Nov 03, 2009

LONDON -- Leona Lewis played her first-ever full concert on home turf in Hackney, East London, as she launched her new album. The U.K. singer, who became a worldwide star after winning "The X Factor" in 2006, grew up in Hackney and chose the borough's famous Hackney Empire theatre as the location for her live debut Monday night. "I first performed here when I was 13," she told the audience, "So it seemed fitting to come back and do my first live show here." Despite her lack of live...More