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03
October 2006
Katie
Melua Sets Sea Gig
Record
Katie
Melua
has entered the record
books by playing the
world's deepest
underwater
concert.
Melua
and her band performed
for workers on a gas rig
303 metres below sea
level on the Statoil
Troll oil rig in the
North Sea.
"This
was definitely the most
surreal gig I have ever
done," Katie Melua
said.
Katie,
22, underwent extensive
medical tests and
survival training in
Norway before flying by
helicopter to the
rig.
"It
took nine minutes to go
from the main part of
the gas platform down to
the bottom of the shaft
in a lift," said Katie
Melua. "Giving a concert
to the workers there was
something really
extraordinary and an
occasion that I will
remember all my
life."
The
songs Melua performed
included Closest Thing
To Crazy and Nine
Million
Bicycles.
Guinness
World Records has
confirmed the gig sets a
new record.
The
concert was held to
celebrate the 10th
anniversary of Statoil
and was filmed for
Norwegian TV channel
NRK.
Katie
Melua is currently the
UK's biggest-selling
female
artist.
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