Crooner Tom Jones brought his ‘Ages and Stages’ tour to Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida on Friday, May 12th.
And while the eighty-two-year-old moved a bit slower and spent more time sitting, he still commanded standing ovations from a sold-out crowd old enough to have watched him perform in his heyday, and his voice was ageless. Jones was tireless as he performed twenty-one songs, including seven from his latest release, Surrounded By Time, while a giant video screen behind him showed what was happening on stage or alternated with silhouettes of dancers and random images.
The evening was not strictly a greatest hits show, however. There were of course the hits, including “It’s Not Unusual”, “Sex Bomb”, and “What’s New, Pussycat”. The aforementioned album was one of covers including those of Prince and Chuck Berry, many of which were played to great effect to the appreciation of the crowd.
Like a fine wine, Tom Jones has shown that he is aging like a fine wine, albeit one with a great set of vocal cords.
Setlist
I’m Growing Old (Bobby Cole cover)
Not Dark Yet (Bob Dylan cover)
It’s Not Unusual
What’s New, Pussycat?
The Windmills of Your Mind (Noel Harrison cover)
Sex Bomb
Popstar (Cat Stevens cover)
One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) (Bob Dylan cover)
Across the Borderline (Willie Nelson cover)
Green, Green Grass of Home (Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr. cover)
Talking Reality Television Blues (Todd Snider cover)
I Won’t Crumble with You If You Fall (Bernice Johnson Reagon cover)
Tower of Song (Leonard Cohen cover)
Delilah (Lou Reed cover)
Lazarus Man (Terry Callier cover)
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Randy Newman cover)
If I Only Knew (Rise Robots Rise cover)
Kiss (Prince cover)
One Hell of a Life (Katell Keineg cover)
Strange Things Happening Every Day (traditional cover)
Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry cover)
