New live recordings

To promote the re-issues of Blood Money and Alice, TomWaits.com has put live recordings of God's Away on Business (recorded in Edinburgh in 2008) and Table Top Joe (Berlin, 2004) online.

Alice and Blood Money vinyl re-issues

Alice and Blood Money will both be re-issued on vinyl to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the albums. The re-issues will be available on October 7nd but can be pre-ordered.

Leading up to the release,  Tom Waits is putting out previously unreleased live versions of All the world is green (recorded at a live show in 2008 in Milan, Italy) and Fish and bird (recorded in 2004 in London, UK).

Tom Waits in Inque magazine

The very first issue of Inque magazine carries a poem by Tom Waits, titled What saved me from drowning. 

Inque is an annual literary magazine, without advertising or a web version, that will only ever publish 10 issues and then cease to exist. The magazine (340x245 mm, 232 pages) is printed in a limited edition of 6,000 copies and sells at £55.

Other contributors include, amongst others, Margaret Atwood, Max Porter, Joyce Carol Oates, Kae Tempest and Marieke Lucas Rijneveld. 

 

Happy birthday Tom Waits

On December 7, 1949, Thomas Alan Waits was born to Jesse Frank Waits and Alma Johnson McMurray.

More movie parts for Tom Waits

Tom Waits stars long side Bradley Cooper, Skyler Gisondo, Sean Penn, John C. Reilly and Alana Haim in the upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson movie Licorice Pizza. US release date is November 26, according to IMBD. 

He also is listed as one of the actors in the Marco Perego Saldana movie Keyhole Garden, which is now in post production. 

Tom Waits narrator Ultra City Smiths

 Tom Waits is the narrator in the AMC animation series Ultra City Smiths.  

Looking for that ‘70s show

Based on various sites and resources and with the help of other fans (you know who you are!), I’ve tried to compile a list of Tom Waits shows. Although we’ve got over a thousand shows, the list probably isn’t complete and might contain some mistakes. 

So, I’m looking for help. If you have information about a live performance from the ‘70s that’s not on the list or have some sort of proof of a date (a ticket stub, news paper clipping, review, flyer, poster, …) of a show that is marked ‘unconfirmed’, please do let us know at waitsconcerts@gmail.com.