award-winning album Ray Of light.

Orbit has been running a commentary of the studio sessions on Twitter and Facebook, stating “this is shaping up to be one of the finest things I've ever been involved with. I am hearing what can only be described as magic”.

n Katie Melua will perform at Thetford Forest, near Brandon, on Saturday, July 10. Tickets cost �33 (subject to a booking fee) and go on sale at 9am this Friday from the Forestry Commission box office on 01842 814612 or online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music