Mr Tom Jones continued

As I mentioned yesterday, I saw Tom Jones yesterday, I was so impressed. He came on, sang for about 45 minutes and went straight off. He was fund raising for Cancer Research UK, I gave what little money I had in my pockets (72p) and in the end he raised over £460. His setlist was a little small, he did two of his classic songs (It's not unusual & Green grass of home) with a selection of classics (Almost all of which were related to what he called 'these times' about money-obsessed men with a lack of money).

I was left most impressed, I've even been photographed and I'm in today's Daily Telegraph which I've got a scan of below. But photos first of all....



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This is a nice photo which I believes nicely illustrates the sheer weight of people there, as well as that despite his huge reputation and media machine, this Tom Jones fella is mortal like the rest of us.



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I believe this is where Tom Jones was doing a Roy Orbison-esque growl. This 50/60 year old man was growling like a sex object, what's worse all these female students were growling back, giving credence to his claim. Shocking stuff really :O



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This is probably the best photo I took of Tom Jones, I managed to get him fully in shot, staring properly towards the camera, at this resolution, you can properly see the fretboard guitar that 'Keith' was playing, a rather fetching Gibson acoustic. The fish sculpture in the background came out well in this one, as did Somerset House, and by contrasting Tom Jones' skin colour with that of the crowd, you can understand what I mean when I say he look a bit out of place. I am planning on going to Somerset House for my next set of photos, I feel sufficiently prepared (just).



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And lastly, even though I had deliberately turned off the flash for this photo thus it appears a bit dark, I couldn't possibly not show this photo. I think it nicely sums up his showmanship. It was pure poetry to see him working a crowd.



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Enjoy the better-than-average resolution photos. Next post will most likely be about Somerset House (The marble building across the river in the photos).

Here's the Daily Telegraph article with me in it, I'm in the lower left hand side with bare arms above the crowd wearing a watch on my left wrist. Sarah Kennard is just to the right of me, with a dark blue jacket.



As a final note, after the free concert, I picked up a bottle of water that I'm 90% confident Tom Jones drank from, eBay awaits.....