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Tom Waits Tour Announcement on Monday

post #1 of 46
5/3/08 at 2:26pm
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From his tour manager, posted to the Waits mailing list:

Subject: The first announcement....

Tune in and view highlights from the press conference held by musician
and iconoclast Tom Waits to announce his summer tour "Glitter and
Doom" on Monday, May 5 at www.tomwaits.com beginning at 9am EST.

Not only is Tom announcing a tour, but a website as well !

This is one of several announcements in the next week.
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post #2 of 46
5/3/08 at 2:44pm
I would be excited, but I doubt he'll come anywhere near Austin again. Thank goodness for YouTube and rampant concert taping!

For everyone else, you should see this man perform while he's still young enough to do so.
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post #3 of 46
5/3/08 at 3:54pm
"Austin", "Again"????

Try being a Waits fanatic living in Australia - he hasn't been out here in 2 decades.

I've all but had to make peace with the probability I will never see the man live.

Its an uneasy peace tho I tell ya.
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post #4 of 46
5/3/08 at 4:47pm
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If he plays Vancouver but not here you might have a couch surfer for a day or two.
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post #5 of 46
5/3/08 at 11:57pm
Come on, Chicago! That's...relatively near where I live. I'm keeping my fucking fingers crossed. As much as I hate anything involving crowds these days, it would be worth it to see this man live.
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post #6 of 46
5/4/08 at 10:51am
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Come on, Chicago! That's...relatively near where I live. I'm keeping my fucking fingers crossed. As much as I hate anything involving crowds these days, it would be worth it to see this man live.
I believe he usually plays the Chicago Theatre, so it's assigned seating. You don't need to worry about more than two or three of the Great Unwashed rubbing up against you.
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post #7 of 46
5/5/08 at 4:38am
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What a weird bunch of dates! The 'press conference' is pretty fucking great, too.

Tour - Orpheum
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Phoenix, US

Tour - Orpheum
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Phoenix, US

Tour - Plaza Theatre
Friday, June 20, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
El Paso, US

Tour - Jones Hall
Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Houston, US

Tour - Palladium
Monday, June 23, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Dallas, US

Tour - Brady Theatre
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Tulsa, US

Tour - Fox Theatre
Thursday, June 26, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
St Louis, US

Tour - Ohio Theatre
Saturday, June 28, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Columbus, US

Tour - Civic Theatre
Sunday, June 29, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Knoxville, US

Tour - Moran Theatre
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Jacksonville, US

Tour - Saenger Theatre
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Mobile, US

Tour - Alabama Theatre
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Birmingham, US

Tour - Fox Theatre
Saturday, July 5, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Atlanta, US
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post #8 of 46
5/5/08 at 4:47am
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(Oh, and Troy, we just got a new couch this weekend. You're more than welcome to it.)
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post #9 of 46
5/5/08 at 5:38am
Tulsa??? Jesus fuck, that's close enough for me!
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post #10 of 46
5/5/08 at 10:27am
I can't believe we're going to get our second Waits show here in less than two years. It's on my mom's birthday, too!

Which will mean absolutely nothing to her other than I'll meet her for a birthday lunch rather than dinner.
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post #11 of 46
5/5/08 at 12:50pm
Phoenix is the closest he's getting to LA? Blast!
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post #12 of 46
5/5/08 at 1:04pm
Can't believe he's coming back to Atlanta. I'd thought he was on a 30-year cycle with this town. July 5 it is. Beautiful.
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post #13 of 46
5/5/08 at 1:45pm
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Originally Posted by Eyeball Kid View Post
I would be excited, but I doubt he'll come anywhere near Austin again.
Thanks for proving me wrong, Tom. Houston AND Dallas? Nice.
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post #14 of 46
5/5/08 at 1:47pm
Atlanta! Fuck yes!
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post #15 of 46
5/6/08 at 3:14pm
I'm going to try to get tickets to both Phoenix shows. This is on my very short list of "Must see before I/they die".
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post #16 of 46
5/6/08 at 4:34pm
Not only is he not coming to Chicago, the St. Louis show is the day I'm flying to Vegas. Fuck. That.
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post #17 of 46
5/6/08 at 10:04pm
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Originally Posted by A-Pathetic View Post
I'm going to try to get tickets to both Phoenix shows. This is on my very short list of "Must see before I/they die".
Same here. Any word on when tickets go on sale?
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post #18 of 46
5/7/08 at 2:44am
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Originally Posted by Egg View Post
Can't believe he's coming back to Atlanta. I'd thought he was on a 30-year cycle with this town. July 5 it is. Beautiful.
My thoughts exactly. Prior to the last tour, I was pretty sure I'd never get to catch him live and I'm just ecstatic about getting another chance to see Tom Waits perform. It'd be amazing if Marc Ribot was part of this upcoming tour, but I'm guessing he's doing the Plant/Krauss shows this summer(?). Anyway, I'm really hoping the ticket prices will be reasonable enough like last time so I can actually swing this.
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post #19 of 46
5/8/08 at 12:46am
Here's the early word on ticket prices:

http://www.tomwaitsfan.com/
Looks like tickets will be available on the 17th based on the smidgen of info on Ticketmaster for Columbus show. Tickets will go on sale Sat, 05/17/08 10:00 AM. They will be $82.50


Any PayPal donations thrown my way will be much appreciated.
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post #20 of 46
5/8/08 at 1:32am
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Originally Posted by tom de plume View Post
Same here. Any word on when tickets go on sale?
Calling The Orpheum will get you a "watch tomwaits.com, we don't know"
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post #21 of 46
5/11/08 at 2:10pm
Tom Waits' concert tickets go on-sale MAY 16TH:

DATE - CITY - VENUE - ON-SALE TIME
6/17 Phoenix, AZ — Orpheum — NOON Pacific
6/18 Phoenix, AZ — Orpheum — NOON Pacific
6/20 El Paso, TX — Plaza Theatre — 1pm Mountain
6/22 Houston, TX — Jones Hall — 10am Central
6/23 Dallas, TX — Palladium — 11am Central
6/25 Tulsa, OK — Brady Theatre — Noon Central
6/26 St. Louis, MO — Fox Theatre — 10amCentral
6/28 Columbus, OH — Ohio Theatre — 10am Eastern
6/29 Knoxville, TN — Civic Auditorium — 9am Eastern
7/1 Jacksonville, FL — Times Union Center — 10am Eastern
7/2 Mobile, AL — Saenger Theatre — 10am Central
7/3 Birmingham, AL — Alabama Theatre — 11am Central
7/5 Atlanta, GA — Fox Theatre — 10am Eastern

FROM:

Tom Waits On-Sale Information
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post #22 of 46
5/11/08 at 2:34pm
No way I can afford a ticket right now and I'm in for some regret. Curses!
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post #23 of 46
5/12/08 at 3:26pm
90 bucks per show, but Tom is doing his best to keep scalpers out of this by making the show ticketless. You have to have your ID and the credit card you used to pay for the ticket in order to get in. I'm sure some scalpers will figure a way around it, but credit for making it difficult for them. Hopefully it will make it a tad easier to buy tickets on Friday.
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post #24 of 46
5/12/08 at 7:48pm
He's coming to Dallas and Houston but not Austin? Dammit!
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post #25 of 46
5/16/08 at 11:10am
Got my tickets! Got good seats! I'm poor now!
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post #26 of 46
5/16/08 at 11:13am
Just scored 7th row in Atlanta. I've been kicking myself for the last two years for missing the Tabernacle show, so this should hopefully make up for it.
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post #27 of 46
5/16/08 at 11:14am
I went for the (relatively) cheap seats, but I'm in.
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post #28 of 46
5/16/08 at 11:47am
At least Ticketmaster.com sent me codes for two free songs off iTunes. Their way of saying "Thanks for letting us touch your butthole. Don't tell anyone."
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post #29 of 46
5/16/08 at 11:54am
Seriously, a $15.95 convenience charge on each ticket? That's a little extreme.
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post #30 of 46
5/16/08 at 12:15pm
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Originally Posted by The13th View Post
Seriously, a $15.95 convenience charge on each ticket? That's a little extreme.
But so convenient!
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post #31 of 46
5/16/08 at 12:22pm
Yeah, between the price, and the three-hour-after-midnight drive home from Houston, on a Sunday, I had to pass. Sadness.
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post #32 of 46
5/16/08 at 1:18pm
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Originally Posted by The13th View Post
Seriously, a $15.95 convenience charge on each ticket? That's a little extreme.
In general, Ticketmaster's fees are absurd.

But in this case, I'll take them over the eBay gouging that would otherwise be occurring.
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post #33 of 46
5/21/08 at 2:50pm
After being told by somebody else that his dates weren't selling out I thought I'd get tickets to both shows easily. I ended up happy that I got tickets to one of the shows, both of them sold out in about a minute in Phoenix apparently. There was only a single price for any seat, so it was just dumb luck which seats you got if you got through on Ticketmaster. Oh well, 30 years away and he's finally back. $105 with all the fees included doesn't seem all that bad when you think of it that way.
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post #34 of 46
5/21/08 at 5:54pm
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Euro dates:

07-12 San Sebastián, Spain - Auditorium Kursaal
07-14 Barcelona, Spain - Auditorium Forum
07-15 Barcelona, Spain - Auditorium Forum
07-17 Milan, Italy - Teatro Degli Arcimboldi
07-18 Milan, Italy - Teatro Degli Arcimboldi
07-19 Milan, Italy - Teatro Degli Arcimboldi
07-21 Prague, Czech Republic - KCP
07-22 Prague, Czech Republic - KCP
07-24 Paris, France - Grand Rex
07-25 Paris, France - Grand Rex
07-27 Edinburgh, Scotland - Playhouse
07-28 Edinburgh, Scotland - Playhouse
07-30 Dublin, Ireland - The Ratcellar at Phoenix Park
07-31 Dublin, Ireland - The Ratcellar at Phoenix Park
08-01 Dublin, Ireland - The Ratcellar at Phoenix Park

The Rex in Paris is magnificent. Saw Waits there twice in 2000 and it was beautiful. I highly recommend the trip.
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post #35 of 46
5/21/08 at 6:50pm
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Originally Posted by A-Pathetic View Post
...Oh well, 30 years away and he's finally back. $105 with all the fees included doesn't seem all that bad when you think of it that way.
Since $105 "doesn't seem all that bad" - I'd be more than happy to accept a ticket to the Atlanta show as an early birthday gift from you. The fact that you don't even know me is irrelevant. Isn't it more important that I, a longtime Waits fan, get to see him perform than you being able to buy a bunch of DVDs that could just as easily be rented through Netflix sometime?

Yes?

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post #36 of 46
7/9/08 at 6:28pm
Just wanted to say how great the Atlanta show was. Huge energy. Make it Rain, November, and Innocent When You Dream were highlights for me.
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post #37 of 46
7/9/08 at 6:39pm
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Yeah, that was fucking great. Among the best I've seen him play. '9th & Hennepin' was killer, too. Loved a lot of Omar Torrez's small guitar bits and the reed player (I'm criminally forgetting his name now) was such a great addition after the last few guitar-centric tours.

(And for those who didn't get to see him this time out, there are quite a few audio bootlegs and a pretty good full DVD of the St. Louis show on Dime already.)
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post #38 of 46
7/9/08 at 7:00pm
I was so disappointed when my check didn't come in on time for me to get tickets for this. I'm glad to hear that it was so good.
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post #39 of 46
7/9/08 at 7:32pm
Thanks for bumping the thread, I'm bored at work and clicked on the Anti.com Waits blog to find this gem.

God, I love this guy. Can't wait to see him live one of these days...
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post #40 of 46
7/9/08 at 7:35pm
You and I can start a two person campaign to get him to come out to LA. I guarantee two tickets sold already!
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post #41 of 46
7/11/08 at 1:49am
It sure is funny to see all the guys in hats lounging around at a show like this. In their own little social world each of them are probably unique.
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post #42 of 46
7/11/08 at 2:44am
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It sure is funny to see all the guys in hats lounging around at a show like this. In their own little social world each of them are probably unique.
Now now, depends on what kinda hats we're talking about here. Porkpie, cowboy, Kangol, conductor, or baseball caps?
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post #43 of 46
7/11/08 at 11:17am
Porkpie, mostly. There were porkpie hats as far as the eye could see. Kind of made me wish I'd worn a sombrero.

Amazing show.
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post #44 of 46
7/11/08 at 1:07pm
I forgot to mention. After I got my ticket, my family vacation plans clashed and I had to give my ticket away. So I paid the $105 to not even go. To add insult to injury, my family vacation was to Columbus, OH to see in-laws and we left there a scant 3 days before Tom Waits would have played there. So I just missed him on both ends, and had a ticket I didn't use.
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post #45 of 46
7/11/08 at 3:29pm
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Originally Posted by Misfit View Post
Porkpie, mostly. There were porkpie hats as far as the eye could see. Kind of made me wish I'd worn a sombrero.
I loved that part of the pre-show, seeing five guys with the same hat converge together for a porkpie pow-wow and then dissolve back into the crowd.
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post #46 of 46
8/3/08 at 1:53pm
If anyone is interested, the entire show is available for free from NPR at
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92916923[/URL]

It can also be downloaded from itunes at NPR all songs considered podcast.
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