Singer Angie Mills will take centre stage with one of the UK's top bands during a homecoming show.

The former pupil of Blatchington Mill School, who still lives in Hove, has for the past year been the featured lead female singer with swing legends the Syd Lawrence Orchestra.

The concert will be the first time she has performed in Brighton and Hove fronting the group.

Angie said: "It will be lovely playing Hove Town Hall and will save a long drive home after a concert as usually happens.

"I have had to change my style a bit from the jazz numbers I used to do but I am now playing with some of the top musicians in the country and when the band strikes up in my home town, it will be a fantastic feeling."

Angie, now in her early 30s, first showed her singing talent when she was eight and was later tutored by Dave Glasson at Blatchington Mill.

She went on to star in productions with Brighton Little Theatre and the Brighton and Hove Operatic Society and formed her own Angie Mills Quartet playing at various pubs and clubs in Sussex.

She began singing professionally at the age of 18 and went on to establish herself as one of the leading jazz singers in the south of London and has been playing to packed houses at venues such as Pizza on the Park, Knightsbridge, London.

It was while singing at a jazz venue in the city that she was spotted by Matthew Ford, lead male vocalist with the Syd Lawrence Orchestra, who suggested she audition for them as they were looking for a new female vocalist.

The concert is at Hove Town Hall on Friday, September 26, at 7.30pm. Tickets priced £14 and £12 concessionary can be obtained from the box office on 01273 292656.