The word on the cobblestone street is that Tom was waiting is writing again, according to his longtime Irish music agent Paul Charles.
The news comes via Charles’ new memoir – although discussed in Irish Examiner — where he reflected on his time spent working with Waits, as well as Van Morrison, and Richard Branson. In particular, Charles shared the news while recalling the last show Waits did in 2008 in Dublin, in a tented venue called the Rat Cellar.
“We all hope he will tour again. After he spent three nights in the Rat Cellar, he returned home,” Charles wrote. “He was really enjoying the tour, and the idea was to start writing. He did a little recording, and then he got distracted from the movie world for a while. The news is that he started writing again. We all held the our fingers are crossed for another visit.” A representative for Waits had no further information or comment when contacted RESULTS.
Awaiting’ cinematic distractions between 2008 and now included The Book of Eli, The Ballad of Buster Scruggsand Licorice Pizza, to name a few. He also lent his voice The Simpsons and the AMC+ puppet series Ultra City Smiths.
His last studio album, Bad Like Mecame out in 2011. More recently, his debut album, 1973’s Closing Timecelebrating it 50th anniversary with a 45 rpm vinyl reissue in black and clear variants.