Paul Heaton and Lightning Seeds at Scarborough Open Air Theatre

Former Housemartins and Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton delighted the 8,000-strong audience at Scarborough Open Air Theatre (OAT) on Saturday (July 1) night.

Heaton is no stranger to Scarborough OAT having twice headlined before - and he delivered another fantastic show at the historic North Yorkshire coast venue.

Paul Heaton played a selection of hits, including from his Beautiful South and Housemartins back catalogue (Image: CUFFE AND TAYLOR)

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Alongside guest vocalist Rianne Downey, who deputised for long-time collaborator Jacqui Abbott, Heaton delivered a set which included the classics Old Red Eyes Is Back, Song For Whoever, A Little Time, Happy Hour, Don’t Marry Her and Caravan of Love.

Support on the night came from indie favourites Lightning Seeds whose set included the iconic songs Change, The Life of Riley and Three Lions.

Lightning Seeds drew a huge reaction when performing Three Lions (Image: CUFFE AND TAYLOR)

Next up at Scarborough Open Air Theatre is Hollywood Vampires (July 5), The Cult (July 6), Tom Grennan (July 7) and Pulp (July 9).