Lady GaGa is to appear at this year’s Royal Variety Performance, playing to an audience that will include the Queen.

Taking place at Blackpool’s Opera House on December 7, the event is set to be hosted by Peter Kay.

Alongside Lady GaGa, the Royal Variety Performance will also feature Mika, Alexandra Burke, Michael Buble and Bette Midler, reports the Telegraph.

The event is held in aid of the Entertainment Artistes’ Benevolent Fund, for which the Queen is patron.