SOPHIE Ellis-Bextor has stepped in to perform at an open-air music concert in Somerset over the bank holiday weekend.

The noughties pop queen is joining the line-up at Live in Somerset in Vivary Park, Taunton, on Saturday, August 26.

The organisers made the announcement after headliners The Proclaimers pulled out earlier this week due to singer Charlie Reid's perforated eardrum. 

Sophie Ellis-Bextor shot to fame as the vocalist on Italian DJ Spillers track, Groovejet, released back in 2000, which entered the UK charts straight at number one.

The following year, Sophie released Murder on the Dancefloor, which was named as Europe’s most played song in 2002.

During lockdown in 2020, Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Discos, performed at home with her five sons and recorded by her husband, musician Richard Jones, became immensely popular and were watched and enjoyed by 40 million people around the world.

Joining Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the day is an already fantastic line-up comprising of The Feeling, B Witched, Dodgy and Sandi Thom.

For more information and to buy tickets, click HERE.

Scottish group The Proclaimers were forced to cancel after Reid received medical advice not to take part as he is suffering voice loss due to a perforated ear drum.