News: 'Twas The Night Before A Piano...

...And all through the host,
EverythingTori was stirring,
With news bits to post!

EverythingTori.com has been updated with a few last-minute odds and ends related to the impending release of A Piano: The Collection.

First, they’ve specified some international release dates for the boxed set:

September 27, 2006:Sweden
September 29, 2006: Germany, Italy, Netherlands
October 7: Australia
October 16, 2006: France

The late date in France is somewhat surprising given the mixed signals from Amazon.fr regarding pre-orders for the collection from them. Amazon.fr now shows the 26th as the release date—assuming I can decode enough French to understand “Date de sortie d’origine” to mean the release date. I’m not sure why September 22nd is listed in parenthesis following the words “CD Audio” though.

On a related note, Amazon.ca now indicates October 3rd will be the release date of A Piano in Canada.

Second, starting on September 26th, WindowsMedia will be offering a sampler listening party for A Piano and a video stream of Tori discussing “Walk To Dublin.” (Presumably, that video clip is from the exclusive Barnes & Noble bonus DVD.) MSN Music, mp3.com, and ARTISTDirect will also be hosting listening parties as well. Also, as was mentioned earlier today, AOL Music is streaming several tracks from the boxed set, including “Not David Bowie.”

Finally, PopMatters is giving away a copy of A Piano: The Collection. Any United States resident can enter by providing their name, e-mail address and state. The deadline to do so is October 13th.