11:02am Friday 27th November 2009
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Alicia Keys has announced plans to tour the UK.
The 12-time Grammy Award winner - who will be performing on The X Factor this weekend - will play four shows, starting off at Birmingham NIA on May 19 and closing at Manchester MEN Arena on May 29.
She will also play Glasgow SECC and London 02 Arena as part of her European tour to promote her highly anticipated fourth album, The Element Of Freedom.
Alicia describes her new album as a dichotomy of strength and vulnerability, saying: "The music is really strong, and the drums are really aggressive, but my voice is vulnerable and delicate."
Tickets for the concerts go on sale on November 30.
:: Alicia's new album, The Element Of Freedom, will be released on December 14, and her new single, Doesn't Mean Anything, will be out on November 30.
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