Show & Venue Reviews, What's New, Pussycat?
Please share your Tom Jones shows with other fans. Setlist? Audience? Energy? What was it like being there? We’d love to hear from you.
And, while you’re telling us about the shows, please let us know what you think of the venues where Tom plays. Clubs, theaters, casinos — Tom Jones performs in all of them. Which venue do you think is the best? The worst?
So that other fans will know what’s in store when they buy their tickets, please tell us a little bit about the venues you know. If possible, try to use the format below so others can tell at a glance what you think. The best venue will merit ****. More than one review of a venue is welcome.
Tom At the Hollywood Bowl: LA Times Readers Review the Show
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006Below are emails sent to the Los Angeles Times in response to a request for reader reviews. This was for Tom at the Hollywood Bowl Friday night (played there Saturday, too).
July 23, 2006/T. Burns/Fountain Valley, CA
Saw Tom Jones for the first time after listening to him for what seems like a lifetime. At first, it was difficult to believe that it was him. A completely different look and with beard and mustache as well as vocal chords that were definitely showing their age. But after a half-dozen songs, the vocal chords loosened up and he belted his way through a chronology of oldies but goodies like It’s Not Unusual and She’s A Lady that satisfied almost everyone in attendance as attested to by the ladies undergarments littering the stage! A solid performer strikes a note against the mediocrity of today’s performers! Eddie Palmeri opened for Tom and gave a good performance although not one distinguished by anything recognizable.
July 23, 2006/M.Brown/Los Angeles, CA
On a sticky summer night, Sir Tom rose above the heat and made some magic. Amazing. Loved that the crowd was from 16 to 75. Loved the fact that Tom is still creating (check out his album with Jools Holland — fabulous!) And really apprecaited the fact that, even though he has sung many of these songs for decades, he still sang them true. Go Tom!
July 23, 2006/richard/newport beach, ca
Best show I have seen in years. Tom rocked the bowl, great band and back up singers. Sir Tom is the rare talent that still has the raw intensity he had in the 60′s. Beter than the Stones live and even Elvis and Sinatra in their late years in concert. Inspired performance!
July 22, 2006/ptbedouin/Long Beach, CA
“Went to the Bowl on Friday night with little expectation. I had seen some legendary entertainers before and had left disappointed. But Tom was fabulous. Great voice and presence. On the way out of the Bowl, I overheard a teenager say to her mom, ‘Tom, rocks mom!’ He sure does.”
