Reuters - Sep 2, 2008
Paperless ticketing is emerging as a potential weapon in the efforts of some touring acts to eliminate resellers from the ticket-buying equation. Tom Waits became the first recording artist to use...
More »AP - Jun 18, 2008
Tom Waits doesn t play live very often, so when he does, it s an event. The elusive musician began his Glitter and Doom tour Tuesday with a searing two-hour set that traipsed through his 20-album catalog...
More »Reuters - May 5, 2008
Tom Waits will embark on a 13-show Glitter and Doom tour, set to kick off June 17 in Phoenix. Waits made the announcement Monday (May 5) via his Web site, TomWaits.com, via streaming video in what first...
More »E! Online - Jan 24, 2008
Scarlett Johansson only needs one (rather unlikely) man to help her make sweet music: Tom Waits. The actress is set to release her debut album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, a collection of songs...
More »AP - Nov 20, 2007
Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs: Patti LaBelle, Miss Patti s Christmas (Def Soul) When it comes to Christmas music, Patti LaBelle is almost as experienced as the jolly fat man himself...
More »Reuters - Mar 9, 2007
Music photographer Joel Brodsky, whose sexy, shirtless images of Doors lead singer Jim Morrison have taken on iconic status, has died. He was 67. He succumbed to an apparent heart attack at his home...
More »AP - Jan 27, 2007
Grammy Award-winning singer Tom Waits has settled a lawsuit in which he claimed an automaker and an ad agency violated his rights by imitating him in TV commercials, his lawyer said. The lawsuit was...
More »Reuters - Jan 26, 2007
The music of the civil rights era is on the mind of soul legend Mavis Staples. Her forthcoming spring album, We ll Never Turn Back, leans heavily on songs from the period in which the Staple Singers...
More »Reuters - Jan 26, 2007
Around the time Brett Gurewitz was launching Epitaph Records in 1981, his father was lecturing him to take guitar lessons. The Bad Religion guitarist and punk-rock entrepreneur never sat down for courses...
More »E! Online - Jan 25, 2007
If only they went with the Hasselhoff instead... Tom Waits has settled a lawsuit filed against the German division of General Motors and its ad agency, which he accused of hijacking...
More »E! Online - Nov 29, 2006
Maybe he should retire more often. Lest anyone think his star power faded during his two-year recording hiatus, Jay-Z celebrated his rap comeback by topping one of the most competitive chart weeks of...
More »Reuters - Oct 13, 2006
The upcoming closure of New York s famed punk-rock club CBGB is lamented by locals as the loss of a legendary venue; for others it symbolizes another Manhattan neighborhood becoming corporate and bland...
More »AP - Aug 28, 2006
Ticket sales have been far from spectacular, but Ivan Neville says performing at the same Hurricane Katrina anniversary concert Tuesday night as Stevie Wonder is going to be incredible no matter how many...
More »Reuters - Aug 27, 2006
Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tanio Hingle lived in a house in the Treme section of New Orleans with his wife and three kids, gigging around town with the New Birth Brass Band. The eight-piece played...
More »Reuters - Apr 11, 2006
The tickets to Elbow s show Saturday at the Avalon read all ages, but perhaps it should have been billed for mature audiences only. It s not that the Manchester, England-based quintet s lyrics are laced...
More »Reuters - Mar 22, 2006
An album of cover versions can sometimes be a window into a musician s roots. So it is with Los Angeles rocker Dave Alvin s West of the West, which gathers 13 tunes by California songwriters. The Yep...
More »AP - Oct 10, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) — Three years ago, when Rod Stewart decided to reinterpret pop standards with It Had To Be You ... The Great American Songbook, it didn t seem like a blockbuster career move. The...
More »E! Online - Sep 15, 2005
Let s hope Tom Waits leaves the udder at home when he shows up in court. Following through on a threat he made last spring, the alt-rock icon has gone and sued a German-based division of General...
More »AP - Sep 15, 2005
Singer-songwriter Tom Waits said Thursday he has filed a lawsuit against a unit of automaker General Motors Corp. and a German advertising agency for allegedly using a soundalike in a series of European...
More »AP - Sep 15, 2005
Singer-songwriter Tom Waits said Thursday he has filed a lawsuit against a unit of automaker General Motors Corp. and a German advertising agency for allegedly using a soundalike in a series of European...
More »Reuters - Sep 13, 2005
Tom Waits, Dave Matthews, Trey Anastasio, John Mayer Trio, Joss Stone and the Meters have signed on for a September 20 benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina victims at New York s Radio City Music Hall...
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