Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival confirms that music legend Sir Tom Jones will be headlining the opening night of its 15th anniversary celebration on February 22nd, 2017 at the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre. The highly-anticipated event also earlier revealed that the best-selling female artist of all time, Mariah Carey will be performing on February 23rd; and the biggest Latin recording artist in music history, Enrique Iglesias, will take to the stage on February 24th.

With a successful career that spans over five decades, Sir Tom is a well-loved icon who continues to have a vital recording and performing career to this day. With energetic and irresistible shows that traverse eras and genres, his performances appeal to music fans of all ages. He has sold over 100 million records and although he is well known for hits including “It’s Not Unusual”, “Kiss”, “Delilah”, “What’s New Pussycat”, “Green, Green Grass of Home”, “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again”, and “If I Only Knew”, he is first and foremost an artist with true rhythm and blues soul. At the age of 76, he has garnered the best reviews of his career for his most recent albums “Long Lost Suitcase” (recorded in collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist, Ethan Johns), “Spirit in The Room” and “Praise & Blame”. Critics across the world are unanimous in their approval and admiration for both the recorded work and the performance of them in concert.

Sir Tom was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen in 2006, an honour he deeply cherishes and was able to celebrate once again in 2012 when he performed at the Queens Diamond Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace. In and amongst a very successful touring year in 2014, he had the thrill of performing at the MCG in Melbourne for the AFL Grand Final, the premier sporting event in Australia, alongside Ed Sheeran. Later in the year, he appeared at Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit concert, sharing the bill with Florence + The Machine, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Brian Wilson and others. And over in the UK, he was pleased to close the first Annual BBC Music Awards, helping to salute a fantastic year of music across the BBC by performing alongside Paloma Faith, a chorus of hundreds and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

In 2015, Sir Tom continued his role as Coach on the fourth series of The Voice UK, working alongside will.i.am, Rita Ora and Ricky Wilson. In February, he received a very special invitation to perform at the 25th Anniversary of MusiCares Person of The Year tribute honouring Bob Dylan, alongside musical luminaries Bruce Springsteen, Beck, Jack White, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson and many more. The following evening, he sang a duet with Jessie J at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. After a busy few months touring, Sir Tom released his first ever autobiography entitled “Over the Top And Back”, which he actively promoted internationally.

2016 has been a difficult but busy year of performing and touring for Sir Tom as he has laboured to work through the grief of losing his childhood friend and wife of 59 years, Melina, in April.  Tom and his band lifted performances to a different level, garnering rave reviews in Europe and America.  Going into the Autumn, Sir Tom is back working on The Voice UK at ITV, where he is looking to find and guide new talent.

Other highlights of his long career include receiving a BRIT Award for Best Male and Outstanding Contribution to Music, a Silver Clef Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Hitmaker Award from the [US] Songwriters Hall of Fame, GQ Man of The Year, and the prestigious [UK] Music Industry Trust Award.

“With a line-up that features heavyweights such as Sir Tom Jones, Mariah Carey and Enrique Iglesias coming together to celebrate our 15th anniversary, we fervently hope to establish the UAE and the Dubai Jazz Festival as important destinations for outstanding live events. At the heart of this mission is of course our goal to provide memorable and unique experiences for music fans all over the world,” shared Anthony Younes, CEO of Chillout Productions, Founders and Organisers of the Dubai Jazz Festival.

For more information about Sir Tom Jones, visit his Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages @RealSirTomJones.

Tickets are available via www.ticketmaster.ae from 12:00pm on Tuesday, December 13.

Early bird prices are at:

Golden Circle AED 445

Regular 275

Standard prices are at:

VIP Deck AED 1,295

Fan Pit AED 795

Golden Circle AED 525

Regular AED 325

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