Mariah Carey puts on a leggy display in a denim mini dress as she steps out in London ahead of her Brighton Pride performance
The American singer, 56, put on a leggy display in a plunging denim zip-up dress as she stepped out to board her tour bus and travel down to the seaside town.
She swept a brown leather jacket over her shoulders and gave herself a few extra inches in a pair of knee-high suede boots.
The All I Want For Christmas Is You hitmaker completed the look with a pair of brown sunglasses and a pearl necklace.
Mariah appeared to be in good spirits as she flashed a smile while travelling down to Preston Park ahead of her headlining performance at Brighton Pride on Saturday.
An estimated 300,000 people are expected to descend upon the city to celebrate its thriving LGBTQ + community and Mariah will perform alongside other stars including Will Young and the Sugababes.
Mariah said she was 'so happy' to be headlining the 2025 event and encouraged fans to come along to 'make history together'.
Elsewhere in recent days, Mariah opened up about her turbulent love life in a new candid interview, and revealed which ex makes her blood boil.
The music icon - who shares twins with ex-husband Nick Cannon - admitted her first spouse Tommy Mottola still makes her 'angry' as she reflected on their five-year marriage in a chat with Harper's Bazaar UK.
The couple, who had a 20 year age gap, were married from 1993 until 1998, with Mariah being just 23 years of age when they tied the knot.
Before their marriage, she was already a rising star with the success of her debut namesake album.
During their marriage, her career skyrocketed, with the success of her hit songs Hero, Fantasy, All I Want For Christmas Is You, and Always Be My Baby, among others.
Mariah has previously described her marriage to Tommy as a 'private hell' and claimed the music supremo was controlling - allegations Tommy has vehemently denied.
Reflecting on their relationship, she said again this week: 'Sometimes I feel angry about that time, but I think I've made peace with it – in any case, I vowed I'd stop talking about it.
'Humour is my release, and people who know me know that. I'll make little jokes about what happened because otherwise I could make every day a sob story. It's a coping mechanism, but it's in my nature to laugh.
Mariah added she felt 'free for the first time' when she released her 1997 album Butterfly.
'You might want to picture a child bride,' Mariah previously said of her dynamic with Tommy in a 2019 Cosmopolitan interview.
'There was a conscious effort to keep me as this all-American, whatever that means, girl,' she added.
'It was very controlled. There was no freedom for me as a human being. It was almost like being a prisoner.'
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