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Tom Jones! Summer just wouldn’t be the same without live music from Haydock Park and, after a year-long hiatus due to COVID, live music is back with a bang with some huge names, including Tom Jones and Olly Murs, to look forward to this summer. Local Life have two pairs of tickets for the Tom Jones concert on Saturday 28th August to give away to readers! But first up at Haydock Park this summer is Olly Murs. Local Life caught up with the legend himself earlier his month for a chat about his return to Haydock Park on Saturday 17th July.
Are you looking forward to finally getting back out on the road again? Yeah, I can’t wait! I did Haydock Park a few years back, great energy, great vibe so it will be good to get back on stage, get my mic out, get my ears in, get my dancing shoes on, and just get out there and perform. Can’t wait! This has been the longest period that you’ve gone without live shows or touring. How are you going to get rid of the rustiness? It’s been two years as I hadn’t toured since 2019, but I’m born ready - there’s no rust here, get the WD40 out! I’m actually excited to get out there again and start singing - I think it’s just something that I’m born to do, I enjoy it. What was it like to go out in lockdown wearing a mask and not get stopped every five minutes? I hated it because I like seeing people’s faces, it felt really eerie. Everyone didn’t really speak and was really quiet, you couldn’t really see people’s facial expressions, and I didn’t enjoy it very much to be honest. I just get this really weird vibe when I go shopping. I know we’re all doing it for a good reason, but I can’t wait to see people’s faces again. That’d be nice. A lot of people know you from The Voice but you have a new TV show coming soon, Starstruck Yes, I’m hosting the show. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for quite some time to get back on TV again, on a primetime Saturday night. It’s pretty much a modern-day version of ‘Stars In Their Eyes’ but it’s got a new format, it’s got new ideas, we have a celebrity judging panel on there. Did you think back when you did your first audition for X Factor you would, a decade later, become this all-round entertainer doing television, voiceover acting and of course singing? I never expected any of this, I was very lucky. I knew I was an entertainer more so than just a singer, I knew there was a few more strings to my bow, that I was a jack of all trades! Singing is
