Sir Tom Jones has told fans he feared his life was “over” after being admitted to hospital in the US with flu.<\/p>\n
The 86-year-old from Pontypridd spent a week at the Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles and was forced to cancel or reschedule a number of concerts.<\/p>\n
But on Wednesday night, he was back on stage at the Greek Theatre and told the audience just how serious his “bad case of the flu”<\/a> was.<\/p>\n “[I thought] Oh well, this is it, you’ve had a wonderful life, Tommy, but it’s over right now,” he said.<\/p>\n “I must say this, in the UCLA, they really did a wonderful job. So I’m here.”<\/p>\n “[The medical staff said] What do you want to do now? I was in there for a week. And I said, ‘I’ve got to get back on the stage’. This is where I belong. I can’t live without this, believe me.”<\/p>\n Sir Tom recently made headlines after revealing ITV had “made the decision” to “fire” him from The Voice UK coaching panel<\/a>, having served as an coach on the singing competition since its debut in 2012.<\/p>\n In the latest series, and his last as a coach, he mentored Welsh singer Cate McHugh to victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n