Tom Jones furiously hits back at Engelbert Humperdinck as 40-year feud continues

28 August 2024, 10:51

One of the longest feuds in music keeps on running.

While Noel and Liam Gallagher have put their warring behind them after a mere 15 years, the feud between Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck is continuing to bubble into its fifth decade.

It was Engelbert who last made a public statement back in February of this year insulting Sir Tom's current singing voice, and now Jones has hit back.

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"There is nothing friendly about me and Engelbert because he is a prick and you can quote me on that," Sir Tom told The Sun on Sunday.

"We fell out years ago."

Sir Tom was asked if he might see his former friend during his upcoming live tour to finally patch things up, but he replied: “No. He has tried but I don’t want to talk."

Tom and Engelbert once shared a manager, but had a falling out way back in the 1970s that has somehow continued all this time.

Asked about his long-time rival earlier this year, Engelbert said: "I think he's lost his voice. I don’t think he’s got it anymore."

That was nothing compared to Sir Tom's comments about him back in 2015, when he said: "It's as I say – once a c**t always a c**t."