Lovable and at times frightening eccentric genius mad man Tom Waits announced tour dates Friday via a YouTube press conference. The "Glitter and Doom" tour (God bless you, Tom Waits, for the best tour name ever!) kicks off in Phoenix, AZ 06/18, and then passes through a whole mess of towns that, uh, we don't care so much to go to. Hopefully Mr. Waits will bring his sideshow in the vicinity of the West Coast, but, in the interim, we can't lie and say that we aren't intrigued at the idea of seeing Tom Waits in Tulsa, OK. But hey! At least we get Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ! Not a shabby consolation prize at all. GLITTER AND DOOM 2008 06-17 Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum 06-18 Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum 06-20 El Paso, TX - Plaza Theatre 06-22 Houston, TX - Jones Hall 06-23 Dallas, TX - Palladium 06-25 Tulsa, OK - Brady Theatre 06-26 St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre 06-28 Columbus, OH - Ohio Theatre 06-29 Knoxville, TN - Civic Theatre 07-01 Jacksonville, FL - Moran Theatre 07-02 Mobil...
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