'You've had a wonderful life Tommy, but it's over' - Sir Tom feared he was dying

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The singer from Pontypridd told the audience just how serious his "bad case of the flu" was.

'You've had a wonderful life Tommy, but it's over' - Sir Tom feared he was dying

Sir Tom Jones has told fans helium feared his beingness was "over" aft being admitted to infirmary successful the US with flu.

The 86-year-old from Pontypridd spent a week astatine the Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center successful Los Angeles and was forced to cancel oregon reschedule a fig of concerts.

But connected Wednesday night, helium was backmost connected signifier astatine the Greek Theatre and told the assemblage conscionable however superior his "bad lawsuit of the flu" was.

"[I thought] Oh well, this is it, you've had a fantastic life, Tommy, but it's implicit close now," helium said.

"I indispensable accidental this, successful the UCLA, they truly did a fantastic job. So I'm here."

"[The aesculapian unit said] What bash you privation to bash now? I was successful determination for a week. And I said, 'I've got to get backmost connected the stage'. This is wherever I belong. I can't unrecorded without this, judge me."

Sir Tom precocious made headlines aft revealing ITV had "made the decision" to "fire" him from The Voice UK coaching panel, having served arsenic an manager connected the singing contention since its debut successful 2012.

In the latest series, and his past arsenic a coach, helium mentored Welsh vocalist Cate McHugh to victory.

McHugh antecedently told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that being chosen to beryllium connected Team Tom astatine the unsighted audition was "absolutely undescribable".

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