Waits Punks Fans in Tour Announcement

(May 5) - A performer will often stage a press conference to announce tour plans. But Tom Waits isn't just any artist.
The notoriously quirky and guttural-voiced singer, who rarely plays live, announced dates for his "Glitter and Doom" tour on his Web site in what seemed like a bustling and lively room of reporters. Soon it becomes obvious Waits is talking to an empty void, with staged questions being fed to him by a record player.Waits will kick off the 13-show tour on June 17 in Phoenix. He offered the "pretty profound" acronym "PEHDTSCKJMBA" -- the first initial of each city -- as the "guiding word" for the tour.The acronym stands for "People Envy Happiness, Dogs Though, Sense Courage Knowing Jubilation Means Better Assets."No details were given on supporting acts for the tour, his first since 2006. Most dates are in southern cities.June 17-18: Phoenix, Ariz. (Orpheum)
June 20: El Paso, Texas (Plaza Theatre)
June 22: Houston (Jones Hall)
June 23: Dallas (Palladium)
June 25: Tulsa, Ok. (Brady Theatre)
June 26: St. Louis (Fox Theatre)
June 28: Columbus, Ohio (Ohio Theatre)
June 29: Knoxville, Tenn. (Civic Theatre)
July 1: Jacksonville, Fla. (Moran Theatre)
July 2: Mobile, Ala. (Saenger Theatre)
July 3: Birmingham, Ala. (Alabama Theatre)
July 5: Atlanta (Fox Theatre)Tom Waits: A Man of Many Voices

Crooner
'New Coat of Paint,' 1977
Throat Shredder
'... Thirty-Ought Six,' 1988
Growler
'Chocolate Jesus,' 1999

Waits emerged in the mid-1970s with smokey lounge albums "Heart of Saturday Night" and "Small Change" before turning to the experimental sounds of his 1980s classics, "Swoardfishtrombones" and "Rain Dogs," which included the hit "Downtown Train."


Hendrix Camp Calls Sex Tape Bogus
Kanye Rips ‘Miserable’ Magazine Writer