Tom Jones tells audience about how he would play his wife his new music before she died
Singer made emotional tribute as he took to the stage at Hampton Court
SIR Tom Jones revealed to fans that he would play his new music to his dying wife and sought her approval with his latest album before she passed away.
Performing at Hampton Court Palace on 8 June, the 75-year-old welsh crooner dedicated new track Take My Love (I Want To Give It) to her memory.
The new song is taken from his new album Long Lost Suitcase, which he created during her illness.
Tom told the crowd: "This next song is from the new album Long Lost Suitcase and I love this song.
"It's probably my favourite song from the album.
Anytime I used to record I would take it home and play it to my wife first to see what she thought so I'm going to do this song.
"She loved this song so I'm going to do it for you."
Sir Tom's wife, Lady Melinda Rose Woodward, died in April after battling cancer.
The couple had been married for 59 years and he admitted he was struggling to carry on without her, but vowed to return to performing.
True to his word, Tom managed to keep it together throughout the show and impressed the audience with his lively and upbeat performance.
Earlier this week, he broke down in tears while speaking about the grief following his wife's death.
He told the audience at Hay Festival: "It's very difficult, the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.
“We knew each other since we were kids. It was fast."
He also spoke about her while talking to Michael Ball on Radio 2, adding; “She kept my feet on the ground.
“She was a wonderful, wonderful person.
“Once I was smoking cigars and sipping champagne in our snooker room when we were in our 30s.
“She said to me, ‘Just a minute, do you really think you’re Tom Jones? The man I married was Tom Woodward.’
“She’s still with me every day in my brain and in my heart, she’ll always be with me.
“We shared our life together.”