Archive for October, 2009
Tom Jones treats fans to a performance to remember
October 10th, 2009 | By TomJones
HE MAY be celebrating his 70th birthday next year but Tom Jones last night showed little sign of his advancing years. Jones marked the first of a three-night residency at Cardiff International Arena with a blistering set spanning his long career in the music business. As he sashayed and crooned his way onto the stage, [...]
BBC News In conversation with Sir Tom
October 9th, 2009 | By TomJones
As Sir Tom Jones prepares for a weekend of concerts in Cardiff he spoke to Lisa Dorise for the BBC Wales news website. He revealed how he prefers grey to black, X-Factor to Strictly and his Bentley to a bus pass. He also revealed his feelings about his 70th birthday. Watch the interview here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8299511.stm
Tom Jones at the Brighton Centre – 4 star Telegraph Review
October 4th, 2009 | By TomJones
Tom Jones has gone though more career reinventions than Madonna and David Bowie put together, but on his apparently endless tour to promote last year’s 24 Hours album he seems finally to have accepted his age. Not only did he announce at one point that he’s 69, but the day-glo orange tan and dark-dyed curls [...]
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September 22nd, 2009 | By TomJones
Review from Boston.com
September 4th, 2009 | By TomJones
Tom Jones came out singing not just a song but a declaration Sunday night at the House of Blues.”I’m alive and I’m doing my thing and singing my song,” he proclaimed in that familiar voice, the very essence of machismo. The Tommy James cover of “I’m Alive” from Jones’s latest album, “24 Hours,” served notice [...]
Tom Jones By Michael Roffman
September 1st, 2009 | By TomJones
We all recognize his voice, we all know his face. He’s one of the biggest entertainers in music history, having sold over 100 million albums worldwide since he hit the scene in the ’60s. If he’s not performing 15-20 shows in Las Vegas, he’s making another memorable cameo somewhere in the film industry. Call him [...]
My Exclusive Interview with Sir Tom Jones, in Which I Fail to Learn How to Be More Like Tom Jones
July 18th, 2009 | By TomJones
Is there anyone alive who’s as cool as Tom Jones? I mean, what other singer’s voice sounds fuller and more robust at age 69 than it did at 29? Who else would have not only the talent but the balls to share the stage with Janis Joplin in the ’60s and cover an Iggy Pop [...]
Tom Jones and Bono walk into a bar…
April 6th, 2009 | By TomJones
Every Christmas, that rare span of relaxation when he’s not being pelted by catcalls and underthings, Tom Jones stops dyeing his hair. “I take about four or five weeks off, and I let my hair go,” he says. When showtime rolls around, the singer darkens his ’do and hits the road. Except this year. The [...]
