Tom Jones International

There’s not much out of the ordinary to report from the Wilkes-Barre show.

Mr. Jones is such a consistent professional. The shows are somewhat predictable in that you can count on him to take the audience from the start of the show, and lead them to their ultimate frenzy before the last note is played.

The Kirby Center was sold out. The audience was very attentive (as usual), but somewhat reserved in their responses at the start of the show; as if they weren’t sure what to expect. This didn’t stop Mr. Jones from doing what he does best. He connected fully with the audience half-way through the show to the point where he threw in an extra song [Editor's Note: It was Elvis' All Shook Up] at the start of his Jerry Lee Lewis- rock & roll segment. By the end of the show the audience couldn’t get enough of Mr. Jones. They pined for an encore and, of course, they got one.

The security detail at this venue was a little larger and more intimidating than usual (bald-headed muscular clones in black suits or Secret Service on steroids). When the first pair of panties flew onto the stage, “big security guy” was quick to remove the “offensive material” from the stage.

Alas, I fear that many women went home with the extra pair of panties they had intended to leave for their favorite gyrating crooner. Perhaps their husbands later benefitted!

Mr. Jones left the Wilkes-Barre audience wanting more. Now that’s a proper exit!

Scoop… out!

[Editor’s Note: Here is a newspaper review of Tom’s show in Wilkes-Barre.]