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I love Waits but, that is ridiculous. Sad to say it but, this kinda thing will limit my live events.
I went to two Waits shows in 1999 on the Mule Variations tour. He told the same story in both shows (Boston & New York) about how his son asked him for $200 to buy some cologne," and then Waits asked him if he'd said he wanted to GO to cologne. Ha. Ha. Ha. Then somebody up in the cheap seats with us at the Beacon hollered out ""65 dollar ticket!"" over and over again. Good point"," pal. We were all thinking it. I don't think that guy would have minded the $65 ticket price so much if Waits had put on a decent show. But the ""spare & industrial"" (read ""one light onstage makes us look cool"," but probably means we're just cheap"") stage design and the setlist devoid of surprises had everyone wondering what TW was netting on the show. Especially yours truly", who'd just seen an excellent Weird Al show at the Beacon, complete with lights shows, video clips, multiple costume changes, and most importantly a performer who looked he loved what he was doing, for $30.