 Bassey recorded the album "The Performance" (2009), with James Bond composer David Arnold as co-producer (with Mike Dixon).A number of artists wrote songs expressly for Bassey, including Manic Street Preachers, Gary Barlow, Tom Baxter, KT Tunstall, Pet Shop Boys, Nick Hodgson of the Kaiser Chiefs, John Barry and Don Black.Bassey headlined at the BBC Electric Proms on 23 October 2009, in her only full live set of 2009.