and now, what you’ve all been waiting for…
dates after the break
06/17 - Phoenix, AZ @ Orpheum
06/18 - Phoenix, AZ @ Orpheum
06/20 - El Paso, TX @ Plaza
06/22 - Houston, TX @ Jones Hall
06/23 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium
06/25 - Tulsa, OK @ Brady Theatre
06/26 - St. Louis, MO @ Fox Theatre
06/28 - Columbus, OH @ Ohio Theatre
06/29 - Knoxville, TN @ Civic Theatre
07/01 - Jacksonville, FL @ Times Union Center Moran Theatre
07/02 - Mobile, AL @ Saenger Theatre
07/03 - Birmingham, AL @ Alabama Theatre
07/05 - Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre
71 responses so far ↓
1 Bryan // May 5, 2008 at 6:44 am
Way to avoid NYC yet again Tom
2 Brandi // May 5, 2008 at 9:00 am
Fantastic. Now when do the tix go on sale? We’ve called all the venues and no one knows.
Thanks! Can’t wait.
3 Gina // May 5, 2008 at 9:08 am
to both Bryan and Brandi: patience is a virtue…
4 Nikki // May 5, 2008 at 9:33 am
When do tickets go on sale and were can they be purchased at? I noticed ticketmaster has no dates for him posted. I am so excited to see Tom live!!!
5 Cameron // May 5, 2008 at 10:07 am
pls come to Austin…you just gotta?
6 Nick (SBJ) // May 5, 2008 at 10:09 am
I’m so ready for this ….
7 redatozim // May 5, 2008 at 10:46 am
I don’t know why I even bother looking these things up. He ain’t coming to Brazil anyways.
8 Bryan // May 5, 2008 at 11:12 am
Gina, Ok I guess I can wait a little awhile longer then.
9 Delia // May 5, 2008 at 11:45 am
Not Austin? Sad. Anyone know which is the better venue, Houston or Dallas? Or somewhere worth flying out to on a Saturday?
10 Shaun // May 5, 2008 at 11:54 am
What no Cali shows? What a bummer. If he needs a place to crash at or play, hell he can stay with me.
11 Scott // May 5, 2008 at 12:28 pm
So is there any possibility of additional tour dates after these or is this it? LA, San Diego, Vegas?? Something closer would be quite nice.
12 Tanner // May 5, 2008 at 12:52 pm
What news!
13 TK // May 5, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Any chance of coming to Philadelphia?
14 jim kennedy // May 5, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Dublin! Woot woot! I knew there was a reason for living here, apart from all the regular reasons. And again, woot!
15 skyef // May 5, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Boo hoo, still no Australia shows. Why oh why do I live on an island.
16 Bryan // May 5, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Please come to Australia!!! It’s a nice island
17 jamison // May 6, 2008 at 12:11 am
come somewhere in the northeast! i’d travel anywhere in the area to see tom waits
18 rebekah // May 6, 2008 at 9:14 am
This makes up for everything that ever has or ever will go wrong in my life.
Now, when do tickets go on sale?
19 Gina // May 6, 2008 at 9:22 am
tickets go on sale soon. keep checking back…we will post information as soon as we have it!
20 Frida // May 6, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I am travelling all the way from Mexico City to see him (cause I know he aint never coming here), so when and where do the tickets go on sale, please???!!!!
21 Lisa // May 6, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Gina, please oh please keep me posted…don’t let the evil scalpers get tix before I can…Tommy changed MY life!!!
Long live Tom & Kathleen!!!
22 Brian Smart // May 6, 2008 at 8:04 pm
In a somewhat related vein…
I live in Whitehorse, in the Yukon Territory (Canada).
So tonight I’m at my daughter’s dance rehearsal for The Northern Lights School of Dance. About 2 hours into the affair I start to nod off. I’m not sure whether it as the tap dancing, a BB King song, or an old Satchmo song, but I had this idea in the mddle of the Yukon Arts Centrefor a play or musical entitled: 10 Songs by Tom Waits.
Maybe already been done. Maybe a shitty idea. I dunno. 10 songs by Tom Waits with accompanying theatrics (they are always accompanied by theatrics so there’s really no stretch for anyone here right?)
23 Gina // May 6, 2008 at 9:19 pm
brian - that has been done, both with (The Black Rider, Alice & Blood Money, all with Robert Wilson) and without (a production somewhere with tom’s songs done showtune style) tom’s blessing and/or involvement. so clearly a good idea!
24 MARTIN // May 7, 2008 at 1:09 am
Hi from Spain, when will you announce the european tour dates?
thanks
25 George // May 7, 2008 at 2:44 am
oh how sweet the world is.. until i can’t get tickets of course.. then months of misery
26 susan // May 7, 2008 at 5:46 am
from the dalhi lama to tom waits it will be a good summer for me. now all i need is a ticket to the ohio show…… How come there are already tickets thru brokers, and No tickets being sold thru ticketmaster or the venue offices. come on, lets get on with it
27 cathal // May 7, 2008 at 8:41 am
yeah does anyone know when the european tours are gonna be realeased or an address to someone that might be in the no of when they will be realsed
28 Daniel // May 7, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I am coming over from Australia on an artist residency and I will be in NY, I want more that anything i.e. this is a life long dream, to see Tom. Ticketmaster had the show listed for an hour or so, then gone. Help me to realize my dream.
29 Nelterela // May 7, 2008 at 5:21 pm
thanks much, brother
30 Gina // May 7, 2008 at 5:34 pm
ON SALE INFO UP FRIENDS!
31 Tero // May 7, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Good for you guys. It just brakes my heart to think, that there propably will be only a handful of shows in Europe and it’s virtually impossible to get tickets if you do not live in that spesific country.
I’d sell my other kidney to see Tom live someday but because I live in Finland the odds for me growing a second head are better.
32 Lori In NJ // May 8, 2008 at 4:07 am
What about NJ, come on people here can’t wait for him…please include us in your tour area! It would be totally awesome to see an icon her!
33 Lori In NJ // May 8, 2008 at 4:08 am
What about NJ, come on! people here can’t wait for him…please include us in your tour area! It would be totally awesome to see an icon here!
34 Another Tero // May 8, 2008 at 4:54 am
Tero, as far I can tell, I still only have just one head, although I’ve seen Tom four times over the last nine years and I live in Finland too! Still hoping for a concert in Northern Europe though…
35 Lucifer // May 9, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Australians have been waiting an eternity to see you, Tom!!! Pack your bags, tune the guitars and get down here!
Please…
36 Kevin in CA // May 9, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I see ‘onsale up friends’ but don’t see the onsale info anywhere
37 Gina // May 9, 2008 at 12:42 pm
all in information is in another blog post. try this:
http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=246
38 nick // May 10, 2008 at 8:05 am
Hi there any news of when tickets for u.k. dates go on sale???Please keep me posted Gina! we`d be devastated to miss the incredible Mr Waits!!!!! THANKS !!! Nick&Kim xxx
39 Boris // May 10, 2008 at 12:31 pm
When comparing the star-constellation Eridanus (witch he will follow in Europe) with a map, knowing it has to be placed between Spain and Dublin - Here’s a possible route: Barcelona, Paris, München, Praha, Berlin/Hamburg, Amsterdam, London, Dublin…
40 Randy Shields // May 10, 2008 at 1:14 pm
When do Tom Waits tickets go on sale for the Orpheum in Phoenix???
41 James // May 11, 2008 at 5:59 pm
You’re doing all these redneck states, and you avoid Florida? Tampa needs some life, hope you pay us a visit.
42 James // May 11, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Sorry, didn’t realize Jacksonville was on the list. You don’t expect civilized people to drive 6 hours to see a show, do you?
43 Tue // May 13, 2008 at 1:36 am
Pleeaassee visit us in DENMARK…
44 darcy // May 13, 2008 at 10:49 am
CANADA
for pete’s sake
CANADA loves you tom
out west pleeeeeease
45 gabe // May 13, 2008 at 4:46 pm
“CANADA
for pete’s sake
CANADA loves you tom
out west pleeeeeease”
Dear gods yes!!
46 Jorge // May 15, 2008 at 6:31 am
I read your book recently and enyoed it very much. I understand your music a little bit more, I always say that if you read somethig about Cubism you will enjoy more Picasso’s work, isn’t it true? Anyways, its only a point of view.
I had a very good time reading it and I hope you come to Spain to experience your live concert. Thank you for your art, Tom.
Jorge / George
47 dan // May 16, 2008 at 6:19 am
I just got 8th row Orchestra tickets for the Jacksonville show!
48 dan // May 16, 2008 at 6:31 am
I have been keeping my ticket stubs from shows since I was 16, I plan to make a coffee table with the tickets displayed under the glass. It is unfortunate that I won’t get a hard ticket for this show as it would have been one of the crown jewels but I commend Tom Waits and Ticketmaster for keeping the ticket brokers from buying in bulk and allowing the real fans to get great seats for face value. This tour isn’t selling out nearly as fast for this reason. It’s a half an hour in to the sell and you can still find orchestra seats. With the cardholder’s presence necessary for admission, it seems scalpers are out of gas.
49 tyler // May 17, 2008 at 10:54 am
is tom coming to albany ever????????
50 Trole // May 18, 2008 at 12:45 am
Now, I too am a musician and I understand how difficult it can be to make a tour schedule. Of course we all would like Tom to come to our respective town or area but we must respect his devotion to the precise measurements of this “hydra” constellation. If he were to start in, say, Buckeye, Arizona, it would really throw things off! Then, a stop in Albany and one in New York City and we’re talking about a completely different constellation altogether as well as an acronym that would make no sense at all.
Furthermore, I understand that Mr. Waits personal astrologer is a very large and muscular fellow who spent years behind bars for crimes that resulted from his volatile temper. He could fly off the handle at any minute due to any minor fluctuation or variation in the tour schedule.
Continuing on that note, our band just returned from our Canadian tour which was also mapped out in the pattern of the constellation, “Pisces” as I was born under that sign. We were offered a show in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and our booking team accepted without our knowledge and when we received the tour schedule, it threw off the entire constellation philosophy. We ended up in a violent fight with our drummer who left for home and we were forced to continue the tour without him. You see, there’s a reason and a rhyme to it all. It’s not just nonsense.
For example, here is the acronym for the towns that we played in Canada:
Skin City, Ontario
London, Ontario
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (the blaggard tour date!)
Regina, Saskatchewan
Canmore, Alberta
Cumberland, British Columbia
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Banff, Alberta
Jasper, Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Calgary, Alberta
Now, though the acronym “SLTWSRCCNVVBJEC” is difficult to pronounce and doesn’t roll off the tongue as well as “PEHDTSCKJMBA”, but when you complete the acronym and consider what happened (and our drummer actually did leave in Saskatoon. True story), it absolutely boggles the mind.
Saskatoon Loves Terrific Wind Storms Rolling Cloud Cover No Verbal Violence Necessary Because Juxtaposition Enables Comradery.
You see! Saskatoon is in the Canadian praries where the wind blows like mad! If we hadn’t made that stop in Saskatoon there would have been no verbal violence between band members and we would still have our drummer! This is all possible by the fact that “juxtaposition enables comradery! You see! It actually makes a lot of sense. It’s not all just Tom-foolery.
51 Trole // May 18, 2008 at 12:48 am
Furthermore, the constellation “Pisces” which is also the astrological sign I was born under, is the exact pattern of the curl of hair that rests on my forehead! We chose our route strictly due to that constellation pattern until that dreadful date was booked in Saskatoon. Really, it’s quite an amazing story wouldn’t you say?
52 Trole // May 18, 2008 at 12:52 am
Oh, and if you decide to come to Canada, Mr. Waits, you can stay at our house. There’s a spare couch that folds out into a bed and I’ll even make my special blueberry pancakes in the morning with the purest of maple syrup. I’m sure my ma would bake you all some cookies as she does for us every time we leave for tour.
53 HECTOR // May 20, 2008 at 11:44 am
ARGENTINA Please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
54 HECTOR // May 20, 2008 at 11:46 am
come to South America ,TOM!!!
55 Odd Einar // May 20, 2008 at 11:49 am
Is it possible he will visit Scandinavia, especially Norway on this tour?
I believe that Norway is the only country that Tom Waits ever reach nr 1 on a national sales list.
56 Jason // May 21, 2008 at 9:50 am
shortest tour ever, it’s like under 2 weeks. come to California!!!
57 Jason // May 24, 2008 at 9:55 am
Looks like its a long weekend in Edinburgh for me, I knew it would end up costing me £500 to see Tom Waits, Ive never paid almost £100 for a ticket to see anyone either. still. nor would I. CANT WAIT…
58 nate chavez // May 24, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Why would you only tour one half of the country? Its not fair to your fans in the northern part of the U.S. particularly the portland area. I dont know why you gotta be so stingy with your talent. spread the love around tom!
59 jason m // May 29, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Canada needs more glitter and doom!
60 Shanester // May 30, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Aw… C’Mon!
Stupid question. Is this it for USA dates for the next year or two? I’ll do the 10+ hour drive from Denver, (if I have to).
In other words, will there be any more USA dates… or is this it?
–Shanester.
P.S. Any idea what the setlist will consist of?
61 Shanester // May 30, 2008 at 7:53 pm
I don’t wanna be one of those guys in the audience that ‘cheers’ when he says… “Hey, Tulsa” and I was the guy that drove 10+ hours with $4 gas from Colorado.
Grrrr…
I wish Tommie (sorry, when anyone in our ‘group’ says Tommie, we know they mean THE Tom Waits) would enjoy touring (instead of just needing the $) and go all over. I’ll drive… but need to know what songs he’ll play, need to take off two days from work and will spend $150-$200 in gas, plus food, motel, etc…
C’mon, Tommie, come on out to Denver.
Puh-Lease?
62 Shanester // May 30, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Yeah….
GOING OUT WEST…
(Like, to … um, Denver, .. PLEASE?!?)
63 Kate // Jun 2, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Please come to Australia…
64 Karla // Jun 12, 2008 at 8:36 am
Please come to South Africa…
65 Ada // Jun 17, 2008 at 6:04 am
Why is it so difficult to get tickets to see your show? I understand wanting to play small venues to make the show more intimate but it really puts limits on how many people can see your show and it excludes a lot of your fans. I have been trying to get tickets for your Phoenix show since last week and it has been one of the most difficult experiences. Between the scalpers that want to charge $400 a ticket and Ticketmaster I am not sure which is worse.
66 vincent devoe // Jun 27, 2008 at 7:22 am
Canadian tour anytime soon? Montreal ?
67 Catgut // Aug 15, 2008 at 8:02 pm
“jason m
Canada needs more glitter and doom!”
C’mon, Jason, we got way more than our share of doom up here.
But, Tom, never mind that just come up here anyhow. Just stay away from anyone official-looking and stick with the reg’lar folks and you’ll enjoy yourself, honest.
68 Brett // Apr 6, 2009 at 2:17 pm
YES! please a Canadian tour! Vancouver would be so nice. Next to having four children, my dad’s greatest accomplishment would be to see TOM WAITS in concert!
We can only dream right?
69 Tatiana // Jun 3, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Please come to Australia Tom. We’re not that far really. Please reward your devoted fans with a concert or two. Your shows will be sell-out guaranteed.
70 malcoops // Oct 22, 2009 at 6:34 pm
I ve seen neil young 4 times in oz over the past couple of years,Ive seen steely dan in oz,I ve seen Billy Joel in Oz (dragged along by in love wife) But no Tom Waits in oz….When tommy boy..I listen to your music daily….I read your books…I watch your movies…But I cannot see you play live….I would crawl over broken glass just to see you once in concert Live…..No I am not a crazed fan,well some say I am carzy…hey I will even throw a few shrimps on the barbie for you M8
71 TERRY MATTHEWS // Feb 6, 2010 at 2:46 am
When are you coming to Australia Tom??????
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