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Tom Waits

June 23, 2008 , 2008

8 PM

Palladium Ballroom

1135 South Lamar Street, Dallas

Age Limit

All ages

$86

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Catherine Cuellar Verified

1 year, 6 months ago

Man! I'd love to see Tom Waits live, but two $86 tickets is rich.
I'll have to make that decision here pretty quick.

I think Tom is one of the REAL genius lyric and musical minds of our age.

Rick Yost Verified

1 year, 6 months ago
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I absolutely agree with all of the above.

Scott Miller Verified

1 year, 6 months ago
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And don't think for a second that you can buy tix from scalpers. They've got this new ticketless system that makes it impossible:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/tomwaits

Given past experiences with the thorough (read slow) security at the Palladium, I'd go early, if I could stomach shelling out $100 a ticket for a GA show. (Don't forget those service fees!)

Mike Orren Staff

1 year, 6 months ago
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Catherine Cuellar Verified

1 year, 5 months ago
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Whoa! Best press conference ever. Dallas is the Dogs? Can't go - no money - waaaahhh!

Kevin Kunreuther Verified

1 year, 5 months ago
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Show started at 8:35 and the sold-out Palladium is hotter than blazes, figuratively and literally. Two songs in, Waits is keeping the devil down in the hole (his song made famous when the Blind Boys of Alabama covered it as theme of HBO's "The Wire."

Catherine Cuellar Verified

1 year, 5 months ago
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after commenting on "lawless" Texas, "Chocolate Jesus" through a megaphone, then "Frank's Wild Years."

Catherine Cuellar Verified

1 year, 5 months ago
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Waits picked up a guitar the first time for "Mule Variations," then donned a mirrored bowler, reflecting light around the room - discoball style - before finally sitting at the piano for "Lucky Day."

Catherine Cuellar Verified

1 year, 5 months ago
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Peak experience: Waits as maestro conducting the audience as choir for the chorus of "Innocent When You Dream" followed by "16 shells from a thirty-ought six."

Catherine Cuellar Verified

1 year, 5 months ago
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After 100 minutes, the $100 show officially ended with "Misery," but encores included "9th & Hennepin" and the grand finale "Time."

Catherine Cuellar Verified

1 year, 5 months ago
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Virginia Altick Verified

1 year, 4 months ago
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For those (like me) who missed this one, here's full audio of the Atlanta show, courtesy NPR:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...

(Hat tip to <a href="http://thecaravanofdreams.blogspot.com/2008/07/tom-waits-in-atlanta-podcast.html">Steve-O</a>)

Mike Orren Staff

1 year, 3 months ago
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Catherine Cuellar, Erin Rice, Lisa, Mike Orren, Rachel Porter, Scott Miller, Virginia Altick, captainamerica, puckspop, turnerd

Places to eat:

Drink Specials:

Miguel's Cantina: 4 pm - 7 pm: $3.75 margaritas, $2.75 well drinks, $2.50 Mexican beers
Campisi's: 4 pm - 7 pm: $2.50 domestics, $3.25 imports, $2.50 wine, $3 margaritas & wells
Five-Sixty: 5 pm - 7 pm: Five varying drink options for $5.60 each / 5 pm - 7 pm: Five tapas-sized plates for $5.60 each
Morton's, The Steakhouse: 5 pm - 6 pm: Power Hour - $5 select wines by glass, $4 select beers, special cocktail of the day
Absinthe Lounge: 4 pm - 2 am: $2 drafts, $3 wells, $4 calls, $5 martinis