Katie’s life on the edge
SINGER-SONGWRITER Katie Melua may be more clean-living than your average pop star but she nearly met a very rock ’n’ roll – not to mention sticky – end during a recent trip to New York.
The Nine Million Bicycles musician, 24, almost tumbled from an eighth floor hotel room after she clambered outside to enjoy the Manhattan skyline – and promptly nodded off.
A spokeswoman for the star explained: “Katie has been on a tour of America, travelling around, just her and her guitar. She was at a party, had a few drinks and was very tired.
“Outside on the balcony she was sitting on the railing. She’d had too little sleep and was dreaming but unfortunately this was while she was on the railing!”
Fortunately for Katie, an eagle-eyed fellow reveller saved her from a 70ft plunge by ordering her inside, saying: “I’ve had a really good night and I don’t want it to be ruined with, ‘…and then this girl fell off the balcony’.”