On his official Web site, Tom Waits posted a video of a press conference in which he answers reporters’ questions about his upcoming tour. In the clip, after joking with the press, the singer explains that he got the inspiration for the tour from the sky and the heavens, then pulls down a map to show how the path he plans to take this summer as he treks from Phoenix to Atlanta, is nearly identical to the constellation Hydra. Waits also goes on to describe the acronym that is created with the first letter of each city he plans to stop in. Sound a little fishy? Well, it turns out the entire press conference was a fake. At the end of the video, Waits takes a needle off a record player and the murmur of reporters is silenced. He then walks off stage as the camera pulls back to reveal an empty auditorium. See for yourself at TomWaits.com. Meanwhile, Waits tour kicks off on June 17th.
