Mel B says she is "excited to get the party started" after it was announced she will switch on this year’s Blackpool Illuminations.
The Spice Girls singer will make a return to the resort where her career first started - as a 16-year-old dancer in the Mystique show at the Pleasure Beach Resort.
"To me it was the most glamorous place in the world - the Vegas of Britain," she said.
The free switch-on ceremony will take place on the Tower Festival Headland on 30 August and includes a concert headlined by singer song writer Ella Henderson and students from Blackpool's Up-Beat Rock Academy.
Mel said: "I’m so thrilled to be turning on the Illuminations because Blackpool has played a big part in my life and career.
"I love the people, the place and of course the fish and chips - with plenty of scraps.
"I’m really excited to get the party started."
Council leader Lynn Williams said: "It will be a pleasure to welcome her back to the resort where she started out on what was to become a stellar career.
"Not only is she a member of one of the best-known girl groups on the planet, her work with vulnerable women and victims of domestic abuse is exemplary."
Blackpool Illuminations will shine from 30 August until 5 January 2025.
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