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Tonight in Phoenix, the stars will finally align as the incomparable Tom Waits will take the stage on the first stop of his "Glitter & Doom" tour. The bard of the barroom will make nice with the road in the States for just shy of a month before heading to Europe to close out July and ring in just a bit of August. Waits promises songs he's never attempted before in a live setting to pepper the setlists on this tour, should attendees need another reason to gloat.

In other Tom Waits news, he's taken the role he was born to play-- Beelzebub, natch-- in the next Terry Gilliam flick.

Tom Waits:

06-17 Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum
06-18 Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum
06-20 El Paso, TX - Plaza Theatre
06-22 Houston, TX - Jones Hall
06-23 Dallas, TX - Palladium
06-25 Tulsa, OK - Brady Theatre
06-26 St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
06-28 Columbus, OH - Ohio Theatre
06-29 Knoxville, TN - Civic Theatre
07-01 Jacksonville, FL - Moran Theatre
07-02 Mobile, AL - Saenger Theatre
07-03 Birmingham, AL - Alabama Theatre
07-05 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
07-12 San Sebastián, Spain - Auditorium Kursaal
07-14 Barcelona, Spain - Auditorium Forum
07-15 Barcelona, Spain - Auditorium Forum
07-17 Milan, Italy - Teatro Degli Arcimboldi
07-18 Milan, Italy - Teatro Degli Arcimboldi
07-19 Milan, Italy - Teatro Degli Arcimboldi
07-21 Prague, Czech Republic - KCP
07-22 Prague, Czech Republic - KCP
07-24 Paris, France - Grand Rex
07-25 Paris, France - Grand Rex
07-27 Edinburgh, Scotland - Playhouse
07-28 Edinburgh, Scotland - Playhouse
07-30 Dublin, Ireland - The Ratcellar at Phoenix Park
07-31 Dublin, Ireland - The Ratcellar at Phoenix Park
08-01 Dublin, Ireland - The Ratcellar at Phoenix Park