January 2005 Grammy Nomination For “Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance” – for the song “METROPOLITAN GLIDE”

2005 Sorry for the break……now now, what happened? New album REAL GONE was released on 4/5 October 2004, concerts in America and Europe (one sole US show) in October and November (see Silver Cloud Lounge), appearance on David Letterman on 28 September 2005.

Februar 2003 Tom Waits doing the Ramones
Mr Waits appears on the Ramones tribute album We're a Happy Family with "Return of Jackie & Judy". Release date is Feb. 11th.

September 2002 From TW's tour manager: After several attempts, a planned shows this fall will not happen as Tom has decided to start work on a new album. (source alt.music.tom-waits)

Summer 2002 The video of "God's Away On Business" - song on Blood Money - (Directed by Jesse Dylan) can be reached on www.anti.com. Also available there is a current interview with Tom Waits: "EPK" edited down into four parts and distributed over a period.

May 2002 Tom Waits to appear on National Public Radio's Fresh Air this week
Tom Waits will be appearing on National Public Radio’s Fresh Air, on Tuesday, May 21. The Peabody Award-winning Fresh Air is NPR’s most popular weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues and can be heard on more than 294 radio stations around the country. Exact show times and local affiliate stations can be found at http://freshair.npr.org/. More infos on Anti.com.

March 2002 Alice and Blood Money will be also available as Vinyl records! Find it on www.cdnow.com, www.amazon.co.uk (british Amazon) & www.buch.de (for the Germans).

March 2002 Due to organizational errors the planned SXSW performance by Tom Waits was cancelled!

28 February 2002 New Tom Waits Cabaret March 26th through 28th. More here.

February 2002 Tom Waits to perform at SXSW cancelled!!
One tour date for 2002 is confirmed: Tom Waits will be perfoming a live concert March 14th at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas as part of the South By Southwest Festival. He will be performing songs of his 1999's Grammy Award winning "Mule Variations" as well as a selection of tunes of his two new studio records "Alice" and "Blood Money". (ANTI Inc. Press Release)

February 2002 Info on ALICE & BLOOD MONEY (Billboard.com)
Alice"is described as "a reflective cracked mirror odyssey about longing, obsession and madness," while the "Blood Money" set "is a blunt essay on a dispassionate world, a series of news flashes from the state of incredulity". Musicians featured: Police drummer (and current Oysterhead member) Stewart Copeland, Charlie Musslewhite. For the release date etc. see below.

February 2002 Two new tunes by Tom Waits
Two new tunes "Long Way Home" and "Jayne's Blue Wish" appear in the movie "Big Bad Love" by Arliss Howard (more on www.imdb.com). The songs are both written by Tom & Kathleen.
Soundtrack listing and sample files
Full version of Long Way Home here

8 February 2002 The two new albums to be released on May 7th
Tom Waits is set to release both of his new albums "Alice" and "Blood Money" (new titel) simultaneously on May 7th, 2002. The art and the tracklist for both of these records can be found on ANTI Website www.anti.com/tom.php (click picture for tracklist & info).

4 January 2002 New Wilson/Waits musical in Copenhagen
According to the danish newspaper "politiken", Tom Waits and Robbert Wilson are collaborating on a new play (performed in October 2002?). The play has the title "The White Town" and is based on the story of the danish architect Arne Jacobsen, designer of the "Bellevue teatret" (build in the mid 1930's) where the play is going to be staged. "The White Town" is based in the settlement "Bella Vista", a futuristic residential area that include the small "Bellevue Teatret". The part "Arne Jacobsen" is going to be performed by a well known danish actress, but the paper does not state any names.
The story still has no official confirmations, but the paper has a reputation as being serious.
found on alt.music.tom.waits, thanx to Ole S.

21 December 2001 The titel of one of Waits' new release "Red Drum" (see below) has now been changed to "Blood Money." No official reason has been sited for the change. Official News on Tom Waits to be found on www.anti.com.

Finally www.tomwaits.com seems to be owned by a fan (or maybe Mr. Waits himself!). I will tell you if something develops...

November 2001 Live Recording Released
A live Tom Waits performance is released as the album "Dime Store Novels Volume 1" on 19th November 2001. This limited edition offering was recorded at Ebbets Field, Denver, USA on the 8th October 1974. [order at www.amazon.de or www.jpc.de]

1 November 2001 Two new studio albums to be released in 2002
"Alice" and "Red Drum" will be released on April 9, 2002. Unlike the long wait for the album "Black Rider", Tom Waits has only waited a year to announce the release of 'Red Drum' and 'Alice' by Anti Records. These albums were inspired by Tom Waits' work on 'Woyzek' and 'Alice', both collaborations with Robert Wilson. These acoustic albums are "startlingly different in landscape, sound, emotion and composition" according to the label.

October 2001Used Songs (1973-1980) best of album released.

18 April 2001 BIG TIME show in California
"Big Time" will be shown at the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, California the week beginning May 25th. On May 24th at 7:30pm, Chris Blum, who directed the film, will be in attendance and will take questions from the stage after the program. Some promotions Tom did with Chris over the years including several for "Rain Dogs" will also be shown. More information on www.rafaelfilmcenter.org
If you need infos about location, prizes or programm contact me. I'll send ya what I got.

BIG TIME may be released on DVD!
" Big Time", out of print for some time, may be re-released. There are plans to release the film on DVD. No release date has been set. I will tell you when there are news...

13 March 2001 New John Hammond album released
The new album "Wicked Grin" has been produced by Tom Waits and includes many cover songs like 'Clap Hands', 'Get Behind the Mule', and 'Shore Leave'. It also features 2 new songs written by Tom Waits. Tom sings on "I've been changed" (a song which was performed during the concerts in 2000 by Tom). Sound cool!

November 2000 Waits Readies New Opera "Woyzeck"
Tom Waits has (for the third time) teamed with acclaimed avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson for a new version of the 19th century psychological drama Woyzeck. Written by playwright Georg Büchner, the original play is based on the true story of a soldier who murdered his girlfriend in Leipzig, Germany, in 1821.
Waits composed all the music and lyrics for the production, which premiered Nov. 18 at the Betty Nansen Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, with his wife, Kathleen Brennan.

Cool site by Raindog Jacob Skaaning on WWW (Waits/Wilson-Woyzeck ;-) http://woyzeck.homepage.dk

4 April 2000 Tom Waits performs in Paris and Warsaw
Tom Waits Plans Three European Shows Tom Waits has scheduled a trio of European dates for late May. The enigmatic performer, who is reportedly working on the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 1999 Epitaph album "Mule Variations," will perform at the TPSA Music and Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland, on May 26, followed by two performances at Paris' Grand Rex theater on May 29 and 30. As Waits has toured rarely throughout the last decade, fans hoping these dates may signal another leg of last year's "Get Behind The Mule Tour" shouldn't get their hopes up. Representatives for Waits insist the three European dates are the only live performances the artist has planned.

21 December 1999 'Liberty Heights' soundtrack features two new songs by Tom
Atlantic Records is releasing two soundtracks to the 'Liberty Heights' film. "Liberty Heights: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" includes "Putting on the Dog" and "It's Over" from Tom Waits, written and performed especially for the film. This album is to be released 4 January 2000.
Load down the sound sampels! Right here, right now! Putting on the dog and It's over

12 December 1999 Tom Waits and Robert Wilson to collaborate again
Robert Wilson has asked Tom Waits to help in his production of Georg Brüchner's drama 'Woyzeck'. This drama is a nightmarish fable, originating in a true story about the soldier who kills his girlfriend in Leipzig in 1821. The play will premier November 14, 2000 at the Betty Nansen Theater in Denmark as part of Culture Bridge 2000 Celebration (this is a bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden). This same drama has also been used in a serialist opera 'Wozzeck' by Alban Berg.

Waits to appear in film "Mystery Men"
Tom Waits has been cast for the role of Dr. Heller in the upcoming film "Mystery Men". This film, being directed by Kinka Usher, is based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name. Other actors involved are Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Paul Reubens, Janeane Garofalo, Geoffrey Rush, Greg Kinnear and Pras. MFor more Infos go to http://www.imdb.com

27.4.99 Mule Variations released in USA
19.4.99 Mule Variations released in Germany

12.3..99 Tom Waits To Take His Case To SXSW, VH1

With the release of his first studio album in six years looming, Tom Waits is preparing to turn up in some unlikely places to promote it. A month before "Mule Variations" hits stores on April 27 (courtesy of Epitaph Records), Waits will play his first non-benefit concert in four years with a performance at this month's South By South West music conference in Austin, Texas. The journeyman troubadour will close the conference with a performance on March 20 at Austin's Paramount Theater, and will presumably stick out like a sore thumb amid SXSW's fresh-faced upstarts. For the show (which will preview some of the material from "Mule Variations"), Waits will be joined by guitarist Smokey Hormel, bassist Larry Taylor, and drummer Stephen Hodges. Before that, Waits will step before the cameras next week in Los Angeles to shoot an installment of VH1's "Storytellers" series that will air this summer. The performance series features captures artists performing in an intimate setting and telling the stories behind their best known songs. Spokespeople for Waits also say that the singer/songwriter may be hitting the road in May, but that nothing has been decided yet.

January 7, 1999 Epitaph News

Tom Waits will be tentatively releasing his record, entitled 'Mule Variations,' in late April. Produced by Tom and Kathleen Brennan, guest musicians on the 16-song record include John Hammond, Primus, Marc Ribot, Charlie Musselwhite, Larry Taylor, Ralph Carney, Greg Cohen, Stephen Hodges, Smokey Hormel and Joe Gore among others. Most of the record was recorded in Northern California at Prarie Sun Studios. On the film side of things, Tom has landed a role in a new film called 'Mystery Men,' starring Hank Azaria, Ben Stiller, and Janeane Garofalo, which is currently filming. Tom plays a character called Dr Heller, and we hear the movie is about 'misfit superheroes,' based on a comic book.

July 23, 1998 Tom Waits Signs With Epitaph

Musician extraordinaire Tom Waits has signed a one-album deal with Epitaph and expects to release new material in early 1999. "I'm making my first studio album in five years for Brett Gurewitz at Epitaph Records," Waits says. "It's a label run by and for artists and musicians where it feels much more like a partnership than a plantation. I feel like I am part of a unique enterprise that runs like a muscle car. Brett has kept one foot in the street and makes certain that the artists all share in their own success. We shook on the deal over coffee at a truck stop. I know it's going to be an adventure, and as Warren Oates said, 'It feels good. I think we'll take it all the way.'

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