The Orphans Tour is an American concert tour by Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...

 that took place in August 2006. Waits announced in a press release on 5 July 2006 that he would play 8 dates in places he had not played in years. When asked why he picked these dates (Where and Why) he said "We had to go down to Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 to pick up some fireworks

Fireworks

Fireworks are a class of explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display. A fireworks event is a display of the effects produced by firework devices...

 and somebody owed me money in Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

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Later, Waits announced he would be performing his first club date in years at the Cleveland OH, House of Blues

House of Blues

House of Blues is a chain of 13 live music concert halls and restaurants in major markets throughout the United States. House of Blues first location was in Cambridge's Harvard Square. It was opened in 1992 by Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, star of The Blues Brothers...

 at midnight directly following his performance in Akron

Akron, Ohio

Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

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Concert Reviews

1. Daily Nebraskan (of Akron show) http://media.www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2006/08/17/Features/American.Tour.A.Milestone.For.Waits.Fans-2221065.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailynebraskan.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.comhttp://www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2006/08/17/Reviews/Waitss.Ohio.Show.Impresses.Even.Longtime.Fans-2221045.shtml?norewrite200608241936&sourcedomain=www.dailynebraskan.com
2. Access Atlanta http://www.accessatlanta.com/music/content/music/stories/0803lvwaitsreview.html