Katherine Jenkins to headline Lytham Proms

Katherine Jenkins last headlined the original Lytham Proms on Lytham Green in 2011

Welsh mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins will headline this summer's Last Night Of the Proms concert in Lytham, it has been announced.

The picnic proms-style event will take place at Lytham Hall on 27 August, with money raised going towards the Grade I-listed venue's restoration.

West End stars Danny Mac and John Owen-Jones will also perform.

The hall's general manager, Peter Anthony, said: "We're absolutely over the moon, she's a national treasure."

"She's sung in front of popes, presidents and royalty, so of course it's a massive deal for us here at Lytham Hall," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.

Ms Jenkins last headlined the original Lytham Proms on Lytham Green in 2011.

She said: "There's something very special about a proms concert.

"They are always such wonderful events and I am looking forward to returning to Lytham in a whole new setting."

Previous performers at the event have included Russell Watson, Alfie Boe and Tom Jones.