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Sir Tom Jones is to kicking off the 2011 English Heritage Picnic Concerts on Friday (24.06.11).

The legendary singer will do at London's prestigious Kenwood House, where he will treat fans - who will come onto the expansive grounds with picnic blankets and hampers in hand - to songs from his celebrated latest album 'Praise & Blame' as easily as his greatest hits, before striking the point at Audley End, Saffron Walson, Essex, on 30 July.

The next night at Kenwood House (25.06.11), Jools Holland will do with special guest Sandie Shaw and says he can't wait.

He said: "My Orchestra and I are charmed to pass to the English Heritage Picnic Concerts in 2011. Having performed at Kenwood House in 2009, I love what an immense pleasure it is to be on stage at such a dramatic event with fantastic live music at one of the almost magical settings in Britain and surely in North London."

Other stars to do at the shows include Liza Minnelli, George Benson, Scouting for Girls, Sophie Ellis Bextor and The Saturdays.

English Heritage Picnic Concerts unite world-class music and breath-taking locations for a grand celebration of the British Picnic tradition and guests can take to get their own picnics or love the delicious pre-prepared picnic hampers by Carluccio's. the Picnic Concerts allow guests to feed on some of the finest food and medicine in the most enchanting settings in the UK.

Tickets are available at www.picnicconcerts.com.

The concert dates for the 2011 English Heritage Picnic Concerts are as follows:

Kenwood House
Friday 24 June Tom Jones
Saturday 25 June Jools Holland with Sandie Shaw
Friday 1 July Liza Minnelli
Saturday 2 July George Benson
Friday 8 July Gipsy Kings
Saturday 9 July Kenwood House Summer Prom feat Aled Jones
Friday 15 July Music From The Movies performed by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Saturday 16 July James Blunt, supported by Ed Drewett

Audley End
Saturday 9 July Bjorn Again/ Bootleg Beatles
Saturday 16 July Scouting for Girls with Sophie Ellis Bextor
Saturday 23 July The Saturdays
Saturday 30 July Tom Jones
Sunday 31 July Last Night of Audley End Proms - Katherine Jenkins

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