At 80, Dame Shirley is still licensed to thrill...

DAME Shirley Bassey is 80 years old, but she had no trouble keeping up with the younger crowd at a prestigious theatre awards party in London on Sunday night.

The Goldfinger singer was in high spirits as she posed for a picture with film star Annabelle Wallis, who dated Coldplay frontman Chris Martin after his divorce from Gwyneth Paltrow.

The Oxfordshire-born blonde, 33, is best known for her role in Peaky Blinders, although her character was killed off in the last series of the hit BBC Twenties gangster drama.

Happily, she was all smiles as she showed off her impressive footwork on the dancefloor in a Stella McCartney black low-cut lace dress, while Dame Shirley looked elegant in a semi-sheer black floral number.