Tom Waits First Uk Date for 17 Years

• 5th Sep 2004

Tom Waits plays at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on Tuesday 23rd November 2004 – the singer’s first UK concert since his appearances at the same theatre in November 1987.

The London show is part of an eight-date European tour that follows the release of Waits’ Real Gone album on Monday 4th October.

Tickets for the Apollo concert go on sale on Friday 10th September. They are available from the Ticket Hotline on 0870 606 3400 as well as Stargreen (020 7734 8932) and usual agencies. Prices will be subject to credit card and booking fees.

His 15-track album Real Gone unveils Waits’ new musical hybrid, crafted from primal blues, Jamaican rock-steady grooves, African and Latin rhythms and melodies and what Waits calls “cubist funk”. The album is released on Anti Records 4th October.