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Sir Tom Honored In Chile
Monday, February 8th, 2010If you haven’t had a chance this weekend, please check the posts below. Some interesting comments and reviews.
Tom is honored by Viña del Mar Mayor Virginia Reginato.
Tom played the Viña del Mar Festival in Chile Saturday night and the city’s mayor presented him with a proclamation. It was a much more intimate setting — newspaper reports say 1,000 people rather than the 20,000 in 2007 — than in the past. One newspaper described Tom as “Pure leather and hairy-chested.”
Tom Jones awarded honorary citizenship of Viña del Mar The award was presented by Virginia Reginato being mayor.
The Welshman will perform again in the Garden City on February 12.
Cooperative/Sunday, January 7
The renowned Welsh artist, Tom Jones, began the promotional tour for his album 24 hours in Viña del Mar, Chile, where he was inaugurated as an illustrious visitor to the city.
The singer was presented at the Municipal Theater of the Garden City to a few thousand people who enjoyed the show of a little more than two hours.
The British singer performed some of hits including Delilah, You Can Leave Your Hat On, She’s a Lady, If I Only Knew and was a crowd pleaser.
Shortly before ending its show, Mayor Virginia Reginato took the stage to recognize the interpreter illustrious 69 years as seen in the city.
“Tom Jones is recognized throughout the world, his hits found around the globe. He is a great artist, for not only for his songs that are so beautiful and well-known, but for his unique interpretation and staging.” said the community leader.
February 8th, 2010 at 1:23 am
Well done Tom another one to add to your many!
February 8th, 2010 at 7:34 am
Great stuff!!! There’ll be more awards to come I’m sure!!!
February 8th, 2010 at 9:50 am
Congratulations, Sir Tom. And a question for the Moderator and other fans … I have noticed that often the not-in-US shows are listed as 2 hours. I’ve seen Tom in around 6 different venues in US and have been around 90 min. give or take. Why the difference? Anyone catch a 2 hour show in the US or Canada? What a treat that would be!
February 8th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
I agree nancyjo, the quote from the article says that it was just OVER 2 hours!! He must have added extra songs.
My Question to TJI is: Why was Tom’s audience attendance considerably less this time? 20,000 to 1,000? Is Tom losing his appeal in Chile? He was only there 3 years ago! Was it a different venue with less capacity?
I’m from Australia and his Melbourne shows haven’t completely sold out yet either ??
February 8th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
NancyJo, Carl: I believe the origin of the 90-minute show here in the USA comes from the casino rules, as Tom plays so often in casinos here. Even when there’s an opening act, he will play 90 minutes. Guess that it’s easier to do it often. At any rate, this is what I choose to believe, as I couldn’t imagine that it is a dissing of US fans. And (welcome to TJI, Carl!) shows everywhere are not selling out. I’ve said it frequently over the last year and it’s still true. Even the hardest tickets in Las Vegas, New York, LA, London….seemingly everywhere….are easy to get these days. Money is tight. However, although I cannot say for sure, I highly doubt that Tom drew 1,000 people in a venue that fits 20,000. Perhaps, as if true at festivals, it was a smaller stage. I guess we’ll see when he goes back there Friday. It seems logical that if he didn’t sell they wouldn’t ask him back.
February 8th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Tom’s shows in the UK have always been 2 hours but I think that is because he plays arena’s here and it’s a bigger show. I did see shows in the USA in the 90′s that were in theatres that were 2 hours but that was then they included an interval.
I may be wrong here about the shows in Chile, but I think the show Tom did in 2007 was a festival in a large arena which had different artists every night and I think I read Tom will be doing something like that again this weekend to close the festival,and all the tickets are free. The theatre he played on 6th February and will play again on 12th February is just a small place.
Surprisingly on BBC news the other evening they said that the London West End stage had a record year in 2009 even better than 2008,and that has already been reported in many newspapers here.