London’s Royal Albert Hall is to host Joss Stone in her first ever headline performance.
The singer, who has performed at the historic venue several times over the years, will head to London next summer to headline a one-off show for the first time.
Joss recently returned to the charts with her charity single Golden, recorded with the Change + Check Choir, as part of a breast cancer awareness campaign supported by broadcaster Lorraine Kelly and her show Lorraine.
The single is dedicated to Hannah Hawkins, 33, who worked as a producer on ‘Lorraine’ and recently passed away after a battle with breast cancer.
Joss has previously admitted that her cousin also battled the disease, so the song means a lot to her.
She explained of Lorraine: “It’s a wonderful song. It means a lot to me, to all of us. Especially to my cousin Jo, who has gone through breast cancer and she’s here today. She’s the most inspiring person I know.
‘Lorraine’ producer Helen Addis, who co-founded the Change + Check campaign, added: “It’s a real pinch-me moment and I can’t believe I’m sitting on the sofa with this one [Joss].
“What’s so powerful and so golden about it this year is that we’re doing it in memory of our dear, dear producer Hannah Hawkins. She lost her life to secondary breast cancer a week ago today.
“She was a dear friend of ours. We all love her and we’re going to miss her very, very much, but we want to dedicate this to her, to her little baby Rory, who’s barely nine weeks old, and to her husband Tom.
