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Tom Jones puts The Voice drama behind him as he delivers show-stopping (and knicker-dropping) performance at V Festival

Published: 17:58 EST, 22 August 2015 | Updated: 06:40 EST, 23 August 2015

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He has been flooded with support from his fans after he was unceremoniously axed as as judge on The Voice last week.

And Tom Jones' supporters were out in force when he took to the stage to perform at the V Festival at Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex, on Saturday.

The 75-year-old singer had the ladies going crazy as he belted out some of his biggest hits at the two-day music festival.

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He's still got it! Despite his controversial sacking from The Voice, Tom Jones put on one heck of a show as he performed in front of thousands at V Festival in Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex, on Saturday

The It's Not Unusual hitmaker put on a typically dapper display in a coloured checked blazer, which he teamed with a black shirt and trousers as he proved his stage presence is still as powerful as ever.

Serenading the crowd with a medley of chart-topping tracks, his set certainly went down a treat with female festival-goers who screamed in the audience, with some even waving their knickers in the air before throwing them at the veteran singer during his performance.

Tom still seemed in sprightly spirits despite recently hitting out at the BBC for the way they handled his sacking from singing competition, The Voice.

Adored: The 75-year-old singer had the ladies going crazy as he belted out some of his biggest hits at the two-day music festival

Smart display: The It's Not Unusual hitmaker put on a typically dapper display in a checked blazer which he teamed with a black shirt and trousers as he proved his stage presence is still as powerful as ever

Still smiling! Tom still seemed in sprightly spirits despite recently hitting out at the BBC for the way their handled his sacking from singing competition, The Voice

Crowd pleaser: The singer graced the MTV stage before headliner Olly Murs

Cheeky! His set certainly went down a treat with female festival-goers who screamed in the audience, with some even waving their knickers in the air before throwing them at the veteran singer during his performance

Despite serving as a judge on the talent show since it began in 2012, the Welsh star claimed he was given hardly any warning that he would not be returning, a move he added was 'deeply insulting' to his professionalism.

‘It’s not that I was let go, it is how it was handled,’ he said on Monday evening, reports The Daily Mirror.

‘If indeed the producers were planning a cast change back in March/April, after the most successful year of the series in terms of viewer numbers, a warm and civilised conversation was in order at that time.’

Lucky fella! One fan even held up a racy pair of gold bikini bottoms before throwing them on to the stage

Disappointed: Despite serving as a judge on The Voice since it began in 2012, the Welsh star claimed he was given hardly any warning that he would not be returning

Loved: The singer has received a string of supportive messages from fans who were saddened to hear that Tom would not return to the singing competition

He added: 'The executives in charge couldn’t be ladies and gentlemen about it, that they were filled with paranoia about a "leak" above all, is deeply insulting to our professionalism.'

His sensational sacking instantly spurred fans to take to social media to express their outrage.

One wrote: 'Absolutely disgraceful treatment of a legend to just drop him. BBC you should be ashamed!!'

Why the sad face? Tom rocked many a facial expression as he demonstrated his powerful voice

Busy boy! The singer will perform the same slot at V Festival's Weston Park venue in Leeds on Sunday

Another added: 'Yet another massive gaff by the BBC in dropping from The Voice. Finger on the pulse of public opinion? I don't think so.'

The anger surrounding the axing was heightened after Sir Tom took to social media himself to slam bosses' behaviour, revealing the decision had been made ‘with no consultation or conversation of any kind’.

Meanwhile, Tom has been replaced by Boy George and Rita Ora by singer Paloma Faith, who also performed at V Festival on Saturday.