Shockhound Interview

ShockHound has posted a video interview with Tori. In the five-minute clip, she talks about the themes on Abnormally Attracted to Sin, her approach to writing songs and The Beatles’ Abbey Road.

Thanks to Noémie for reminding us about this one!

Q Radio Session Wrap-up

It was a long-time coming but the Q Radio’s special on Tori finally aired on Friday, June 26th.

The hour-long program included in-depth conversation from Tori about Abnormally Attracted to Sin and the various topics discussing the album’s songs and themes lead her. Live performances of “Fire to Your Plain” and “Maybe California” from the new record and, tipping her hat to the past, renditions of “Silent All These Years” and “Winter” also make an appearance.

The special is available on the Q Radio Player through the rest of the week, though you have to know where to look. The first few minutes are at the tail-end of the archive of Singing Henri’s Friday programme while the rest can be found at the start of Emma Scott’s Friday programme.

Venus Zine Interview (May 26, 2009)

I find it very sexy when women have the answers. There are certain things that time and experience gives you. Youth gives you other gifts, but being able to sail through dark days and upheavals in your life is a very important trait.

Tori was interviewed for Venus Zine by Erin Lyndal Martin last month (those with sharp memories may recall she interviewed Tori for Pop Matters last summer during the Comic Book Tattoo blitz). In addition to touching on the usual topics of power and sin during their conversation, Tori also dwelled on secrecy, oppression and the value of experience. Check it out!

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Spin Interview (June 25, 2009)

On my tour bus, it’s not good if you’re an AA person. I carry a wine cellar on the road, and I just don’t think it’s good if somebody can’t be around a super Tuscan. I am the worst influence. If you can’t handle your vices, then I am the Devil.

Spin Magazine’s John Sellers chatted with Tori and this quick’n‘dirty interview was the result. As one might guess, a quick wit will get you some quotes and this conversation has already been quoted in Spinner (they liked what we liked) and New York Magazine (they preferred to go with the Kellogg’s commercial).

Thanks to Faber, Armen, d.l. and Jeremy for pointing all these out.

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Tour Update - 28 June 2009

• Tickets for the show at Chastain Park in Atlanta went on sale Saturday, June 26th via Ticketmaster and, as a result, there was an unexpected iTunes pre-sale after all. Our apologies to anyone who missed it since we didn’t get that news up earlier.
• Ticket details for the show at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ are still hazy. ToriAmos.com and Everything Tori both indicate that Wednesday, July 1st is the on-sale date but don’t provide any additional information. According to the theatre’s box office page, all of their online ticketing is handled through their ticketing partner Seatadvisor.com. Given that, expect an event listing with a purchase link to be added to their event calendar early this week.
• Finally, according to the upcoming dates list on their MySpace, the London-based band One eskimO will be the opening act for the North American leg of the Sinful Attraction tour. The websites for several venues along the tour bear this out so it looks like we have our special guest for the tour. Several songs from their album All Balloons are available for streaming on their website and MySpace if you’d like to check them out ahead of time.

New Jersey Tour Date Added

Thanks to the several folks who wrote in to let us know that a concert at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ on Friday, August 14th has been added the the Sinful Attraction Tour. According to ToriAmos.com, tickets are slated to go on-sale on Wednesday, July 1st. As ticket details are announced, we’ll get them posted in the Tour Section.

(Whoops! Sorry about the Seating chart link — that’s what happens when you update the site on 3 hours of sleep and then have your nose to the grindstone at work all day!)

Tori Ticket Giveaway From LP33.tv

Auction: Tori Amos Signed And Framed Rolling Stone Magazine

Bid on a gorgeous Tori Amos signed and elegantly framed “Her Secret Garden” June 25, 1998 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine. This autographed item is now available in the June Rolling Stone Auction benefiting MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation. Auction runs now through July 2nd. Click here to place your bids now.

Gay & Night Interview Hits the Virtual Newsstand

Martijn let us know that a PDF file of his interview with Tori for Gay & Night is now available to download. It’s a bit on the heavy side, tipping the scales at 5 megabytes so those of you with slower connections may want to think twice before clicking that link — or just check out the transcript of their conversation that he previewed on atforumz.com.

The issue of the magazine featuring this article will be available in the Netherlands and Belgium in about a week.

Times Interview (June 14, 2009)

The only way to survive someone else’s destructive behaviour is to out-create it. If you don’t create out of the negative events that come your way, then you become a shell of emptiness walking. My creative juices flow when I am going through a transformation. It’s challenging when you have to grow and make your changes.

Despite the tired, old “Queen of the Fairies” epithet in the headline, Hanna Hanra’s interview with Tori from the June 14th edition of The Times is a wide-ranging and respectful-yet-cheeky piece covering both the usual roster of current topics as well as a few uncommon ones, such as her Native American family history. And lest anyone get the wrong idea, the author herself backs off the fairy queen title by the end of the article.

Thanks to Dylo, james and Matt for the link!

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