{"id":815395,"date":"2026-10-27T11:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815395\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T11:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:26:09","slug":"sir-tom-jones-truly-sorry-as-he-cancels-concerts-due-to-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815395\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Tom Jones &#8216;truly sorry&#8217; as he cancels concerts due to illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sir Tom Jones said he is &#8220;truly sorry&#8221; after rescheduling two forthcoming concerts due to &#8220;a bad case of the flu&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 86-year-old singer from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, is currently on his Come Gather Round world tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He announced the decision to push back his Monday show in Los Angeles, and Tuesday&#8217;s concert in San Diego, following doctor&#8217;s advice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a post on Instagram, he wrote: &#8220;Following doctor&#8217;s advice, I unfortunately have to reschedule tonight&#8217;s show in Los Angeles and tomorrow&#8217;s show in San Diego.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The San Diego concert will now take place at The Rady Shell, at Jacobs Park, on 3 November, while his Los Angeles show has been moved to 4 November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Instagram, he wrote: &#8220;I&#8217;ve had a great time these last few weeks, completing 20 shows and singing for wonderful audiences across the USA, but unexpectedly I&#8217;ve been hit with a bad case of the flu.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;I&#8217;m truly sorry for any inconvenience caused. I look forward to seeing you all soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;All tickets for the original dates will remain valid. However, if customers are unable to attend the rescheduled dates, they are advised to contact their original point of purchase for a refund.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The post was shared just hours before he was expected to perform at the Greek Theatre, with the Los Angeles venue among those wishing Sir Tom well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The It&#8217;s Not Unusual and What&#8217;s New Pussycat? singer recently made headlines after revealing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c70dx3z9956o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ITV had &#8220;made the decision&#8221; to &#8220;fire&#8221; him from The Voice UK<\/a> coaching panel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sir Tom, who has served as an on-off coach on the popular singing competition since its 2012 debut, shared the news on Instagram last month, amid speculation he had been &#8220;dropped&#8221; from its 2027 series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Delilah and She&#8217;s A Lady singer has achieved three UK number one singles and four chart-topping albums during a music career spanning more than six decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His awards include one Grammy, two Brits and an Ivor Novello; Sir Tom also received a knighthood from the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2006 for his services to music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir Tom Jones said he is &#8220;truly sorry&#8221; after rescheduling two forthcoming concerts due to &#8220;a bad case&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-815395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}