KT Tunstall set to perform at Llangollen Eisteddfod
Ms Tunstall's last visit to the festival was in the 1990s, when she drove down from Edinburgh to help a friend sell candles and incense from a van on the Eisteddfod field.
Now, two decades after her rise to fame, she will headline a one-off concert in the Llangollen Pavilion, performing her iconic album live with a full orchestral arrangement.
Ms Tunstall said: "He contacted me to explain the idea, and I had to say yes.
"I'm so excited.
"This will be the only chance people will have to see my music set to an orchestra.
"The album, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, is very stripped-back music with four to five musicians.
"To have an orchestra with me will be mind-blowing."
The concert will feature reimagined versions of her hit songs, including Other Side of the World and Suddenly I See, performed with The Absolute Orchestra under the baton of Eisteddfod artistic director Dave Danford.
Ms Tunstall said: "It is also out of my comfort zone as I am a bit of a control freak over my music, so I have had to learn to let go of the reins."
Reflecting on her previous visit, she recalled: "I have been to the Eisteddfod before.
"It was 1996/97 and my friend had a hippie shop in Edinburgh.
"I drove down in a van and spent the week at the Eisteddfod selling things like candles and incense.
"I loved it."
The concert is part of her 2025 tour and will be the only UK date to feature a full orchestral arrangement.
Elsewhere in the tour, Ms Tunstall will perform at London's Royal Albert Hall.
She said: "I was thinking about getting a few friends round with a six-pack, and instead I will be celebrating with 5,000 people.
"I have to pinch myself sometimes when I think it is the 20th anniversary of the album."
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