BBC Children In Need Concert

[Terence Lee]

Dame Shirley Bassey is to appear in a concert for BBC’s Children In Need which has been organised by Gary Barlow of the group Take That. It will be held at the Royal Albert Hall on November 12th. Fans can register for tickets which will be priced £50 – £100 between now and noon on 20th October. Successful applicants, drawn at random, will be notified by email on 21st October.

The show will be broadcast on BBC One in the weekend before the main BBC Children in Need Appeal on November 20 and coverage of the concert will be repeated on BBC Three, Wednesday 18 November at 9.00pm with highlights, presented by Kate Thornton, on Radio 2, Thursday 19 November at 8.00pm.

[mariana44]

Dame Shirley is really busy just now--promoting her new album , i am sure--I hope it does really well for her.

[Terence Lee]

Here is Dame Shirley singing This Time with Gary Barlow on the piano at the concert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVyGoHbJFhE

The Dame also sang Diamonds Are Forever while Dizzie Rascal rapped!


Not sure the rap worked with the Bond song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aNoCztU5Kk

[Terence Lee]

Here's a pic of the Dame at the concert snapped by Bassey fan David Spencer.

[mariana44]

Great pic from David-I know how hard it is to get a really great concert photo.