Minneapolis Presale Update

Minneapolis radio station The Current is also sponsoring a presale for the Minneapolis show today! The presale is already under-way and the password is CURRENT. Buy tickets here.

Thanks Amanda!

Minneapolis Concert Presale Information

The University of Minnesota has posted a few details about ticket prices and on-sale dates for the November 7th Minneapolis show on the Northrup Auditorium’s website.

Most importantly, there will be an on-line presale on Friday, August 31st at 10:00 AM Central. The presale is for the Cities 97 Frequent Listeners Club. Password information was sent out to Club members earlier today. [Update: The password is Piano.]

Tickets will be sold through the Northrup Ticket Office and are priced at $62.50, $52.50, $42.50, and $32.50. The ticket office has a seating chart for the Auditorium but note that the seating areas/price levels denoted there are for the Northrup Dance Series and are not valid for music concerts.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10:00 AM CDT on Friday, September 7th.

Thanks to Jack and Lisa for the heads-up!

George Byrne Opening For Tori in Oz

Sarah tipped us off about Michael Coppel Presents, the promoter for the upcoming shows in Australia, posting on their site that singer-songwriter George Bryne will be opening for Tori on the Australian leg of the tour. Yahoo Music, via Soundbuzz, also picked up on this.

You can check out several of George’s rootsy, country-tinged songs on his MySpace to get a feel for what to expect come September Down Under.

And while we have your attention, Michael Coppel’s concert listing indicates that the September 24th show at the Opera House in Sydney has also sold out!

Take A Tori Survey ... A Reminder!

As we posted earlier, PhD candidate Deborah Finding is collecting data on Tori’s fans. She’s gotten a lot of responses so far and is very appreciative of all who have contributed! She’ll be taking the survey down soon but wanted to give anyone who wanted to participate a last chance to do so — and for anyone who had not heard about this previously an opportunity to do so as well.

If you would like to participate, please point your browsers this away. It should take about 30 minutes to complete the survey.

The Celebrity Baby Blog Takes Note...

The recent Pop Matters interview was clipped by the Celebrity Baby Blog. They, apparently, were amused by Tori’s response about Tash potentially asking Tori about her more, uh, adult-oriented lyrics:

Oh, we’re already at that day. Tash is 6 and wants to be a film director this week. She’s hiding behind doors and filming people. And not a whole lot misses her. She’s just at this place where she’ll say [using another accent, British this time, like her daughter’s] “Mummy—Mind the vocabulary Mummy. You’re going to be seeing some of the other mothers from school. You have to keep ‘Tori Amos’ in line.” And I say, “Yes, I know, right…”

Thanks to Sari for letting us know!

Bouncing Off Clouds Video on Rage

Christian pointed out that the Australian music video program Rage has added the “Bouncing Off Clouds” video to its playlist. You can view it now on ABC’s Video On Demand section though you’ll have to scroll down the video list a bit to find the link.

As previously reported, it is pretty much the same as the “Big Wheel” video, just with different still images strung together.

If you can stream Windows Media have have a high-speed connection, this link should bring the video up directly. Though, considering the amount of action that takes place, you can certainly get away with the lofi stream instead!

Pop Matters Interview (August 27, 2007)

I can be diplomatic when I’m not calling a person a “cocksucker”.

That gem of a line was culled from Matt Mazur’s interview with Tori for Pop Matters. This extensive, new interview covers a lot of ground regarding American Doll Posse and the first leg of the tour with a dash of politics thrown in for good measure. You can read it at Pop Matters or jump the cut here.

Thanks to Tarin and Vuk for the link!

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Change Of Date For "Third" Sydney Show

According to Everything Tori, the performance date for the third Sydney show has changed. The show that was originally scheduled for Tuesday, September 25, 2007 has now been moved to Saturday September 15, 2007.

The venue – the Sydney Opera House – remains unchanged. All tickets purchased for the original date are valid for the same seats on the new performance date without need for exchange.

If you are unable to make the new September 15 date, a full refund may be obtained from the ticket outlet from which your tickets were purchased. PLEASE NOTE-if you want a refund you must get in touch with the original point of purchase by 5pm, Monday, September 10.

Thanks to Robert Schrader for spotting this and sending this in.

More Tori Birthday Goodies

OK, so it’s not Tori’s birthday anymore, but her 44th earned her a couple of special mentions in different places in the past few days.

Tori earned a nod at Creators.com, which has a section on celebrity horoscopes. Their writeup said:

One-of-a-kind singer/songwriter Tori Amos is known for her rich, emotionally dramatic concerts. Leo’s drama can feel like a force of nature — getting caught up in the artist’s artistry makes for good theater. Lyrically, ambidextrous Amos’ Mercury in Virgo weaves autobiographical and socio-cultural remnants into fantastically delicious Tori tales.

Lisa said Minneapolis’ Cities 97 radio station (97.1 FM) featured Tori as its artist of the day today, including three of her songs played back-to-back. DJs wished Tori happy birthday a number of times throughout the day. Kelly also spotted US Weekly wishing Tori a happy 44th in the issue currently on newsstands.

Tori showed up in the BBC News Magazine Quiz of the Week. The final query of the 7 question quiz asked, “And finally, the birthday question – Shaun Ryder and Tori Amos celebrate birthdays this week, but which one has turned 45?” The answer is, of course, obvious and left as an exercise for the reader. Thanks to Elaine, Suzie and Charlie for that one.

And, finally, jeff heard Q101 deejay Electra, after playing “Cornflake Girl” and mentioning that it was Tori’s birthday, ‘fess up to Under The Pink being the first CD she bought. Awwwwwww!

Happy Birthday, Tori!

This is the 44th anniversary of the day Tori was originally released.

Hope she has a great one!