Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Tom Waits Tour

From Billboard....

Iconic singer/songwriter Tom Waits will hit the road in August for a rare string of live performances. The eight-date tour will take Waits to some cities he hasn't played in three decades. The details of the artist's touring band are still being worked out, according to a spokesperson.

"We need to go to Tennessee to pick up some fireworks, and someone owes me money in Kentucky," Waits said in a statement about his motivation for touring.

Waits played a handful of shows in 2004 but prior to that had not toured widely since 1999, in support of his album "Mule Variations."

And while there's no word of a new album from Waits, Anti- Records is at work on a long-awaited boxed set. No release date has been nailed down, according to the artist's rep.

Waits will also be seen in two dramas set for theatrical release next year: "The Good Heart" alongside Ryan Gosling and "Texas Lullaby" with John Malkovich and Josh Hartnett, which is loosely based on William Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

Here are Tom Waits' tour dates:

Aug. 1: Atlanta (Tabernacle)

Aug. 2: Asheville, N.C. (Thomas Wolfe Auditorium)

Aug. 4: Memphis (Orpheum Theatre)

Aug. 5: Nashville (Ryman Auditorium)

Aug. 7: Louisville (Palace Theatre)

Aug. 9: Chicago (Auditorium Theatre)

Aug. 11: Detroit (Opera House)

Aug. 13: Akron, Ohio (Civic Theatre)

Here's some live stuff for your downloading enjoyment....

Tom Waits - 1976-04-07 - Eisner & Lubin Auditorium - Loeb Student Center - New York University - New York, NY

Tom Waits - 1978-11-21 - Warner Theater - Washington, DC

Tom Waits - 2004-11-15/16/17 - Theater des Westens - Berlin, Germany


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