Check out www.myspace.com/paul_potts under tour dates at the top. He's even touring in NY, NJ, CT, MA, AZ AND CA. Like Elliott, Paul is an inspiration.

If you've never hear of him or never heard him sing, look hm up on youtube.

He's excellent!! I do have one comment on his Italian word pronunciation....this is trivial, of course...but because I took a semester of Italian, it just bothers me, that's all...otherwise, love him and love his life story!!

What does he mis pronounce? Maybe it's his British accent. I have a very thick nasal Philadelphia accent. Whenever I try to pronounce words in other languages, those native speakers can't help but laugh or hold back laughter.

In one of his songs where he says "tanto, tanto" (and a few others)...first, I couldn't figure what he was trying to say until I looked up the lyrics...and the thing is, I had to listen to Il Divo (same song) and one of the guys (David, the American guy) does pronounce it where I could totally understand this part of the song!! I'm also thinking that maybe because David Miller has had formal training and studied opera (graduate of The Oberlin Conservatory of Music)...I don't know...Paul has had some training, too, right? Anyway, it does not take the fact that I still adore Paul, even pre-ordered his cd before it hit the stands, lol!

I went to Paul's concert in Atlantic City. It was incredible! In many ways, he was so much like Elliott. He kept thanking the fans. At the end he thanked everybody at the venue. He was alot shorter than I thought he was. ( that didn't matter, but I expected him to be taller.)

He spoke to the audience alot. He told some stories. He was comfortable speaking. He was engaging and funny, while still so humble. He spoke of Simon Cowell. Apparently, Simon is really a nice guy. I was thinking of Renaldo's sincere tribute to Simon while Paul was telling us about his experiences working with Simon.

If it's even possible, Paul's live singing is even better than the cd. He sang some songs not on the cd. There wasn't a dry eye in the house during his incredible'' Ave Maria.'' He dedidcated '' Cavatina'' to his wife, Julz.

Paul Potts rates right up there with Elliott in my heroes list. If you ever have an opportunity to see him live in concert-go! You won't be sorry. You don't even have to be an opera fan. You'll just love the man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkkSHWaFwNI
Ave Maria at his Long Island concert

Is he doing a national tour? Where did you get your tickets?

It's an international tour on http://www.myspace.com/paul_potts

Thanks for the link!