“The Sun” Confirms “The Voice” On “The Voice;” #1 For One Million £’s
Saturday, November 26th, 2011UPDATE: NOVEMBER 28: In an “exclusive” story today The Sun says that, “As TV Biz [The Sun's column] predicted, Pop Idol champ Will Young, Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am, Welsh legend Tom Jones and pop princess Jessie J have all said they’ll appear.” Although The Sun seems to be sure of this information, other news outlets are less so. Of course, you know the drill — it’s not official until you see it on OFFICIAL Tom Jones.
Tom ends his winter tour with a 7 pm show tonight, Monday, November 28, in St. Petersburg, Russia. It’s very cold there so one hopes the crowd is very warm. This is the last show scheduled (thus far) this year and there is nothing yet made public on his schedule for 2012. Hopefully, he will be back home and can drop by Las Vegas for a show before the end of the year. Sir Tom being a coach on The Voice.
Playing catch-up: On November 17, when Tom played in Bucharest, Romania, Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton — there filming a History Channel mini-series about the Hatfield-McCoy feud — attended his concert. According to observers, they came into the hall quietly and sat about 20 meters (65 feet) from the stage.
Sir Tom Jones named Wales’ Greatest Living National Treasure
WalesOnline | November 25, 2011 | By Jessica Flynn
We may never see a £1m bank note in circulation but if there was one then Sir Tom Jones should feature on it – according to a national survey.
Sir Tom pipped the likes of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dame Shirley Bassey and Catherine Zeta-Jones to be named Wales’ Greatest Living National Treasure and will now be featured on a unique Christmas £1m note.
The nationwide poll by The EuroMillions’ Millionaire Raffle National Treasures was commissioned to celebrate Millionaires Month, with 50 Brits guaranteed to win £1m between November 25 and December 23.
More than 4,000 adults took part in the poll which asked the public to vote for the person they believed to be our greatest national living treasure and best represent the nation on a unique £1m note.
A shortlist of national icons was compiled by a panel led by former Heat magazine editor Mark Frith.
The shortlist focused on living luminaries and included names representing every region of the UK in a comprehensive study of living national icons.
The overall winner and the names judged to be the greatest national treasure in each of the nation’s 13 regions will be honoured on the special notes.
Pontypridd-born Sir Tom, 71, who has enjoyed chart success with classics including Green, Green Grass of Home and It’s Not Unusual, received 25% of the votes in the Welsh poll.
The rest of the top five were Sir Anthony Hopkins (17%), Dame Shirley Bassey (13%), Holyhead-born Dawn French (7%) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (5%).
A EuroMillions spokesperson, said: “Sir Tom Jones rightfully holds a place in the nation’s hearts and is considered one of the greatest entertainer of all time, as well as being considered to be our greatest living Welsh treasure.
“With 50 new millionaires being made before Christmas it would make life much easier if we could just hold a stock of notes adorned with Sir Tom Jones’ image. Until then we are going to have to rely on giant cheques.”
When it came to the national vote of 4,000 adults from all over the UK, Sir David Attenborough was named as Britain’s Greatest Living National Treasure with 24% of the votes, followed by Stephen Fry with 13% and Sean Connery who had 8%.
Financial forecaster and statistician Geoff Ellis predicts that based on the current rate of inflation we will have to wait until the year 2170 before the £1m note will be in circulation.


















