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Tori is touring in 2017 to support the release of Native Invader. The European legs runs from early September through early October and the North American leg runs from late October to early December. We do not know if additional dates elsewhere will be added.
Be sure to check out our other sections, Tour — where setlists and other concert-related material will be updated daily while Tori is on tour — and You. Lots of interesting stuff!
... there’s no word on which [doll] is responsible for the horrific album cover, which looks like something you’d get made at one of those record-your-own-song kiosks at Great Adventure.
Idolator recently posted a fairly scathing take on ADP. Read it here or hop on over to their blog to see the snarky follow-up comments.
You need a scorecard to keep track, but don’t worry. It’s still Tori Amos, bending syllables in improbable pretzels with rippling piano themes and choruses that threaten to go Broadway at any moment.
Casey spotted this review of American Doll Posse, from Amazon.com’s editorial staff, over on the Amazon site.
On Wednesday morning, May 2nd, Tori taped Live with Regis & Kelly (co-hosted with Anderson Cooper). She sang “Big Wheel” with the band (sans M-I-L-F) and briefly spoke about the album art and her youth as a piano player. She was supposed to sing “Roosterspur Bridge” as well, but due to time constraints, she did not. Drew Barrymore was also a guest on the show. The episode is scheduled to air on Friday morning, May 4th. Check local listings for network info.
I was lucky enough to attend the album release party Tuesday night in NYC at Spotlight, and it was AMAZING!!!! The venue was a large, 3-story night club filled with industry and press … and the lucky 100 fans who were able to get the coveted wristbands. We fans were allowed to sit in a small seated area on the floor immediately in front of Tori, while the press and others were made to sit back behind us at the raised bar and above us in the balconies. Both the piano and the Rhodes were on the small stage with Tori, and she opened with a teaser of “Bouncing Off Clouds — singing only a few lines repeatedly — and progressed into “Velvet Revolution,” followed by “Beauty Of Speed,” “Roosterspur Bridge,” “Almost Rosey,” and a chilling version of “Father’s Son.” Tori’s team has really mastered the reverb and vocal treatment during this song and it is haunting when played simultaneously on the Rhodes and Bösendorfer — GORGEOUS! It was one of the best solo performances I’ve seen Tori do.
Though 23 cuts can become a Tower of Babel in song, Amos has written some of the tightest, most cohesive and diverse songs of her career here.
Phillip tipped us off to a lengthy, and very positive, review of ADP on Allmusic.com.
Tori will appear on Late Night With David Letterman tonight at 11:30 p.m. on CBS. The show taped this afternoon, so if we hear anything about her performance ahead of time, we’ll try to fill you in before the show airs.
Edit: We’re hearing that Tori played “Big Wheel.”
Well, if you’re a mother, there’s nothing repulsive about it. If you are a nurturing mother, and a good one, you can go to play groups, sit on the floor and play all the games, and have tea with the other mothers, but wouldn’t you like to think that’s not all there is? That you haven’t hung up your high heels without knowing how to walk in them? I’m really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can’t say I felt that way in my late 20s.
Toni tipped us off to a quick interview in New York Magazine with Tori called Reclaiming the M Word. Check it out.
Nadia sent us a link to Slate.com’s take on ADP, which mostly consists of a roundup of other critics’ take on the album.
Abbey, Frank and Barbara let us know that Tori will appear on the Graham Norton Show on May 10 at 10 p.m. on BBC2 in the UK. The show will re-air, in uncut form, May 13 at 11:15 p.m. 10:30pm .
Kendra and Jes wrote in to tell us that the May 3-17, 2007, issue of Rolling Stone (issue 1025/1026, its 40th Anniversary issue) lists “Yo George” among “Ten New Anti-Bush Tracks.” The track made number 4 on the list, and the article cites this quote from the Yo-Georgester herself: “Something in me refused to stand by anymore and watch the war continue without doing anything about it.”