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Tori is touring in 2017 to support the release of Native Invader. The European legs runs from early September through early October and the North American leg runs from late October to early December. We do not know if additional dates elsewhere will be added.
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Dylan told us about a two-minute video of Tori talking about the recording of “Big Wheel” on the WE.tv video player. (WE is an American cable network aimed for women. ) A quick search of the site reveals a Q&A with Tori about American Doll Posse and, you guessed it, a link to Epic’s ADP contest.
Jump the fold to read the interview…
The April 21st issue of Music Week include this mini-review of American Doll Posse:
A masterful return to form from one of the Nineties’ most unique female singer-songwriters. From cheeky Bush-baiting political opener Yo George to the understated, orchestra-laden Girl Disappearing, Amos’ ninth album sees her living up to the much-mooted kook moniker by adopting multiple personalities while skilfully side-stepping the door marked comedy pastiche. A feminist’s gem, but where is the next generation of Björks and Toris?
Thanks to Doron for passing this along!
toriamos.pl has posted scans of the “Big Wheel” single. As always, click on the thumbnail for a larger image.
The full credits for “Big Wheel” can be clearly seen on the tray inlay scan. They are:
big wheel (3:18)Bösendorfer and Vocals: Tori Amos
Drums and Percussion: Matt Chamberlain
Bass: Jon Evans
Electric Guitars: Mac AladdinWritten by Tori Amos
Published by Sword and Stone (ASCAP)Produced by Tori Amos
Record and Mixed by Mark Hawley and Marcel van Limbeek at Martian Engineering, Cornwall, England
Assistant Engineer: Adam Spry
Mastered by Jon AstleyManagement: John Witherspoon and Chelsea Laird
The Bridge Entertainment GroupTaken from the Epic release American Doll Posse
Thanks to Mallory for pointing this out!
Mina writes in to let us all know that Toril will be at French radio station RTL2 sometime today. This information was posted on programmer Zegut’s blog where he says she will be doing an acoustic performance during the afternoon on the 17th. Mina speculates that the performance will be on his program Pop Rock Station since he posted the news.
UPDATE: Zegut posted on his blog to announce that Tori was in the RTL2 studios today recording a session for Zacoustics. The session will be aired on May 3rd and he will be posting pictures from Tori’s visit tomorrow, presumably on his blog. Pop Rock Station airs from 9pm to Midnight.
Newsday’s Glenn Gamboa has heard “Big Wheel” and likes what he hears:
Tori Amos’ new single, “Big Wheel” (Epic), is also heavy on the percussion, a bit of a roots-rocker crossed with KT Tunstall, until it takes a wacky Tori twist and she throws in a drum countdown and naughty bridge before the self-proclaimed hot mama gets back to business, making “Big Wheel” her most likable work in years.
Live video of Tori performing “Beauty Of Speed” for Spijkers met Koppen on April 14th, 2007.
Someone has since added a clip of Tori also performing “Almost Rosey”:
Thanks tmosaori and speedbliss!
Tori is scheduled to appear on the UK television program Loose Women Thursday, April 19 at 12:30 p.m. It’s unclear whether she will perform or chat with the hosts, but fans are speculating it’ll be a little bit of both.
In other UK news, radio listeners can vote to earn “Bouncing off Clouds” a place on Steve Lamaq’s “Rebel Playlist,” a regular feature on the 6Music channel. Three tracks are nominated each week and the winner will be played in full on the show.
Cheers to Mel/deadcanary, Lucy, Heather, Agnetha, and Rich for the news!
Eagle-eyed Liana noticed that Epic’s Web site is offering a contest where visitors click on the TV graphic to see the video for “Big Wheel” and could potentially win a copy of American Doll Posse. Clicking on the TV doesn’t really do anything at the moment — but Yahoo claims they are going to premiere the video on Wednesday, April 18, so fans should be able to see it soon, one way or another. Stay tuned.
Update: Looks like several other websites are running similar contests. Two that we’ve found so far are Buzzsugar and Blogcritics. If anyone stumbles across any others, give us a shout!
2007, Australian radio station JJJ’s new music program, aired a couple tracks from American Doll Posse on Sunday, April 15th. The program kicked off with “Big Wheel” and closed with what appears to be the premiere of “Body and Soul”. The program is archived on the web for the next week and can be streamed in Real Audio and Windows Media. Cue to about two minutes before the end of the stream to tune into “Body and Soul”. Unfortunately, the timing on their archive is a little off and the streams end before the end of the song, but the minute or two that can be heard is very tantalizing!
According to Ta Nea, one of the leading Greek newspapers, Tori (aka Τόρι Έιμος in Greece) will be performing in Athens, Greece on July 17th. Thanks to trickster on the YesSaid forum for pointing this out!