{"id":31996,"date":"2021-08-03T07:17:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/?p=31996"},"modified":"2021-08-03T07:17:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:17:39","slug":"tom-jones-announces-uk-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/concerts\/tom-jones-announces-uk-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Jones Announces UK Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tom Jones, Mousse T. - Sexbomb\" width=\"860\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QMoXON7k--c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/tom-jones-tickets\">Tom Jones<\/a> has announced a new set of UK tour dates for this year in support of his recent album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Surrounded By Time<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The album, which came out back in April, featured covers of songs by the likes of Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, and Bobby Cole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jones is now set to tour in the UK in December on the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Surrounded By Time<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tour, which kicks off in Glasgow at The SSE Hydro on December 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tour will then visit Manchester and Birmingham before concluding in London on December 9 with a gig at The O2. That date is part of the London arena\u2019s \u2018Welcome Back Show\u2019 series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jones tweeted: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cVery excited to announce my Surrounded By Time Tour!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I will be performing arenas in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham &amp; London this December.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marc Saunders, Programming Manager at The O2, said in a statement:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have Tom Jones, one of the UK\u2019s most seminal artists, join the roster of our \u2018Welcome Back Show\u2019 series, and we can\u2019t wait for what promises to be a special evening.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The iconic Welsh singer has vowed to never retire from music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a recent interview, he said that although he is now 81, he intends to keep playing concerts until his body doesn&#8217;t allow him to do so anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve got good bones and I am pretty fit, and as long as I&#8217;ve got two bloody legs, I&#8217;ll keep performing.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait for live shows because I love singing to a lot of people. Without them, what&#8217;s the point?&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jones added that the days of women throwing their underwear at him when he\u2019s up on stage are long gone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe tight pants, open neck shirt, people throwing things at me \u2013 that went with time.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI concentrate more on the way I sing as opposed to the way I move. You can\u2019t be up there saying, \u2018I am Mr. Macho,\u2019 because I\u2019m not. I\u2019m not jumping all over the place, but I must admit that I don\u2019t feel 80.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To find out the details of Tom Jones\u2019 upcoming live schedule go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/tom-jones-tickets\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom Jones Surrounded By Time UK Tour<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Show date and time: December 5 \u2013 December 9, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Show location: The SSE Hyrdo, Glasgow \u2013 The O2 Arena, London<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Tom Jones has announced a new set of UK tour dates for this year in support of his recent album Surrounded By Time. 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