Pittsburgh: Seraphic Santa

Santa opened the Halloween show in Pittsburgh dressed as a sexy angel and performed “Hoochie Woman,” “Dragon,” and “She’s Your Cocaine” as part of her set. Tori then came on the scene dressed in red, wearing devil horns. Her set included crowd favorites “Father Lucifer” (of course), “Mr. Zebra,” “Sister Janet,” and “Happy Phantom.” Popcorn balls were passed out at one point, and Tori talked about a pumpkin contest (and Tash read the winner’s list).

If you were at this show, head over to the flashback page for Pittsburgh and submit your review.

A recording of the show will be available as a digital download from Legs & Boots. You can pre-order it now, if you’d like, and download it once it becomes available.

Austin Show Cancellation/Move Details

From Austinmusichall.com:

The Tori Amos concert originally scheduled for November 26 at the Austin Music Hall has been moved to The Majestic Theatre in San Antonio.

Due to the current renovations at the Austin Music Hall, Direct Events and Live Nation believe it is in the fans interests to move the concert. This will allow for the new Austin Music Hall to be completed and unveiled at its best when re-opening to properly showcase the artists scheduled for the opening time period.

Ticket holders for the original Austin show MUST have their tickets refunded. For information on refunds for the Austin Music Hall show, please call GetTix at 1-866-443-8849.

Original ticket holders for the Austin show will have an exclusive presale opportunity to access tickets for the new San Antonio show and will be notified this week via email.

The general public on sale for Tori Amos in San Antonio is this Saturday, November 3 at 10am at all Ticketmaster outlets and charge by phone.

Win Tickets To See Tori In Chicago

Anthony told us that Jam USA is giving away a pair of VIP Balcony passes to Tori’s November 6th show at the Vic Theatre in Chicago. (Note that these passes are not in any way related to Tori’s VIP tickets and will not get you any of the stuff offered as part of the VIP Packages.)

The contest entry deadline is 11:59 am (CT) Thursday, November 1, 2007.

C-Notes Interview (October 30, 2007)

I think the [Eminem’s] ‘’97 Bonnie and Clyde’ read was powerful, because the song itself – you have a woman murdered in the back, I took the point of view that she wasn’t quite yet dead. And all men have to remember: When their wives aren’t quite yet dead, that’s the most dangerous five minutes.

Toni forwarded us this interview from Cleveland, Ohio’s C-Notes which takes the unusual approach of studying the characters and perspectives of all Tori’s albums, one at a time. Check it out.

Piano Girl: Before she plays Cleveland, Tori Amos talks with C-Notes

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Blender Video Interview

Blender has a new video interview with Tori, and Drew Culler was kind enough to send it our way. They’ve disabled embedding, so click on the link to head on over and check it out.

Update: Or watch it on YouTube — thanks Melissa!

Spinner Interview (October 29, 2007)

I mean, [Tash has] asked me, “What’s a lesbian? What’s a gay guy?” And I’ll explain, “Well, it’s when a woman marries a woman, or when a man marries a man.” We use the word “marry” because she understands that. And the trick here is finding the word association that brings a picture to her mind so that she can understand. Sometimes you can use all kinds of jargon and it doesn’t mean anything to her. She just turned seven, so the physicality of what’s involved is … well, she can watch movies where people kiss and she kind of tilts her head and looks at it. I think she can feel things within herself as most children do, but that doesn’t mean that in any way you’re ready to have a sexual conversation.

Leah tipped us off to this Tori interview from AOL’s Spinner magazine.

Tori Amos Talks Lesbians, Love and Lucifer

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Ohio News-Herald Interview (October 29, 2007)

There’s a point when you are the new artist, the first record and you’re the ‘it’ girl, there’s a certain kind of adrenaline rush with that. And what you don’t understand when it’s happening is that’s the easiest bit you’ll ever have to do. What’s difficult is when you’re not the ‘it’ girl and somebody else is, and then you have to start building for yourself your own sonic architecture. Peter Gabriel talked to me about this years ago. He said, “This is all nice and good, but I’m more interested in how you’re going to develop as a composer and how you’re going to make this your life. And that really stayed with me.

Valerie Leonard typed up and sent us this interview, which ran this week in the Lake County, Ohio News-Herald.

Power of the “Posse”
Tori Amos enlists the help of a group of alter egos for her latest creative effort.

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BENT Interview

I mean in the old days, I’m playing my heart out right, and no matter how it happens, I become a poodle. But now you’re playing and you’re sweating and you have this perfect coif. And you think Yes! There is a Goddess.

BENT magazine’s interview with Tori, originally conducted around the time of American Doll Posse‘s release, is now available online.

The Posse of One

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Washington Post Concert Review (October 29, 2007)

Washington Post critic Rachel Beckman offers her review of Tori’s show October 26 at the Daughters of the Revolution Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. (Try to ignore the fact that the caption writer couldn’t tell Pip from Isabel.) Several of you sent this in, but Alison was the first. Thanks!

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Pink Is The New Tori Amos Interview

The fabulous Trent and his bestest friend, Sarah, did a superfun 40-minute interview with Tori backstage before her Detroit concert at the Fox Theater for Trent’s website, Pink Is The New Blog. Head over to Pink to read about their wonderful experience, listen to the entire audio interview, and see some cute piccies.

(If anyone would like to take up the daunting task of transcribing this interview for us, please do.)

Thanks to Beth, Lauren Shand, Selenya, and karen! for keeping us updated.