Her first studio album in 20 years!

Dame Shirley Bassey, Britain s most successful female artist ever, releases her brand new album The Performance on November 9th on Geffen Records.

The 11-track album is Dame Shirley Bassey s first full studio album in over 20 years. David Arnold, the Grammy Award-winning producer best known for scoring five James Bond films has produced the album.

The Performance features songs written specifically for Dame Shirley Bassey, by a stellar cast of contemporary artists, including Take That s Gary Barlow, Manic Street Preachers, Pet Shop Boys, KT Tunstall and Rufus Wainwright. The album also features a brand new composition from John Barry and Don Black; the first new song written by them for Dame Shirley since Diamonds Are Forever.

During a career that has included 135 million record sales, Dame Shirley Bassey has had many incredible highlights, including being the only artist to record three James Bond movie theme songs. Dame Shirley has received numerous awards including a DBE [Dame of the British Empire] in 1999.

Dame Shirley Bassey will perform at this year's BBC Electric Proms on 23rd October, her only UK show this year.

This performance follows the recent and hugely successful album playback at The Ritz Club, with all the major songwriters and key media partners in attendence.