Tom Waits goes paperless for tour

MAY 15, 2008

Tom Waits is hitting the road for a tour of the Southern United States this summer -- "where they still love a man who wears red pants and they make him feel welcome," he says online -- but that's not the most interesting curiosity of this news.

Waits is going to be the first artist to use Ticketmaster's new paperless ticket system. Instead of being issued a ticket via mail or will-call, concert goers will need to bring the credit card they used to buy their seats along with a government-issued ID card (a driver's license will do). An attendant will swipe the card and provide a receipt.

The new system is intended to cut down on scalpers.

Tickets for the Waits tour go on sale Friday, May 16. The tour begins June 17 in Phoenix and winds up July 5 in Atlanta. There's one Florida date on the tour -- July 1 in Jacksonville. (Tom, trust me, in Jacksonville, a man who wears red pants is not only unwelcome -- but he's taking his own life into his hands.)

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Posted by Steve Spears at 4:51:50 am on May 15, 2008 in

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