Sir Tom Jones has made a defiant return to the stage after his illness, telling fans he is feeling “strong”.
The star, 78, made his first appearance since being hospitalised with a bacterial infection last month. He told the crowd: “We finally made it. Or I finally made it. We tried once before and we did not make it but we are here now. Strong.”
He added: “We have had a ball up here tonight and we hope you have too.”
The singer, who played at Chester Racecourse on Sunday, also paid tribute to late wife Linda. She died of cancer aged 75 in 2016.
Sir Tom told how the couple met in 1955, when he was 15, due to him hearing Rock Around the Clock and wanting to go dancing.
He said: “So I started going to dance halls. I spied a young girl there and I thought I had to get with this girl.
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"So I learned to dance and we were dancing. We got close, then we got closer and then we got real close.
"Then we got married and stayed married for 59 years.”
Sir Tom had apologised after illness forced him to axe five gigs last month. A sixth was scrapped due to bad weather.
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