A new album "Real Gone" for Mister Tom Waits. Tom Waits is set to play his only US live date -- October 18 at the Paramount Theater in Seattle -- following his performance in Vancouver at the Orpheum October 15, which sold out in a record 9 minutes. These shows are essentially warm up dates for Waits' European tour: November 13 in Antwerp (sold out with 52,000 calls for 990 seats), November 15-17 in Berlin (sold out) and November 23 in London (sold out in 30 minutes, 150,000 ticket requests in the first hour). Tickets for the Amsterdam shows November 19-21 will go on sale 10/2.
These shows will all come on the heels of Waits' eagerly anticipated 20th album, "Real Gone," due out October 5 (Epitaph Records) and features musicians from the recording: Larry Taylor on bass, Marc Ribot on guitar and Brain on drums/percussion.
As regards to the Seattle performance, a limited number of tickets will go on sale at midnight October 4 (simultaneously with the sale of the new album) at two Seattle Tower Record locations (5207 Fifth Avenue North and 4518 University Way), while the remainder of the tickets will be made available at the Paramount Box Office and Ticketmaster at 10am October 5. Ticket prices are $65.00, plus service charges.
Meanwhile, initial press reaction for Tom Waits "Real Gone" album is nothing but shining: Entertainment Weekly included the album in its "25 Most Anticipated Albums of the Fall," while Richard Cromelin noted in his Sunday "Calendar" feature in the Los Angeles Times: "Real Gone ... Raw, rustic, primal and immediate, it's a leap in the mud ... " Also, in the current issue of Thrasher, Eben Sterling mused: "Real Gone ... is an amalgam of earthy funk, beatnik howl, and backwoods river bottom blues. Waits' music seems to seep from the subconscious, while his lyrics pinpoint humanity often cloaked in shadow," while Mark Richardson in Paste extolled: "... much of Real Gone is loud, rude and in your face ... packed with memorable phrases and strange-yet-familiar poetic imagery ... down into that strange and dazzling mineshaft."
Look for Tom Waits to possibly tour the US early next year. Tom Waits will be on the Late Show with David Letterman Tuesday, September 28.
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