The "Glitter and Doom" tour stopped in Missouri on June 26th,2008. I drove the four hours from KC to shoot the show for our paper-"The Pitch" and the St.Louis paper "The Riverfront Times". I was already exhausted before I took off but the adrenaline kicked in at the prospect of me finally getting to photograph my all time favorite singer songwriter..the legend, Tom Waits. I dropped off my friend Rod at his hotel then headed over to the venue...the paper wanted the photos sent to them by 8am, so I decided just to stay up all night, drive right back home and edit until the morning.I got to the venue and got to the box office by 6pm to pick up my photo pass and my ticket.Everyone there was really nice, the staff and security. They told me they would escort me in once the other two photographers showed up...so I waited and waited. One finally showed up, Nate who was really cool and covering the show for a Chicago magazine. We waited together for another hour and a half or so until they let us go in and escorted us in "goodfellas" style through the back of the venue. I had a few minutes to set up while the crowd filled in and the start of the show was pushed back a bit. Ok...lights down...I have three songs to shoot but can only shoot from the sides of the stage, good thing I rented a 200mm lense earlier in the day. Best $50 I ever spent. I need to buy one, Canon 70mm-200mm 2.8 is. If someone wants to mail me one for an early Christmas present that would make me very happy! Oh back to the show...boom the lights down, Tom comes out to applause looking cool wearing his bowler hat making his trademark movements as he started with "Lucinda". I started taking as many photos as I could trying to make things look different using the same angle. I wish I could have shot more than three but who is complaining! It's Tom Waits! I've seen him three times prior on the last two tours and it was good to hear some different material. I would say my favorite songs were "Day After Tomorrow" "Goin Out West" and "Dirt In The Ground".
Setlist:
1. "Lucinda" ("Orphans")
2. "Way Down in the Hole" ("Frank’s Wild Years)
3. "Falling Down" ("Big Time")
4. "Black Market Baby" ("Mule Variations")
5. "All The World Is Green" ("Blood Money")
6. "Heigh-Ho" (Orphans")
7. "Get Behind The Mule" ("Mule Variations")
8. "Day After Tomorrow" ("Real Gone")
9. "Cemetery Polka" ("Rain Dogs")
10. "Hang Down Your Head" (Rain Dogs")
11. "Lucky Day" ("Black Rider")
12. "Johnsburg, Illinois" (Swordfishtrombones")
13. "Lost In The Harbour ("Alice" soundtrack)
14. "Make It Rain ("Real Gone")
15. "Lie To Me" (Orphans)
16. "The Other Side Of The World" (Night On Earth" soundtrack)
17. "Singapore ("Rain Dogs")
18. "Dirt In The Ground" (Bone Machine")
19. "What’s He Building In There?" ("Mule Variations")
20. "16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six ("Swordfishtrombones")
21. "Rain Dog" ("Rain Dogs")
ENCORE
22. "Goin’ Out West" ("Bone Machine")
23. "Anywhere I Lay My Head" ("Rain Dogs")
24. "Innocent When You Dream" ("Frank’s Wild Years")
Full photoset here: Tom Waits
