Sir Tom Jones’ track ‘Delilah’ has been banned from Welsh rugby matches.
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has introduced that because of the lyrics depicting a lady named Delilah being stabbed to demise after her husband discovers she’s been dishonest, the 1968 Ivor Novello award-winning hit is not allowed to be performed earlier than video games at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
The spokesperson for the venue stated: “Delilah won’t function on the playlist for choirs for rugby internationals at Principality Stadium.
“The WRU eliminated the track from its half-time leisure and music playlist throughout worldwide matches in 2015. Visitor choirs have additionally extra just lately been requested to not function the track throughout their pre-match performances and all through video games.
“The WRU condemns home violence of any form. Now we have beforehand sought recommendation from subject material consultants on the problem of censoring the track and we’re respectfully conscious that it’s problematic and upsetting to some supporters due to its subject material.”
It can not be carried out or sung by choirs on the stadium.
The 82-year-old Welsh music legend has beforehand defended the controversial lyrics, insisting it isn’t meant to be taken “actually”.
He stated: “I like to listen to it sung at rugby video games.
“It makes me very proud to be Welsh. I believe in the event that they’re trying into the lyric a couple of man killing a lady, it isn’t a political assertion. It is simply one thing that occurs in life [and] he simply loses it.
“The beauty of the track that everybody picks up on is the refrain. I do not suppose that they’re actually interested by it. I wasn’t pondering that I used to be the person that was killing the woman after I was singing the track, I used to be performing out the half and that is what the track is. If it’ll be taken actually like that then I believe it takes the enjoyable out of it. I believe it takes the spirit out why it is being sung.”
Tom final carried out ‘Delilah’ on the stadium in June 2022.
