Archive for May, 2008

UK: 24 HOURS – New album released 17 Nov

May 8th, 2008 | By TomJones

Parlophone / S-Curve are proud to announce the return of legendary singer Tom Jones with perhaps the defining album of his career; ‘24 Hours’. Intimate, personal, moving and full of fire this is the first time Tom has had a major hand in the songwriting – and the result is a work of revelation from [...]

USA: 24 HOURS – New album released 25 Nov

May 8th, 2008 | By TomJones

SINGER TOM JONES RELEASES ALL-NEW ALBUM ’24 HOURS’ ON NOVEMBER 25TH ON S-CURVE RECORDS. JONES CO-WRITES ON FIRST U.S. RELEASE IN 15 YEARS. BRITISH DUO FUTURE CUT GET MAJORITY OF PRODUCTION CREDITS; U2′S BONO AND THE EDGE WRITE AND PLAY ON NEW SONG PENNED JUST FOR JONES Legendary singer Tom Jones will release his first [...]

A hipster from way back, with a wink and a thrust

April 27th, 2008 | By TomJones

Back when I first saw the little Welsh Napoleon of Love in person, 30 years ago at the Arena, the word was plural: hips. That show was as much about his skintight black slacks — including tasteless jokes about his backside — as it was about his sturdy pop hits. Even though he was backed [...]

New York Times: A Hip Shaker in His Prime, Among Hip Friends

April 13th, 2008 | By TomJones

PART Anthony Newley but even more Otis Redding, the Welsh singer Tom Jones was a musical shape-shifter long before “American Idol” turned versatility into karaoke posturing. With a voice as husky as it was pretty, Mr. Jones at the peak of his popularity in the late 1960s could slide from soulful rasp to pop croon [...]

Crooner turns on wayback machine

April 8th, 2008 | By TomJones

Sometimes a concert isn’t just a show. It’s a time machine, transporting you back to when life was less complicated, adulthood and its concerns were a distant spot on the horizon, and you could feel so happy it seemed like the sensation would never end. For about 90 minutes Thursday night, Tom Jones took the [...]

ReviewJournal.com – Las Vegas Milestone

March 27th, 2008 | By TomJones

Forty years ago, the women of Las Vegas were captured by a hot new name on the Strip. Well, almost new. In one of the more bizarre coincidences of Las Vegas show business history, the Desert Inn lounge already hosted a topless spoof of the “Tom Jones” movie with Albert Finney that still was popular [...]

Tom Jones shows off his not unusual style

March 8th, 2008 | By TomJones

The North Charleston Performing Arts Center was transformed into a Las Vegas ballroom Friday night as legendary vocalist Tom Jones worked his unique brand of musical magic on a crowd of about 1,400. It had been more than two years since the Welsh-born singer last stood on a Lowcountry stage, but if the squeals of [...]

Meyerson Review

February 19th, 2008 | By TomJones

Did you notice that cloud of steam rising from downtown Monday evening? That would have been the heat wave stirred up by Tom Jones, who proved once and for all at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center that “bringing sexy back” is for the youngsters: He never lost it, thanks very much. The pants might [...]

El Paso review

January 27th, 2008 | By TomJones

Booming baritone Tom Jones cuts loose at Plaza By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times Tom Jones swaggered with the best of them Tuesday night at the Plaza Theatre, moving provocatively at times on the stage, and finally letting loose when he peeled off his jacket. “Help Yourself,” the second song he performed, was [...]