London, Oct 12 - Singer Whitney Houston is set to embark on a major tour of Britain - her first in more than a decade - next April.

"This is my first full tour since 1999. I cannot wait to perform songs from my new album along with favourites," contactmusic. com quoted Houston as saying.

Her tour will start at Manchester April 8 and move to Glasgow, Birmingham, Newcastle and London. She will also sing on TV show "The X Factor".