{"id":373562,"date":"2026-03-30T21:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/373562\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:01:08","slug":"tom-jones-to-play-new-kildare-outdoor-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/373562\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Jones to play new Kildare outdoor venue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh singer Tom Jones will launch new Kildare venue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveatpalmerstown.ie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live at Palmerstown House<\/a> with a concert this August.<\/p>\n<p>Jones (85), whose hits include It&#8217;s Not Unusual, What&#8217;s New Pussycat?, Delilah, and Green, Green Grass of Home, will make his return to Ireland along with musical guests on 9 August, with tickets priced \u20ac76.40 on sale this Thursday 2 April at 10am via ticketmaster.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Palmerstown House \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0024243b-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Palmerstown House will launch as a venue for large-scale live events this summer with a line-up of international musical acts with the aim of turning it into a key destination for live shows during the busy summer concert season.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Power, Comer Group Hotels, Group General Manager, said, &#8220;We&#8217;ve seen growing interest in Palmerstown House Estate as a location for live events, and we\u2019re really looking forward to bringing a series of high-quality shows to the site.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Palmerstown House \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0024243c-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our focus is to support and continue to deliver great events in a unique setting, and we\u2019re excited about the role the estate can play as this series develops over the coming years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jones\u2019 career has spanned over six decades with his recent albums, Surrounded By Time, Long Lost Suitcase, Spirit In The Room, and Praise &amp; Blame, signaling an artistic rebirth.<\/p>\n<p>Born in the mining town of Pontypridd, South Wales, Jones quit school at an early age, working various odd jobs before getting his start as a member of a local band called The Senators, later forming his own group, Tom Jones and the Squires, gigging in clubs and pubs around the local area.<\/p>\n<p>In the early 1960s, he signed with Decca Records in London, kickstarting a successful and career that has seen him collaborate with Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Dolly Parton and Ed Sheeran.<\/p>\n<p>More music news, reviews and interviews <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/music\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welsh singer Tom Jones will launch new Kildare venue Live at Palmerstown House with a concert this August.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-373562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}