SCARBOROUGH Community Choir will perform with Russell Watson when he brings the Songs From The Heart tour to the town.

The tour, which comes to the Scarborough Spa on Saturday, July 9, will feature a stunning collection of best-loved songs, plus an exclusive preview of selected tracks from the forthcoming studio album.

Russell has always been a strong supporter of community choirs, especially after his time as a judge on the BBC prime time show Last Choir Standing.

The singer enjoyed being part of the show immensely and as a result, last year’s Up Close and Personal tour featured local community choirs at each show. Following the success of the choirs last year, Russell is once again inviting local choirs to join him on stage.

He said: “Last year’s choirs brought an added energy to the show, something you can only achieve when a range of voices come together as one, and I’m delighted to have the opportunity to perform with local choirs once again this year.”

Bill Scott, the conductor of Scarborough Community Choir, said they were thrilled to be asked once more to perform with Russell.

He said: "We are delighted and privileged to be asked to perform again with such a world renowned performer such as Russell. The choir loved singing with him last year and he was so friendly and fun in rehearsals it made for a memorable day for us.

“We are looking forward to performing with him in July although due to the show using extra musicians we shall be using a smaller choir. It is pleasing that a community choir with such humble beginnings has been asked to perform in Scarborough's most prestigious venue."

Russell’s career to date has seen some incredible achievements; his debut album The Voice held simultaneous number one slots in the US and UK (a world first), spending a record breaking 52 weeks at number one in the UK. Russell has sold in excess of seven million albums and won four Classical BRITS.

This year Russell will be recording a new album at Ennio Morricone’s studio in Rome. The album will include several original pieces co-written by Russell himself, and he will be joined by an impressive line-up of supporting musicians.

Tickets for Russell Watson: Songs From The Heart are available from The Spa’s box office on 01723 821888 and via scarboroughspa.co.uk