Tom Jones goes back on the road after death of wife
Part resonant baritone, part heart-throb, magnetic singer and female fan favourite Tom Jones returns to touring after the loss of his beloved Linda
In April, Melinda (Linda) Rose Woodard, his wife of 59 years and mother of his son, died after a brief fight with cancer, just days after a scheduled concert in Hong Kong was cancelled. In June, the Welsh singer spoke publicly for the first time since her death.
“She’d always been very important to me, always,” he said, in tears. “Now I realise that she might have been the most important thing in my life. I realise even more, now, how important she was to me.”
It was a touching and heartfelt admission from a guy who in his heyday was famous for his infidelities, many of which he boasted about, thus adding to his reputation as a charismatic, freewheeling ladies’ man.
After taking some time off to deal with the loss of his wife, the 76-year-old Jones has now returned to the stage. He holds a unique place in pop music history: two parts rich and resonant baritone; eight parts charisma, magnetism, heart-throb good looks and libidinous shtick.
