Paul Potts proves he can hang with pop-era heavyweights

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The guy at my mobile-phone store handles my cellphone needs well. I've never asked him to sing for me. Maybe I should.

By now everyone knows that Paul Potts formerly managed a Bristol, England mobile-phone shop. Then the TV program Britain's Got Talent broke the pudgy, gap-toothed opera fan into the pop-era world of Il Divo, Andrea Bocelli, and others. With evil American Idol judge Simon Cowell helming his career, the guy is selling out mid-size venues across North America.

Thursday night he wowed 'em at the first of two sold-out performances at the Centre. He also plays Saturday night.

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