- TOUR!!!, <marco>, 05.07.2006 19:12
- TOUR!!!, <Mary>, 06.07.2006 20:38
- TOUR!!!, <Eric>, 07.07.2006 18:52
- TOUR!!!, <Mary>, 06.07.2006 20:38
- Oops!!!, <Mary>, 06.07.2006 20:40
| Subject | | TOUR!!! |
| Sender | Eric |
| Created | 07.07.2006 18:52 |
Hi Mary!
Happy to hear from you.
Still into Diderot and scotish beer ? ;-)
Do you have, at last, a sound device on your computer
for mp3s and stuff ?
I WAS at the Red Baron, and even met Harry in Paris
since then.
I wish I was there again and meet you all for a new
european TW tour.
Hey, Nicole, will you see one of those gigs ?
Big hello to you all from Paris
Eric
Here is the note from ANTI :
THE ONE AND ONLY TOM WAITS TO HIT THE ROAD!
THE ONE AND ONLY TOM WAITS TO HIT THE ROAD IN AN
UNPRECEDENTED STRING OF DATES IN THE SOUTH AND MID-
WEST THROUGH CITIES HE HASN’T PLAYED IN DECADES
BEGINNING AUGUST 1 IN ATLANTA
Iconoclast and reclusive touring artist TOM WAITS is
making an unprecedented move by taking his always
unpredictably stunning live show on the road, mostly
in cities (Atlanta, Memphis, Louisville, Nashville)
where he hasn’t been seen on stage since the mid-to-
late ‘70s. As for Asheville, NC, Tom has never played
a gig; he hasn’t performed in Akron, OH or Detroit
since the ‘80s. The most recent stop on this
extraordinary tour is Chicago, where Waits played the
Chicago Theater for three sold out nights on
his "Mule Variations" tour in ‘99.
"We need to go to Tennessee to pick up some
fireworks, and someone owes me money in Kentucky,"
says Waits about why he’s chosen this particular time
and route to tour.
When this two-time Grammy-winner last performed live
in 2004, tickets sold out in hours, if not minutes.
His most recent live date in London sold out in 30
minutes, with over 150,000 ticket requests received
within the first hour. Waits’ three previous North
American concerts (two in Vancouver, Canada and one
in Seattle) were also snapped up in record time.
"His concert was a nostalgic trip through freak
shows, murder ballads, and ruminations on lost love,"
wrote Charles R. Cross in Rolling Stone after 2004
performance at Seattle’s Paramount Theater. "He
didn’t so much sing these songs as he wheezed,
whistled, and shouted them, shaking his fist like a
craps player on a roll. Mining his recent Real Gone -
Waits created a world of haunting characters adrift
in a bygone age."
In other news, Paste magazine has just issued its
collector’s edition citing the "100 Best Living
Songwriters,"with Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
(longtime co-writer, co-producer and wife) clocking
in at #4. According to Paste, "In literature, only a
handful of writers have pulled off the near
impossible. In music, it happens on every Tom Waits
recording."
Tour dates are as follows:
08/01 Atlanta GA Tabernacle
08/02 Asheville NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
08/04 Memphis TN Orpheum Theatre
08/05 Nashville TN Ryman Auditorium
08/07 Louisville KY Palace Theatre
08/09 Chicago IL Auditorium Theatre
08/11 Detroit MI Opera House
08/13 Akron OH Akron Civic
Look for local ads in the regional papers for on sale
dates. The first show in Atlanta goes on sale July 8.
Thanks for your support!
Sincerely,
ANTI-
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