Tom Jones had been nervous before this first night of his British tour, confided venue staff. The set included all the old favourites from It's Not Unusual to Kiss but was interspersed with numbers being tested for the first time such as the ballad The Reason. Yet when an excited female fan called out "I love you" - after The Voice had told us how great it was to be back in Brighton - any edginess dissipated and he laughed: "That's a good start". There were middle-aged women in pink hats, dutiful sons with mums (me being one as it was my mother's birthday) and a smattering of dragged along husbands. I expected more youngsters. After all the Jones boy has stayed more credible than most active Sixties artistes while hitching his wagon to rap and indie and duetting with the Stereophonics. Those present were treated to a powerhouse performance which showed off the facility his extraordinary set of pipes give him to master any popular music style - soul, ballads, disco, rock n roll, gospel, blues and standards. He had a slick, 11-piece band versatile enough to cope with the switches from Fly Me To The Moon to I Like The Way You Move. The legend swung like Sinatra, grinded like Eighties Price and ripped it up like Fifties Jerry Lee Lewis, though given he's 66, at a pace to conserve energy. Water stops "to wet the whistle" provided breathers.He oozed sex appeal to his captivated female crowd. One pink hat shouted to him "I'll be waiting, baby" after he told a random girly voice "I'll be over in a minute".
Fans swayed to Delilah, squealed at a pelvic-thrusting Keep Your Hat On and danced as the show reached its climax. And items of women's clothing were thrown on stage. I'd rather he had pared it down to a guitar-bass-drums backing band belting out the raw rhythm and blues he sang before It's Not Unusual turned him into a pop idol. But for a first night, it wasn't half bad.
Brighton Centre By Mike Donovan, The Argus
HE MAY be old enough to claim a free bus pass, but Sir Tom Jones doesn't show any signs of slowing down. All right, he doesn't do much in the way of bumping and grinding any more. Instead he prowls around the stage and does this thing with his hands, like a bad Tommy Cooper impersonation, or a mime of someone whose sleeves are too long. Sometimes he'll open his palms and stare heavenwards, eyes bulging, a la Al Jolson, although there was one high-ish kick that drew admiring gasps, plus a little skip during What's New Pussycat (the number, incidentally, when the audience, almost as one, swayed from side to side, looking from above like a giant table football game.)
A near-capacity crowd of 4,600 adoring fans packed the Bournemouth International Centre for the second date of the first nationwide tour in three years by the man they call simply "The Voice". And those famous tonsils were in fine fettle - at least, most of the time - although just occasionally, as in a distorted Stoned In Love, Jones did seem to lose his way. He's a master showman, though, and all those years on the chicken-in-the-basket variety club circuit, and later Las Vegas, have honed an act that's slicker than an oil tanker spill.
Even in an age when graying, wrinkly leading men romance starlets one-third their age, the idea of a 66-year-old sex symbol should be preposterous, but in his Hollywood Bowl debut Friday night, Tom Jones managed to pull it off. Yes, the panties that were tossed onto the stage were more likely to be from JCPenney than Agent Provocateur, but Jones (that's "Sir Tom" to you, as the introduction reminded the aud) retains enough of his swagger and winking, randy charm.
Since his hit 1987 cover of Prince's "Kiss" with the Art of Noise, Jones, who also played the Bowl on Saturday, has insisted on his relevance by collaborating with younger artists, including Stereophonics, Jools Holland and his current British single, "Stoned in Love," recorded with electronic dance producer Chicane.
He's still got it. After more than 40 years performing, Tom Jones has his vocals and his sex appeal intact. The 66-year-old international star whooped it up for an audience of 2,500 last night in the RBC Theatre of the John Labatt Centre -- strutting his stuff, shaking his hips and bellowing out old and new hits. Dressed in black with a beaded shirt and a gold cross over his chest, Jones performed disco, funk, rock 'n' roll, pop and ballads and did it with style. Not surprising really, when he has survived the music fads of four decades-plus and collaborated with different generations of singers to stay current. Prince, Talking Heads, The Pretenders are just some of the artists with whom he's worked. Prince seemed to have some influence in Jones' lighting last night. He clearly likes purple. The crowd of mainly middle-agers and up -- you could tell it was an older group when the lighters came out -- got going as the first chords of Delilah, his smash hit single from 1968, were heard four songs in.
"Are we going to have a good time tonight?" he sang to the audience. "Is everything all right so far?"
To borrow a phrase, if you haven't seen Tom Jones lately, you haven't seen Tom Jones. Not content to slide on his well-known Vegas persona, Tom Jones has taken a hugely successful leap, collaborating musically with some of the hottest, most current, musical acts in the business. Much of the music Jones performed Sunday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena is on the "Tom Jones Reloaded" album. There are two versions of this CD available. If you have the chance to choose between the version available domestically or the import version; choose the import. After a brief, introductory music video, Jones opened Sunday night's show at the Arena with "Tom Jones International" which has a heavy, pounding baseline. The song is a collaboration between Jones and Wyclef Jean and it was the audience's first clue that this show was going to be different than a Tom Jones show of ten years ago.
Sporting a goatee and looking athletic and fit at 65 years old, Jones came out in a purple suit with a black sequin shirt opened a few buttons down (not everything has changed), that was quickly drench in sweat. He and his three back up singers and six-piece band, moved right into "Momma Told Me Not to Come", also from his "Reloaded" album. "Momma" is a raw, funky, bluesy song that lends itself to Jones' strong, loud voice. Back on familiar territory for the audience, next up was "Delilah", but with a new arrangement and a picked up tempo and heavy electric guitar. Following that was "Just Help Yourself". Tom danced, jumped, slid and shook his way through this and all of the songs in his show. The mere suggestion of a hip swivel or gyration or thrust sent the audience into ecstasy. During both "She's a Lady" and "What's New Pussycat" there was the legendary tossing of panties onto the stage. This ritual was updated as well. A pair of men's boxer briefs joined the mix of undergarments on stage. Jones took it all in stride. For me, "What's New Pussycat" was a full-circle moment, having seen it performed the evening before, by its writer, Burt Bacharach.
Sean Connery, the Scotsman who was the first — and, some say, the best — James Bond had to fight back tears several times Thursday evening as he was feted as the recipient of the 34th annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. Almost everyone paying homage to Connery - Mike Myers, Tippi Hedren, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Andy Garcia, Craig Ferguson, “Deadwood’s” Ian McShane and Eddie Izzard - did their best (and often worst) Connery accent. Welsh singer Tom Jones sang the theme from “Thunderball” while mini-skirted dancers in white go-go boots Frugged, Twisted and Watusied around the stage. And clips of Connery in his many films – from “Marnie,” “Robin and Marian,” “The Name of the Rose,” “The Man Who Would Be King,” and all his Bond films to his Oscar-winning role in The Untouchables” - were shown throughout the evening.
Finally, kilted Scots musicians played the bagpipes while Connery made the long walk through the wildly applauding audience to accept his award.He even danced a little jig to the music onstage.
Tom Jones showed a wide range at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie on Thursday night. GRAND PRAIRIE -- If you want to think of Tom Jones primarily as the guy in tight pants who sang cheesy songs amid a blizzard of female undergarments, that's fine. But I don't. True, last night, Jones, 66, trotted out the old bump and grind to a large, mainly female audience at Nokia Theatre. And true, the women still went crazy when he swiveled his hips and sang pap like Delilah. But now that Jones is a little rounder in the middle and thinner on top than in his heyday, it's easier than ever to appreciate his ability as a singer and his wide musical palette. Following the blueprint of his career, Jones' show included a laudable array of styles from the straight-ahead country of Charlie Rich's Who Will the Next Fool Be? to a funky take on Randy Newman's Mama Told Me (Not to Come). Clad in a purple suit and with a mustache and goatee, Jones hit the stage just after 9 p.m. with Tom Jones International, a canny slice of modern dance pop.
Backed by a 10-person band that included a four-man horn section, Jones sang everything well, and, unlike many aging singers, performed full versions of old nuggets such as Delilah, She's a Lady and Help Yourself instead of shoehorning the standbys into medleys. Jones also offered up recent dance-oriented favorites including If I Only Knew and his current European hit, Stoned in Love. Tower of Power opened the evening with an excellent 45-minute set that drew almost exclusively from records released in the '70s that defined the band's horn-powered, jazz/R&B/soul sound. The band, currently with 10 members, powered through classics such What Is Hip? and You're Still a Young Man.
With Stoned in Love sitting high at no. 8 in the charts, the reaction to the single has been fantastic - here are a few reviews to give you an idea what the press are saying:
Single of the Week - The Sun
"Performing with a crossover dance act will do nothing for Tom Jones's reputation in the valleys and some production trickery makes him sound like he's never sounded before - but the result is a four-to-the-floor banging tune! In a chat with SFTW Sir Tom says: "My manager put me on to Chicane. I had always been aware of the music but had never known Nick (aka Chicane) personally. I was looking for a new challenge and this tune got me fired up. "I heard the track, thought it was a really powerful song and went for it. You've got to do something new to keep the excitement running. I like to surprise people." 5/5
Stoned In Love has spent 4 weeks at #1 on the MTV Dance Galaxy Chart -- and chart voted by you, the fans and viewers! Just this week we've been knocked down to #2, but I wanted to say to everyone who loves the video and voted for it -- thanks very much and keep it coming!!Tom
Chicane and I are really pleased with the success of Stoned In Love and we want to thank all of you who've supported the record. We've gone UP in the charts this week -- from #8 to #7 ! This shows that the more people hear it, the more they like it. Hope you all enjoyed the recent TV, radio & podcasts. Many thanks to all the clubs, ILR and video stations who've been giving the record great rotation, and FANS: we know this is a hit record so call/email/text Radio 1 and get them to get it back on the playlist!
Thanks, love and best wishes
The new Stoned in Love minisite is now online - check it out! 
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MUSIC legend Tom Jones is about to storm the charts once again with dance act Chicane and a storming rendition of Stoned In Love.We've interviewed the Welsh superstar and you can now download a Podcast version to listen to at your leisure. Tom talks about his life, his music and, of course, his new single - together with samples of the new song which is released today, April 24. Chicane expect Stoned in Love to be another chart-topper following their earlier hits, Offshore, Saltwater and Don't Give Up. You can learn more about Chicane at www.manifesto-records.com/chicane or download the track at www.7digital.com/chicane.
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Neil Diamond, 65, has a bigger catalog of hits and more songwriting acumen. Wayne Newton, 64, has larger-than-life charisma and more flash and flair in his show. But Jones, 65, has the shtick, the voice, the arrangements and the self-deprecating humor. His 85-minute show Thursday night at Mystic Lake Casino was an absolute hoot. You could laugh with him and at him -- he didn't care as long as you were having a good time. Thanks to his humor, his hits, his hipster/camp cachet, his heartfelt interpretations of some unexpected tunes and the audience's interaction with this hammy icon, it was a wonderfully memorable night. Jones -- actually Sir Tom Jones now, after being knighted last month by Queen Elizabeth -- was a bit of a parody of himself, with his bug-eyed mugging, ageless bump-and-grinding, mincing gestures and timeless look of tight curly brown hair, diamond pinkie ring and open shirt, revealing a giant gold cross and hairy chest.
He still has that stentorian baritone, which he unleashed most effectively on country-blues-soul tunes, including Charlie Rich's "Who Will the Next Fool Be," Howlin' Wolf's "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy" ("200" in Jones' version), the oldie "What Am I Living For" and his 1969 hit "I'll Never Fall in Love Again."
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Singer Tom Jones wore a huge grin Saturday night through most of his show in the Fallsview Casino's Avalon Ballroom, and let's face it, the man has plenty to smile about. Just last month, he was christened a knight by the queen of England. He's a proud husband, father and grandpa who has been married to the same woman since 1957. And, at age 65, he's still such a hot performer that women of all ages go wild in their seats and throw their undergarments at him. Let the record show that the first undergarment hit the stage at 9:03 p.m., 18 minutes into Jones' show, during a spirited, somewhat suggestive version of one of his hits from the '60s, "Help Yourself."
Jones, who has a big and enthusiastic following among women in this region, gave them plenty to scream about in a soulful, high-energy show that lasted about 90 minutes.