On this day. 28 July 2001, Welsh Singing legend Tom Jones played Cardiff Castle to a sell-out crowd.
Jones had been enjoying somewhat of a resurgance with the release of his Reload album in September 1999, some of which featured in his Cardiff Castle set.
Reload became the highest seller of Jones' career, reaching number one on the British charts in 1999 and again in 2000. Its biggest single was the collaboration with Mousse T, "Sex Bomb", which reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and was later used in a 2003 episode of The Simpsons (a show Jones had guest starred on in 1992). The album has sold more than four million copies worldwide.
In 2000, Jones garnered a number of honours for his work, including a BRIT Award for Best British Male.
Setlist
Ain't That a Lot of Love
(Homer Banks cover)
Hard to Handle
(Otis Redding cover)
Help Yourself
Never Tear Us Apart
(INXS cover)
I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
.M<(Elvis Presley cover)
Burning Down the House
(Talking Heads cover)
Delilah
(Les Reed cover)
She's a Lady
(Paul Anka cover)
Without Love (There Is Nothing)
(Clyde McPhatter cover)
Sometimes We Cry
(Van Morrison cover)
Crapped Out Again
(Keb’ Mo’ cover)
Venus
(Shocking Blue cover)
If I Only Knew
You Need Love Like I Do
Mama Told Me Not to Come
(Randy Newman cover)
Give Me One Reason
(Tracy Chapman cover)
Am I Wrong
(Keb’ Mo’ cover)
A Boy From Nowhere
(Mike Leander cover)
I'll Never Fall in Love Again
(Lonnie Donegan cover)
Green, Green Grass of Home
(Johnny Darrell cover)
What's New Pussycat?
(Burt Bacharach cover)
You Can Leave Your Hat On
(Randy Newman cover)
Sex Bomb
It's Not Unusual
(Les Reed cover)
It's Your Thing
(The Isley Brothers cover)
Are You Gonna Go My Way
(Lenny Kravitz cover)
Kiss
(Prince cover)