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Soul diva Beverley Knight joins in with Nottingham’s Party on the Square celebrations.

The sensational songstress will perform in the Market Square at 7pm on Sunday April 1st just ahead of the release of her eagerly-awaited fifth album ‘Music City Soul’ and following the success of last year’s quarter of a million selling Greatest Hits compilation.

Trent FM and Nottingham City Council joined forces to add Beverley Knight, who was awarded an MBE for services to music last year, to the impressive line-up of acts taking part in the Free Music Weekend from March 30th-April 1st. Also on the bill are The Magic Numbers, Just Jack, ex-Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley and top local acts Clarky Cat and Crazy P.

Fans of the soul queen can expect to hear previous chart-toppers such as Shoulda Woulda Coulda and Gold, as well as hits-in-the-making from the new album, which is being described as the definitive Beverley Knight album. The songs were recorded almost entirely in one take and are said to capture the power and feel of Knight’s awesome vocals like never before. She collaborated with The Rolling Stone’s Ronnie Wood, former Robbie Williams songwriter Guy Chambers and acclaimed musicians from Tennessee, where the album was recorded, who have played with legends such as Elvis Presley