New Tom Waits tour?

Arne_Saknussem

Tom Waits has signed to booking agent William Morris Endeavor sparking rumours of a new tour.

Hopefully Dublin will be included if it happens, the Phoenix Park shows in 2008 were amazing.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/tom-waits-raises-hopes-for-live-shows-after-signing-to-booking-agent-9235461.html

blastman

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

Tom Waits has signed to booking agent William Morris Endeavor sparking rumours of a new tour.

Hopefully Dublin will be included if it happens, the Phoenix Park shows in 2008 were amazing.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/tom-waits-raises-hopes-for-live-shows-after-signing-to-booking-agent-9235461.html

The gigs may have been amazing, the venue was sh!te however. Hopefully if it does happen they'll book a proper venue this time.

Arne_Saknussem

blastman wrote: »

The gigs may have been amazing, the venue was sh!te however. Hopefully if it does happen they'll book a proper venue this time.

There's no pleasing some people :pac:

Mike Guide 69

blastman wrote: »

The gigs may have been amazing, the venue was sh!te however. Hopefully if it does happen they'll book a proper venue this time.

I thought the Marquee in the Phoenix Park was grand for the show. The only problem was the dreadful weather that took place during the dates, like a swamp. Still love to see him live again, loved the performance of "Eyeball Kid"

blastman

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

There's no pleasing some people :pac:

If you were any way back at all (and it's not like you could specify a seat from what was available) the view was awful, but you were still paying the same exhorbitant price, or close to it.

Don't get me wrong, I love Tom Waits and I waited a long time to see him, but Ratkellar sums the venue up nicely. The Marquee in Cork does the whole gig-in-a-tent thing way, way better.

Ranchu

Was the tent used not the same one as The Marquee?

delbertgrady

No, the Cork tent is/was much smaller, and - in my experience - is a superb venue.
I don't dispute that the weather was dire for the Phoenix Park concerts (particularly on the first night), but I became very revisionist, very quickly about those Ratcellar shows, and I think they were a con. Premium prices for a giant tent, and no difference between Block A (the floor) and Block B (the tiered seats way at the back)? €131.25 for both? Nonsense.
Also, they were sold without a seating plan being available, which was ridiculous. You shouldn't be buying blind for shows that are that expensive, especially in a venue that size.

eyeball kid

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

I thought the Marquee in the Phoenix Park was grand for the show. The only problem was the dreadful weather that took place during the dates, like a swamp. Still love to see him live again, loved the performance of "Eyeball Kid"

Thanks.