Leona Lewis misses family while touring

Leona Lewis has admitted that she misses her loved ones while she is on tour.

The singer, who regularly travels all over the world to promote her music, said that she often finds it difficult to be away from her family and friends, especially her long-term boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa.

Lewis told Stylist: "I am quite an emotional person and I'm very sensitive to certain issues, but I've gained a lot of independence going out on my own because usually I've got my very protective family and people around me.

"But I go home whenever I can. Sometimes my parents will come with me but it's about balancing that. I do enjoy it more when I have my family around me, though."

Speaking about her relationship with Al-Chamaa, Lewis explained: "My relationship is very, very precious to me. We're a partnership so we just get on with it, really. We just work it out - you have to just deal with it."

Lewis will play a string of live dates in the UK this summer.