Yorkshire folk never need much of an excuse to party – and so it was that American glam-pop legends the Scissor Sisters arrived in God’s Own County with one mission – a fun, funky and fabulous evening packed with lashings of camp, glitter and a string of smash hits.

Incredibly, it is now more than quarter of a century since Jake Shears and co first cemented themselves on the UK music scene, with early hits like Laura, Comfortably Numb and Take Your Mama making them a permanent fixture on the disco pop scene and a mainstay of radio.

After becoming one of the world’s biggest and most popular bands, they promptly packed it all in before re-emerging a few years back.

And with back to back dates at Scarborough’s Open Air Theatre and Halifax’s Piece Hall, they bounced back in spectacular form with a mesmerising show packed with all the classics.

Scissor Sisters got the party started in Halifax.

placeholder image — Scissor Sisters got the party started in Halifax.

First up, it was the turn of Canadian indie-pop band The Hidden Cameras to take to the stage.

Only tonight on the cobbles of the Piece Hall, it was just frontman Joel Gibb, his trusty guitar and some backing tracks, delivering a set of beat heavy 80s infused pop that the band describe themselves as “gay church folk music” – a suitably pleasing starter of what was to come.

Second support act Bimini took it to another level though.

Flanked by two leather and lace clad S&M styled dancers, the RuPaul’s Drag Race star took things up a notch with their sassy covers of New Order’s Blue Monday, Tinie Tempah’s Pass Out and The Prodigy’s Breathe – alongside their own material – If You Get It, You Get It was a personal favourite – and a couple of other tracks that aren’t likely to be turning up on the Radio 1 playlist anytime soon due to their somewhat spicy content!

Jake Shears led a party from start to finish.

By the time 9pm rolled around, the crowd was at fever pitch – and my, don’t the Scissor Sisters know how to put on a show.

Opening with your biggest and best known song is a brave gambit, but that’s exactly what the band did, Jake and fellow band members Babydaddy and Del Marquis scampering onto the stage and delivering party starter I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ – which seemed the perfect way to get things up and running.

Clad in sparkly dungarees and matching hat, Jake bounced around the stage with a joyous abandon, delivering hit after hit.

The aforementioned Laura swiftly followed and the risque Tits On The Radio was accompanied by, yes you’ve guessed it, dancers sporting TV sets showing pictures of boobs.

With plenty of costume changes and female vocalists revealing plenty of flesh as they told their stories and sang their songs, it was every bit as camp and outrageous and you might have expected a Scissor Sisters show to be.

The hits kept coming Fire With Fire was another belter that got the crowd dancing while Let’s Have A Kiki and an encore of Filthy/Gorgeous and Music Is The Victim were the perfect way to draw things to a close.

This was euphoric show packed with glamour, nostalgia – and even a Jeep and a giant pair of silver inflatable scissors (oh and two bouncing breasts!) on stage.

As the night built towards its finale, Shears reflected on Scissor Sisters' remarkable journey and their emotional return to the stage saying: “We started writing songs 25 years ago, then we went away for a little while. We came back last summer, and it’s been such a joy to play shows again and see all your wonderful faces.