Tori Amos Fantasy Setlist: Tonight's The Night!

A lot of people are confused about what the Tori Amos Fantasy Setlist Night is going to be. This is understandable. It’s difficult for us to explain what it is and how it will work beforehand because we’re trying to retain an element of surprise and anticipation, the sort of happy feeling you’d experience on the day of an actual concert.

What I can tell you is that it will be a somewhat unusual interactive Twitter-based event — the posting of a fantasy setlist (as in dream, made-up, make-believe, etc.) — intended to provide a bit of entertainment for fans during the hiatus between the US and UK legs of the tour. How it will be done and which songs were chosen, well, that’s the surprise. No, we’re not going to sit around posting random song titles and stats all night, and no, it will not be a special performance by Tori. But we think it will be fun, especially for those of you who aren’t going to be able to attend any of the shows this tour (or those who have and are sad it’s over). If you don’t like it, you can always wander away.

Where: Undented Twitter

When: Tonight at 9pm. We will show up about an hour early to chat and gear up, and we’ll go until about 11:15pm (approximately).

Bring: Yourself, a computer (if you’re not in front of a computer, it won’t be much fun), something to drink, snacks, a diaper.

How: You don’t need to have a Twitter account to watch our [Twitter] stream and follow along, but you will need to refresh the page at regular intervals to see each new update/song.

If this event goes well, it could be the start of something really nifty. We have loads of ideas for the future.

And on a more personal note…

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Submit A Song For Tori Amos Fantasy Setlist Night

What song would you most like to see on a Tori Amos fantasy setlist?

For the next 24 hours, we’ll be taking your submissions for Tori Amos Fantasy Setlist Night.

Here are the rules:

1) You may submit more than one song, however you must submit each song separately and you must use the complete song title (no abbreviations).

2) You don’t need to be on Twitter to submit a song or view the results, but if you are on Twitter, please use your @TwitterID as your name, making sure to include the @ symbol.

Submissions for the fantasy setlist are now closed. Join us for Tori Amos Fantasy Setlist Night starting at 9pm Eastern on Monday, August 31st on Undented Twitter.

Happy Birthday, Tori!

Tori turns 45 46 today. Woo-hoo! Everybody have a cupcake!

Boston's Posse Bonus: Santa In The Summer

The North American leg of the Sinful Attraction tour came to a sweltering close tonight at Boston’s Bank of American Pavilion and, whatever anyone had reason to expect, no one expected one of the Doll Posse to emerge for the encore of tonight’s show! But sure enough, that’s exactly what happened as Santa burst out on stage, ripping through “Raspberry Swirl,” the tour debut of “She’s Your Cocaine” and “Body and Soul,” to bring down the curtain on the final night of this leg of the tour.

Other highlights of the set included “Hotel,” “Welcome to England,” “The Power of Orange Knickers” and, during the Lizard Lounge, “Silent All These Years” and “Cool On Your Island.” “Cool On Your Island” was preceded by an improv about having to leave during which Tori also sang about having to mix the Solstice record in a couple days. “Big Wheel” moved up to the second slot of the set, setting the stage for the encore. The full setlist, with thanks to @districtbelle and @AnabelaV for posting it to Twitter, is up in the Tour section.

If you were there and care to review the performance, please do using the comment form on that page. We’d love to hear what you thought of the show!

New Yorkseydelphia Welcomes Tori!

Apologies for the lack of updates on the front page for the last few concerts — while I was off attending two of the three shows, Violet was holding down the fort and, due to the crazy little thing called life, was only able to keep on top of the setlists.

In any case, the pages for the New York City, Red Bank and Philadelphia concerts — as well as a page for the WXPN Free at Noon show at World Cafe Live on Saturday afternoon — have been updated with reviews and videos. Photos will be coming in the next day or so as well. If you have anything to contribute — thoughts, videos or photos — drop us a line via the comment form at the bottom of each page.

New Jersey Ticket Giveaway

The Count Basie Theatre is giving away a pair of tickets for Friday’s show in Red Bank, NJ. To enter, become a fan of the Count Basie Theatre on Facebook and follow the directions on the status update about the free Tori tickets (post your name & your companion’s name in the comments under that update). Winner will be announced in that same space later today.

Thanks to Karin for letting us know.

Tori on Q (August 12, 2009)

Tori was one of Jane Farrow’s guests on Jian Ghomeshi’s CBC radio program Q earlier today. Tori performed live and they also discussed the new record. While the spot has already been aired, the show is available as a podcast from CBC — download it while it’s hot! (Tori’s segment starts around the 12 minute mark.)

Listen Online: WXPN Saturday Free At Noon (August 15th)

WXPN is doing a special Saturday edition of their Free At Noon concert series with Tori and Passion Pit at the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia on August 15th. The show itself sold out almost instantly, but you can listen online on WXPN. (From what we understand, the show will also be archived, at least for a bit. Not sure whether streaming is available internationally or not. Hope so!)

Thanks to Anna Boisnic for telling us about this.

New York Ticket Giveaway: Tori Amos At Radio City

RSVP on Going NYC for a chance to win two (2) tickets to see Tori Amos at Radio City Music Hall. (Thanks to char for sending that in.)

Between The Lines Article (August 6, 2009)

I have challenges in my life just like anybody else, but I like being able to be a full-time musician and a mom and being able to get out there and do a pretty strong show for two hours – and not have to dance topless at some bar because I’m confused.

In this article, from PrideSource.com’s newspaper Between The Lines, Tori talks about the upcoming Christmas album, the gay community, and suicide, among other things. Thanks to Robert Beard for sending this in.

Sins & solstice

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