Tom Waits

cormie

They probably will alright. What's to stop someone just getting a wheelchair and showing up in it on the night with a companion though? http://www.jumbletown.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=24694&highlight

honru

Nothing afaik. I believe promoters are obliged to provide the facility at larger events but I don't think they run checks on those who use it. Just show up in a wheelchair... grand.

KingLoser

Are all three nights sold out yet?

I'm putting it off on the hope of getting a Prague ticket which goes on sale tomorrow.... but if that falls through I would like to fall back on Ireland.

marylou82

i heard they were all sold out by 11:45 on Tuesday morning.
Prague would be great though.

el hurricano

Just got two tickets for Thursday night, nice one! Don't know what the story is cos they announced all tickets were sold out right?

KingLoser

Pretty conflicting stuff....

Guess I'll just have to cross the everything and wait 'til the morning.

Just a note to anyone else hoping to do the same, 9am Czech time is 8am here. Early birds catchin worms!

Tazzle

el hurricano wrote: »

Just got two tickets for Thursday night, nice one! Don't know what the story is cos they announced all tickets were sold out right?

Tazzle wrote: »

if its any consolation to those still trying for tickets it looks like refunds or mistakes are still being processed. im looking at 2 seats in block a row cc right now that are available for friday night, albeit by the time i post this they'll have been sold. keep trying!

I was selling the tickets Tuesday and watching the system it would appear refunds are still being processed. So seats will become available sporadically, this is especially true of this gig because of the restrictions. Lots of 'whoops'. Not sure how long it'll last though. Luck of the draw now, as I said even after they were sold out I could still see seats reappearing in different blocks. So you might just get one, though it'd be during their office hours obviously.

flogen

I had a very restless night's sleep on Monday night/Tuesday morning for fear of missing my alarm, set for 8:30.

Got up on time, though, and logged into Ticketmaster.ie straight away, went to the page for the Friday night's gig (The 1st August one) and then kept the browser open while I did a few odds and sods on different sites to pass the time.

Come five to nine I started refreshing the page every 30 seconds or so... just in case. Come a minute to I started refreshing more often and bang on 9AM by my PC's clock the ticket options came up - hit two for €131.25, best available... got Block A tickets (which meant nothing to me at the time because the chart wasn't available) but saw they were seats on the level rather than tiered so was happy enough.

In my confirmation email I saw it was Block A, Row B - once the chart came up I could estimate that I'll be sitting just to the middle-left of the row, naturally at one very near the front, so assuming the stage it's too high or anything they'll be cracking seats.

Will they be worth the money? I dunno - I am hoping that any potential sounds problems will be resolved by the last night, however and that Tom will be in good humour given that it's the last night of the European tour (and he'll probably be off on his holliers after it!).

cormie

Nice I think block a will always be "the best" seats in concerts generally

jArgHA

I wonder will Waits be travelling around Ireland after the gigs? Anywhere that might be a good bet for an unofficial gig?

loyatemu

on the back of a rail-freight wagon, on a park bench, in a cemetery - I believe these are the sorts of places he hangs out.

actually, I've read he leads a fairly low-key middle-class life with his family in LA. Imagine running into him in the supermarket, or playground. Would be very strange....

ledar

cormie wrote: »

What's to stop someone just getting a wheelchair and showing up in it on the night with a companion though?

Having a soul?

Stephen

marylou82

ledar wrote: »

Having a soul?

Stephen

yeah...but Stephen..
its TOM WAITS!

ledar

marylou82 wrote: »

yeah...but Stephen..
its TOM WAITS!

'spose ... in many ways you're probably right, it is Tom Waits after all.

Stephen

marylou82

it'd be SO worth it

Mr. Fancypants

Got my 131 euro tickets on Tuesday but was a little disapointed to find out that block C row K didnt look so hot for a premium ticket. So i gave Aiken promotions a shout and interestingly enough approx 99% of the tickets are 131 euro with only the very back corners of block B being 116 euro. I was assured my tickets do have a good view but we will see.

It is the very same tent that is used for the Marquee in Cork btw

Drag00n79

mbroaders wrote: »

It is the very same tent that is used for the Marquee in Cork btw

Can someone confirm if this is a good or bad thing?

loopmonkey

Tents sound like the circus. Echoey and weird - sometimes nauseating, but maybe they'll do some acoustic treatment. Saw gig in the marquee in Cork 7 0r 8 years ago and the sound was dodgy, but a circusey vibe would surely suit Waits above all other acts.

Anyone know release date of new album?

KingLoser

Got my ticket to go see him in Prague!! \o/

Anyone else on here going to that gig up for a random meet? Meeting people off the internet is OK if Tom Waits is involved.

MadsL

Anyone actually recieved tickets yet?

Qprmeath

Tickets will be posted two weeks before the event

The Chessplayer

I paid 275 for 2 tickets. Have always wanted to see him, but at that price I will be bringing a sack full of rotten fruit to pelt him with and I most certainly will be heckling him at every chance.

Fiddlesnap

Anyone want to take me along? I smell great!!

Goolay

The Chessplayer wrote: »

I paid 275 for 2 tickets. Have always wanted to see him, but at that price I will be bringing a sack full of rotten fruit to pelt him with and I most certainly will be heckling him at every chance.

Why did you buy them if you thought they were too expensive?

cormie

I wouldn't dare heckle waits myself, never know what could happen

JJ

Fiddlesnap wrote: »

Anyone want to take me along? I smell great!!

Anyone want to not take me along? I don't smell great.

The Chessplayer

Dublin579 wrote: »

Why did you buy them if you thought they were too expensive?

Because I am a life-long fan, don't tell me you don't think it's a blatant rip-off. I'm hoping the gig will be one of his more eclectic stage shows, rather than a show where he sits at the piano and tells stories in between songs. You never know what you'll get with Waits.

Has anyone see him play recently?

cormie

The Chessplayer wrote: »

rather than a show where he sits at the piano and tells stories in between songs.

:eek: That's exactly what I'm hoping for

strewelpeter

The Chessplayer wrote: »

Because I am a life-long fan, don't tell me you don't think it's a blatant rip-off. I'm hoping the gig will be one of his more eclectic stage shows, rather than a show where he sits at the piano and tells stories in between songs. You never know what you'll get with Waits.

Has anyone see him play recently?

LOL what are u moaning for?, the price is the price if you don't like it don't go. I mean WTF? You paid 275 so that you can whinge and moan and heckle.:eek:
This tour the price in Ireland isn't as far out of line with the rest of Europe as is usual.
Seriously if you don't want to go I know plenty people that'll take your ticket and ID)
Why shouldn't he charge a price that people are willing to pay?


I saw him in Amsterdam 2 years ago (and three times in the 80's :cool:) and it was a great show. He had Mark Ribot in the band then who isn't with him this time, unfortunately. The tour opened last night in Phoenix and it looks to have a similar texture to that tour.
Heres the setlist via the EyeballKid

Lucinda
Hoist That Rag
Come On Up to the House
Jesus Gonna Be Here
November
Black Market Baby
Rain Dogs
Trampled Rose
Goin’ Out West
Murder in the Red Barn
Anywhere I Lay My Head
Cemetery Polka
Get Behind the Mule
Eyeball Kid
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis [TW on piano]
Picture in a Frame [TW on piano]
Invitation to the Blues [TW on piano]
Innocent When You Dream [TW on piano]
Lie To Me
Chocolate Jesus
Make It Rain

Way Down in the Hole
God’s Away On Business
Time

joewicklow

A friend of mine Frak Holt wrote this poem for Tom Waits.
I didnt know what to do with it until saw this thread with so many Tom Waits fans.
Id love to know what you all think of it.

The Troubadour of Gin Joint Sleaze
(For Tom Waits) By Frank Holt, Ballyknockan, Wicklow

Voice like rolling rubble, furled by bourbons imagery,
Mind like drunken windmill swirling wild and carelessly
Fishnet tights, bar stool nights, prelude to the welcome bed
Vowels n growls n metaphors, smoke rings in a fiery head

Troubadour of gin joint sleaze, poet of closing time thinking
Notions with wings, strummer of strings, piano that’s always been drinking
His best friends are brawlers, midnight crawlers, unleashed in the misty charade
Their eternal cocoon, the last chance saloon, stuck in the beer stained parade

His hobbies are hookers, dubious good lookers clinging to the last drop of wine
Small change boozers, dead end losers, searching for a blue valentine

Lover of the obscure, the slightly impure and the tasty whore dragged up from the sewer
Lover of Bars, Cadillac cars, Venus and Mars, Havana Cigars
Frequenter of slums with down trodden bums drenched in dark Jamaican Rums
Waitsman on a rampage, Waitsman on a roll, Waitsman touches my senses, Waitsman touches my soul

He writes of life’s complexities, red eyes stumbling down a cul de sac
Trembling hearts with passions pledged, mule variations on a one way track
In his world of vague obscurities I listen to the deafening roar
Of a voice entwined with poetry that pierces to the very core

Waits ill never know your mind
You’ll always leave me guessing
Yet swimming through your tortured vowels
Has been a painful blessing