Tom Jones knicker moan

Tom Jones has revealed he is sick of female fans throwing their underwear at him.

The Welsh singer, who is famed for his over-excited admirers chucking their sexy lingerie at him when he performs, says he has had enough of the gesture because it has become a running joke.

He said: "I want it to end now because it has lost all its meaning. When it started, it was very sexy. A woman actually took her underwear off and threw it at me on stage nobody had ever done that before. It was very daring and very sexy. Then it became a joke. Some women in the audience just want to be seen. They run to the front of the stage and its like, 'Look at me! I've got the underwear!'"The 64-year-old star also admits his frustration has got to the stage where the flying underwear has begun putting him off his act, especially when he sings ballads.

He added: "If I'm doing a ballad and trying to create a mood, then undies appear from nowhere and then it's a problem. But you can't tell an audience what to do."