Interviews
Welsh music superstar Sir Tom Jones is in New Zealand for a series of four concerts.
After releasing his first single in 1964, Jones has sold over 100 million records.
His career highlights included a BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, a Silver Clef Award for Lifetime Achievement and a knighthood in 2006.
Today he held [...]
The Welsh wonder is back on the road! That’s right, legendary crooner Tom Jones is back on tour entertaining the masses his classic songs. Tom is a living legend who has befriended, collaborated and hung out with practically every key character in the music and showbiz worlds. He has the rare ability to cut across generations [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Singer Tom Jones has spoken to the BBC ahead of Wednesday night’s Brit Awards in London.
Mr Jones told Huw Edwards that he was looking forward to presenting an award at the prestigious event, and spoke of his hopes for fellow Welsh singer Duffy to walk away with Best British Album.
When asked about his change in [...]
LOS ANGELES — Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys made a beeline for Tom Jones at London’s Q Awards in October. Jones, 68 and still a magnet for young acolytes, recalls the indie-rock singer gushing, “I love Love Me Tonight. It’s slamming! We play it before we go on stage every night.” Turner then prodded [...]
The voice of the valleys reveals to Will Hodgkinson why sounding ‘nice’ was never an option for him…
When I first discovered the joys of singing: Ghost Riders in the Sky – Vaughn Monroe (1949)
I must have been eight or nine when I climbed on top of my school desk and sang this because I had [...]
For his first solo album of new material in 15 years, Sir Tom Jones has turned his hand to songwriting for the first time.
And he says the retro feel of Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black has encouraged him to revisit the classic sound of the 1960s on the album, 24 Hours.
Bono has also contributed a song, while Sir Tom has teamed up with producers Future Cut, whose past credits include Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal and Kate Nash.
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