Tom Jones International

Tom is in Antwerp tonight. If you are, too, please send a review!
On October 21, a few days before Tom played in Belfast (see Adam’s review of that show, below) Alan Simpson interviewed The Voice on BBC Ulster.

The 16+-minute interview covers a range of topics: (1) Arthur’s Day, (2) playing Las Vegas as opposed to playing, say, Belfast, (3) that Welsh lilt, (4) listening to other bands (5) Robbie Williams…..lots of stuff.

You can listen to it in the TJI.com Video Library. The photo there is of Alan Simpson.

CONTEST! The photo at left is a screen shot from a youtube video posted by London’s 02 Arena (at which Tom was the first performer to appear, even before it officially opened and at which he did that charity gig on 9/11) because they’re having a contest.

The promotional stuff is below but, to enter the “O2 Hunt for a Ticket competition,” watch this video, find the codes in the video and enter your code at o2priority.co.uk for your chance to win vouchers for tickets to any O2 Academy venue.

The press release:O2 is launching a multi-million pound campaign to promote the benefits of Priority Ticketing for O2 customers. Following the success of last year’s campaign, O2 will again be going above-the-line to encourage customers to sign up for Priority Tickets alerts. Priority Tickets are an exclusive benefit for O2 customers that gives them the ability to buy tickets for gigs and events across the UK, including all the gigs at The O2 and O2 Academy Venues, up to 48hrs before general release.

The “This is Priority” campaign, developed by VCCP, features some of the hottest artists in the music world, including Johnny Borell (of Razorlight), Pixie Lott, Florence Welch (of Florence and the Machine), Tinchy Stryder and Tom Jones, with more stars due to feature in future adverts. The campaign aims to bring to life the excitement and feeling of being at a live music experience by showing these artists on their walk from dressing room to stage. It gives the audience an insight into a part of the live experience that they would never normally see, and dramatizes the feeling of the exclusive access they get to live gigs and events thanks to Priority Tickets from O2.

Sally Cowdry, Marketing Director at O2, commented “Our customers are our priority and we look to offer experiences that are unique and truly valued. Priority Ticketing is key to this strategy. We know how much our customers value the opportunity to get tickets for their favourite acts before anyone else – and because of this it’s an important driver for brand preference. This campaign aims to not only increase uptake amongst our existing customers, but also raise awareness with potential new customers.”

O2 customers can see all the priority experiences available to them on the O2 Blueroom.