Happy Birthday Tori!

As Leo Season 2018 growls itself to a close and we prepare our mailboxes for an onslaught of birthday Google Alerts, the Undented Dork Posse wishes our Lioness a happy and lovely birthday! Enjoy your day, Tori! Hope you can’t drive 55! ;-)

Happy Birthday, Tori!

Wishing the happiest of birthdays to Tori on this August 22nd! Hope she has a great day today and a great show tonight!

Sweet Relief Is Made Of These

Tori has donated a pair of tickets to one show on the North American leg of the Unrepentant Geraldines tour and a meet and greet with her for a charity auction benefiting the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, an organization provides financial assistance to musicians facing illness, disability, or age-related problems.

The auction is being handled through Charitybuzz and closes on Thursday, July 10th at 3:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time. More details, including the form to place a bid if you are so inclined, can be found at Charitybuzz.

Happy Pride From Tori!

Showing some love for Gay Pride this weekend. #gaypride #LGBT #nycpride #sfpride #LondonPride #seattlepride #TCPride pic.twitter.com/XkzjJLuGDB

— tori amos (@toriamos) June 27, 2014

Unmasked At The British Library

Earlier this month, on May 16th to be precise, Neil Gaiman appeared at The British Library as part of their Comics Unmasked exhibition to talk about his work, influences, and passions. Tori joined in the conversation, which was moderated by the guest curators of the exhibition, John Harris Dunning and Paul Gravett.

Fan video of the conversation has been spotted in the wild but The British Library has now posted their professional film of the event on Youtube. Check it out below!

Police Yourselfie!

Ever wonder what the collective noun for “selfies” is? Well, we haven’t either…but we may have to find out as ToriAmos.com has announced the Unrepentant Geraldines Tour Instagram Contest aka Unrepentant Selfies.

To enter, simply post a picture of yourself at one of the shows on tour with either your ticket or the venue visible in the photo, post it to Instagram with the hashtag #unrepentantselfie along with hashtagging the city you’re seeing Tori in, and make sure you’re following Tori on Instagram so they can contact you if you win. There will be one winner in each tour market who will receive an Unrepentant Geraldines Tour Program from Tori.

All the details — as well as a stream of #unrepentantselfies from Instagram — are at ToriAmos.com. As always, there rules but they shouldn’t harsh your mellow too much.

Good luck!

Trouble Needs A Video

From the where’s-Tori-today department, it’s an assortment of behind-the scenes photos taken at The Diner in Islington, London where a video for “Trouble’s Lament” was being filmed today.

These shots were snagged from her Tumblr (here and here). Tori’s in a few shots — sitting in the diner and driving a taxi — while the rest are some of the folks who are in the video.

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out!

Thought I Knew Myselfie So Well

If you’re not already, keep an eye on the Tori Amos Instagram (as well as the other social media channels) as there’s been a steady stream of photos from Berlin, London and, we expect, where ever the promotion and tour for Unrepentant Geraldines takes her.

Today’s offerings did not disappoint — one gives us a behind-the-scenes look on a photo and television shoot in London earlier today while the other is, as you may have guessed from our puntastic article title, a selfie with Tash!

P.S. Please don’t hate us for saying “selfie.”

Reminder: Olivier Awards Today

Update: Unfortunately, none of The Light Princess nominations results in Olivier Award wins. Congratulations to all who did receive that honor and a heart-felt thanks from all of us to Paule, Rae, Simon, Rosalie, and everyone who worked on The Light Princess for making it a wonderful piece of musical theatre. Long may it float!

As the heat of the new album and tour turns up, we must not forget about the last chapter of Tori’s creative career: The Light Princess! And that is particularly true today as The 2014 Olivier Awards, which closes out the British theatre season, will be awarded today in London.

Four cast and creatives from The Light Princess were nominated: Paule Constable for Best Lighting Design, Rae Smith for Best Costume Design, Simon Baker for Best Sound Design, and Rosalie Craig for Best Actress in a Musical.

Best of luck to them today!

The awards ceremony takes place at the Royal Opera House, starting at 6:30 PM BST. If you’re in London, head over to the Covent Garden Piazza to enjoy a live stream of the ceremony presented by ITV as well as additional live music and entertainment. Or, if you’re like us, follow along on their website and Twitter to see how the evening unfolds.

The Light Princess Recognized At The Oliviers

Belated congratulations to the cast and creatives from The Light Princess who were nominated for 2014 Olivier Awards!

The musiical was recognized in four categories: Paule Constable for Best Lighting Design, Rae Smith for Best Costume Design, Simon Baker for Best Sound Design, and Rosalie Craig for Best Actress in a Musical.

The Oliviers, if you are not familiar with them, are presented by the Society of London Theatre to London stage productions and are recognized as the highest honor granted to British theatre. The Oliviers close out the British theatre award season opened by The London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, with The WhatsOnStage Awards bridging the gap between them.

This year’s awards will be presented during at a gala event at the the Royal Opera House on Sunday, April 13th. The public are invited to the Covent Garden Piazza to enjoy a live stream of the ceremony presented by ITV as well as additional live music and entertainment or, for those not within reach of London, to follow along on olivierawards.com and Twitter to keep abreast the evening’s proceedings. Highlights of the awards will also be broadcast on ITV shortly after the ceremony concludes.