Tom Jones returns to Belfast this summer

Author: David McCammondPublished 23rd Jan 2020

As he celebrates a landmark 80th birthday this summer, one of the most enduring personalities in the music entertainment business, Tom Jones has confirmed a return to Belfast this summer to play Live At Botanic Gardens in Belfast on 31 May 2020.

Tickets go on sale this Thursday at 9am from all usual outlets.

Tom Jones’ 50+ year career has remarkably gone from strength to strength. Along with sustaining his popularity as a live performer and recording artist for five decades, he garnered at the age of 75, the best reviews of his career for his most recent albums Long Lost Suitcase, Spirit In The Room and Praise & Blame. Critics across the world were unanimous in their approval and admiration for both the recorded work and the performance of it in concert.

2020 has seen the return of Sir Tom to prime time Saturday night TV, resuming his role of coach and mentor on ITV’s The Voice alongside fellow coaches will.i.am, Meghan Trainor and Olly Murs.

Sir Tom is indeed a living legend, one of the few musical artists whose profession began at the dawn of modern popular music who continues to have a vital recording and performing career to this day. His irresistible show traverses musical eras and genres, cuts across class divides and appeals to young and old, male and female, mainstream and cutting edge. Sir Tom has always been about the power of the song, the power of the voice.