Tom Waits Awarded Key to El PasoJune 27, 2008
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Tom Waits was awarded an official Key to the City of
El Paso, Texas yesterday (June 25).
The legendary singer was not expecting the honour when a uniformed officer walked on-stage at
El Paso's
Plaza Theatre, where he was performing.
“I paid all those tickets,”
Waits quipped when he saw the officer, adding “She was dead when I got there.”
El Paso councilwoman
Susie Boyd then came onto the stage and handed
Waits a plaque, which held a key to the city.
Waits, visibly moved, said, “This is a first for me, a real first.”
Waits will continue his
Gloom And Doom tour playing shows throughout the Midwest before heading to Europe for a string of summer dates.
Source
NME