The musicians got their Licence To Swing when more than 1,000 original dance band arrangements were discovered in an attic.

More than 40 years on, the orchestra’s repertoire has been shaken again — but not stirred — with their Licensed To Swing programme.

Solid Gold Country Legends has been on the go for ten years and reaches the Palace on Thursday, January 19, at 7.30pm.

The show features new songs, more fun and colourfyl costumes covered in rhinestones.

New to the show is singer/songwriter and musician Melanie Greggain, 30, from Cumbria.

She is no stranger to the stage having appeared in the West End in Fame, Grease and 42nd Street.

While studying at the Academy of American Dance in New York she landed a role in The Beauties Of Broadway.

The show includes performances by British country stars BJ Thomas as Garth Brooks and Jeanne Jordan as Dolly Parton, with tributes paid to Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Tammy Wynette, Shania Twain, Lady Antebellum, Johnny Cash and Kenny Rogers.

Music will be provided by the Outlaw Country Band, headed by BJ’s son, Luke Thomas, on lead guitar and vocals, Steve Warburton on drums, Wendy Kennedy/Iain Bradshaw on keyboards and Melanie on guitar and vocals.

Gerry Marsden from the 1960s Merseyside chart-toppers, Gerry And The Pacemakers, returns to the Palace on Friday, January 20, at 7.30pm for Gerry Cross The Mersey.

Backed by his band, he will perform hits including Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying, I Like It and Ferry Cross The Mersey, and tellanecdotes about his life and career, with a few jokes thrown in for good measure.

The film, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (15) gets a screening on Thursday, January 12, at 7.30pm.

It tells the story of George Smiley, played by Gary Oldman, who has recently retired as an MI6 agent, doing his best to adjust to life outside the secret service.