Glitter and Doom Tour

Glitter and Doom Tour

Tour by Tom Waits
Official tour poster
Location	North America Europe
Start date	June 17, 2008 (2008-06-17)
End date	August 1, 2008 (2008-08-01)
Legs	2
No. of shows	28
Tom Waits concert chronology
The Orphans Tour (2006) Glitter and Doom Tour (2008) ...

The Glitter and Doom Tour was a concert tour by American rock musician Tom Waits from June to August 2008. The tour is the last he has given to date. ^[1] The tour was recorded and a selection of live performances of songs from the tour were included on a live album called Glitter and Doom Live which was released the following year. ^{[2] [3]}

Background

The tour was announced at a performance art press conference on May 5, 2008. ^[4] Anti records also released an article to NPR which had Tom interviewing himself. ^[5]

Tickets

Tickets for Waits' summer shows were limited to two per person but, in an effort to beat ticket touts, a valid I.D. (passport or driving license) matching the name on the ticket was required to gain entry. Any concert-goer who did not have a valid I.D. or was found to be in possession of a ticket that had been resold was not allowed in and did not get a refund. ^{[6] [7]}

Band

As of July 22 Tom Waits band consisted of the following:^{[ citation needed ]}

• Vincent Henry – woodwinds
• Casey Waits – drums
• Omar Torrez – guitar/banjo
• Patrick Warren – keyboard
• Seth Ford-Young – bass
• Sullivan Waits – clarinet/conga

Tour dates

Date	City	State	Venue
North America [8]
June 17, 2008	Phoenix	United States	Orpheum Theatre
June 18, 2008
June 20, 2008	El Paso		Plaza Theatre
June 22, 2008	Houston		Jones Hall
June 23, 2008	Dallas		Palladium Ballroom
June 25, 2008	Tulsa		Brady Theater
June 26, 2008	St. Louis		Fox Theatre
June 28, 2008	Columbus		Ohio Theatre
June 29, 2008	Knoxville		Civic Theatre
July 1, 2008	Jacksonville		Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts
July 2, 2008	Mobile		Saenger Theatre
July 3, 2008	Birmingham		Alabama Theatre
July 5, 2008	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
Europe [9]
July 12, 2008	San Sebastián	Spain	Auditorium Kursaal
July 14, 2008	Barcelona		Auditorium Forum
July 15, 2008
July 17, 2008	Milan	Italy	Teatro degli Arcimboldi
July 18, 2008
July 19, 2008
July 21, 2008	Prague	Czech Republic	Kongresové Centrum Praha
July 22, 2008
July 24, 2008	Paris	France	Le Grand Rex
July 25, 2008
July 27, 2008	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	Edinburgh Playhouse
July 28, 2008
July 30, 2008	Dublin	Ireland	Phoenix Park
July 31, 2008
August 1, 2008

References

1. Condon, Dan (2022-09-23). "The artists you never thought you'd see live". Double J. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
2. "The wit and wisdom of Tom Waits". The Observer. 2009-11-01. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 2024-06-23.
3. "Album: Tom Waits, Glitter & Doom Live, (Anti-)". The Independent. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
4. Buskirk, Eliot Van. "Tom Waits Announces Tour With Fake Press Conference". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2024-06-23.
5. "Tom Waits Interviews Tom Waits". NPR .
6. "Tom Waits to employ anti-tout measures". Hot Press . 2008-05-21. Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
7. "Anti-tout system a success at Waits gig". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
8. "Announcing Tom Waits Glitter and Doom Tour". ANTI- . May 4, 2008. Archived from the original on June 8, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
9. "ANTI– Tom Waits plays the 'Glitter and Doom' tour through Europe this summer". ANTI-. May 21, 2008. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.