The Pride Source Interview

If anybody calls themselves a Christian, I don’t see how you can ban consenting adults. I just don’t understand how you can see yourself as Christian and have no compassion for another person’s path. It goes against the Christ-like energy and light that I was brought up with.

Tori recently chatted with Pride Source’s Chris Azzopardi for a fun interview about Night of Hunters, working with classical music and having The Talk (about sexual orientation) with Tash. You can check it out here or click beyond the cut to see the whole thing. Thanks to Chris for the link!

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Tori On French Radio Wednesday, October 5!

Tori will appear on the French radio program “Les Affranchis” tomorrow, Wednesday, October 5 sometime between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Central European Time (that’s the middle of the night for folks in North America). She’s expected to play one or two songs while she’s there. You can find out more about the show here, and you can listen online here. Thanks, Eiffel!

NOH Makes A Splash On US, European Charts

We’ve been loosely tracking the chart action since Night of Hunters was released, and here’s what we know:

• NOH debuted at #1 on the Billboard classical charts, #24 on the Billboard 200, and #8 on the Billboard tastemakers chart.
• On the UK charts, it debuted at #27.
• On the Dutch charts, it came in at #34.

Thanks to Mikhail Tank, matt, @iammatthewwolf, Dyana and atmoravi for the 411.

Q&A: Is There A Way To Keep Track Of Songs On Tour?

Question: I can’t seem to pull it up or find the correct name for it, but I adored this feature you had where you kept track of what Tori played on any particular tour and did a percentage of how many times she played it and in which city. I love that stats page and I would like to volunteer (if you need help) to do this tour. — Melinda

Answer: You’re thinking of Sped Erstad’s Tori Amos Setlist Database, which is linked in the right column of our Tour page under “Useful Tour Stuffs.” And it’s back for the Night Of Hunters tour. Go nuts!

This House Is Like Moscow

This evening, Tori returned to Moscow’s Crocus City Hall for her second performance there — just over one year after her first ever concert in Russia in 2010.

The full setlist has been posted in the Tour section. Tonight’s show featured a number of unexpected surprises performed solo, including “Carbon,” “Liquid Diamonds,” “Pandora’s Aquarium,” and covers of “Scarborough Fair” and Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” James Taylor’s “Fire And Rain.” The second encore was particularly striking: “Josephine,” “Bachelorette,” and “Siren.” The rest of the concert was rounded out with the core songs performed with the Apollon Musagete Quartett.

We’d love to hear reports about the performance from those lucky enough to attend! If you’d care to share your thoughts, please do so using the comment form on the Moscow page.

Many thanks to @tindog_k9, @mo8x and @meprobably for sending in the setlist via Twitter!

Tori on NTV

While in St. Petersburg, Tori did an interview with the television station NTV which has popped up on their website. In the clip, she talks about the Bösendorfer piano and its feminine voice:

Thanks to atmoravi for the tip!

Lomography Inspiration Contest Winners Announced!

Lomography has announced the winners of the Tori Amos Inspiration Competition. Head on over to their website to check out the ten grand prize winners, chosen by Tori herself. whose photographs will be featured in the Night of Hunters tour book, as well as the ninety other runners-up!

Congratulations to all the winners — including jaybees who let us know about the announcement and happens to have one of the runner-up Philadelphia photographs!

Tori on Soundcheck

Soundcheck will welcome Tori back to the WNYC airwaves on Monday, October 3rd to discuss Night of Hunters and perform live. Obviously, this appearance was pre-taped as she’s out on tour now so that has allowed them to kindly post a video from the in-studio to whet the appetite. Check out this rendition of “Nautical Twilight” below…

Soundcheck airs at 2:00 PM Eastern with a rebroadcast at 10:00 PM Eastern on WNYC, 93.9 FM in the New York City area, and streaming live on wnyc.org. They also archive and podcast the show so no worries if you miss it. The show is also carried on WDET in Detroit and on Sirius XM Public Radio (channel 121 on XM).

Update: Stream the appearance at wnyc.org:

Q&A: Is There Night Of Hunters-Specific Merchandise At The Shows?

Question: Any word yet on whether there is NOH specific merchandise (t-shirts) being sold at the concerts? — @umokaywhatevers via Twitter

Answer: Yes, all merchadise on the Night Of Hunters tour is NOH-specific. And that includes t-shirts.

No Fear From The PS22 Chorus!

The 2012 edition of the PS22 Chorus has barely approached escape velocity for this new school year but they’ve already tackled one of the songs from Night of Hunters: “Fearlessness!” It’s a difficult piece but they handle it quite admirably! Enjoy!