Soul and pop singer Gabrielle will be performing at this year’s Rochester Castle Concert series we can reveal.

The award winning singer will be on stage to open at the Will Young concert on Thursday, July 14.

And she has exclusively revealed she will be performing all of her chart topping hits as well as some new material she’s been working on.

Gabrielle, who is a multi-platinum selling BRIT Award winning singer and songwriter, is known for her hits such as, Dreams, Give Me A Little More Time and her duet with East 17, If you Ever.

Speaking exclusively to the Messenger, Gabrielle, a mother-of-two from London said she is excited to be coming.

She said: “I am doing an acoustic set and will be on for about 45 minutes to an hour.

“It is a smashing line up this year (all the concerts).”

Gabrielle has been touring with Michael Bolton, who has previously headlined at the Castle Concerts series.

She added: “Over the years I have performed quite few open air gigs, here and abroad, the atmosphere is electric so I am really excited about coming.

“I’ve been not long come off tour as I was supporting Michael Bolton and have now got the taste for it again as its such fun.

Although she’s lived in the capital most of her life, she has never been to Rochester but said is looking forward to exploring the historic town.

She added: “I will be checking it out and getting my camera out and taking lots of pictures.”

The star who is currently working on new material, will not let her fans down and will be performing all her old hits.

She added: “People want to hear the old stuff, as much as I have new stuff and like to mix it up, I never walk away without performing those sorts of songs.

"Out of Reach, Dreams, Rise, Sunshine, definitely people will be able to sing along to those songs and hopefully hum along to the ones they don’t know.

“It would not be a Gabrielle show if I didn’t sing that stuff.”

“Everyone tries to pigeonhole me into the soul thing, but the newer stuff, it’s still kind of pop and a bit soulful in parts, but it’s just soulful Gabrielle, it’s just Gabrille, that’s my style.”

“I’m grateful people like my style and I hope people will come to the show to have fun.”

Tickets are on sale now, at cost £37.50 call the box office on 01634 338338 or visit tickets.medway.gov.uk