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Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

The Guardian covers Tom Waits live!

By Guardian Unlimited / Music 02:45pm Tom Waits in concert. Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP It's the opening night of Tom Waits' first American tour in seven years, and the queue wraps around an entire Atlanta city block. The historic Tabernacle Theater is small, it's almost showtime, and all 2,500 of us …

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Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Rarities like Waits are worth the time

After 29 years, we'll take in all 2 hours By Mark Jordan Special to The Commercial Appeal August 6, 2006 "It's good to be back in Memphis," Tom Waits said shortly after taking the stage before a sold-out audience at the Orpheum, the singer-songwriter's first concert in Memphis in 29 …

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Friday, August 4th, 2006

See The Frames Performance at Lollapalooza!

Didn’t get tickets to Lollapalooza? You can STILL watch The Frames perform LIVE as it’s happening from Grant Park in Chicago. Don’t miss out! Click here to go to the AT&T; blue room and enjoy hours of free, uninterrupted, live streaming coverage from Lollapalooza Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 4th-6th. …

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Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

After a three-decade absence...

Review: After a three-decade absence, Waits was worth the wait "Here's the deal … you don't want to oversaturate the market." That's how Tom Waits explained his three-decade performing absence from Nashville, one he more than made up for Saturday night at the Ryman Auditorium in front of a sold-out …

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Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Louisville Live Review

The Gin Soaked Mouth of God Tom Waits blows Louisville away. Tom Waits, whose tours have always the Rock equivalents to Moses coming down from the mountain, showed up in Louisville, KY looking for a guy who owed him some money. And sure enough he came out looking for some …

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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

10 greats from Tom Waits for admirers

10 greats from Tom Waits for admirers, should-be fans Friday, August 11, 2006 When it comes to Tom Waits, the offbeat singer-songwriter with the soul of a poet and the voice of a raspy foghorn, there is no middle ground: You're either crazy about him, or you're flat-out wrong. In …

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