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AHEAD of the release of her first album of original music in 15 years and new single Say I’m Not Alone hitting radio, Martine McCutcheon, above, has announced five UK live dates for this autumn.

Now 41, and a happily married mum, Martine has co-written most of the songs on the new album with her musician husband, Jack McManus.

The album is a deeply personal record that deals with everything from relationships to Martine’s debilitating illness that saw her unable to work. “Life brought this album about very gradually,” she explains. “It was a really unconscious thing; I started writing the songs at a time in my life when I’d lost everything.”

The tour starts November 8 in Guildford, with dates In Gateshead, Warrington, Birmingham and Islington. Go to gigst.rs/MMc