MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE TURNED OUT TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AS THEY ARRIVED AT THE OPERA HOUSE IN BLACKPOOL FOR THE STAR-STUDDED ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE. COMEDIAN PETER KAY, HOST FOR THE STUNNING CHARITY SPECTACULAR, WELCOMED THE QUEEN TO BLACKPOOL, DECLARING IT 'THE ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD'. CONTROVERSIAL POP STAR LADY GAGA ARRIVED ON STAGE TO CLOSE THE SHOW AND SEEMED TO PUT ON A RELATIVELY CONSERVATIVE PERFORMANCE, PERHAPS TONING DOWN HER OUTRAGEOUS STYLE FOR THE QUEEN. WEARING A RED PVC OUTFIT, FEATURING A 20ft LONG TRAIN AND ELIZABETHAN-STYLE OVER-SIZED RUFFLED COLLAR, AND SHE TEAMED THE UNIQUE OUTFIT WITH HUGE CIRCLES OF RED EYE MAKE-UP, FOR A PANDA-STYLE LOOK. SHE PLAYED A 'FLOATING' PIANO, WHICH WAS SUSPENDED IN THE AIR ON GIANT STILTS. "GOOD EVENING BLACKPOOL. LET ME HEAR YOU RATTLE YOUR JEWELRY", SHE SAID. "MY FATHER IS HERE TONIGHT AND I WROTE THIS SONG FOR HIM, IT'S CALLED 'SPEECHLESS'.
CLASSICAL SINGER KATHERINE JENKINS PERFORMED HER SINGLE 'BRING ME TO LIFE', CREATING THE ILLUSION OF A BUTTERFLY AS HER DRESS BILLOWED OUT AS SHE WAS RAISED INTO THE AIR. HOLLYWOOD LEGEND BETTE MIDLER RECEIVED A RAPTUROUS RESPONSE AS SHE TOOK TO THE STAGE TO PERFORM TWO OF HER CLASSICS, IN MY LIFE AND WING BENEATH MY WINGS. "TONIGHT IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME, BUT I FEEL VERY, VERY PREPARED BECAUSE I HAVE BEN SINGING FOR QUEENS MY ENTIRE LIFE. AT LAST I'M SINGING IN FRONT OF A REAL ONE", SHE QUIPPED. LADY GAGA REMAINED TIGHT-LIPPED ON HER CONVERSATION WITH THE QUEEN, "THAT IS PRIVATE', SHE SAID. KATHERINE JENKINS SAID SHE WAS AMAZED THAT THE QUEEN MANAGED TO SPEAK TO ALL OF THE ARTISTS. PROCEEDS FROM THE SHOW WILL GO TO THE ENTERTAINMENT ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND, WHICH CARES FOR ENTERTAINERS WHO NEED HELP AS A RESULT OF OLD AGE, ILL HEALTH OR HARD TIMES.
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