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• 1 Ollie Thurley // May 21, 2008 at 8:08 am

  NO FUCKING ENGLAND GIGS? thats taking the piss!

• 2 John // May 21, 2008 at 8:21 am

  No Gigs in England. I’m gutted - I have no chance of getting a ticket for Dublin or Edinburgh.

• 3 Phil // May 21, 2008 at 8:24 am

  I saw Tom play the Grand Rex back in 2000 - great intimate venue. Would love to go back but I’m aiming for Edinburgh this time. Disappointed there’s no London gig but he did play there in recent years so I guess it’s fair to look elsewhere.

• 4 Desroy Mallard // May 21, 2008 at 9:08 am

  No England shows? What a massive letdown.

• 5 Tue // May 21, 2008 at 9:13 am

  no denmark shows…

  disappointed.

  some countries are more blessed by him than others.
  time for scandinavia, tom.

• 6 Karoline // May 21, 2008 at 10:17 am

  I am so depressed…..Im a huge fan and I simply cannot afford to go to scotland or dublin or anywhere else but London for that matter. Whats wrong with us folks in England, or London. Do you not like us Tom?????????

• 7 Jon // May 21, 2008 at 10:18 am

  I have been online for days in anticipation of a London date. Gutted beyond believe!!!!!

• 8 RP // May 21, 2008 at 10:38 am

  Does the 9:00 AM refer to local time at the different locations?

• 9 Peter Olah // May 21, 2008 at 10:39 am

  I’m soory for you guys in London but I think you have to accept that. In other ways you are blessed with concerts I can only dream of here in Hungary. Usually Austria is the only destination I can afford to travel to but this time I’m really keen on going to Prague. It’s nearly 700km by car but it’s maybe a once in a lifetime chance for me to see Tom Waits and I won’t gamble on that.

  I think it’s a good thing that he goes to places he hasn’t been to before. It’s simply a nice gift for the people there.

  I’m already very happy about the fact that he’s coming to Europe at all.

  So, don’t hang down your heads you English and Danish folks and try to make it to the next nearest place to your hometown

  Cheers

  Peter

• 10 Nick // May 21, 2008 at 10:41 am

  Tom Waits hasn’t played in Scotland for over 20 years (last show was in November 1987); he played in London in 2004…

  I know it might feel disappointing to have no English dates scheduled on this tour, but England have seen more of him than Scotland has recently. The bottom line is… he can choose to play (and not play) wherever he wants and no one really has serious grounds for complaining about it.

• 11 Steve P // May 21, 2008 at 11:39 am

  Playing in a bloody tent here in Ireland. That’ll be awful. Also what happens if your plus one decides not to go and you genuinely wish to take another mate?

• 12 rosbeef // May 21, 2008 at 11:52 am

  I love tom waits, and would love to see the man play live- hes the only living artist left that i truly want to see. However, I find it pretty insulting that the shows in the UK and europe are so expensive….it isnt even funny.

  If i lived in texas, or kentucky it would cost me £40 (about $80) to see Tom. Here it will cost me £95-140. How can you possibly justify that much of a price hike? Add to the fact that travelling to a show costs a whole bunch of money, accomodation and you are looking at almost £450 just to watch tom with a friend or a partner.

  With ticket prices that high you don’t need any measures to beat the scalpers-the price is already a scalpers price. When you consider it cost half of one ticket to a uk show to see bjork….i just can’t see how it can be justified. Very disapointing.

• 13 sterretje // May 21, 2008 at 11:59 am

  any chance that there are some other dates announced or is this just it? Cause i would love to see him come to Belgium, closest for me is Paris then but i will probably not even get a shot at buying tickets there, bummer , i’ve never seen him life and he is the only artist i still want to see live (the other favorites i had a chance of seeing already)

• 14 SJ // May 21, 2008 at 1:13 pm

  My girlfriend and I will probably end up paying close to 2000 euro in total to see him (our summer vacation constantly clashes with both the US and Europe dates), I wish I lived closer.

  Anyone have any idea what the tickets are going to cost in Spain?

• 15 Evr // May 21, 2008 at 1:26 pm

  My understanding is that the purchasers name is on the tickets and has to be present with matching ID obviously. There only has to be “a” plus one at time of entry but not necessarily named ? Am I wrong?

• 16 Marty // May 21, 2008 at 4:06 pm

  no england gig……. He hasn’t done a gig in Australia since 1978, hows that for a long wait. whats wrong with us Tom?

• 17 Eva // May 21, 2008 at 4:46 pm

  Welcome to Europe Tom! Seeing your performance meens the world to me, so I`ll go wherever I can get a ticket:)
  Next time

• 18 Eva // May 21, 2008 at 4:55 pm

  Next time you can play with the midnight sun in your eyes,just like Dylan did a couple of years ago…

• 19 Mac // May 21, 2008 at 9:36 pm

  What? Not a single show in scandinavia? This sucks, come on.

• 20 Rogue // May 21, 2008 at 10:19 pm

  This really sucks. In vacation prime time he gives concerts only in vacation hot spots, meaning that if you do not come from one of the cities, travel and accomodation alone will cost a fortune - to which the tickets will ad (bzw., where did you get the infos about the ticket prices - the webpages seem to have no infos yet about this?).
  No concerts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, but several in the same cities? This really really sucks.
  I know that Tom Waits is a bit eccentric, but this will p.. off so many fans.
  I really looked forward to see Mr. Waits after 15 years of listening to his music. But seems, that will never happen.

• 21 Rogue // May 21, 2008 at 10:55 pm

  Oh, and these fancy anti-scalper plans: What happens if one of the persons gets ill or cannot make it to a concert? Is the money for the ticket then just lost? Or is there a chance to change the name on the ticket? But what if someone gets ill on short notice (which will be the normal case)? thrown away money?

• 22 CortoMaltese // May 21, 2008 at 11:40 pm

  Traveled longer distances to see worse bands. From Croatian point of view, Milan will be just fine. And all of you who are complaining, do you really think that he can visit every place on godamn earth??

• 23 Tomeu Gomila // May 22, 2008 at 12:09 am

  To SJ:
  Tickets in Spain will cost from 100 to 125€

  Can´t believe londoners are complaining after his astonishing show at Hammersmith less than four years ago. Don´t you remember how he joked at the audience about his long absence:

  “Yeah, I know, I know I know: seventeen years…
  But you look good!.
  …..
  The three stages in life:
  Youth…
  Middle Age……….
  ….and the “You look good” stage”

  It took him less than a minute to have the whole audience on his pocket (as we say in Spain)

  Meanwhile in Mallorca, we have officially being waiting for him via the Waiting for Waits festival (started in July 2001).

  It will be frustrating to see he is only half an hour by plane from us in mid-July…

• 24 Rogue // May 22, 2008 at 1:11 am

  This is just a joke. Just checked several flight and hotel costs - with such a short notice time, flights and hotels are already very expensive. And no artist, even Mr Waits is worth several hundreds of Euros …
  And about the anti-scalper system. If Mr. Waits would just start to give make normal tours with a decent amount of concerts and not follow the “I am so cool, I make myself rare” approach, ticket prices would not go so hight on the secondary market. So he is the reason, why this happens. Now he uses an unfriendly and legally doubtful system (there must be a way to transfer tickets on short notice) …

  I wish fans would boycott the concerts. This is a total joke.

• 25 FRANCESC SOLÉ // May 22, 2008 at 2:57 am

  Don’t tell me about England!!!
  I live in Spain and I’ve been waiting my whole life!!!

• 26 Mac // May 22, 2008 at 4:04 am

  To Mr Waits and the Tour manager; Please consider adding at least one show in scandinavia. Waits shows are few and far between.

• 27 Jo Baltimore // May 22, 2008 at 4:28 am

  ILl be travelling from the states.. complain about costs to me will ya!

• 28 Anders // May 22, 2008 at 6:25 am

  The anti scalper precautions are just ridiculous. We are three friends, from Copenhagen, fans for 20+ years and we would like to see the show together, as we have been listening to the albums together. Not only do we have to scramble to put together flights and hotels in the peak holiday season, but to get three tickets (not two) will be difficult, even if we succeed, the likelyhood of us actually sitting together is very small. In my opinion this is a slap in the face of the core customers and fans, who have been buying albums for years. My feeling right now: Fuck it, it’s not worth it. We went 20 years without seeing Tom Waits live, we’ll probably survive if we never do. With the sort of trouble and expense we’d need to go through to finally make this happen I wonder if the show would actually live up to ones expectations.

• 29 Petter Solberg // May 22, 2008 at 6:44 am

  Hei Anders,

  I agree with you that there is some huge problems with the Paperless Ticket system which will exclude a lot of “real” fans. I think it is a good thing that they try to get rid of the scalpers, but at the same time they seem to have taken a lot of compromises. For instance the credit card thing may complicate things. People are really taking a risk when they have to type in their friend’s name on the extra ticket. If your friend pulls out last-minute, there’s no point in asking someone else to go with you, cause the tickets are useless with someone else’s name on it.

  Is this really the best way to solve the problem with scalpers?

• 30 mark adrian // May 22, 2008 at 6:52 am

  Hi .
  recently I’ve discovered Tom Waits and was looking forward to seeing him,but as their no English dates I can’t. Shame! Then I saw the ticket prices for Dublin and Edinburgh £95! Don’t you guys know there’s a recession on ? We’re not all millionaires you know!

• 31 Petter Solberg // May 22, 2008 at 7:00 am

  A city like London are often the first choice when the big artists are touring, so I actually think it is a good thing that Tom Waits chooses a different route this time around. I think Edinburgh is a good (and surprising) choice. It’s a great city. And beside, no matter where TW would choose to play, there would always be a lot of people who would have to travel from somewhere else to see him. The same goes for London, New York, Kristiansand

• 32 liessa // May 22, 2008 at 7:13 am

  Aren’t you comming to Belgium?
  Last time you came al the famous people took the tickets so the real fans weren’t even there!
  and now you’re not comming?
  That’s ridiculous! You’re so famous and than you play only in some countrys I don’t think that’s fair!
  Sorry but that’s how I feel and I think I’m not alone!

• 33 Mac // May 22, 2008 at 7:14 am

  Having to travel is one thing, halfway across europe is a bit much I think. First of all there’s the ticket problem. Most shows sell out in minutes and most of(not all) the ticket offices won’t sell to international customers except over the phone. Second of all it’s the amount of time I have to take off work. With no shows in scandinavia I’ll have to sit this one out. Maybe Mr Waits will be back some day, maybe not. I saw him back in ‘99 and it was the best I’ve ever seen. Still is. Guess I’ll have to count myself lucky to have seen him at least once.

• 34 Patrick Hoornaert // May 22, 2008 at 7:29 am

  For the 500 000 fans who won’t be able to see him play live, let’s hope he releases a good DVD of one of his great concerts of this or previous tour ! But, you’re more than welcome to come back to Belgium, Tom !

• 35 BOB // May 22, 2008 at 7:32 am

  Hi Tom, we are waiting for you here in Argentina
  Will you come to play to Buenos Aires?
  You know how much we care about you and your music.
  We don´t give up hope. See you soon!!! See you soon?

• 36 craig // May 22, 2008 at 7:34 am

  Edinburgh is a great choice. I only hope i can get 2 tickets - no doubt huge demand and hiked up prices sadly. Been a fan for 20 years and have spread tom’s words to many. Moaners from London…well they’re just moaners from London.

• 37 Gerry // May 22, 2008 at 7:54 am

  £95 a ticket? Don’t try and justify prices like this by talking about small scale touring. Nick Cave only plays small tours but doesn’t charge rip off prices like this. Time to think of your fan base and not your wallet Mr Waits. You want to make more money fine, try charging a lower ticket price and playing more venues. Does the concept of a regular world tour not appeal……

• 38 Anders // May 22, 2008 at 8:21 am

  £95 for the ticket, £140 for return flights from Copenhagen, a hotelroom is probably £80-100, expenses (meals/drinks) is another £100 all that is fine, expensive, but ok for a once in a lifetime experience for a fan of 20+ years. I bought all the albums on vinyl, then rebought them all on cd, and I have enjoyed listening to them, so I am happy to spend (now that I have finally reached an age where I can allow myself such extravagances - but I feel sorry for the younger fans who might not have the means). But to think that in order to actually do so I can’t bring my buddies, as it is not possible to buy three tickets? Frankly it’s infantile and offensive. I have been thinking about it now for a little while, and I think mr Waits can have his tour without my presence.

• 39 Heidi // May 22, 2008 at 9:13 am

  Anyone who knows if 9.00 AM refer to local time at the different locations?

• 40 Anders // May 22, 2008 at 9:15 am

  Heidi. I am certain it does. Any thing else would be silly.

• 41 Rogue // May 22, 2008 at 9:26 am

  Yes, but since the prices, the anti-scalping system and the whole setup of the tour are silly, why shouldn’t they also not refer to local time?

• 42 Anders // May 22, 2008 at 9:29 am

  he he…good point. Now wouldn’t that be a great trick to play on fans. Tickets go on sale in various locations at 9pm Pacific Daylight Time!!! Go figure…

• 43 jelodi // May 22, 2008 at 11:11 am

  Good lord, the Europeans complain more than the folks in the U.S.!

• 44 anonimo // May 22, 2008 at 11:25 am

  “anticipated” tickets in here: http://www.worldticketshop.com/concerts/tom_waits_tickets

  it’s posible? it’s true?

  grrrrrr

  from spain

• 45 Unai Lilly // May 22, 2008 at 12:07 pm

  Some of us have been waiting years to see Tom Waits in Spain,

  others had to go to London/Amsterdam four years ago (one of my best experiennçce ever!) to see him live, finally we got the chance!!!

  At least we had the great “waiting for waits” festival, during eight years, where we could see Marc Ribot, Andrew Bird, Robyn Hitchcock, Jesca Hoop, Hugo Race…

  So close to Mallorca, so close…

  Enjoy the shows!!!

• 46 Frode Fosse Tandsether // May 22, 2008 at 12:19 pm

  Gee, I remember the time when I just walked down the street to Konserthuset (Oslo, Norway) and bought my ticket to his show. That was in ‘85.
  Before the show he had a press conference where anyone could participate - lotsa fun there! After that he stood up for a photo session beside a lamp post on a street nearby. Those were the days….

• 47 Petr Vavra // May 22, 2008 at 12:42 pm

  oh boy, i can’t believe tom waits is finally coming to prague! and two nights!! i am so excited! just wish the venue weren’t an old communist congress centre where you can’t smoke.. (officially, not that they could stop me..)

• 48 Nuno // May 22, 2008 at 4:59 pm

  Quit whining! He’s never been to Portugal once!

  According to this http://www.teatroarcimboldi.it/evento.php?pagina=2&evento=87

  Prices range from 90 to 125 euros according to seats.
  I suppose prices will not vary much from place to place.

  And I hope there aren’t many spanish fans…

• 49 John // May 22, 2008 at 6:02 pm

  When it says ticket sales starts at 9:00 AM, what timezone does it mean?

• 50 Louise // May 22, 2008 at 7:15 pm

  I was ecstatic when I saw the headline, and now I’m about ready to cry… Scandinavia? Please? Or Benelux? Germany, even…? It’s not like the tickets wouldn’t sell out in a heartbeat if another date was added… Think about it. Adding the flight, accommodation expenses etc., there’s no way I could get to any of these places in Europe for less than £400… So why not just charge me half that in Copenhagen? Please?

• 51 Syd // May 22, 2008 at 10:16 pm

  Great Old Town. Omens
  SWarming Eagerly Down. Eulogy
  Nearer Now, O, Woe.

  Incorrect haikus with hidden messages! You can’t find that anywhere. What’s keeping you?

• 52 Anders // May 22, 2008 at 11:08 pm

  I emailed ticketpro.cz to ask about the ticket sale. Last night I got this message from them:
  “Hello,

  we are sorry but we have not received further information from the promoter yet.
  Please check our website for updates. As soon as we get some new info it will be announced on http://www.ticketpro.cz.

  Tickets will be available via our online shop.

  Kind regards,”

  That’s quite surprising as the tickets are supposed to go on sale THIS MORNING!!!

  More confusion :-O

• 53 Bang // May 22, 2008 at 11:51 pm

  Anders: Tickets for Prague are on NEXT friday.

• 54 Nuno // May 22, 2008 at 11:55 pm

  Hab to sell a kidney but I GOT ME SUM TW TICKETS

  Bought for Milan show.

  I have bought them at 9.00 AM ON ITALIAN TIME
  at the online shop.

  At 9.04 already 235 tickets sold Yikes!

  Tickets for the other places were NOT on sale today.

  Wish you luck!

• 55 Kristoffer // May 23, 2008 at 1:34 am

  Woohoo!

  I am from now also a happy owner of two tickets for the TW-concert in Milan!

  See you in Italy, Nuno

• 56 borguez // May 23, 2008 at 1:51 am

  I’ve got a ticket for Milano.
  Unbelievable!

• 57 Julian // May 23, 2008 at 1:56 am

  Hi Folks,

  I ordered a Ticket for Milan via ticket ticketone.it - my question: Did you get an confirmation-email? I mean, i did get one, but there is no date filled in …

• 58 Jonas // May 23, 2008 at 4:57 am

  Julian: Same here. I ordered two tickets at ticketone.it this morning. Got a confirmation e-mail but no date filled in. I sent an e-mail to ticketone and asked them to confirm the date for me, but they haven’t answered me yet. Guess they are quite busy today. Anyway I’m glad to hear I ain’t the only one not getting the date on my confirmation e-mail.

• 59 Kristoffer // May 23, 2008 at 5:37 am

  To Julian and Jonas.

  I got the same problem as well. However, if you log on to ticketone.it; go to order history; search; and click the blue enlargement for more info, you will see the date, the place and the price.. and more.

  I agree on that they should give us some kind of better reciept. I hope you recieve answers from them.

  PS: I see that on my order detail on their site, it says: “Pick-up at the Venue Box Office (Will Call)” - will they call me? Anyone got more info about this?

• 60 foolishmoose // May 23, 2008 at 5:46 am

  DEAR TOM, NO LONDON GIG, £95 A TICKET, PLUS TRAVEL AND HOTEL !!! I THINK ILL PASS. THANKS FOR BEING SO KIND TO YOUR FANS. NOW CAN I FIND AN ADVERT THAT SOUNDS LIKE ME. THE RICH GET RICHER ME THINKS, TIME TO FIND ANOTHER HERO.

• 61 Sigg3 // May 23, 2008 at 5:53 am

  Yes, Tom Waits plays in Europe just because he doesn’t like England.

  Pls, listen to yourself.
  I’ve been fearing that I wouldn’t see a Waits show in my lifetime!

• 62 Raindog // May 23, 2008 at 8:00 am

  Has he ever done England? Last couple tours he missed us out.Why deoesn’t he like us?

• 63 ForThoseWho LikeNewsMaybe // May 23, 2008 at 8:38 am

  He played London in 2004

• 64 Maya // May 23, 2008 at 9:08 am

  Could you guys who baught the tix for Milano give me a hand pls? I’m buying the tix as we speak but im stuck “Your order” field. I have MyCode for my ticket, and i’ve put the details of the other ticket holder , but when i click on “Buy” nothing is happening! Don’t have much experience with internet shopping, can anyone say what can i do…i think i will have the tickets i my basket for a several more hours…
  PLsplspls, I’d appreciate any advice!

• 65 Nuno // May 23, 2008 at 9:09 am

  Let’s get controversial:

  Tom Waits is not the Rolling Stones.

  I’m glad he:

  1.doesn’t do arenas
  2.takes his time
  3.his shows and albums are very consistent in quality (high)

  All of these things are correlated

• 66 flex // May 23, 2008 at 10:12 am

  damn right, Nuno!

• 67 Nuno // May 23, 2008 at 10:20 am

  Maya you have to fill your personal information then click save then fill the other person information and click save again and then when you click buy it should direct you to the next step

• 68 Lucia // May 23, 2008 at 11:16 am

  He’s playing Milan, so close to home for once. I really wanted to go but…110-150 € for 1 ticket? I simply can’t afford it. I’m sure it would be totally worth it but that’s what I earn in a week.
  Oh well, I will have to make do with memories of my 1987 show at the Hammersmith Odeon for a little longer.

• 69 andy // May 23, 2008 at 11:23 am

  too bloody dear tom, we go out and buy your orpahns and the concert is still dear as fuck. but i’ll still be going to dublin

• 70 Maya // May 23, 2008 at 11:40 am

  Nuno, thanks so much, that’s exactly what i needed!
  Cheers

• 71 mackatz // May 23, 2008 at 12:11 pm

  No West Coast Dates??!!! Damn! Haven’t seem him live in 10 years

• 72 TXEMA // May 23, 2008 at 1:41 pm

  23 años esperándote pedazo de cabrón… qué hacemos si no pillamos tickets pa verte ?

• 73 Zak // May 23, 2008 at 2:08 pm

  Come on Tom, who you playin for? $85 tickets, roughly $200 a show for me and the lady.

• 74 Tim // May 23, 2008 at 4:45 pm

  Oh dear god PLEASE send that man on a vacation to Hawaii to play a show or two. I’d sell my left nut to see him play in a smokey little bar like Anna Bannana’s. Seriously, I’d pay that $85 a pop to see him, more than that even, but I can’t be flyin’ from the middle of the frickin’ ocean to TX or AZ or any other place. I got a day job.

• 75 Horse // May 24, 2008 at 1:14 am

  Sack Tom’s management they can’t appear to do simple arithmatic. US tickets in dollars are $85
  Europe are $120 and Scotland are $190. We need a new tariff or an explanation why you hate Scotland??

• 76 John // May 24, 2008 at 2:07 am

  Dear Tom Waits, you are truly an asshole of global proportions. Playing such few small places in Europe and charging horrendous prices and making it impossible for true fans to purchase tickets because of the anti-scalper rules really pisses me off! And I am surely not alone. Many of your fans have been waiting literally for decades to see you, and you cannot be bothered to play a few more shows or play in bigger venues. Thank you, asshole!

• 77 Kristoffer // May 24, 2008 at 2:27 am

  Oh, please! Save yourself.

  He play 14 shows in Europe - much more than i had ever hoped for. And Waits has never been a big-stage-man anyway, so don´t complain about him not playing on a big stage or something like that.

  The dollar is quite weak, hence some of the price differeince (i guess?). In addition, some locations, like expencive opera houses, take a lot of money in their own pocket i would think , for lending out their halls.

  This is just my guessings. My main point is that we should be happy that he is actually going to Europe, and not focus on the price of the tickets which is actually not _that_ insane, considering.. I myself, for example, paid over 400$ (not from scalpers) to see The Rolling Stones in Norway two years ago - and they played for 20. 000, in the open; not for 2.000 in a opera house.

  Can´t wait to see you, Tom!

• 78 Dangerous Dave // May 24, 2008 at 3:50 am

  Regarding all the whining about England not getting a visit- Common people, lighten up- just how far is it to Edinburgh from anywhere in England?? Maybe 500 miles tops.
  I am travelling close to 1500km to see Tom in Birmingham-thats 900 miles each way. so dont complain, just be thankful that you are that close to a venue.
  D.D.

• 79 ross muggivan // May 24, 2008 at 7:07 am

  i am so pissed off. i love tom waits i lived in barcelona for 2 year and every day i would play tom in the bar i worked. 1 day i played him for 8 hours straight.
  and now i am in toronto i dont have the money to see him fuck that.
  ross

• 80 Eoghan // May 24, 2008 at 7:09 am

  Come on Tom!
  Whats that John guy on about - Tom is the performer and he’s performing where he wants to perform - fair play!

• 81 Peter Olah // May 24, 2008 at 7:25 am

  It’s great on one hand that Tom Waits is coming to Europe but I really hope that the tix for Prague won’t be that expensive. I paid 99 euros for Neil Young in Vienna but those were already the best tickets and the venue was very similar to that in Prague (Austria Center, which is also a congress building).
  Then Vienna is nearer for us Hungarian people than Prague.
  Well, if tickets will cost 100 euros ore more I probably will have to quit on my dream to see him playing.

  As I wouldn’t go alone but with a family member only the tix would cost quite a bunch of money (as my wage as a teacher is about netto 370 euros a month). Then the trip, which even by car costs quite a lot and on top comes the hotel.

  I mean I paid 23 euros for Bonnie Prince Billy or 32 euros for a fantastic Ben Harper show in Amsterdam. Bob Dylan tickets for the show in Prague cost about 45 euros (the most exoensive ones). So, 120-150 euros for a concert is a bad joke.

  Of course there’s lot’s of people that can afford that easily but especially in a country like the Czech Republic such prices are simply too high for the average people.

  Of course it would be a great experience, though I think that TW’s management should have kept the prices quite a bit lower.

  I mean it’s quite ridiculous that I have to work for more than a week to pay for a concert ticket

  Though, I hope I’ll make it to the show somehow.

  Greetings

  Peter

• 82 Bruce McClendon // May 24, 2008 at 9:56 am

  I know he’s playing in Phoenix Park, Dublin, for three shows, but I read he’s playing in a large (4000 seat) tent. Is that true?

• 83 M. Vogel // May 24, 2008 at 12:32 pm

  Thank You !

• 84 Dan Kirk // May 24, 2008 at 12:38 pm

  Sorry, I might be missing something, but… where exactly are you getting the prices for these shows from? I can’t find them anywhere. The Edinburgh one is the one I’m really after.

• 85 dave taylor // May 25, 2008 at 4:52 am

  no england tickets quality ommission

• 86 dave taylor // May 25, 2008 at 4:54 am

  edinburgh is 75 to 95 scheckleeroonies

• 87 Howler // May 25, 2008 at 11:26 am

  im a 17 year old student on less then low wage, living in norwich is a chore i thought hmm 100 miles to london ok suits me but paying to go to dublin or somewhere, this is crazy! Tom you grow up with little money so surely i thought you would know exacly what its like, i though i would never get to see my hero well now it turns out i might not, fuck it i try to stay out of moden music all the teco crap on the radio thats not really music, BUT AT LEAST THEY CAN TREAT THE FANS RIGHT!!!
  looking up to waits for 8 years this hurts, why has Mr, Waits done this? he would be better off not having a tour and not upsetting a lot of people.

  Howler fan to the end well tom thats not far now.

• 88 Andy // May 26, 2008 at 12:23 am

  Anybody able to access the ticket site to Paris?

• 89 marten // May 26, 2008 at 12:28 am

  andy:

  no, and i have been trying since nine french time

  all i get is some text about installing a new system and seconds counting down

• 90 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 12:31 am

  Doesnt work for me either

• 91 MARTIN // May 26, 2008 at 12:31 am

  ¡GOT MY TICKETS FOR PARIS¡
  NO TRICKS, JUST WAIT

• 92 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 12:35 am

  it saysyou have to wait in line in order to guarantuee navigation options. So don’t close your window or you’ll be last in line again. The site refreshes automatically. (although i’ve been signed on since 9:30 this morning)

• 93 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 12:36 am

  what time did you get on the site, Martin?

• 94 Andy // May 26, 2008 at 12:46 am

  Finally got past the 60 sec countdown, but now the flash screen keeps loading…. forever. And I fear if I hit reload I’m going to the back of the line..

• 95 marten // May 26, 2008 at 12:53 am

  yeah

  same thing has happened to me,
  i wont hit the reload button either
  but it sure is tempting

• 96 Andy // May 26, 2008 at 12:54 am

  “Chargement & initialisation des interfaces: 1″

  And counting (I’m now at 40)

  Anybody else getting this screen?

• 97 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 12:55 am

  I’m still on the first screen…

• 98 ro // May 26, 2008 at 12:57 am

  got to love the french- all week they have had french and english translation non the site..now they only have french on the holding page…brilliant

  as far as tomk tho- I hope they realise that some of these tickets in europe are actually almost half a months wages….(especially in the czech republic. (and again that is without travel costs which are more expensive in europe becasue we dont have subsidised gas)

  It is unbelieveable that the us shows at $85 (about £45 ) are not sold out because people think it is too expensive- and yet the Euro shows are way more expensive and it is virtually empossible. I guess the Waits management knows his European fans get to see him so little that they will pay stupid money.
  I guess he has to make his money, and i imagine he cares little about what we are all saying, but it is a dissapointment from someone who many have admired for a long time. The profit, even taking into consideration crew/travel/hotel costs is massive…

  anti -scalping measure seems not ot be a measure to protect fans in europe. More like they saw how much people would pay touts for tickets and hiked the price accordingly.

• 99 marten // May 26, 2008 at 12:57 am

  i am getting

  “Chargement & initialisation des photos globales: 1″

  can´t really say if that means that i am ahead or behind you

• 100 Andy // May 26, 2008 at 12:57 am

  marten:

  let us know if you get any further.

• 101 Andy // May 26, 2008 at 12:59 am

  marten:

  mine startet at 1 and is counting up. I don’t know what that means.

  this is frustrating..

• 102 ro // May 26, 2008 at 1:00 am

  advice- ive gone from the first screen to the ‘index2′ screen…however, it was loading and now has come up blank and as ‘done’…advice?

• 103 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 1:02 am

  same here now

  In the meantime he gave me some server error thing where i had to click okay…

  I opened up an extra window on another computer some time ago, just in case

• 104 ro // May 26, 2008 at 1:03 am

  yeah im on 6 windows on two machines..since, er, quater to 9

• 105 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 1:06 am

  damn, this is so frustrating!

  When they decide to do a presale, at least make sure your system works accordingly. I wish I could buy tickets on the usual site…

• 106 marten // May 26, 2008 at 1:09 am

  this is crazy shit

  i got to machines as well
  several windows opened
  i have reached 51 on the interface flash screen
  but nothing…

• 107 MARTIN // May 26, 2008 at 1:11 am

  35 minutes

• 108 Andy // May 26, 2008 at 1:11 am

  I got through! And the trick:

  The interface is there, even if you cant see it. Move your mouse around at the top of the screen to find the navigation tabs and try to hit and miss. It worked for me.

• 109 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 1:13 am

  First time i managed to get passed the normal flash screen there was all week, but all i got was a white index2 page… and now i got a second window with the same flash screen you guys seem to have.

• 110 ro // May 26, 2008 at 1:14 am

  i got through…what a nightmare tho!

• 111 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 1:14 am

  you’re right Andy!

• 112 Simon // May 26, 2008 at 1:19 am

  I’ve got my 2 tickets for 25th (one may be a spare). Does anyone know how to work out where these tickets in the venue? All I know is that they’re classed as “category one”

• 113 Andy // May 26, 2008 at 1:22 am

  You will find the seating map somewhere on this site:

  http://www.legrandrex.com/

• 114 ro // May 26, 2008 at 1:22 am

  erm- i didnt have to give personal info for the second ticket..is that right?

• 115 Andy // May 26, 2008 at 1:24 am

  ro:

  Same here. I guess that is right then..

• 116 marten // May 26, 2008 at 1:24 am

  got my tickets

  both nights

  my visa card was rejected the first two times

  so: just hold on and it will work

• 117 ro // May 26, 2008 at 1:27 am

  thats a blessed relief- i am in a state of shock..
  and is still think the other tickets are overpriced- 69.50 euros seem fair enough tho. at least we didnt have to pay ticket master booking fee!

• 118 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 1:31 am

  managed to get my tix too

• 119 marten // May 26, 2008 at 1:39 am

  i got one ticket for 139 and one for the next night for 100

  it´s a lot (a lot!) of money for me, but i am making up for last time he was in stockholm and i thought it was to much money (like 60 euro)
  i have been regretting myself ever since,
  i didnt want to take my chances, this could be the last time…

• 120 MARTIN // May 26, 2008 at 1:41 am

  congratulations,
  my tickets says is “Placement libre”
  ¿?¿?
  will this be a bloody race for the best seat?

• 121 ro // May 26, 2008 at 1:43 am

  yeah basically its going to be a challenge—-but we shall see…i would be pretty sure the expensive tickets are the ground floor and front rows, and they will do it that way,…either way, i reckon from the sight the view will be pretty amazing…but i imagine queues…it is seated right?

• 122 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 1:47 am

  It’s seated yeah. I think for category 1 tickets seating is free, so yeah, basically first comes, first serves. Category 2 and 3 are numbered though.

• 123 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 1:48 am

  can anyone guide me to the seating map though? I have a category 2 ticket, but i have no idea where it is situated in the venue.

• 124 ro // May 26, 2008 at 1:48 am

  i dont think my seats are numbered- although what is category one ? is that the ‘cheap’ seats?

• 125 redredred // May 26, 2008 at 1:48 am

  Help!!

  I’ve got to the subscription page, entered in mane/address etc but now get this message:

  “Indiquer votre Pays. Merci”

  Any ideas on what I should do? I’m stuck!!!

• 126 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 1:48 am

  never mind, found it already

• 127 ro // May 26, 2008 at 1:51 am

  you want ‘united kingdom if you are in the uk..its what country…there is a UK translation if you click on the Union jack

• 128 marten // May 26, 2008 at 1:51 am

  rendered

  your counrty of residence

  it is like a curtain (?) on which you can scroll down and found your county

  to the left of the password field

• 129 mohawk // May 26, 2008 at 1:52 am

  there’s a scroll bar, you have to select your country, redredred.

• 130 redredred // May 26, 2008 at 1:55 am

  Thanks! Got it! Should have paid more attention in French class!!!!

• 131 redredred // May 26, 2008 at 1:56 am

  OMG! Got my tickets! Saw Tom at The Rex in Paris in 2000. It’s a great venue and (no surprises) Tom and band were incredible!! Okay, got to run around my house screaming at the top of my voice now. Cheers!

• 132 JYinOz // May 26, 2008 at 2:09 am

  Anyone got any advice on whether phoning or going online is more likely to net tickets? I’m going to be trying to buy tickets for Edinburgh from Australia…

• 133 MARTIN // May 26, 2008 at 2:26 am

  i entered again and this time it gives numbered seats at category 1

  ¿?¿?¿?

• 134 Corbin // May 26, 2008 at 2:38 am

  I’m a little worried… I got two tickets to the Friday Paris show, but it never asked (I don’t think!) for the name of my “plus one” — and both the receipt and the confirmation email, naturally, only list my name, but it does indicate two seats. The official announcement makes it sound like the plus one’s name must be printed on the ticket… not sure what to do. We have to book train tickets and a hotel. Any advice?

• 135 tom the barber // May 26, 2008 at 3:37 am

  At last. Tickets for see the great man. As an earlier poster said, they didn’t ask for the second person, so I hope that everything will be ‘likerty split’
  My partner can’t see what all the fuss is about, but all of you lot do.

• 136 Pawel // May 26, 2008 at 3:42 am

  I’ve got two tickets! It was quite easy this time and I see there are still a free places.

• 137 JP // May 26, 2008 at 4:21 am

  TM.co.uk say that they will contact ticket buyers to request the name of their plus one within 7 days of the ticket purchase being made - it may well be that the FRench ticketing agent does the same.

• 138 John // May 26, 2008 at 5:41 am

  Tickets for Paris are here for sale!

  http://www.gdp.fr/index2.php

  Click on Tom Waits, then on “Achetez”, then there will be an English option to order and pay for tickets.

• 139 MARTIN // May 26, 2008 at 5:46 am

  ¡¡¡¡¡ TOM WAITS IS ON TOUR ¡¡¡¡¡
  VISIT
  http://WWW.ANTI.COM
  CLICK ON TOUR DATES…….

• 140 John // May 26, 2008 at 6:36 am

  More precisely, the website on Anti.com is

  http://www.anti.com/news/index/505/Tom_Waits_plays_the_Glitter_and_Doom_tour_through_Europe_this_summer

• 141 MARTIN // May 26, 2008 at 6:43 am

  JA JA JA
  I was only joking
  we have been all the morning talking about it and then you sent that message,
  sorry¡¡

• 142 Andy // May 26, 2008 at 6:55 am

  Got one ticket for Paris - nearer than Edinburgh for me, even though I’m in the UK. I’ve got relations in Paris so I’ve got a place to stay too. Train from UK on Thursday, Thursday with with my relations, taking in the sights on the Friday, going to the gig Friday night - back home on the train on Saturday - bliss! Even though I’m on my own - Tom would’ve wanted it that way….

• 143 JP // May 26, 2008 at 7:49 am

  Still seats left in row K of the orchestra for the first Paris night!

• 144 Paddy // May 26, 2008 at 1:08 pm

  I agree with the majority of the comments here, I can’t believe that the price of the tickets to the gig in Ireland are so much, I went to see Tom back in 04 in Hammersmith and I’m pretty sure flights and tickets didn’t come to that rip off price, Mr Waits shame on you, why are you looking after the fan in America by keeping the prices low and then making up for it by charging us that sort of price, also I don’t have credit card and my woman wouldn’t want to go but the set up that is going on here means that I’d have to get her to buy and ticket just so I could get in. this is just terrible, you can’t blame the touts as it’s not as if the tickets aren’t been sold. Boo Hoo take you tour and shove it!

• 145 lawrence // May 26, 2008 at 1:33 pm

  

  no London

  oh well, if anyone else fancys coming to scotland with me from london im up for it, as lont as i get a scot ticket that is.

  L

• 146 Eva // May 26, 2008 at 2:13 pm

  Got two tickets !! The midnightsun can wait a while…See you in Milan Tom

• 147 esc ctrl // May 26, 2008 at 8:37 pm

  please come to Toronto Canada Mr. Waits.

  Nojd.

• 148 John Gillooley // May 27, 2008 at 12:02 am

  Yes! got ticket for Fri August 1st!
  BLOCKA, row BB

• 149 Kriss // May 27, 2008 at 12:13 am

  howda get tickets for dublin when not gone on sale yet?

• 150 Jens // May 27, 2008 at 12:20 am

  Ticket also for Fri 1 Aug

  Block A, row D I thought.

  See you there John!

  regards
  Jens

• 151 Damien // May 27, 2008 at 12:21 am

  Has anyone seen a seating plan for “the rat cellar” (tent) got a ticket for Wednesday and Friday but dont know how good or bad they are??? Ticketmaster doesnt have a seat plan.

• 152 Leo // May 27, 2008 at 12:23 am

  YES! Dublin, July 30th.
  How do you suppose one is to understand BLOCKA, seats 3 and 4, no mention of row?
  Looking so much forward to seeing you all there!
  Leo

• 153 Jens // May 27, 2008 at 12:24 am

  I’m looking for the Ratcellar website too but can’t find anything

  greetz
  Jens

• 154 Darren S // May 27, 2008 at 12:27 am

  There is no Ratcellar yet! It will be a big marquee built in the park

• 155 Jens // May 27, 2008 at 12:27 am

  ok, thanks

• 156 FitzDeBlitz // May 27, 2008 at 12:28 am

  Yeeee haaaww! I will get to see the main man again (last time was Firenze ‘99 - fantastic btw).

  Dublin 1st August, BLOCKA, row J. Pity there was no floor plan so don’t know whether that’s good, bad, or indifferent. But what the hell, at least I’ll hear him!

• 157 Wait for Waits // May 27, 2008 at 12:29 am

  I got tickets for Dublin! Block A, row AA!
  Does anyone know what the venue is like, the “Ratcellar Theatre”? Is it really a tent? Block A, row AA doesn’t really tell me much, but I’m hoping they’re good seats. Appearently they’r floor seats.

• 158 Kriss // May 27, 2008 at 12:41 am

  can anyone ansa how u got tickets before the site says there on sale … want tickets for edinburgh, not on sale yet!

• 159 Petter Solberg // May 27, 2008 at 12:44 am

  Yes, I got one ticket for 30/7 and one for 31/7!

  31/07 - BLOCK A, row S - A-STAN (if the venue/tent is fully seated, what does “STAN” stand for?

  30/07 - BLOCK A row BB - A-STAN

  It’s a bit hard to tell if these are any good, I don’t know the layout for the venue, but I’m happy I got any seat at all

• 160 Petter Solberg // May 27, 2008 at 12:45 am

  Hi Kriss,

  tickets for Edinburgh go on sale at 10am. Dublin was 9am

• 161 FitzDeBlitz // May 27, 2008 at 12:46 am

  Kriss: the tickets for Dublin were on sale at ticketmaster.ie at 9.00am.

• 162 Leo // May 27, 2008 at 12:47 am

  Petter
  I guess STAN stands for standard
  Found my row, which was K…
  See you on the 30th, Petter!

• 163 Kriss // May 27, 2008 at 12:49 am

  yeah guys thanx … hpe I get ‘em … you’re gonna have a great night in Dublin … saw him in Amsterdam last time he was around

• 164 Ozlo // May 27, 2008 at 1:04 am

  I GOT TICKETS TO EDINBURGH!!! TWO FOR ROW A IN THE STALLS - I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. SEE YOU GUYS THERE

• 165 Petter Solberg // May 27, 2008 at 1:05 am

  This is going to be great! I’ve never been to Dublin, and a TW concert is a perfect excuse to finally take the trip! Now I just have to cross my fingers and hope that my tickets won’t be cancelled somehow. Oh no, Petter, don’t go there. Bad vibes, bad vibes…

  As I’m travelling solo, it would be good to meet up with some fellow TW fans before the show.

  Yeah, see you there, Leo!

• 166 Catia // May 27, 2008 at 1:08 am

  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

  I GOT TICKETS FOR EDINBURGH. (I’M GOING TO EAT SPAGHETTI FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, BUT IT’S WORTH IT!!!)

• 167 Kriss // May 27, 2008 at 1:10 am

  does the card holder have to attend please ansa asap

• 168 niallo // May 27, 2008 at 1:10 am

  eventually got tickets for friday-internet was a disaster-got em by phone-but hey-what a relief-time to shine the stacy’s!!!!

• 169 Father Ted // May 27, 2008 at 1:10 am

  Really wanted to go to Edinburgh, but couldn’t risk missing out completely by avoiding Dublin. So I now have tickets for both! Money Schmoney!

• 170 Petter Solberg // May 27, 2008 at 1:28 am

  Kriss,

  yes the card holder have to attend

• 171 Kriss // May 27, 2008 at 1:35 am

  well i had front row seats al i had to do was press submit but the card holder couldn’t come with… so I won’t be going … hell!! it seems you need everything but a numer tattoed on you’re arm to attend … sad … dangerous society we are/have become … anyway all the best to those who will attend and I hope/know it will be a great night …

• 172 Kriss // May 27, 2008 at 1:52 am

  i feel like a pariah

• 173 leo // May 27, 2008 at 1:53 am

  Seating plan:

  http://www.ticketmaster.ie/seatingchart/198461/11983

  Not that it’s very specific…

  Leo

• 174 Goodmixer // May 27, 2008 at 2:00 am

  Seating plan for “RatCellar” tent is now up on tickmaster.ie. Your Ticket Confirmation email will have your full seat location.

  Getting all excited just thinking about it…

• 175 Ewan // May 27, 2008 at 2:28 am

  I was told by ticketmaster (for the Edinburgh show) that tickets went on sale at 10am this morning, over the telephone and online.

  I started calling at 09.55am and got through at 10.04am to be told that they only had restricted view seating left for the Sunday(still at £95 per ticket!) and that they only had a few non-restricted view seats left for the Monday show.

  I just managed to get two reasonable tickets way back in the stalls for the Monday but this is crazy.

  This venue takes approx 3000 people so there are 6000 tickets available over 2 nights. The call to ticketmaster took four minutes and they said they had 100 people working there this morning. It’s basic maths; even if the people who got through before me only took 2 mins on the phone each, there should only have been 400 tickets sold by this point (taking as read that everyone’s buying two).

  So my question is WTF happened to the other 5600 seats in those 4 minutes? How is it possible that I can get through 4 minutes after the tickets have gone on sale and be asked for £210 for two seats where you can’t see the stage properly?

  Don’t get me wrong - I’m so happy that I’m going to see him at all but something’s not right here. Did the tickets go on sale in advance somewhere? Obviously you’d think they’d been sold online but the website is still saying “tickets are not currently available”, as it has all morning, so that can’t be right.

  Some websites did mention a 9am ticket sale time but I called ticketmaster in advance to check and they confirmed it was 10am.

  I feel pissed off that I’ve made the decision to shell out a huge sum of cash because I’m terrified I’ll never get a chance to see him again but I don’t feel like there’s been a level playing field somehow.

  Any ideas? Anyone know anyone who works at Ticketmaster who could shed some light?

• 176 Simon Elms // May 27, 2008 at 3:21 am

  Why is he not coming to the UK!!!

  Come add another date in London, I’ll make some enquiries if it helps.

• 177 Despair // May 27, 2008 at 3:23 am

  Probably went to all the sponsors who they also get money from for this tour. As mentioned before, this whole tour is just a bad joke.
  Actually I hope that a lot of people get ill and then they find out that they cannot give their tickes to someoone else or sell them and do not get their money back and then will sue the organizers (since the European law clearly states that you always must have a chance to give your tickets to other persons or get the money back).
  And Mr Waits playing for half empty venues would also be great - might teach him a lesson. Better no tour than this bad excuse for a tour.
  Stay in the US, Mr Waits. You pissed of so many fans in Europe …

• 178 Broke // May 27, 2008 at 3:28 am

  Just paid for a hefty Edinburgh and Dublin gig!! Got good seats though. Now I have to fly all the way there from Hong Kong - some 3000 miles?! Ouch!! Can’t wait to get there - it better be worth every £ & € spent..

• 179 Simon // May 27, 2008 at 3:41 am

  and another thing…. when will Tom release a DVD of some of his more recent shows? will there be one of this tour?

• 180 Petter Solberg // May 27, 2008 at 4:41 am

  Simon,

  last time I checked Edinburgh was in the UK.

  I really hope that Tom will release a solid concert DVD soon. Perhaps with all his music videos included as well as a couple of interviews? And I’m still waiting for Big Time to get a proper DVD release

• 181 John // May 27, 2008 at 5:19 am

  I got tickets for Edinburgh!

  I tried first for the Sunday had ticketmaster held 2 tickets for me for the Circle. Then my card wouldn’t work!! Oh no panic, panic. I then tried & tried again and @ around 10:30am managed to get 2 tickets for the 28th 6 rows back from the stage I am so happy.

  To the person who released those tickets back into the system. Thank you.

• 182 phil // May 27, 2008 at 6:50 am

  john at 182 ur not going to believe this but that was actually me (row and time seem spot on). transaction messed up for me with the new system and told no option only to cancel the tickets. by time got thru again all gone. wish i had another set of hand so i could give them 4 thumbs down. (hope u enjoy the show though! )

• 183 Aardvark // May 27, 2008 at 7:01 am

  Any idea if it possible to return tickets. Bought two tickets for Paris (25th) only to find out today that I can no longer attend!!!!
  Will now be trying for Barca.. I have tried mailing the selling agents but no response. Have I lost my money and more importantly will those seats now be empty??

• 184 tycho // May 27, 2008 at 8:06 am

  1) a much more detailed explanation of selling terms should have been arranged, ticketmaster ireland didn’t have a clue what they were doing.

  2) more importantly, has any word been given yet on support acts? I have a dreadful feeling that someone like glen hansard might come along and ruin the gig that I’ve been waiting for years to see …

• 185 poddy // May 27, 2008 at 8:18 am

  If anyone is travelling alone to the Dublin gigs pop in to see us at Ryans bar by the park . You wont be alone for long. And its a cracking pint if u have company too!

• 186 Horse // May 27, 2008 at 9:20 am

  On the strike of 10.00am I went online, gave the security word and at 10.01 26 seconds was told no tickets were available! After 32 minutes of being engaged and holding on the phone have a ticket in Row P in the balcony. May drop a line to the Serious Fraud Squad and Customs and Excise to investigate!

• 187 Eoghan // May 27, 2008 at 9:34 am

  Dublin here we come! I hope its Justin Timberlake supporting……

• 188 Gary D // May 27, 2008 at 9:56 am

  You guys not heard of Eurostar? Just booked my tickets for Paris, counting the days!!

• 189 John // May 27, 2008 at 10:38 am

  @ phil 183. Really sorry to hear that.
  I now feel like I’m profiting from your misfortune.

  I hope you manage to get tickets to one of the other dates.

• 190 BRUS MICHEL // May 27, 2008 at 10:57 am

  GINA HOW IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME SELL TICKETS TODAY ON EBAY.CO.UK FOR ABOUT
  750 £ IT IS CRAZY CHEERS

• 191 BRUS MICHEL // May 27, 2008 at 10:57 am

  750£ ONE TICKETS AMAZING

• 192 jh // May 27, 2008 at 12:05 pm

  Jeez. Almost 200 posts of pure whining! Whats the matter with you people, face the reality: the touring plan is set, there will be no additional concerts. He’s playing 15 gigs in 20 days in Europe, what more can you ask for? He has sold tens of thousands tickets in no time. We are talking of Tom Waits here; how can you expect him to come to your doorstep and play for free? He played 8 gigs in Europe 4 years ago, and they sold out in no time. As far as I can remember, the tickets was about the same price then. It’s a pity of course that a lot of fans can’t afford to attend any of the concerts, but please don’t blame Tom Waits for this. I think he deserves every penny he earns, including his part of the 1000 euros I’m shelling out to see him live for the second time. It’s ridiculous to compare such an artist with Björk!! or any other artist. If you rather use your 120 euros to watch ANY mediocre artist twice, thats your choice, but you won’t have half the fun. Believe me.

  @ Eoghan (188): I don’t think so… BTW, what the hell makes you think that there will be any need of a support act?

• 193 BadgerBoy // May 27, 2008 at 12:15 pm

  Got my tickets for Edinburgh, bring it on!!! £95 (or £105 after booking fee) is a bit steep but only 6 rows from the front and he is playing in Edinburgh, one of the greatest cities.

• 194 tony moon // May 27, 2008 at 12:57 pm

  OK Guys here’s the way i see it. I have been very lucky-Tom has played in London three times I have see him at each gig. At the last London show someone shouted from the audience -where had he been for the past sixteen years… nowadays getting to see him has become a circus. The last London gig was sold out in ten minutes. The tickets for the Hammersmith Apollo cost a healthy £65 (thats $120).Getting hold of them was like a military operation. From what I have read the glitter and doom tickets are even more. Frankly I love Tom like no one else but I’m out baby. The whole thing has become too fucking exclusive and too expensive. If you are going to tour tour if it is going to be for a real minority with the vast majority excluded really what is the point? There are larger venues that Tom could play at without compromising his credentials. Why the fuck don’t you check them out?

• 195 James // May 27, 2008 at 1:59 pm

  :
  Dear Anti (because Tom will never see this)

  I know there have probably been several messages based on this subject but I felt the need to express my opinion and hope for a reply.

  Me and my friend adore your music, we work in a bar and have constant conversations when its busy about how much of a legend Tom Waits is. It keeps us going through the hectic nights of working in a club bar that doesn’t play your genius music.

  So when we found out you would be touring a few hours from Newcastle (where we live) we were over joyed. We worked to organise transport and accommodation near the gig. So when the news comes that you (Or anti) are charging near £100 for a ticket we were disgusted, a musician such as your self should have some credibility and not just play for the upper classes. I understand that if anyone reads this it will be a employee of Anti.

  Tom Waits is not a legend he is just like everyone else that fails the fans.
  Charging those prices is ridiculous, he/you doesn’t need the money. He makes the marvellous step of not just confing the UK leg of the tour to Europe he is moving elsewhere… but that wasn’t the great step me and my friend Jack had hoped for.

  You have upset a young fan Mr Waits

  James William Smith
  (Someone who used to hold as the height of musical god)

• 196 carnival bob's confession // May 27, 2008 at 6:17 pm

  Buy a ticket or don’t buy-but please stop whinging.
  Quality costs -seeing Tom Waits is a luxury. I can’t afford a Rolex –I don’t bombard Rolex website with complaints-I just decide not to get one -hey but I can still tell the time!!This is Tom Waits -This is Big Time!

  Don’t rain on my parade -Dublin here I come!!

• 197 ab // May 27, 2008 at 6:48 pm

  i believe this blog is here for constructive comment.
  american dates didn’t sell out in a week. milan, paris didn’t sell out (as far as i know still haven’t).
  edinburgh and dublin pretty much sold out in 10 minutes.
  i’ll be at 4 of the 5 gigs but if this tells you anything tom, stuart, anti, you are extremely popular here and we are worthy of your regular attention.
  we all look forward to giving you a warm welcome.
  can’t wait!!!

• 198 Waiting for Tom // May 28, 2008 at 4:12 am

  I’ve been following Tom for 30+ years now…saw him when the Big Time tour came to London many years ago. Didn’t get the chance to see him in 2004 so am gutted that he’s not playing a London/England date and despite my love for the guy and his music I’m finding it hard to justify shelling out £400-500 to travel from the south coast to Edinburgh or Dublin. I’m also dissapointed in the price of the tickets compared to the U.S but not surprised….everything else is double the price so why not gig tickets!!!!! Come on Tom/Anti get real….

• 199 Tituba // May 28, 2008 at 4:21 am

  I like to believe that Tom will be on this pages sooner or later….

  So

  Dear Tom, do you know that the ticket’s cost for the only italian date of your tour are from Euro 143 to Euro 103 ???
  Do You think that this cost for a concert is too expansive, don’t you?
  I’m so sorry for the comparison between you and a Rolex…I prefear my heartly comparison between your music and an ideal poetical jorney. So I don’t think that a poet, a musician, a painter, an artist therefore, have to die poor like Mozart or Loutrec died, but not even out of reach from the souls of people by the unreachability from their wallets! In fact I think that you doing Art with your music, and I think too that Art must be always reachable from all the people that fell it, not only from people that can pay for it.
  Sorry for that sad outpour, sorry for my bad english, I’m only an italian poor fan of Tom Waits…

• 200 CORMAC MCMULLAN // May 28, 2008 at 4:23 am

  I wish people would calm down about the price of the tickets and stop blaming Mr Waits. I am from Dublin and we are constantly paying over the odds for gigs that cost far less in other countries and this is down to the premoters in Ireland. Over 4 years ago I saw the Rolling Stones in Prague, return flights and tickets to the gig were still cheaper than buying a ticket to see them in Dublin.
  He hasnt played in Ireland for nearly 20 years, so I think he may have been due a return visit.
  I am sorry for other fans who cant get to see him but he is only human after all and cant get to every country.
  For those of you who have a ticket enjoy the gigs.

• 201 S // May 28, 2008 at 6:01 am

  OMG, ain’t Tom coming to London this time? What a scandal! My, oh, my!

  FIY, the last gigs in Scandinavia were Oslo and Copenhagen in 1985 and Stockholm in 1999. That’s twenty-four (24) and nine (9) years ago, respectively. Am I whining? Nope, I’ve been saving up since 2004, when I couldn’t afford the trip to see the Real Gone tour. This time, I’m going to Paris & looking forward to it.

• 202 quidam quelconque // May 28, 2008 at 8:01 am

  I got tickets for Paris. Got through fairly easily and the tickets for the Grand Rex seem to be a bit cheaper than Dublin, Edinbrgh etc (70 euros each, affordable, just). So you won’t hear too many complaints from me, but sympathy to everyone who couldn’t afford or get tickets.

  One question - I had to use a friend’s visa to get the tickets as the french website wouldn’t take my card. As far as I can tell the gig in France doesn’t use the ticketmaster swipe card system (it’s not ticketmaster at all) but I’m worried that they will want the card holder to be there. Can anyone put an anxious man at ease and tell me everything will be dandy?

• 203 Ingrid // May 28, 2008 at 8:43 am

  AND you have to come to VIENNA !!!! We have lots of Fans here in Austria. No not Australia :), no Kangaroos, Mozart, Wiener Schnitzel…. , well. Please Vienna !

• 204 Tessa // May 28, 2008 at 8:48 am

  OK, another annoying question, but I would really appreciate some help…..

  I was trying to get two tickets for Paris on the 25th (got them, yay!!!!) but accidently ended up with two for the 24th in my cart aswell. You could only empty the whole cart, not remove specific items, and out of fear I would lose all my tickets proceeded presuming I could return the 24th tickets.
  I’ve been trying to ring the number given for European enquiries and it doesn’t work……any ideas how I can return these tickets? Absolutely no way I could afford both dates.

  Also, for the 24th which I did not want to attend I have been told I have 2OR Range H tickets(sounds good??), but on the 25th it says Placement Libre, which I presume is unreserved? I payed top whack for both sets of ticket, so what is the difference? I will be coming from England after work so the thought of unreserved places fills me with fear - all the French people will get there first!

  Any help most appreciated.
  (Don’t think for one moment this takes away from how excited I am to be finally seeing him!)

  x

• 205 Pavel Z // May 28, 2008 at 8:58 am

  I am Czech living in Japan (not big) and hoping to get tickets on internet for TW concert on July 21st. Please wish me luck tomorrow or offer me some leftover ticket day after tomorrow if I am not lucky.
  I already missed concerts of other artist,an airplane,some trains,dates and once even the happy hour by Dubliners, but hope not to miss this one (concert).

• 206 craig // May 28, 2008 at 10:06 am

  thrilled i am, thrilled. Going to Dublin and Edinburgh - credit card on fire. It’s ruddy expensive indeed but Tom’s the most interesting musician i know of by a distance. Bit concerned irish venue may be underwhelming but Edinburgh ought to do him justice. Excited like a laddie…it’s pathetic. Cheers Tom.

• 207 Mr W // May 28, 2008 at 10:20 am

  Gina, or anyone from anti that may likely read this,

  I happily got tickets to the second Phoenix show. Then, I discovered that my mother has cancer and I need to travel to be with her in Illinois on the 18th. (Unfortunately, of all the luck in the world, I have to leave that morning.) Is there anything, at all, I can do to either trade my tickets for the show on the 17th or get a reimbursement for the tickets I purchased?

  I contacted Ticketmaster and got a canned response, “well, we warned you.” But, this is a true emergency and I feel like I’m stuck with no options.

  Thanks sincerely.

• 208 Petter Solberg // May 28, 2008 at 11:04 am

  Does anyone know where row BB is? I hope it doesn’t mean that the first rows are named with a single letter (A-Z), followed by rows that are named with double letters (AA-ZZ)

• 209 Petter Solberg // May 28, 2008 at 11:24 am

  Mr W,

  sorry to hear about your mother

  someone posted a note here earlier saying that at least in the EU (I don’t know about the US though) if the buyer can’t give the tickets to someone else if he is prevented from attendig the show, he has the right to get his money back. I don’t know if this is true or not, but I think you should check it out. If what they’re doing isn’t actually legal, that may help your case.

• 210 BRUS MICHEL // May 28, 2008 at 12:02 pm

  TESSA TRY THIS NUMBER 0033144949150 CHEERS

• 211 Leo // May 28, 2008 at 12:04 pm

  Hi Petter
  Seating plan:
  http://www.ticketmaster.ie/seatingchart/198461/11983
  - looks like it’s single letters first, then double. Still, BB shouldn’t be too bad.
  Leo

• 212 Kenny // May 28, 2008 at 12:45 pm

  I eventually got two tickets for Edinburgh 12 miles away ‘
  Astonished at the price though ,then I thought about it .

  Neil Young was £65.00 for the same venue and Tom Waits has never in my opinion touched his album sales and had the exposure (Crosby stills ,etc,.)

  My brother has tuned the occasional piano in that theatre ,concerts are few and far between now, it is used for musicals he my brother states that that theatre is not cheap but it has a fantastic sound quality.

  30 miles along the road you have the multi purpose 8000 seater Secc in Glasgow which is cheap and cheerful but has applling sound quality,I explained to many that I would not go there to see another act including Tom Waits.

  So he has decided to play Edinburgh for the first time in 21 yrs (I was there) and before then he was very loyal to that city, and before his last gig in London the previous gig was at the same time as the last Edinburgh gig.

  Back to the price though and although I cannot fford it I am going, thousands won’t, but how many on this forum have happily cherry picked songs and albums from file sharing sites and also obtained pirate copies of Albums ,thus drying up the artists income.

  One thing is for sure Tom Waits maybe decides the tour but I suspect he has little say over the price .

  I hope that many people going are true fans and not the Celebrity crowd who want to be ’seen’ to be asiociated with a unique artist .

  Having listened to him for 25 yrs I have won over about two fans out of hundreds to his music .

• 213 Kenny // May 28, 2008 at 1:15 pm

  btw Led Zepp played London and it was a lottery ,but a high amount of celebrities manged to get tickets.

  How was that ,it was supposed to be random .I would have enjoyed that but COULDN’T GET A TICKET.

  They did not. play anywhere else .

• 214 whosthefuckingrealscalper // May 28, 2008 at 1:41 pm

  Two tickets to the Dublin gig on the 30th…wait for it….275 euro..from ticketbastard.ie. The fucking gougers! Going on todays exchange rate thats $430. Ghandi would go apeshit! Robbing, thieving,exploiting, larcenous fuckers! You could buy a whorehouse in Bangkok for that price. I wouldn’t pay that much to see my fucking reincarnation. Ok, ok, o..k, I bought the tickets. I can’t wait!

• 215 Clexane // May 28, 2008 at 4:40 pm

  Tickets still available for both Paris shows

• 216 E // May 28, 2008 at 11:40 pm

  Stop whining! I live in Norway and we never get ANY good shows of any kind! You guys in england usually get it all..and even on a crappy hospital sallary I have managed to set aside enough for my Dublin tickets. Can’t wait!

• 217 Dave McK // May 29, 2008 at 1:41 am

  Ah… 6 rows from the front, opening night, Edinburgh gigs.. Cheers Tom.
  ..If you could just ask him to play ‘Crazy bout my Baby’ that’d be lovely!

  Also, ticketmaster are cunts. …Just wanted to placate other users really.. but they are.. Total cunts. Last time i saw tom i queued overnight on a downtown Vancouver Street corner from 9pm on a friday night till 12 noon on the Saturday for tix. Now that was an experience. I ain’t never hired a hooker, but i seen enough that night to last me… Also saw some guy almost get his head taken off by a taxi while he was spewing into the gutter. Though getting stoned with other Waits fans, with Dylan on the stereo, overnight, outdoors, with beers, now thats a ticket queue. However, Sitting at my computer, bleery eyed and hungover at 10am, constantly hitting refresh until the stupid website released the tickets was about as much fun as having to shit into a small brown paper bag infront of a crowd. Poor. Oh, and on top of that, £208 for 2 tickets?! Thats $410!!!! For 2!!! Christ. Lucky its Tom, i wouldn’t pay that for anyone else, not unless the ticket came with a free Faberge egg, or spectacled bear, a Sumatran rhino or an author-signed copy of Origin of the Species…

  Regardless, its gonna be fucking ace. And for any whingers in the UK, theres still Irish dates left so get yerself over there… Or come to the playhouse and i’ll tell you all about it afterwards. For the price of beer.

• 218 dazed and confuzed // May 29, 2008 at 3:16 am

  can someone finally clear up the ticket/name/passport id thing once and for all please. I have bought two tickets for Dub and bought them on my credit card. Does this mean if i take my tickets and credit card and passport i can bring in my mate as a guest?

• 219 Graham // May 29, 2008 at 4:28 am

  Yeah I was wondering the same, cause it said they would contact us to get or guests details, but they still haven’t

• 220 Patrick C // May 29, 2008 at 5:36 am

  The Board are currently looking to form a safety review group. As a fire safety committee is already in place, it is hoped to extend the duties of the fire safety committee so as to encompass all health and safety issues within the Board. The new Safety Review Group will meet at least once a month to discuss relevant health & safety issues within the organisation . If you wish to be a part of this review group, please respond to Patrick Cosgrave by email p.cosgrave@peanala.ie or by phone ext 247

  Dazed & Confused,

  In response to your query, it seems to me that you can bring whomever you want to on your second ticket. Ticketmaster did not ask for their details. For tickets sold separately, you had to submit your own details. For those who bought two tickets ,you still only had to submit your own details. Hence, your main priority is to make sure that the lead seat (i.e.the buyer) matches the name on the passport/driving license. I know that conditions stipulated that i.d was required for the second ticket, however this is not the case. However ambiguous it all seems, Tom waits knew what he was doing, as he has been successful in beating the touts. Because when you think about it, for the tout to make money on the second ticket, the tout must go to the concert with the buyer of the ticket. Now that just doesn’t make any economic sense, especially when Touts only interest is money not music. All websites like needaticket.net and other ticket agencies haven’t even bothered selling them. Just finally think about it…..you arrive up to the entrance of the gig with your two tickets and receipt in your name, you also have the credit card used (this will be shown on the receipt) Once you have all these, the bouncers wont give a hoot who the second entrant is!!!!. It is when you arrive up with two tickets in the name of Mr. Smith, and your passport says Mr. Obekanyu & Mr Ranulfo…..that is when its obvious that they were resold by a tout. That’s what Waits/aiken are tying to stop with this system. And so far they have scared the touts off. SO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE SECOND TICKET, DONT BE, JUST THINK ABOUT IT AND USE YOUR COMMON SENSE. I hope I have made sense!! Cheers eveyrone, cant wait for the gig myself

• 221 Patrick C // May 29, 2008 at 5:37 am

  Excusethe first paragraph, Im in work!!!!!!!!!!!

• 222 Aldo60 // May 29, 2008 at 6:21 am

  Corri Bernard a prendere i posti…ma ricorda che la Gente comune Muore ancora di Fame!!!

• 223 Kristoffer // May 29, 2008 at 7:56 am

  Facebook group for those attending his performance in Milan either the 17th, 18th or 19th:

  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19790416613

  Intended for arranging for example gatherups / grabing some beers together before the concerts.

  Again, can’t wait for the gig.

• 224 Tessa // May 29, 2008 at 8:25 am

  Hi guys,

  Has anyone managed to get a seating plan for the Grand Rex in Paris or figure out what the whole unreserved seating is about??

  I need to decide what tickets to cancel and a seating plan would help!

  AARDVARK -
  I emailed info@gdp.fr to request cancelling Paris tickets and got a reply from noam.tozy@gdp.fr telling me to contact him quickly if I wanted to cancel tickets.
  You could try this too, should be OK.

  BRUS MICHEL - Thanks for the number. Hopefully the email route will work so I wont have to use my rubbish French on the phone, but I appreciate the help!

• 225 MARTIN // May 29, 2008 at 9:10 am

  I sent an email to gdp three days ago and today i received a confirmation with a pdf with my seats.

  At http://www.legrandrex.com you can find a plan,
  click on le gran rex and then at the right click on “le grande salle”, there appears four pictures, the last one is the plan

  MARTIN

• 226 Johnny // May 29, 2008 at 9:28 am

  Tom Waits does not set his own ticket prices. Cities do not magically contain reliable booking agents, suitable venues with open times or any other element of the delicate combination require to book a date, even if it’s your city.

  It is not a personal slight when an artist cannot make it to your city. It could be for one of a hundred reasons.

  If you want to pay a few thousand to fly him, the band, their equipment and their crew over, put them up for a few days, hire a suitable venue, hire the sound personnel, hire the PA equipment, list the show, buy ads and print up promotional materials, and pay for someone to distribute them, then you can set the prices yourself.

• 227 Mr W // May 29, 2008 at 9:53 am

  As followup to post 208, I have received a reimbursement for the show. That still leaves the problem of not getting to see a show at all. However, at least I am not unfortunate enough to be paying to see nothing. Thanks sincerely to any who shared my concern.

• 228 Tessa // May 29, 2008 at 10:24 am

  Martin - many thanks for pointing me in the direction of the seating plan. I also received a PDF so if all goes to plan and my other tickets get refunded OK I will be attending the Friday, Range I in the orchestra seats - happy with that!

  Mr W - thank goodness you got your money back - would have seemed slightly illegal if that hadn’t been the case. I really hope you get some good fortune and manage to see a show.

• 229 Richard // May 29, 2008 at 10:31 am

  Fuck it Scotland here i come. Went to see him in Berlin last time

• 230 Carnival Bob's Confession // May 29, 2008 at 11:46 am

  Prague 1ticket per order -Is this true!! I was hoping to bring the wife!

• 231 J // May 29, 2008 at 1:27 pm

  Bob, I believe it means “1 per 1 login on the ticketpro web”.. try it again with different login

• 232 Carnival Bob's Confession // May 29, 2008 at 3:50 pm

  Thanks J

• 233 peter // May 29, 2008 at 7:18 pm

  Everyone stop complaining, it has been 25 years since i saw Tom Waits at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, Australia. And it still burns in my memory.
  Dear Mr Waits,
  is there even a slight chance that ‘Glitter & Doom’ will come to Australia?
  p.s i now live in Melbourne

• 234 Sonny // May 29, 2008 at 11:32 pm

  Help ticketpro.cz server is down!!!!!

• 235 VSK // May 29, 2008 at 11:33 pm

  Did anyone get through for either date in Prague? I tried for the past 30 minutes but it just kept timing out, on 2 computers with 4 browsers open. I’m sure there’s no chance any tickets remain at this point. Damn.

• 236 Sonny // May 29, 2008 at 11:37 pm

  I get a “event not found” message if I get any response

• 237 BRUS MICHEL // May 29, 2008 at 11:37 pm

  HELLO DID SOMEBODY TRY TICKETPRO.CZ TO KEEP TICKETS FOR PRAGUE IT SEEMS THAT NOTHING IS ON SALE?

• 238 Sonny // May 29, 2008 at 11:44 pm

  the server is bieng bombarded. even if i get throug I get a “the server is under haevy load try again later”
  but the event is on

• 239 Carnival Bob's Confession // May 29, 2008 at 11:55 pm

  being sent round in circles ! aaaaaggghhhhh

• 240 RP // May 30, 2008 at 12:12 am

  Prague is still available, just got through and got my tickets.
  Keep trying and I’ll see you there!

• 241 Sonny // May 30, 2008 at 12:38 am

  fuck I was doing the payment and then they requestet a security code that you only have if you have netbank and I don’t have it

• 242 Juanjo // May 30, 2008 at 1:52 am

  TOMMY DOES SPAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!!!!!!!!!!! YOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 243 Chad // May 30, 2008 at 2:12 am

  i thank my lucky stars that i managed to get tickets for London in 2004 despite having to resort to a scalper on ebay…the new measures are welcomed but a shame no London gig after just the one last time. at least Edinburgh & Dublin get more than one show. yes the tickets are expensive but then still cheaper than a Madonna show if thats your thing, these days, gigs such as these are events & attract a price in keeping with it.

• 244 waits ticket owner // May 30, 2008 at 2:47 am

  Well. After missing the UK tickets, its easy to get Tuesday and Thursday mixed up right? hmmm…,

  I managed to get a ticket to the Prague Date…

  Cant barely wait! Been waiting four years for Waits to come back to Europe!

• 245 Dan Kirk // May 30, 2008 at 7:12 am

  To those complaining about Waits not playing London… come on! He played London four years ago, he played Edinburgh twenty-one years ago! Seems pretty fair to me.

• 246 rafael // May 30, 2008 at 11:15 am

  saw him in amsterdam 4 years ago…three nights on a row…cost me a fortune getting tix from damn scalpers…Still considering going to Paris or Milan…Grrrr…..Many thanks Tom, for coming to Europe again…..Pity Amsterdam isnt included this time, but hey…thats life haha…..Cheers…

• 247 Brendan // May 30, 2008 at 4:06 pm

  Johnny, the idea that Tom does not set the tcket prices is a tad naive. Are you saying that if it wasnt for those big bad promoters we would be seeing Tom for €10? Get real. What is the average salary in Prague? I see from a blog that a huge fan of Tom a teacher is on €390 a month and cant afford to go to Tom as the seats cost the equivalent of €130. Tom’s hobo shtick wears a little thin.

• 248 yaaa // May 31, 2008 at 8:05 am

  Ello! dont know muc h about tom waits but heard about his rip off tickects prices. Seems Mr Waits assumes that his fans revere and worship him so that he can rip them off, and they’ll take it gratefully-shame.
  No matter how good his music is,he is still a musician,just a mortal being who shouldnt be ripping off the people who appreciate him the most.Funny,you’d think a seriously non mainstream artist,would be ‘all about the music and fans’

  Emperors new clothes or what.Enjoy the show

• 249 ab // May 31, 2008 at 6:12 pm

  if ticket prices were lower the theatres would be full of fairweather fans who haven’t appreciated the man for a lifetime. i’m a hard up musician who has little work in the next two months. i’m selling a bass and an amp to fund a trip to every gig in edinburgh a dublin, because i’ve been a fan for the last 22 years and have only had the chance to see him once (hammersmith ‘04). i was a student the previous tour decided i couldn’t afford it and regretted it for 17 years. anyone who was at hammersmith four years ago (which cost me about the same as it is costing me to go to five gigs this time) will tell you the last thing you will be thinking about on the night is money. everyone else can sit at home and moan! true fans will be there this time!

• 250 Peter Olah // May 31, 2008 at 11:14 pm

  As a reply to post 248. I’m that mentioned teacher A live in Hungary and yes, my salary is a bit of a joke but what can I do? But you really made a good point though

  Anyhow, after struggling for one day I finally couldn’t resist an bought a ticket (the cheapest for appr. 40 euros) for the Prague show on July 21 I talked to my family (that is my parents and aunty and uncle) and they said they would like to visit Prague anyway so we could combine the concert with a bit of sightseeing.

  I was very happy about that because the trip and accomodation would have been too big expenses for me alone.

  Well, I’ll be sitting quite in the back on the balcony but it should be all right and I will see Tom Waits for the first time in my life!

  I’ve only been a fan for about 7 years but since then I bought all of his albums and became a huge admirer of him.

  So everything’s fine for me in the end

  Cheers

  Peter

• 251 Jeffrey // Jun 1, 2008 at 5:16 am

  Tom Waits must come to Belgium!!! Brussels, the capital of Europe, is waiting for you Tom!!!

• 252 batu // Jun 1, 2008 at 9:38 am

  tom you got a telephone call from istanbul.you must come to town some day,not on this tour maybe.but we’ll be waiting for you to come and sing a couple of songs in the bluest city in the world

• 253 GERD BESSLER // Jun 1, 2008 at 3:24 pm

  KOMME NIE ZU SPÄT
  Hi Waitz Tom, Greetings From Northern Germany
  answer, if your allowed to…
  LISTEN TO MY NEW RECORD > BOG OAK >
  # 10 ist dedicated to a talented american singer songwriter
  roasty toasty lifted coffeedrinkersclub
  gerd family hamburg

• 254 Harry Hoodunnit // Jun 2, 2008 at 8:20 am

  Spain´s a bit of a disaster. On the phone all day (no tickets on sale via internet from this ticket outlet although they do have this service for other acts) and finally got a ticket for the Kursaal in Donosti/ San Sebastian at 2:45 pm . My boss is a bit pissed off seeing as I hogged the phone and did no work for 5 straight hours. Well now he knows there´s worse things than having your workers call in sick on you.Still though, the company awarded the management of ticket sales for Spain could have done alot better

• 255 gin // Jun 2, 2008 at 8:25 am

  @Harry: the same for me; from 9.00 MET on the phone till now and i still haven’t tickets. I dind’t count, but i’d say, i phoned 600 times more or less.

  “… ticket sales for Spain could have done alot better” is kind of a strong euphemism. The question is ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ how could they manage to do worse ??? Well, i don’t know.

• 256 Harry Hoodunnit // Jun 2, 2008 at 1:22 pm

  Gin They don´t seem to have the people to service the demand which, when you think about it, might not be that bad after all coz when the initial rush blows over there should still be tickets left. I was lucky I had access to a decent phone that redials within half a second and after various furious half hour bouts of hitting the button repeatedly I finally got through. Keep trying and good luck

• 257 gin // Jun 2, 2008 at 1:22 pm

  It’s nearly 24.00. I spent 15 hours on the phone today, calling 902 10 12 12 and the international number, i spent more or less 30 euros to listen to this stupid messages (all lines are busy -> they still are) and i’m really furious and waiting for a big HUGE apology from beside the management and TELEENTRADA. There’s not even an update on their website. It’s riduculous!!!!!!!!!

• 258 Walter // Jun 2, 2008 at 3:37 pm

  Hey, Tom! I was one of the 900 guys that had the luck to listen to you in Buenos Aires. Will I have that luck again??

• 259 Kate // Jun 2, 2008 at 7:32 pm

  Please come to Australia for our summer… or autumn, or spring, or winter, anytime…. I will be there.

• 260 PoL // Jun 3, 2008 at 12:49 am

  not even a concert in portugal…

  

• 261 Francesco // Jun 3, 2008 at 1:32 am

  Guys,
  I’ve bought a ticket for the paris concert of 25 july and I’ve received a confirmation mail with the sentence “placement libre”. I’ve sent four emails to have a seat assignation but nothing.
  What do I do? Will I take my ticket the 25 july without a seat assignation?

  Thanks.

• 262 vixtorg // Jun 3, 2008 at 3:19 am

  Those who were angry about ticketbastard would have to try to get a ticket from telentrada.
  Let’s find’em a better name, i’m first “sinentrada.com”

• 263 PoL // Jun 3, 2008 at 4:19 am

  it’s a shame that telentrada don’t sell tickets in the site…

• 264 jordi // Jun 3, 2008 at 6:46 am

  YYYYeeeeessssssssssss!!! finally did it!! got tickets for the 15th july bcn concert. just dreaming!!!
  Now i just need a good bourbon with a little drop of poison!!

• 265 marta // Jun 3, 2008 at 9:51 am

  i’ve been calling the last two days on the fuck… phone number to get a ticket for the concert in Barcelona (Catalonia, Europe)
  I THINK THE TICKETS HAVE BEEN ALREADY SOLD TO “CHIC” PEOPLE, WE ARE LOOSING TIME…
  I WANT TO CRY (or not ???).

• 266 marta // Jun 3, 2008 at 9:52 am

  jordi, give me a chance…

• 267 marta // Jun 3, 2008 at 10:51 am

  got it got it got it got it got it got it got it got it got it got it got it got it got it!!!! yuppppi yaaaaaaa!!!!!
  ONE TRICK FOR BARCELONA: CALL suposed number for FOREIGN: 93 326 2946

  (telentrada is the devil!!!!) jajjajjaaj

• 268 Tessa // Jun 3, 2008 at 11:07 am

  Francesco - I only recently got an email with my seats (this Friday) for the same gig, so they are probably just coping with demand. I wouldn’t panic yet (but then I know that is easier said than done!)

• 269 Kasia // Jun 3, 2008 at 1:59 pm

  Hi Tom!
  Why not London? I’m Polish and getting older in UK just for the reason to hear you alive BEFORE I DIE! BUt…
  I CA’NT GET ANY TICKETS IN ANY EUROPEAN CITIES. Sold out? Bloody scalptors?
  I don’t understand the irony of life.

• 270 ab // Jun 3, 2008 at 4:25 pm

  amazingly there are singles available in paris if you really want!!!!

• 271 ab // Jun 3, 2008 at 4:29 pm

  also let’s up the demand for a dvd of this tour eh?

• 272 Vacamalhada // Jun 4, 2008 at 1:16 am

  at 12.30 in Portugal, in 2 June I wrote:

  The first towns where Tom is going to play in Europe are in Spain, but the Ticket Service decided that they should be the last to put the tickets on sale… They also decided that the tickets could only be bought by phone, and no online… Nice decisions.

  I am Portuguese, and I am going to see the Man, even if I have to rob a bank (and I might have to do it…).
  The less expensive place to see Tom, fo me, is Barcelona (and I will spend more or less 500 Euros, to do it - ticket, plain and hotel… forget food). I am trying to call the f***** Teleentrada since 8.00 am (9.00 in Spain), to get some nice places (for this price, I should be sitting ON Tom…), but, after 2 hours of hearing the messages “The nunber you dial is no correct”, and trying to enter the site, that was not working, I can now hear a voice that answers my call, but it says to me “Our operaters are to busy, right now, please call us later” (and I have to pay the call). Amazing.

  I really need to buy the tickets, so that I can book the plain and the hotel…
  Why aren’t the spain tickets on sale online? Why only now?
  Why do I have to pay fo a call that does’t aswer me?
  Why????
  I am going to see Tom Waits, even if I have to kill someone, but I never expected that it would be this hard.
  And I hope he knows how much we are doing to see him, so that he understands how f****** special he is…

  (sory fo my english mistakes)

• 273 Vacamalhada // Jun 4, 2008 at 1:20 am

  At 13.20, when I was almost given up, I finally get to speak with the teleentrada operater.
  The best seat I got was in line 15!!! And I had to give my credit card number to the operator, and they don’t send and email, or something to confirm our tickets. I have to see on my accont, if they tooke the money, and trust tha on 14 July, the tickets I will get, wiil be the same thati paid for… Really a great service, they have…

• 274 Klaus // Jun 4, 2008 at 2:42 am

  Was it 2 hours before the concert in Barcelona you could get the tickets?

• 275 Carl // Jun 4, 2008 at 3:30 am

  I’ve wasn’t too quick off the mark getting a ticket, but as I’m staying in Prague I just got one of the ‘cheaper’ tickets at about £30, but this maybe obscured sighting - (There are still cheap and top range tickets, (£100) available) - The question I want to ask is, do artists like TW and others think about the relative wages outside their home country? The tickets here are twice those of the states, but the average income is less than half - Ex-pats, the middle class, big fans and the well-to-do criminal classes will attend, but what of the average Czech or neighbouring fans from Slovakia, Poland etc - IF TW were to play in India, Bangladesh or Honduras for example, would the top tickets be £100-$200 because the tour is expensive to set up??

• 276 radiohoofdnz // Jun 4, 2008 at 6:25 am

  What about The Netherlands, germany or Belgium ?

• 277 tony moon // Jun 4, 2008 at 1:19 pm

  Sorry but this site and ALL this useless discussion is a waste of time. It’s a done deal. Pay up or get out is the only answer. All the rest is bullshit.

• 278 ab // Jun 4, 2008 at 2:17 pm

  mmm… charming. 3 weeks on and only 3 venues sold out in america.
  edinburgh dublin sold out in 10 minutes.
  ever thought of living in europe tom??

• 279 Vadim // Jun 5, 2008 at 3:00 am

  Dial in Teleentrada unrealistic … How to buy four tickets Tom fans from Moscow?

• 280 Vadim // Jun 5, 2008 at 4:55 am

  I bought four tickets to Prague for 10 minutes …

• 281 Roi // Jun 5, 2008 at 5:40 am

  Holland?

• 282 Petter S // Jun 5, 2008 at 7:34 am

  “ab // Jun 3, 2008 at 4:29 pm

  also let’s up the demand for a dvd of this tour eh?”

  yes. I’ve sent an email to anti asking if they are going to release a DVD of this tour. If other people do the same, perhaps they’ll really listen? Perhaps we could even sign a petition (considering this is the most important thing in the world :P)

• 283 ab // Jun 5, 2008 at 8:10 am

  well done petter, please keep us up to date if you hear anything, cheers.

• 284 vixtorg // Jun 5, 2008 at 8:16 am

  dvd of this or any tour ever.

• 285 Dan Kirk // Jun 6, 2008 at 5:11 am

  Hey, got tickets for the second Edinburgh show, and ticketmaster e-mailed me yesterday for the name of my guest. However, the little form at the bottom of the e-mail doesn’t seem to be working. Any suggestions anybody?

• 286 MrZoffoli // Jun 6, 2008 at 8:00 am

  Hi everyone,
  Tom Waits coming to France is a really really rare event. Unfortunately I wasn’t quick enough to get all the money needed for the few tickets that were still on sale.

  Now I read here that some people have tickets and won’t go?!!
  With that new rule of tickets with names on it, won’t it be possible for me to find any tickets at all?
  If someone with a ticket that won’t be using it, wants to contact me with a solution, do it please please !!!

  Going to this concert is kind of a dream for me!!
  pleeeaaaaase someone help me!

• 287 BadgerBoy // Jun 8, 2008 at 5:31 am

  In response to Dan at comment 289, same thing happened to me and I called Ticketmaster helpline and the woman at the other end was very good and took all my details and processed it that way. No email confirmation but assuming all is good!

• 288 cerealboxes // Jun 8, 2008 at 7:12 am

  Hi I know this is freaking late but I’m trying to get the Edinburgh tickets and what’s going on with ticketmaster saying “Tickets currently not on sale”. Does that mean it’s sold out? Help please.

• 289 ab // Jun 8, 2008 at 11:41 am

  afraid the edinburgh dates sold out in 10 to 15 minutes!! a few on ebay. read restrictions carefully

• 290 Dan Kirk // Jun 9, 2008 at 11:22 pm

  Phew, all sorted now! Thanks BadgerBoy!

• 291 cornelia // Jun 10, 2008 at 12:25 am

  Dear Sirs,

  I am not quite sure if this is the correct adress to send this to, but I trust you will answer me or forward this to the right person.

  A week ago my husband and I finally managed to get tickets to one of Mr. Waits concerts in Europe. SInce he is not coming to Norway our alternative was Edinburgh. I have been waiting 25 years to see him in concert!

  My sister-in-law paid for the tickets with her creditcard, and we booked hotelroom and flights (and kennel lodgings for our dog) the same day.

  Then, last Friday we got the sad message that due to the fight against the black marked tickets, the person who paid for the tickets (my sister-in-law) and a guest are the only ones that can attend. We tried to call and to explain the situation by e-mail, but the only thing we know is that is not possible to change the name on the tickets. This means that nobody can use them, and we want event get the ticketcost refunded.

  At the same time we see that ticket scalpers earn their money because they will always find a way to get around the system, but we have lost a fair amount of money and we will not be able to see Mr. Waits in concert due to some rigid system.

  Looking at Mr. Waits official homepage, several people are experiencing this, and I therefore hope that something will be done about this.

  I understand your frustration about the black market, but this kind of system only affects his fans.

• 292 iggy // Jun 10, 2008 at 12:35 am

  hi all……tom……where are you…….you scruffy bastard……your old soundman IGGY here…..lookin for ya………Love the hootie song……….didn’t know that was you…….I’m still around…..soundmanig@yahooo

• 293 iggy // Jun 10, 2008 at 12:40 am

  oh all……did the big time tour…..loook for an album credit for John Oster……………..

• 294 HELIA // Jun 11, 2008 at 12:06 pm

  San Sebastian
  Barcelona
  Milan
  Prague
  Paris
  Edinburgh
  Dublin
  ======== SBMPPED!
  (PETHDTSCKJAMBA……!

• 295 ab // Jun 12, 2008 at 11:14 am

  some tickets available for dublin

• 296 Gary // Jun 15, 2008 at 5:53 am

  Terribly disappointed in Tom Waits. Fair dues to him for insisting on the system to stop the touts ripping off the real fans but what a hypocrite for setting the prices at e130 for the gigs in Dublin. With credit card charge etc. that’s nearly e140. I cant believe I can use their names in the same sentence but this stinks of the Barbara Streisand gig in Ireland last year. Not a fan of her music myself but they set her prices at e200+. This just attracts the society snobs that pay the crazy overpriced costs just to tell people at their latest dinner party that “oh yes of course i was at the tom waits concert the other night, what music fan wouldn’t be. I think he really said all he had to say on Closing Time”. What a load of crap. Once again real music fans ripped off again and dont give me that shit about it being the agency. Everything Tom Waits has done in his career he has, admirably, demanded full control over so do not tell me he has nothing to do with this.

  At least it was our choice to pay for overpriced tickets to touts instead of it being the default price. Steve Earle selling his songs to drinks ads, Bod Dylan advertising cars and selling cds through Starbucks and now this. Disgusted. Absolutely disgusted.

• 297 I just wanna buy a ticket. ! // Jun 15, 2008 at 9:11 am

  I just wanna buy a ticket. What a treat! Hope it gets to become easy.

• 298 Petter Solberg // Jun 15, 2008 at 2:00 pm

  Hello everyone. I just created a new facebook group - “Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom Tour 2008″ - check it out here:

  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17775647638

  I thought it would be good to have a real group where we can break the conversation into different threads rather than just post everything on the same page. And I’ll create a thread for the “anti-scalping system” as well, so that we can keep all the music-related threads as tidy as possible.

• 299 PimK // Jun 18, 2008 at 1:23 pm

  Yay got a ticket!!:) have to travel 800 KM to see him, so figured i’ds make a vacation around the show:) it’s the one in prague!

  I so can’t wait for it!!

  p.s. and people pelase stop complaining that he isn’t comming to your hometown!!! jeez hitchhike if you have to!! but get there!

• 300 Terribly disappointed // Jun 20, 2008 at 7:37 am

  These ticket prices are asounding!
  Frankly Mr Waits you can take them and blow them out your arse. Once you’ve done that you can fuck the board of directors of Ticketmaster with them. What a bunch of robbing cunts!

• 301 LVN // Jun 20, 2008 at 10:03 am

  I’m travelling from Antwerp to Prague to go see Tom Waits. I think it’s worth it. It wasn’t any problem to buy tickets online. My seat is central, row 4 *proud smile*

• 302 Scott Wellman // Jun 22, 2008 at 7:17 pm

  Tom, for Christ sake man, not one goddamn show in Chicago?What in Lucifer’s name were you thinking? Obvious you weren’t. Now, how are we, correction,how are you, going to right this sinking ship of an Idea and come to your senses , and after visiting Senses drive north to Chicago Ill.

• 303 Icotaki // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:11 am

  I just saw him in Houston. First, he has to play a large venue, otherwise lots of people would not be able to see him. And then the venue spikes up the price of the ticket. Second, he is close to 60 years old and his concert lasted almost 2 and a half hours!!!! It was an amazing experience!!! I mean, it is no wonder why he cannot do this often!!! I have seen so many older performers that only go through the motions to finish the gig, but Tom had an amazing performance… And his coat was soaking wet. Face it guys, he is OLD and he cannot have normal tours often and keep up the quality.

• 304 Meg // Jun 23, 2008 at 9:56 am

  Is anyone absolutely certain that the card-holder has to attend the gig? I don’t possess my own credit card so I bought 2 tickets to go see him in Edinburgh on my mother’s credit card with the intention of bringing my younger sister…

  -18 year old student, Ireland

• 305 Molly // Jul 1, 2008 at 4:51 pm

  Can someone let me know if both attendees have to be named on the tickets or is it just the buyer ? Thanks

• 306 Adrian // Jul 2, 2008 at 7:14 am

  To whomever makes the decisions where to tour: Prices arent the issue for us in Australia, we worry about time. I have no problem setting aside money which I cannot afford nor rationally justify to experience Tom Waits in the flesh, but at over 60, and with it being 25+ years since he came anywhere near Australia, I fear my (his) time is running out. To all the spolit brits with their inflated sense of self entitlement, dont whine about it being 4 years since he was last in London- grow up. You really dont appreciate how lucky you are. Tom/promoters/ANTI: charge $500 a ticket if you need to, just make an Australian tour happen.

• 307 Bananfish // Jul 4, 2008 at 5:22 pm

  Hey, I got tickets for the Edinburgh show, but I am not sure where exactly I’m supposed to be sitting. Could anyone else shed some light for me. I can’t tell from the seating plan. I paid £95 for it and the seat is in the:

  Stalls section, Row T, Seat 49

  I can’t seem to figure out where it is on the seating plan. Could anyone please tell me! I don’t want to be right at the back.

  I’ts my first concert ever and I apologise for the ignorance!

• 308 Cagee // Jul 8, 2008 at 8:17 pm

  I saw the July 5 show in Atlanta, GA USA. Ticket selling process requiring ID/Credit Card/Limit two tickets the same here. We have been through this process the last two times we have seen him and have no problems with it. Our tickets, lower level, 25 rows back in the best musical venue Atlanta has cost us only $85 US. We were glad to pay it to get to see this performance. It was worth twice the price. Compared to the Eagles fourth farewell tour selling at $140 to $250 US this is a DEAL. Who wants to see the Eagles anyway? And what makes some of these bands think anyone wants to pay that kind of money to see them anyway. Maybe by the 5th or 6th farewell tour the prices will come down. I still won’t waste my time to see them. But come on folks - stop the whining. Whatever you are having to go through to get tickets, whatever you are having to pay for them, it is WORTH IT. THIS WAS THE BEST SHOW I HAVE SEEN FROM TOM WAITS IN THE PAST 30 YEARS AND THE BEST SHOW FROM ANYONE IN QUITE A WHILE. I can’t think of anything I would drop everything for to get the opportunity to see again and again and again. So quit complaining and enjoy!

• 309 Sergey // Jul 8, 2008 at 9:34 pm

  Hi!
  Don’t you know will Tom visit Moscow this year?

• 310 Tza Drake // Jul 8, 2008 at 9:57 pm

  Man when is Tom Coming to New Zealand I would offer my girlfriend to see him play flithy bastard would take her to she hot!

• 311 Amy // Jul 8, 2008 at 10:05 pm

  I don’t have a ticket but I am still grateful that Tom Waits is touring. All of the complaints are a little excessive. I hope to see him next time around!

• 312 Gastón // Jul 9, 2008 at 12:37 am

  Hey Tom or anybody
  Puedes pasar por Málaga, España? nací con Kiss y Rafaela Carrá, perdí ese tiempo mal, pero me queda el resto, lamento no haber sabido de tu musica antes, da igual. el mundo es un pañuelo, nos veremos las caras en algún garito, seguramente.
  Abrazos a todos y gracias Tom. Pero gracias.

• 313 Leslie // Jul 9, 2008 at 4:55 am

  I’ve got tickets for Edinburgh.Living in the North of England the nearest venue I could have hoped for is Manchester.The reality is that if you want to be guaranteed to see a performer close to where you live you’ve got to catch them young.I’ve been waiting to see Tom Waits perform for twenty five years so the trip to Edinburgh will hopefully be worth the effort.But the anti-scalping plans are a bit of a joke.I wanted to take my wife and 15 year old son.Due to the two ticket rule he’s going to miss out and I don’t know whether this chance is going to come around again.At least the rule means the tickets get spread around,but I’ve just seen something on the Ticketmaster website that suggests some tickets are going to be put up for auction.What’s that all about?

• 314 Pierre // Jul 9, 2008 at 6:23 am

  Please a swiss show…. in 20 years, I never had any occasion to see Tom Live.

  too bad

• 315 Olraindog // Jul 9, 2008 at 12:03 pm

  Time to stop all the complaining folks, if you’re a fan you do what you have to do to go see him. The last two tours I have flown to Memphis, and to Atlanta and I live in California. Those aren’t cheap trips, but they are well worth the money. His shows are truly a unique experience, and traveling to a far off place adds to the enjoyment. He gives you at least two years to save up, so if you’re physically able, make it part of your vacation, or whatever you have to do, just see him and stop crying about where, when and how much.
  In regards to Tom not going to Scandinavia, he tried, but Norway turned him down. And far as London is concerned, it was you who were given the special treatment during the Real Gone Tour right?. So quit the bitching okay? This is Tom Waits, not the Stones or some other mega sized band, he plays intimate venues at fair prices not sports arenas where you may get a cheap ticket, but you’re stuck in a crapper nose-bleed seat.
  To all those fortunate enough to see him on the second leg of this tour, you are in for one hell of a treat! The band was just getting warmed up here in the states, so enjoy, they are going to blow you away.

• 316 Hep Cat '55 // Jul 9, 2008 at 12:07 pm

  JEEZ! What’s with all the whining about Tom’s tour dates and ticket prices??? BE COOL, PEOPLE.

• 317 Fish07 // Jul 9, 2008 at 7:12 pm

  In response to Meg’s post:
  Saw TW in Jacksonville on 1st July.When admitted, I just gave the ticket person my credit card I had booked my tickets with but my ID was not checked. On that basis, you may be able to get away with just presenting your Mum’s borrowed credit card. Good luck!!

  In response to Molly;s post:
  In the US, just the buyer’s name had to be disclosed so you can take anyone you like.

  To everyone who gets tickets:enjoy!! I hadn’t seen him since the London shows in ‘87 and was blown away.

  An English exile.

• 318 juan // Jul 10, 2008 at 6:13 am

  para cuando gira por sudamerica, en especial Argentina???!!!!

• 319 Tony F. // Jul 10, 2008 at 4:43 pm

  All of these complainers are really funny. I started to get mad at all of the whining about ticket prices and the rest, but then I realized how ridiculous it is to bitch and moan about the bitchers and moaners. Then I laughed.
  If you think the tickets are too expensive, you’re living in the past. His shows are worth it.
  Otherwise, stay home and listen to Raindogs.

• 320 kimmy // Jul 11, 2008 at 1:06 am

  I recently caught my first ever TW show. We traveled very far & quite expensively to get there with no less than 1 traffic violation & a missed plane flight. I CANNOT believe that some of you have the audacity to complain about him only doing things the way he wants to. He his a sight to behold & we should all be happy he even has come out to entertain us.

• 321 Kristian // Jul 11, 2008 at 2:20 am

  Tom orrow is the day. Tom and his band will play in san sebastian and me and my wife we’ll be there. Our dream come true.
  Tom -the papers say- and his family are visiting Basque Country as “normal” tourists: good restaurants, Tom going to a hairdresser in san sebastian, san fermines in pamplona, guggengheim in bilbao, etc.

• 322 Anna // Jul 11, 2008 at 4:47 am

  If someone has a 3 ticktes for Tom Waits concert in San Sebastian 12.07.08.
  I would like to buy. It is very important to me .

• 323 tickets for Tom Waits? // Jul 11, 2008 at 7:12 am

  keep dreaming :O)

• 324 Cagee // Jul 11, 2008 at 8:59 pm

  In response to Leslie’s question about Tom Waits tickets being auctioned, not happening. It is just a function of the Ticketmaster site for any tickets you buy there. Tom Waits tickets do not use this function of the Ticketmaster site. I checked it out because I was curious too. There weren’t any out there. Also, I am very sorry you didn’t think of buying your third ticket for your son using you wife’s name and credit card. You may not have gotten tickets sitting together, but here in Atlanta not many people sat. There is a fairly good sized area at the back of the floor-level seating and wide aisles leading to the floor seats. This turned into the dance floor. We were 25 rows back, but we stood in the far right aisle beside the floor seats for the last hour of the show and ended up on the front row by the encore. Next time - and I think all of us can’t wait until it comes - buy two with one credit card under your name and credit card and buy the other under another name and card. As long as the two people who purchased the tickets show up to claim them you can take a total of four people. Get your son to see Tom next time around. I am just very sorry he didn’t make this performance. It was beyond anything I have ever had the good fortune to see.

• 325 Barack Obama // Jul 11, 2008 at 9:38 pm

  Typical English whiners!
  Think about us poor saps in Japan. I wait patiently…

• 326 Itziar // Jul 12, 2008 at 1:42 am

  Well, imagine having Tom Waits coming to your own small city (San Sebastian) once in a lifetime and having no chance whatsoever to get a ticket no matter the price. The ONLY way to buy tickets was one single phone line that opened at the same day and hour for both concerts in SS and Barcelona. The phone number was permanently busy for three days and no one that I know off -and I know quite a few TW fans around here- could get through, nor, of course, get hold of a ticket. (The ticket-office does exist, which I doubted at the time, I just called for a last desperate try, failed of course ).
  So, I not only feel very disappointed, but simply cheated. Please, give us back our good old lining ups for the night, at least there we had a REAL chance of going to the concert!

• 327 TommyD // Jul 12, 2008 at 2:36 am

  y’all a bunch of whiny little bitches. I live in Birmingham in England and I have to take two days off work to fly to Paris to see Tom on friday. If you want to see him, see him, but be prepared to put in the effort. It ain’t cheap, but it is Tom Waits.

• 328 Edulega // Jul 12, 2008 at 4:23 pm

  Just come back home, great show in San Sebastian. It was my first opportunity to see Tom Waits live, and I have to say that it’s awesome. 2 hours of rock, blues, … a very good sound, and a great light show.
  Thanks for coming to San Sebastian Tom, hope to see you again soon.

• 329 sonny // Jul 13, 2008 at 2:21 am

  hey english boyz, you keep complaining without a reason about no shows in england. i live in Greece where there’s never a descent show taking place, but i always have no problem travelling to see my favorite artists.

• 330 mark // Jul 13, 2008 at 3:28 am

  once again ..us lot from the tower blocks and outposts have no way of seeing Tom ..why cant he just “tour” like every other artist …to think ive spent years buying his music rather than downloading it for free,out of respect now gets me and my mates pushing back a bit….we listen to loads of tunes and are fed up reading tour dates again knowing that were fucked for getting tickets to his gigs …none of my friends can get tickets …hey tom ..play in Reading and Preston and Rennes and Cairns and Portsmouth…your losing us man

• 331 Amedeo Felix // Jul 13, 2008 at 5:57 am

  Why are you so bloody greedy Mr Waits? Are you confusing yourself with Madonna or something? Also, like others have said, what gives with avoiding London??? I’d bet you have more fans here than all of the other European cities you are playing at combined!

• 332 ab // Jul 13, 2008 at 10:14 am

  if tickets had been avaliable for £40/50 then the audience would feel free to talk all the way through,
  go to the bar/toilet etc. as demonstrated in america on various you tube clips. please let this not be the case in europe. i for one would pay double to be able to HEAR the performer not the drunken idiot behind me. as for london, have you ever been to edinburgh?? i live in the middle by the way.

• 333 Nancy and Gregory // Jul 14, 2008 at 12:05 am

  How much do you think it costs to feed 30 people 3 meals a day? How about having rooms for them to sleep in? transportation for them and loads of equipment?
  And yes salaries for all 30 hard working folks? Renting the venues? What else on the expense side?

• 334 chah // Jul 14, 2008 at 12:38 am

  We booked online for the first Dublin concert, but still have not received the actual tickets yet. Has anybody else received them yet for any of the Dublin shows?|

• 335 Lefteris // Jul 14, 2008 at 3:10 am

  Come to Greece Mr Waits, the experience of that concert will be different for you, you have so many fans that you don’t even imagine. The experience of a concert in Greece will be unforgetable.
  Please come to Athens, because I can’t except that I
  will dye and i will never see you.

• 336 mark // Jul 14, 2008 at 3:46 am

  Tommy D in Brum ..its not taking time off work and getting to Paris or Dublin.. its about 30,000 people viaing for 3ooo tickets…and as for Nancy and Gregory’s argument about the cost of touring ..that doesnt make sense..surely the more venues , the more ticket sales ,merchandise sold and the more satisfied punters

• 337 marek kliman // Jul 14, 2008 at 5:46 am

  do you remember……
  …. as you were six years, and it was 7 days to christmas? torturing 7 days u had to stand to get answer, if little jesus answer your everyeveningprayers and shall bring you your first bike?
  thats it! TW in prague next monday.

  and this is the bike!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVaEPx_VyXs&feature=related

  and one tip for another tomwaitsnatics - ideal bar to get ready for concert U HROCHA, mala strana, uknown street, but ist paralel wiht famous nerudova ulice, small smoke-smelly pub, lack of tourist, just few origin pragpilsholics

• 338 Ian Murden // Jul 14, 2008 at 6:34 am

  England needs you, do you’re duty. It’s crap without you.

• 339 Ian Murden // Jul 14, 2008 at 6:36 am

  England needs you, do you’re duty.

• 340 Jimmy // Jul 14, 2008 at 8:28 am

  I’ve got a question for all the people that went to a show in the last days:
  can you tell me if there is an interval of 10/15 minutes during the show???

• 341 Ben Rosengart // Jul 14, 2008 at 10:19 am

  Crazy question but … can anyone tell me *where* exactly tomorrow’s show is?

• 342 hoistthatrag // Jul 14, 2008 at 11:03 am

  Just curious why the official website still lists Larry Taylor as the bassist for this tour? The upright Bassist is Seth Ford-Young. The original press release had the horn player as “yet to be named”, but it has been corrected to show the name as the wonderful Vincent Henry. Hopefully the same honor can be bestowed for the young man holding it down on bass since Larry Taylor was unable to make it for this tour.

  It just helps when you may be the source for the names of band members when reporters and fans write about the musicans on the web.

  Thanks, and kind regards!

• 343 Whatshebuildinginthere? // Jul 14, 2008 at 2:08 pm

  Very much looking forward to seeing Tom in Paris next week.

  It is intriguing that this site seems to be dedicated to discussion around ticket prices. How about the set list? What has Tom played on tour? How are the shows? How long is Tom playing? How are the band? How bout some reviews?

  Cheers

  Martin

• 344 eric // Jul 14, 2008 at 4:26 pm

  no shows in germany

• 345 MICHEAL HIGGINBOTHAM // Jul 14, 2008 at 5:34 pm

  Tom,

  If this meesage doesn’t reach you, then it should be trashed.
  On July 19, 2008, many of our classmates will come together to celebrate our 40th class reunion of graduation from Hilltop High School. We only wish that you could be with us. I know that is not possible , but I want you to know that I(we) have followed your career and have been so proud to say that we, in our little part, knew you when.!!!
  I wish you great succcess with the concert (that goes without saying, but…)!!!
  Take care and know you willl always be a Lancer,
  Micheal Higginbotham

• 346 MICHEAL HIGGINBOTHAM // Jul 14, 2008 at 5:47 pm

  Tom,
  I will watch your website and when you are appearing in L.A. , San Diego, or any other Southern Calofornia venue will make every efort to attend.
  Our daughter graduated from UCLA this June and I often told her and her fellow students that I graduated from high school with the “great” Tom Waits. This was not to bring any kind of recognition to myself, but to let them know how special the connection was to me.
  Take care,
  Mike

• 347 Shake-Boy // Jul 14, 2008 at 7:07 pm

  I think I know why Tom didn’t visit London this time. From what I can tell you’re a bunch of whining pussies. If you want to see Tom then do whatever you have to do to see him. Get on a train or plane or whatever you’ve gotta do and just go. I drove 1000 miles, one way, to see him in Mobile, Alabama and that was AFTER I had already seen him in Cleveland, Ohio. Oh…and I also saw him in Birmingham…..hahahahaha! Bottom line….I did WHATEVER I HAD TO DO to get to these shows. I’m not rich but I know when to spend the bucks for something that’s a rare occurance. If you can’t afford to do that then shut the fuck up and deal with it. Life aint fair and if anyone told you that it would be they were lying.

• 348 one extra ticket // Jul 14, 2008 at 9:16 pm

  I have one ticket available for tonight’s (tuesday the 15th) show in Barcelona. Contact me asap if you want it, or I’ll sell it at the door. face value, 105 euros. pete_young@solfocus.com

• 349 Christopher // Jul 14, 2008 at 11:22 pm

  Tom…
  Please will you play, Ruby’s Arms on Monday 28th in Edinburgh? I will then be able to die a happy man… Even though I’m only 24.
  I can’t wait for the show… It’s my first time seeing you. I never throught it would happen!

  All the best,

  Christopher.

  P.s I’ve taken to strapping megaphones to everything in my house. Last night I strapped one to my stylophone and scared next doors dog and the cat in the alley. I feel that this is your fault…

• 350 ab // Jul 15, 2008 at 5:03 am

  martha anyone??

• 351 Chris Frisch // Jul 15, 2008 at 6:15 am

  So seeing as how I cant see Tom ever touring in Canada. Is there any DVD’s of live performances that anyone knows of? I have looked for quite a while with no results!! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

• 352 Nancy and Gregory // Jul 15, 2008 at 8:59 am

  yes it is our terrific son who is playing bass. Quelle adventure for him and us via the computer. I too wondered why he is not mentioned so thanks for noticing. And @ venue costs many many many dinero to rent, set up etc. Oh well I am not there.
  N&G

• 353 Whatshebuildinginthere? // Jul 15, 2008 at 11:16 am

  Still no comments on the set list or quality of the shows? What’s Tom playing in there?

• 354 ab // Jul 15, 2008 at 11:27 am

  eyeball kid blogspot has all set lists for tour

• 355 emma // Jul 15, 2008 at 12:45 pm

  I bought two tickets for paris, but they only asked for my name…. i bought it with my husbands visa card but he is not coming with me, i’m taking a best friend. Now I’m worried she won’t get in…. anybody else not had to state their guest?

• 356 Molly // Jul 15, 2008 at 2:16 pm

  Thanks Fish07 for the answer. Hopefully you will see TW soon!!!

• 357 stratos // Jul 15, 2008 at 5:47 pm

  i must say to mr tom waits -in case he is not aware of-that he must come in greece for a show.he has a huge audience down here.

• 358 Almatina // Jul 15, 2008 at 10:43 pm

  I GOT TICKETS FOR 30 DUBLIN
  (I’M GOING TO EAT POTATOES FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, BUT IT’S WORTH IT!)

  I’m Spanish girl,
  I can’t see him in Barcelona
  now I’m seeing 4 flyes &hostel.

  “”Dancing with my boots a polca,
  yesterday in a spanish cabaret,
  shamrocks,…”"
  uau
  Life sometimes simply beautiful!!

  mmm
  in the sweet sweet Éire,
  see Dublin, Cork..

• 359 Robert Neil // Jul 16, 2008 at 12:13 am

  Looking forward to the Sunday gig in Edinburgh.
  Now some people may understand how us poor Scots feel when Bruce Springsteen tours. Recently i’ve had to go to Dublin and Manchester to see him. Travelling is all part of the fun of gig going so quit moaning and hall your asses or donkeys to Scotland to see Mr Tom Waits, hell you might even meet some friendly folk along the way. Were not all buckfast swigging chavs.

• 360 xavier // Jul 16, 2008 at 1:05 am

  last night in your concert in barcelona, after very long long wait.
  after so many years and so many concerts, this is the greatest demonstration of talent i have never seen. thks for your art, sensibility and attitude, i will never forget.
  i am not sure if i will see you never again, but you will remain in my heart forever.

• 361 loona // Jul 16, 2008 at 3:46 am

  yesterday night in Barcelona was the gretest birthday gift for me ever. have been to a lot of concerts in my life but this is beyond everything, thank you. it had the right dose of everything. I like to think that someday I might see you live again..(and that you will play The Part You Throw Away :)..) until then, be as you are..

• 362 vixtorg // Jul 16, 2008 at 4:11 am

  UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 363 deadcat // Jul 16, 2008 at 4:45 am

  Anyone know when they’ll be posting out the tickets for the playhouse gig?

• 364 horse // Jul 16, 2008 at 5:46 am

  Has anyone thats going to the Dublin concerts received actual paper tickets in the post yet? Or do you just pick them up on the night?

• 365 Sergi SVives // Jul 16, 2008 at 6:15 am

  Sir Tom Waits,
  thank you for coming to Barcelona. Your first concert shot us directly in the soul. Keep your passion up.

  I torna aviat si us plau!

• 366 Brendan // Jul 16, 2008 at 7:34 am

  Horse,
  Re Dublin, Ticketmaster.ie says tickets are being prepared for dispatch.

  Can anybody at the 1st Barca gig confirm that Tom played “That Feel”?

• 367 dave // Jul 16, 2008 at 7:36 am

  I saw Tom in 2004 in London and it was 70 pounds a ticket, I just saw him in Knoxville and it was 90 dollars (about 45 pounds), I think these prices are too high and also disproportionate to each other. Both bloody great shows, but the cost does leave a slightly bitter taste, same thing with Bruce Springsteen, we’re having our pants pulled down.

• 368 Ramone666 // Jul 16, 2008 at 7:47 am

  Tom, thanks for yesterdays show… truly one of the best I´ve ever seen. Hoist that rag!

• 369 casey // Jul 16, 2008 at 8:47 am

  Tickets still available for thurs 31st in Dublin. Ticketmaster. ie. Could have bought two at 17.40 gmt!

• 370 casey // Jul 16, 2008 at 8:49 am

  BTW. Received tickets in post for Dublin 30th, this morning

• 371 nerina // Jul 16, 2008 at 10:25 am

  He visto a Tom en Barcelona!
  El médico Brujo con la mejor voz………
  Gracias por semejante SHOW!!

• 372 Sweets // Jul 16, 2008 at 4:16 pm

  Dublin Shmublin…. Norcal whines….off to Reggae on the River instead….I guess

• 373 Knoydartian // Jul 17, 2008 at 12:27 am

  Forget all these big cities, Tom - fit in a trip to the fantastic Knoydart peninsula in the West Highlands! You’ll like it here, I promise…We can’t offer much in the way of money but we’ll pay for a boat to take you over here from the “mainland”…Good craic, great music. Best.

• 374 Lo // Jul 17, 2008 at 3:32 am

  Can’t Wait for tonight in Milano!

• 375 hoistthatrag.com // Jul 17, 2008 at 8:16 am

  To: Whatshebuildinginthere? - over at hoistthatrag.com I will be analyzing the performances each night (for the US tour anyways, I have yet to see audience recordings for the European tour so far). It has been fun to watch this amazing band grow each night, and Tom feeding off that energy as well!

  — http://www.hoistthatrag.com - a site dedicated to the ‘Glitter and Doom’ band!

• 376 silvia // Jul 17, 2008 at 10:26 am

  thnk you Tom .I’m from barcelona and I see you last night.Va ser fantàstic, orgàsmic, indescriptible. Jo podre dir als meus nets JO VAIG SER ALLÂ i a primera fila que estava. BRUTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 377 whatshebuildinginthere // Jul 17, 2008 at 10:42 am

  Thanks, Hoistthatrag for the web link - great site, very interesting. Can;t wait to see the man in Paris - looks like the set is covering a number of my favourites and that the band is absolutely cooking. At first I was disappointed that Marc Ribot wasn’t touring, but I’ve seen him with various outfits anyway. Glad the debate is switching from tickets to the music at last!!
  Cheers, Whatshe building, etc

• 378 Lord Fatty // Jul 17, 2008 at 2:54 pm

  Me and my friend are comin to Dub all the way from Finland and it’s gonna be a blast! Finally after diggin the man for 25 y i get to see him live. Got tickets for the 1st. See ya there.

  There’s no devil, there’s just god when he’s drunk!

• 379 Bernie Hannelly // Jul 17, 2008 at 10:09 pm

  How about an Australian tour sometime Tom?

• 380 supersonica124 // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:20 am

  Mercy on you, those who can not see mr. Waits live…! My story goes from the very same second I started calling to get tickets until now, yet….
  My pals and I got the 27th Row in Barcelona…. right infront of the (what’s it called?) sound-control tables…….so, I complained, but they said it was already planned to move us right away…. I said we are seating together, the four of us…. They said, no problem, FOLLOW ME….. So, we did,……….going down, down, down….down………….And when the guy said seat down here (in these four free seats) in the FIFTH ROW………..we would just get stuck to it……. and I thought to myself no one is gonna move me from here no way…… and so we all four thought so, mr. waits microphone was right infront of my nose…. so, it definetely couldn’t be true, althought I thought I had pay for sure for a first row ticket, I couldn’t help thinking everybody behind me had so too……….
  and there we would stay……
  just one thing: mr. waits made me move from my seat and he was the only one who could have done that……..
  believe me when I say mr. waits would cough, we would go crazy…….. too long waiting…..(!!!!!!)

• 381 Nera // Jul 18, 2008 at 1:52 am

  A-MA-ZING show in Milano last night!!!!! It was worth the trip from California - What a performance! What a band! What a great audience!
  BTW, I was seated very close to Roberto Benigni and his wife! He is such a nice & funny guy! And guess what song Tom dedicated to him?
  Uhhhhh….
  Can’t wait for tonight and tomorrow (yes, I am lucky enough to have tickets for all 3 Italian concerts!!!!)….. See ya there,
  n.

• 382 PIETRO // Jul 18, 2008 at 1:56 am

  THANK YOU, TOM, FOR ANOTHER GREAT ITALIAN NIGHT! AFTER SAN REMO (PREMIO TENCO) IN 1986, AFTER FIRENZE IN 1999, A GREAT CONCERT IN MILANO!!!!!
  SEE YOU TOMORROW (UNFORTUNATELY WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND TICKETS FOR TONIGHT)
  PIETRO

• 383 Steve // Jul 18, 2008 at 3:50 am

  While we can feel sorry for people in Europe who’ve missed out on a show this time, we in AUSTRALIA haven’t seen Tom for THREE DECADES. HEY TOM, PLEASE TOUR OZ. WE LOVE YOU. And our dollar is strong now so it’s even financialy viable for your accountant
  Please!

• 384 Steve // Jul 18, 2008 at 3:59 am

  Why can’t I find one of those smiley faces who’s kneeling and begging when I need one? OK pretent this one is kneeling and begging ….
  Please Tour AUSTRALIA, Tom

• 385 Luca // Jul 18, 2008 at 5:53 am

  what a great concert! what a great performance! thank you Tom for an unforgettable evening in Milan!

• 386 Echo // Jul 18, 2008 at 6:49 am

  Tom, we’d love to see you perform (or just mope around) in Dunedin, New Zealand!!

• 387 daki // Jul 18, 2008 at 7:21 am

  Thanks Mr. WAITS for this unforgetable concert.

  Barcelona 14th of July 2008

• 388 Max // Jul 18, 2008 at 7:31 am

  Really fantastic performance yeasterday night in Milan!! Very good set list and audience.
  I enjoyed particularly HANG DOWN YOUR HEAD, DIRT IN THE GROUND, I’LL SHOOT THE MOON, YOU CAN NEVER HOLD BACK SPRING - written for the film “La Tigre e la Neve” of Roberto Benigni - who was in the auduence.
  A lot of musicians also in the audience. Also Lorenzo Bertocchini (his version of OL’55 is here: http://www.myspace.com/lbap).
  Was it 2 of Tom’s sons in the band at the end?
  I knew about Casey, but I think there is another one…. (percussion adn horns)
  Anyway, great night!!!
  CIAO!
  Max

  P.S.: Tom joked about everybody in Milano saying to him all day: “Tom, vadaviaiciapp”! It means “f*!k off” in milanese dialect! Hahahaaaa….

• 389 Kevin Dugan // Jul 18, 2008 at 11:33 am

  Anybody got a spare ticket for Edinburgh ?

• 390 Big Col // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:36 pm

  I got my tickets for the 2nd night in Dublin.
  I saw Lenord Cohen a few weeks ago and Tom Waits next. This is the best year ever.
  YIIIPPPPPPEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

• 391 ab // Jul 18, 2008 at 1:51 pm

  stayed up all night couldn’t sleep got onto ticket master first thing on the dot. got one back row ticket in dublin and one row bb near back.
  tonight i find row e and f being released .can’t buy due to restrictions. how can this be fair to REAL fans.
  pretty unbelievable. the restrictions alone have put paid to touts agents etc. did this really have to happen?

• 392 ab // Jul 18, 2008 at 7:44 pm

  row f still available! can’t i just swap seats? please someone buy it and put me out of my misery.
  quite upsetting! people are coming a long way for this and will be sitting near the back.
  thought the system had worked; i was wrong!

• 393 Walterus // Jul 19, 2008 at 2:32 am

  Received my Edinburgh tickets in the post this morning. Everyone else received theirs’ yet? Will guest names be held at door as both tickets only have my name on?

• 394 silvia // Jul 19, 2008 at 3:32 am

  Trampled rose is fantastic. I love you

• 395 LadyD // Jul 19, 2008 at 5:17 am

  I never saw him live. Tickets are so hard to get, and no gig in Holland this time. Great artist!

• 396 folking_fiddler // Jul 19, 2008 at 3:11 pm

  got my tickets for Edinburgh show this morning..650 mile round trip for me and I can’t wait

• 397 cornelia // Jul 19, 2008 at 10:41 pm

  we are really looking forward to see the show in Prague, traveling from Oslo. No complaints there!!!

  But our two tickets in Edinburgh will not be used, and we can not transfer them to anyone we know, ticketmaster wont refund our money or send us the tickets since we wont confirm the names (somebodyelse paid for these tickets on our behalf), but we have learned that ticketmaster have the possibility to sell them again! which makes Ticketmaster the scalper or…? (by two for the price of four!)

• 398 TOM TIM // Jul 20, 2008 at 4:46 am

  I stood in the cold+rain for five hours in good old Dungarvan co Waterford It was worth it cant wait nice wan Tom

• 399 Pola Negri // Jul 20, 2008 at 6:28 am

  Tomorrow is THE night. I will travel to see Mr. Waits on the two nights in prague. I feel already bees in my stomach, because of nervosity.

  I will go on my own (my friends aren’t t h a t mad about Waits) and I just ask myself, where to go after (and before).

  I dont know Prague and wouldnt it be nice too meet other tom waits freaks.

  Does someone know some tips of good clubs or bars?!

• 400 Kasik // Jul 20, 2008 at 8:33 am

  I’h just seen Tom in Milan, the best expirience of my live till now. That was like theaterical show. Thank you very much , i needed that.

• 401 Lucy // Jul 20, 2008 at 8:50 am

  The joke at 4′10” in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQSuYtYY4hw (Milano - first night)…

  Tom said something like: “All day long, people on the street, in the hotel lobby, in taxi cabs, etc. have been coming up to me and saying: ‘Tom, vadavia-i-ciapp’… What is it? Something like ‘Volare’?… Or maybe ‘Welcome to Milan’?”…

  Well….. “vadavia-i-ciapp”, in milanese dialect means “vai a dare via le chiappe” (Italian), which could be translated as “Go give your ass away”… Or simply “Fuck you”.

  Tom, vadaviaiciapp!
  I am still laughing!!!!
  Lucy

• 402 Tijez // Jul 20, 2008 at 1:15 pm

  you gotta love him not doin’ any english tours, pissing all the brits of. I’m from fucking Belgium, I’m goin’ to Paris, first chance I ever had to see him and i’m takin’ it. Why don’t you just stop your crying and come to Paris or Edinburough, I would’ve gone there if he didn’t came any closer.

  Cheers, enjoy the beers

• 403 Berkay // Jul 21, 2008 at 1:48 am

  Why don’t you come istanbul? all of your students came..

• 404 HanaZ // Jul 21, 2008 at 2:43 am

  To all the complainers: no one has a RIGHT to Tom Waits. I’d always been sorry he never comes to Prague, but never thought I could BLAME him for that.
  To all the fans: I’m gonna see Tom Waits in concert TONIGHT. Oooooooooooooh,yooohooo!
  The fever’s been building up all last week - films on TV, radio stations playing his complete albums etc. I love it.
  And, we have Iggy Pop coming in September. Prague’s karma must’ve improved lately.

• 405 Gordy // Jul 21, 2008 at 5:09 am

  Bloody disgrace Tom/Ticketmaster - Bought tickets for Edinburgh and now have severe medical problem that stops me from attending. Cant give the tickets to a friend or give back for re-sale!!!. THANKS A LOT

• 406 martha // Jul 21, 2008 at 5:11 am

  help!

  I will buy one ticket for concert in paris.

  0622319244

• 407 martha // Jul 21, 2008 at 5:14 am

  je cherche une place - PARIS

  0622319244 martha

• 408 vixtorg // Jul 21, 2008 at 6:50 am

  operator, number please

• 409 martha // Jul 21, 2008 at 7:01 am

  +33 - for france

  Im waiting for an sms…

  thans

• 410 mjn // Jul 21, 2008 at 8:54 am

  Hallo,
  deutschsprachige Tom Waits Fans. Ich suche “händeringend” eMail-Kontakte zum Thema Tom Waits.
  Wer Lust hat, mit mir einen länger währenden Dialog zu führen, oder eine Karte für ein TW-Konzert “übrig” hat, wird hiermit herzlich gebeten, sich bei mir zu melden.

  Herzlichst

  mjn

• 411 shams // Jul 21, 2008 at 11:30 am

  hello
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  SHAMS

• 412 mario Fortin // Jul 21, 2008 at 12:26 pm

  On aimerais bien le voir un jour a Montréal..

• 413 cain // Jul 21, 2008 at 6:35 pm

  what’s so wrong with canada

• 414 Bruce // Jul 21, 2008 at 7:28 pm

  has to be time for an Australian tour….fair dinkum.

• 415 fırat // Jul 22, 2008 at 4:13 am

  it s a hesitation not to see tom waits in turkey wish to see you tom

• 416 ZeN // Jul 22, 2008 at 5:45 am

  How about a gig in Portugal?
  I know americans think Portugal is part of Spain but that’s just ignorance. They don’t even know that Colombus was born in Portugal in a place called Cuba.
  So how about coming to Portugal and getting o know it? Lisbon is a nice town. Consider it for your next tour.

• 417 Nim // Jul 22, 2008 at 7:11 am

  Tom, is too bad you won’t see me, but I promise I’ll be there on your next tour.

  C ya

• 418 tom // Jul 22, 2008 at 8:33 am

  has anyone heard if he is planning to add any dates to this tour when he is done with europe? i saw him in atlanta and of course now i gotta see him again… i’ll go anywere….

• 419 emma // Jul 22, 2008 at 9:15 am

  has anybody had the email from gdp?
  I paid with for my friend and me to go with my husbands visa (he knew about it!) they never asked who teh tickets were for, only my name appears on the emails…

  now I’m really worried that me and my friend won’t both get in.

  HELP!

• 420 tabac // Jul 22, 2008 at 9:55 am

  I got two tickets for Paris on fri, just got an email about name only entry, my understanding is that only the name on the credit card can attend plus their guest. Could be the only way in for you is to go with your husband?

• 421 tabac // Jul 22, 2008 at 10:00 am

  whoa, I justed checked their site, gdp, they say they got tickets left! get on it!

• 422 Simon // Jul 22, 2008 at 12:17 pm

  I have a spare ticket for Paris (category 1) 25 July. Mail me if interested to sshoefield@blackcat-it.co.uk

• 423 DICK SCRATCHER // Jul 22, 2008 at 3:04 pm

  Tom, Tommy,Thomas…..i mean it, if you dont play \walk away\ on either the sat 25(paree) or 31(dublin) you`ll be in BIG trouble my son ….you`ll never be able to hail a cab in london again….kinda……all the best……DICKSCRATCHER…..ps …dont forget….

• 424 Henni // Jul 23, 2008 at 1:42 am

  It makes me wanna puke! No shows in Germany!!! Why the hell???
  Tom, come on, i´m from Hamburg and i would pay a lot to see you live, but i don´t have the money to travel to other european cities see you…
  remenber your time in Hamburg, your song “Reeperbahn”…
  i count on you…

  greets from Hamburg

• 425 Big Col // Jul 23, 2008 at 3:33 am

  Hi all. I have a spare ticket for dublin next thurs the 31st as my brother cant go. Ticket is first class near the front but you will have to meet me first and sit beside me. mail me if your interested
  colmjsmith@vodafone.ie

• 426 Bobsa // Jul 23, 2008 at 5:39 am

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• 427 Estern European // Jul 23, 2008 at 6:03 am

  I don’t all you crying why Tom isn’t in your city/state?! Hehe, mail him, maybe he will come and visit you home…
  “No shows in England!” - so what, buy a train ticket and go to Edinburgh, or Paris, it’s not the end of the world. I’ve gone 2 000 miles to see Waits and I’m not complaining, I’m glad he is in Europe, I would go to Moscow if needed

• 428 Daniel Phillips // Jul 23, 2008 at 8:44 am

  There were tickets for Edinburgh both nights on Ticketmaster, about half hour ago, work wouldn’t give me time off so I didn’t buy them, might still be there, face-value too.

• 429 Lilly // Jul 23, 2008 at 9:06 am

  No gigs in Germany or Vienna??? WWWWHHHHHHYYYYYY??????????????

• 430 Ross // Jul 23, 2008 at 9:29 am

  What shocks me is the ticket prices. 130 Euro? 95 quid? Who can afford this, aside from criminals and aristocrats? I love you, Tom, but I sure am glad I saw you years ago when I could afford it.

• 431 talia // Jul 23, 2008 at 10:30 am

  so,i got this Blue Valentine tattued on my chest wen i was young,and it was because that record and that image on the cover changed my musical life.It was i rite of passage and Tom Waits stays on my side for the rest of my life from that tattoo.Now,he came to play in my home town,but i can’t go to the concert because the price of the ticket was abnormal.
  I felt betraied,way that price?way a forbidden price for a lot people that can’t efford it?
  I’m so sad about it,really sad Mr.Tom Waits
  Talia

• 432 Tim // Jul 23, 2008 at 10:31 am

  Two snowmen, one mumbles to the other…..”can you smell carrots?”

• 433 ab // Jul 23, 2008 at 1:07 pm

  ross- criminals and aristocrats?
  i like to think i’m a bit of both!

• 434 sabeta // Jul 23, 2008 at 1:33 pm

  guys, whatever it takes, go and see those guys… Prague was just unspeakably breathtakingly sakra-good!

• 435 Linda // Jul 23, 2008 at 3:52 pm

  I’m sorry to say… I saw the 2:nd gig in Prague, and yes Tom is greate, but the songs he chose surprised me allot. The balance wasn’t really there, I missed some “given” song from the atmosphair created.
  The sound was not mixed very well and reached the public poorly. Overall I would give the concert a 7 out of 10. A bit dissapointed…

• 436 snow // Jul 23, 2008 at 4:02 pm

  you are pure energy.You are light in the wait

• 437 Kim // Jul 23, 2008 at 4:17 pm

  £75 for a ticket, I it comes with free lube!!!

• 438 MrPolaNegri // Jul 23, 2008 at 4:21 pm

  Linda is near right.

  I’ve seen both gigs in Prag, and of course i loved them. But i loved them, because i love him, which makes me accept some things, i would normally be angry about.

  First of all the distance to him was way toooo far. I sat in row 6 and 4! which is quit near “normally”. But not in prague, where they spared about 20! meters of the stage just as a kind of invisible barriere. I think that was one of the points that made it difficult to feel like your “in” the show. It was a little like watching TV, so far he was. I dont want to imagine how far it was in the hundrets rows behind me. The choice of the concess centre was a really bad one, and i hope they never make this failure again. Its much too big for a Tom Waits concert.

  And Linda is also right when it comes to the mixing. The second show was even worse mixed then the first. And how the fuck can that happen? Why didnt they learned from their first gig failures.

  But -god thanx- i am too addicted to tom waits, that i could oversee this problems after a while and dive into the “unspeakably breathtaking sakra-good” show.

  I loved the songs and i think the balance was perfect (especially at the second gig, where the piano songs didnt sound like ” i played them thousand times before”). Not to mention the spectacular final song with some glitter in it.

  Let it rain, really really rockt!

  (does anybody made a picture of the “rain” and would send it to me. I would highly apprecciate it.)

  So for me, its was one of THE shows since years and i cant wait to see him again…

  (and damn yes, i even touched him with my finger, and found myself happy like a 14 year old girl crying out for her boygroup idol)

• 439 federico // Jul 24, 2008 at 12:22 am

  Andare a vedere Tom Waits è per me come incontrare un padre lontano da una decina d’anni. Milano si scioglie in quella che a Genova definiremmo maccaja, ma senza nemmeno i venti leggeri che arrivano dal mare, penso al concerto già da qualche giorno, per una volta, una volta tanto, regredisco alle emozioni dell’adolescenza mentre cammino a passo svelto attraversando il ponte sulla ferrovia con il centro alle spalle e immediatezze di periferia metropolitana davanti.
  Il Teatro degli Arcimboldi è una sorta d’astronave atterrata da chissà quale pianeta nel quartiere Bicocca, sono le sette, la calura è quasi insopportabile ma l’aria che si respira è frizzante come un ottimo prosecco della Valdobbiadene. Infatti raggiungo il bar vicino ordinandone un paio.
  Arrivano da tutta Europa per l’esordio milanese del “mito”, in testa portano cappelli di foggia varia, il mio l’ho lasciato a casa, per rispetto, come quando si entra in chiesa.
  Stringo il biglietto nella tasca posteriore dei pantaloni sgranandolo come un rosario, guardo le facce della gente che lentamente affolla il piazzale del teatro, giovani, signori di mezza età, qualche vecchio beatnik, madame dell’alta società che scendono dal Cayenne, un amico ristoratore di Rapallo che non vedevo da parecchio tempo.
  Tom Waits è decisamente colui che (essere umano, demone, santone voodoo) mi ha piantato un paletto di frassino nel cuore mentre da ragazzo m’accingevo a fare il mestiere del musicista. La prima volta che l’ho ascoltato è stato come essere sorpreso da un monsone gigantesco, infradiciato senza possibilità di riparo e poi vedere l’arcobaleno mentre la banda del paese lancia coriandoli per strada. Non so se sono riuscito a spiegarmi. Non so se riesco a rendere il tipo di sensazione che tutti lì in mezzo, come una sorta di congrega dispersa nel mondo che si riunisce nel giorno del rito, provavamo in quel momento. Sorridenti, oserei dire felici di essere lì.
  La faccio breve. Da lì all’inizio del concerto sono passati altri sette prosecchi, è arrivato Roberto Benigni, il teatro s’è gremito a non poterne più. Il palco, agghindato come una piccola casbah futurista era sovrastato da una dozzina di megafoni e magnetofoni appesi per aria, una pedana rotonda alta come un tamburo ornata d’arabeschi e illuminata da lampadine colorate, percussioni, ottoni, il pianoforte, e tutto il resto.
  Alle 21,45 spaccate le luci dell’astronave si spengono, i musicisti salgono in scena, un’ovazione accoglie lo splendido spaventapasseri che si posiziona al centro del palco, bombetta in testa, smunto e sghembo come solo lui riesce a essere, completamente di nero vestito come un vecchio becchino da cimitero di campagna, il pubblico grida, chiama il suo nome, è una sacra rappresentazione, un’omelia anche se c’è il diavolo presente nella prima canzone, sotto le vesti femminili di “Lucinda”.
  La scaletta pesca qua è là dagli oltre 35 anni di carriera, rispolvera classici come “Tom Traubert’s blues”, “On the nickel” e “Innocent when you dream”, coinvolge il pubblico nella recentissima “Lie to me”, trasforma in versione jazz la cupa “Dirtin’ the ground”, dedica a Benigni “You can never hold back spring”, soundtrack del film “La tigre e la neve”, schizza tra il blues di “Black market baby”, le suggestioni mitteleuropee di “November” e “Misery is the river of the world” e le country ballads di “Hang down your head” e “Hold on”, si lascia innaffiare da una pioggia di lustrini sul finale di “Make it rain”.
  Come si faceva da giovani, io e un manipolo di compagni scendiamo a grandi falcate le scale della galleria e sfondiamo in platea per stare sottopalco al momento dei bis. Incuranti delle minacce del servizio d’ordine (che nemmeno all’ultima visita del Presidente della Repubblica era così numeroso e agguerrito) rendiamo il nostro saluto al vecchio “rain dog”.
  Me ne fotto di chi litiga all’uscita per accaparrarsi un taxi e, a piedi, mi dirigo alla mia pensione vicino a Stazione Centrale.
  Non so se ci rivedremo ancora, papà Tom, nel caso passassi da queste parti, magari, fatti vivo.

• 440 oldtomfrost // Jul 24, 2008 at 4:59 am

  Drove to Milan last week end didn’t regret it one bit !
  Great gig (July 19) at fantastic venue, one of the best performances by TW I’ve witnessed…
  And now of to Paris :o)

• 441 Christoph // Jul 24, 2008 at 5:17 am

  I saw the second gig in Prague and I’m really disappointed. The sound quality wasn’t very good and the music was surprisingly soft. (I couldn’t say this for any other “rock concert” I’ve ever seen…)
  For me the show was too static and most of the time I missed the live-character. There were a few highlights - “Make it rain” was definitely the best version I’ve ever heard of this song - but all in all the concert wasn’t very exciting and not worth to travel from Hamburg to Prague for just one night, as I did.

  As a Tom Waits enthusiast I’m sorry to say this. And I hope to enjoy a better show next time - as I did in Berlin 2004.

• 442 Badgerboy // Jul 24, 2008 at 5:23 am

  Anyone know of decent bars that may be playing some Waits or full of fans prior to gig in Edinburgh on Sunday night?

• 443 Lorenzo71 // Jul 24, 2008 at 6:10 am

  I was at the third concert in Milano. Tom was great, and I also liked the chosen songs and the musicians. Great atmosphere, beautiful arragements. I was in Firenze in 1999 too, and I’m very happy to have seen him twice. But I must say this: bad organization, the volume was really really low. The sound was not bad, but I can’t understand how, after the two first concerts, the sound eingeneer did’nt correct the volume. Hey guys, you need a couple of ears? Fort that price I’d like to hear fine and strong!!!!!!!

• 444 Freebird // Jul 24, 2008 at 8:02 am

  I’m sooo looking forward to the Friday Night Dublin gig as I haven’t seen Tom since he played here back in 1987 in the Olympia theatre in Dublin and wow was that a memorable gig.

  I have a particular request though and I can’t seem to find out how to channel this directly to Tom or his tour manager! When he is in Dublin I would like him to visit a charity that I work for who work in the area of drug and alcohol addiciton. I know that such a visit would be a great opportunity to get PR for the organisation, now in it’s 35th year and would help us in our ongoing quest to secure funding and grant aid .

  Can anyone advise on the best course of action?

• 445 Carnival Bob's Confession // Jul 24, 2008 at 9:28 am

  Hi I was lucky enough to see Tom on the 2nd night in Prague-what a show -what a city. I was so excited -it was like waiting for Santa and you didnt have to have a sleep!! I was in row eight with my wife (Who now thanks to Tom has said I can buy beer!!) and the sound and atmosphere were great.
  What a talented bunch of musicians wow .Are the Waits the new Von Traps!!
  Gig in a million - Top song “Misery is the River of the world” .
  Any rumblings about a live cd/dvd for those lucky to be there and those who couldnt make it for whatever reason!!
  freebird I too was at the Olympia in 1987-this show is better -that I Know is a big call. Hang on to your Socks!!!

• 446 freebird // Jul 24, 2008 at 12:55 pm

  Wow better than 87?…….. now I’m really excited. Getting reports as I write from a friend who is at the gig in Paris tonight and he says its awesome….I know I shouldn’t wish away my life…..but I wish it was Friday Rock on Tom !

• 447 Roy // Jul 24, 2008 at 2:00 pm

  Given the ticket scams prevalent on the Leonard Cohen tour, all hats off to Tom Waits for trying to scalp the scalpers!

• 448 DICK SCRATCHER // Jul 24, 2008 at 2:36 pm

  RIGHT TOM, ITS THURSDAY NIGHT I`M ALL PACKED….EUROSTAR TO PARIS ON FRIDAY…ONE FULL DAY ANNOYING THE FRENCH…THEN YOURE SHOW ON SAT 26th THEN BACK TO THE “SMOKE” SUNDAY…..AND I`M TELLING YOU MY SON,THE LONDON TAXI DRIVER TOM WAITS APPRECIATION SOCIETY IMPLORE, NAY BESEECH YOU TO PLAY “WALK AWAY” OR WE`LL HAVE YOURE GUTS FOR GARTERS…ALL THE BEST….DICK

• 449 ALVARO // Jul 24, 2008 at 6:39 pm

  Mr. Tom…..What about argentina??

• 450 FRANCK // Jul 24, 2008 at 11:01 pm

  Merci Monsieur Tom et merci aux musiciens! , J’étais au Grand Rex à Paris hier soir et c’était simplement magique !!!!

• 451 Minnie // Jul 25, 2008 at 6:32 am

  Does anyone have the set list from yesterday show in Paris ?
  Being there, was like finally receiving a christmas treat kept away for sooo long ! It was really really great.
  Hey Mr, you should come again to Paris France ! We - rude and washing cars with underwears people - screamed the Grand Rex out last night !

• 452 emma // Jul 25, 2008 at 6:56 am

  as long as you are wearing those underpants it’s ok though!
  what a splendid gig, the best ever. well worth traveling from england and 2 sleepless nights. Mr waits…you are my hero.

  also after the set list… anyone?

• 453 Bernard // Jul 25, 2008 at 7:34 am

  I was at the Paris show yesterday (07/24).

  And I regret one thing now…Having being so stupid that I did not buy a ticket for the second show as well!

  This was a wonderful 2 h 1/4 long experience. I have been listening Tom for years now and saw hin in concert only twice (first time was same place 8 years ago!)
  This is much too rare!

  I got this ‘transportation feeling’ before only after some Bruce SPRINGSTEEN concerts. Tom WAITS should follow his example and tour more often.

  Thanks to this full artist (song writting, music, show, lighting, atmosphere, story teller, …).

  I will add that the quality of this theater (sound, setting) helped making this concert a ‘perfect’ one.

• 454 Whatshebuildinginthere? // Jul 25, 2008 at 12:35 pm

  Last night in Paris was great Bristol to Paris by Train & Eurostar and back in 24 hours, with a few beers and a top gig to boot! Thought the band were fantastic. Some good laughs on eyeball kid, with syncopated eye throwing!

• 455 Whatshebuildinginthere? // Jul 25, 2008 at 12:37 pm

  btw dick scratcher appears to think that the show is saturday in Paris - as far as I can tell you’re a day out mate…

• 456 Collin // Jul 25, 2008 at 11:28 pm

  tom waits hadn’t gone to florida, usa. for 30 years. and he just made it. and it was amazing. fuck you guys. enjoy what you got. I waited a lifetime to see him. He’ll be back. and if that’s not enough, suck it up and pay the price. that’s what the man demands. if you don’t agree, listen to nighthawks at the diner again. peace.

• 457 Mr. Knickerbocker // Jul 26, 2008 at 12:33 am

  Tom Waits lives in Northern California. Tom Waits does not play shows in Northern California. I don’t get it.

• 458 Mr.ben // Jul 26, 2008 at 6:57 am

  July 24th , Paris second time to see Mr Waits live (first time was in Antwerp 4 years ago) . Great ticket system , great theater and a GREAT GREAT show . Thanks Tom , sons and other bandmembers . I already make an appointment for a show in 3 or 4 years from now on your newt tour in Europe.And please press at least a cd or better a dvd from this tour
  Thanks again

• 459 D // Jul 26, 2008 at 12:06 pm

  I bought my tickets at a Ticket Master agents and I was asked for MY NAME ONLY!!! As were all the folks in front of me. However, I booked for the first Dublin night, I don’t want to be the first person to present with the problem - My buddy (my +1) does not share my surname!!! We’ve been listening for nearly 20 years! Please say I can get him in with the tickets I PAID FOR!!!

• 460 Mr.ben // Jul 26, 2008 at 1:40 pm

  There was no big control on the tickets at the entrance . I went with my wife . Picked up the tickets at 3PM at the Rex had to show my ID got my tickets . At the entrance they didn’t ask for an ID

• 461 Lucinda // Jul 26, 2008 at 2:04 pm

  first, I hate people complaining that the tix are overpriced, and about concert locations (btw, loved that european “constellation” .. tickets in prague were pretty affordable…anyhow, if you really appreciate an artist, youll put some money aside, skip this years “bikini” vacation or wherever..and go and see this unique artist…
  I agree with some who say that this ticket system is great.
  I saw 2nd night in Prague show, and I absolutely loved it!! Tom Waits is amazing entertainer and artist!

• 462 kris // Jul 26, 2008 at 4:49 pm

  does anyone have setlist for the 2 paris-shows?

• 463 Sabrina // Jul 27, 2008 at 7:56 am

  Waht the fuck, an european tour without germany, england and danmark? I wonder if it was planned this way by accident, purpose or just dullness (maybey it is not well known europe has a few states more….????)

• 464 DICK SCRATCHER // Jul 27, 2008 at 8:17 am

  Good afternoon TO WHATSHEBUILDINGINTHERE….you were right old chap, i did have my days arse about face…. it was straight of eurostar friday (25) to htl then on to gig via various bars for an almighty example of showbiz oh so rarely seen these days…whad a guy!!!….there was a part of the show when Tom used that gutteral wail then straight into a falsetto that sent shivers down my spine…..ok he never played “walk away” but this will be remedied at the DUBLIN show on the 31st…or it better have, or i`ll have him, all the best people…hip! hip! for Tom…i love you all….p/s by the way, i was the extremely handsome blonde man 10 rows from front who all the women were giving admiring glances` to, marvelous………..DICK

• 465 Whatshebuildinginthere? // Jul 27, 2008 at 9:37 am

  Hi Dick

  Glad you made it to the show - you had me worried. I was there on thursday and thought it was great. Enjoy Dublin. Mrs Whatshebuildinginthere only lets me out once a year so one gig’ll have to do!

  Cheers

• 466 Tessa // Jul 27, 2008 at 11:42 am

  D - If you are attending the gig with your friend there will be no problem. I think for America you had to name your +1, but not so in Europe. Me and my boyfriend have just got back from seeing him in Paris and both tickets had my name on, as I was the person who booked them and I wasn’t asked for anyone elses name. As long as I was there with my ID/confirmation it didn’t matter.

  PS - Best gig of my life, exceeded expectations and so much more. Have an amazing time.

  Kris - Paris setlists are here http://eyeballkid.blogspot.com/

• 467 Maya // Jul 27, 2008 at 12:35 pm

  I was at the last show in Milano on the 19th, Mr. Tom & the band are a must see, I can’t stress that enough! If there is a next time I am willing to pay more and travel further to experience that again (we drove 1000km this time).
  I envy you guys in Scotland and Ireland now, you are in for such a treat :))
  Oh, yes, people, stop whining. Only Aussies and Asians have that right, everyone else, spoiled… I mean I had no idea Scotland was so out of reach for the English , or Prague for Germans…

• 468 ab // Jul 27, 2008 at 5:24 pm

  same for edinburgh.. only checked buyers id..
  tom on fantastic form.
  hopefully some surprises tomorrow..christmas card.. PLEASE

• 469 Chris // Jul 27, 2008 at 6:31 pm

  The reason there’s no London date is because Waits hates the city, for an artist of this calibre the extra expense is worth it. You guys get enough exlusives that we have to travel for already.

• 470 Steven // Jul 28, 2008 at 1:58 am

  I was at the Edinburgh gig last night and it was incredible.

  Easily the best gig in my enitre life… but I could be biased. Worth every penny. Heck, worth two even three times the price easily.

  Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

• 471 Gordon // Jul 28, 2008 at 2:30 am

  At the Playhouse last night, travelled down from the Highlands and was blown away, easily the finest live performance I’ve ever seen. Drove all the way back up thtough the thick fog in a complete daze marvelling at how the gig had gone. Thanks Tom for a truly wonderful show.

• 472 Sergine // Jul 28, 2008 at 2:44 am

  Merci mille fois à Tom et ses musiciens d’être venus nous envoûter à Paris au Grand Rex…Une faille spatio temporelle magique s’est ouverte durant deux heures…Merci à Tom Wais d’exister.

• 473 Sergine // Jul 28, 2008 at 2:46 am

  Merci à Tom Waits d’exister ( pardon pour l’erreur de frappe.)

• 474 DICK SCRATCHER // Jul 28, 2008 at 3:19 am

  hello everyone …particulary WHATSHEBUILDINGINTHERE…i am sad to hear about the stringent rules mrs whats puts on you, in my experience a good slap in her general direction would sort this out…..re the tiresome !”moaning minnies” on this site, JOHN (POST 76) …who calls tom “a asshole of global proportions” but hes a true fan, who`s waited decades!!! HENNI (424) “WHY NO GERMANY” & ALVARO (449) “WHY NO ARGENTINA”…..please people “SHUT THE FUCK UP!!….whats he supposed to do???…make his way around to youre drum when it suits you, wait to you get out of your filth encrusted beds, wash your rancid armpits & bollocks, then give you a lift to the venue of your choice, take you hand in hand to your private box, with cocktail bar & waitress, then sing to you personally all night…then do the same for BONKERS MOLLOY & SHITLEGS O` MALLEY at the dublin gigs…..you really are quite loathsome…please fuck right off….sorry about that, i do feel better though for getting that off my chest…allthe same, if he dont play “walk away” i`ll have him, i will, i promise, i`ll make a scene, i wil, i`m not mucking about,youve been warned Tom, oh go on play it on the 31st, you silly big NITWIT, ONCE AGAIN I LOVE YOU ALL, EVEN JOHN, HENNI &ALVARO THE LAZY MOANING PIECES OF ACCUMILATED DOG TURDS THEY ARE…..TOODLE PIP……DICK

• 475 Waiting // Jul 28, 2008 at 5:03 am

  Come to Sydney!

• 476 costas // Jul 28, 2008 at 5:31 am

  dude tom..till my 23 first years in this life you appear to be the first man that won a picture in my room’s wall..all its left is to find one…i’m not sooo disappointing you are not coming in greece-cause i haven’t even listen all of your songs yet-hehe…me and many people are hoping that this day will come.the sun in greece will became hotter with your arrival..make nice flights to your audience..

• 477 Tim Keppie // Jul 28, 2008 at 7:02 am

  First night of European Tour in Edinburgh,Scotland for Tom last night and it was magical.After,(like many people here in Scotland)20 years wait Tom came back,no London,No Manchester,ONLY Edinburgh in the whole of the UK and he performed material from his 40 year career,from Invitation to the Blues to Hoist that Rag.A show of approximately 2 and a half hours we were spoiled by everything he performed.Ticket prices were a shock initially but that just paled into insignificance.Tom is musically brilliant and highly innovative,eccentric,funny and completely individual.How many artists can you say that about nowadays? Worth every penny,Cheers Tim.

• 478 James // Jul 28, 2008 at 7:14 am

  @ Chris… If he hates London so much then why did i see him there at the Apollo a few years back.. you are a true wasteman.

  To all those that got to go congrats, i tried for spain and edinburgh but lucked out.. cash flow allowing i think he is the only artist i would travel across the globe to see.

  a maervelous treat.

• 479 Lord Fatty // Jul 28, 2008 at 9:00 am

  Friday the 1st just gets closer and closer. All you twats who complain and complain about Tom not comin to your town you can f***k off. A true fan and thankfully there seem to be more of those here just arranges the money to go and thats it. I borrowed money and even left my rent unpaid. stoopid? maybe, but its worth it!!!!!!!!!

  I’d rather have the bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

  c ya in dublin on friday

• 480 DICK SCRATCHER // Jul 28, 2008 at 11:33 am

  WELL SAID LORD FATTY !!!!…..ARENT THERE SOME GRADE `A` PRATS OUT THERE???….I HOPE YOU DONT GET EVICTED FROM YOURE PLACE THOUGH…..I`LL BE IN DUBBERS ON THURS NIGHT BUT MIGHT HANG ABOUT THE FRIDAY FOR THE HECK OF IT….AGAIN MUCH LOVE TO ONE & ALL…..DICK

• 481 pebblebreeze // Jul 28, 2008 at 12:50 pm

  Thank you Tom for coming to Italy! You have many fans throughout Italia!!

• 482 spudshoes // Jul 28, 2008 at 1:18 pm

  The price of a ticket been too high?? depends on how high a privilage you think it is to see the great man. How many insignificant nights out have you had spending the same amount be it in one, two or more nights?? Going to a bar, club etc spending on a night out you will never remember. I fully expect to remember wednesday nights show in Dublin for the rest of my life. Put it in perspective kids! Would you begrudge paying €130 to see Jesus?? Even a chocolate Jesus? You’ll have the rest of yer lives to spend money on mundane things. I await Wednesday night the same way, hell more than I did for Christmas day when I was 6. Now that’s something that’s a waste of money. We should have Tom instead of Christmas. Sorry Jesus, yer vibes good but yer music’s shite.
  Hoist that Flag!

• 483 Pete // Jul 28, 2008 at 3:06 pm

  Just got back from Edinborough.
  Sunday 7am bus late hit a dog
  8am, Nottingham, naked man roaming the streets with a tatoo of Tyne bridge above his backside. Station no train, use a bus, “But I’ve got to connect to Edinborough” - “You might, Just…” Not good enough, this is a once in a lifetime… Train back on. Skipping down the platform. Make connection. Family of Waitsians get on at York reading “Innocent…” My luck is in? Daddy falls asleep. Wakes and spills coffee over me, my shirts the colour of a … My lucks out?
  Edinborough, lost, hills, wrong way down Princes St burning head and feet. Venue to meet contact. Hundreds of men in boots outside. Fun with the drag queens, I swear you could tell. Fidgety. Then there were three: a woman from Paris, a cockney and fuming Manc. Cockney goes for a drink with woman Manc goes back to hotel. Pub with pick up band and, as I raise my red sore head, a picture on the wall of Tom. Walk home in the graveyard fog. Next day Impressionists at the gallery. Long train home. Wrong way at connection. Nottingham bus is full…
  Was it worth it? No, because the so and so who was to meet me with my ticket never turned up. I was 100 yards from touching the frayed hem of his suit, and couldn’t. Can you imagine? Can you imagine?

• 484 Gina // Jul 28, 2008 at 4:19 pm

  for those who weren’t able to go to any of the shows, you can check out the link below tomorrow. Small consolation, I know, but better than a stick in the eye…

  http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=533

• 485 Axeman // Jul 28, 2008 at 11:41 pm

  I have just woken up after the night before and everyone is right to be pissed…Tom and his band were quite simply dazzingly awsome. Worth ten times what I paid and more.

• 486 Major Rupert Flange-Reamer // Jul 29, 2008 at 1:39 am

  Mr. Waits Sir!
  Here in the officers mess your music is constantly
  played. We are all fans, except Major Daft-Trousers
  who likes ABBA.
  We beg of you Sir to play Walk Away as suggested
  by the lowlife oick taxi driver Dick Scratcher. We
  will be in Dublin on the 31st July.
  Failure to comply with this request, nay order
  will incur the displeasure of Her Majesty’s 1st
  Battalion Grenadier Guards. Not a wise thing to do.
  Have you seen the length of our battle honours?
  See you in Dublin Tom.

• 487 DICK SCRATCHER // Jul 29, 2008 at 2:30 am

  MAY I BE THE 1st ONE TO DECLARE “BIG JOBS IN MY TROUSERS” ON THIS SITE

• 488 Richie // Jul 29, 2008 at 4:16 am

  What a fantastic gig on Sunday night. Worth every penny of the £95 I paid (especially when you consider there are people out there who will pay almost double that to watch Maddonna mime).

  Anyone with thickets for Dublin is in for a treat. I almost wish I had bought tickets for Sunday and Monday.

  As an Edinburgh resident can I just add how refreshing it is to be able to see someone of that stature without having to incur the expense of travelling to London or it’s surrounds. After shelling out a fortune earlier in the year for Morrissey at the roundhouse only for him to cancel followed by a similar fortune for JAMC there I was delighted when it turned out Tom was playing Edinburgh. He didn’t disappoint.

• 489 Ruarri // Jul 29, 2008 at 11:40 am

  why no London gig? please take a look at coming to London soon, and notifying all disgruntled London people on this forum first that its happening… its a life-dream to see Tom Waits…

• 490 DICK SCRATCHER // Jul 29, 2008 at 3:45 pm

  Ruarri, why no london gigs??? i`ll tell you why, shall I?…. because london is populated with phoney ignorant vile, turgid,affected,shit-breath,bogey ridden,side glancing, dishonest,interlopers i presume just like yourself…and i was born & bred here & drive a cab here, so i know…geddit, i know….now bugger orf &
  swan around shoreditch with all the other real (lol) berks…….toodle pip…..DICK

• 491 spudshoes // Jul 29, 2008 at 4:55 pm

  Jaysus Dickscratcher, chill the fuck out…yer beginning to sound like a 15 year old writing into the NME. We’re all Waits fans and while you may not think much of London, evenso, no need to be so hard on Ruari, he’s a Waits fan like you and the rest of us. Have a drink son, it’ll be alright. Nobody’s measuring your Waits creditentials but yerself. There’s bigger problems in the world. Toodle pip indeed.

• 492 Cathie // Aug 3, 2008 at 10:25 pm

  Worth every penny and more. We went to the Edinburgh gig and it was brilliant.
  Pete, my heart went out to you when I read what had happened. Hope the person had a good reason for not turning up with your ticket.

• 493 Lord Fatty // Aug 4, 2008 at 3:17 am

  JUST BRILLIANT! Went to the last Dublin gig and never seen anything, that even comes close. 2,5 h of pure magic. I don’t know if i can go to a gig by anyone else anymore? Tonite i’m going to see Kris Kristoffersson in Helsinki, so let’s see?

  Thank you Tom+Band for setting the standard, what a great concert should be. Musical brilliance , heartfelt presence, brilliant comedy and being able to move the audience to a place, where heartbreak, salvation and pure joy of being there meet.

  I felt a different person went in to the tent and a different guy came out? What more can i say? Exept a setlist anyone?

• 494 DICK SCRATCHER // Aug 4, 2008 at 3:40 am

  Mr spudshoes, I took youre advice and had a drink, rather a few actually down in Enniscorthy, alas i still came over like a 15 year old NME writer (whats wrong with that??) ..as Brownie, shaun & the other chaps i met in Coleins Bar & The A ntique bar will testify……its just that i am bored shitless with the continual griping of the collected retards from Western Somoa, Tazmamia,Guan, Hiatti etc wanting yer man to playin their city, re the bigger problems in the world, i have no say in that matter, i try, dear god i try, i do love you though & thankyou for youre heart felt advice….hip hip 4 Tom….Dick

• 495 Taylor // Aug 19, 2008 at 12:30 pm

  Shut up whining b*stards, claiming you’re real fans.

  If you want to see Tom Waits, a musical god… sell your leg to science, murder your friend for the money, break into the show, rob a bank, steal a car.

  I did whatever it took, and I saw him. I had no money, but I found a way.

  If you’re a real fan, you’ll find a way.
  It’s Tom Waits.
  It’s not the Rolling Stones, it’s f*cking Tom Waits.
  Find a way.

• 496 Cathie // Sep 15, 2008 at 11:36 am

  Any word yet about a cd/dvd on the glitter and doom tour????????????????????????????

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