Tori Ticket Terror - May 13th

Friday the 13th. Unlucky for some, but hopefully lucky for those searching for tickets to Tori Amos’ shows in Germany, Switzerland and Great Britian on the Night of Hunters tour!

All four German shows — Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt and Essen — are slated to go on sale at eventim.de, through the exact time is not specified by either Eventim or ToriAmos.com. In fact, Eventim.de is not even listing any of the four shows at this time. However, Eventim.nl does have a listing for Essen which indicates tickets will go on sale at 9:00 AM CEST (8:00 AM in the UK) so one would expect that to be the on-sale time for all four shows. So, best to be ready early just in case.

Update: German promoter MLK’s webpage for the German dates of the tour confirms the 9:00 AM CEST on-sale time for all four shows.

Meanwhile, the sole show in Switzerland this tour, at KKL in Lucerne, goes on sale to the general public at ticketcorner.ch at 8:00 AM CEST.

Finally, the London, Manchester and Glasgow shows all go on sale to the general public at 9:00 AM BST on Friday. Tickets for all three will be available through Ticketmaster. London and Manchester tickets can also be purchased through Live Nation. Manchester tickets will also be available through gigsandtours.com. London tickets will also be available through the Royal Albert Hall’s website and gigantic.com.

Tori Ticket Terror - May 12th

On Thursday, May 11th, there are three shows going on sale to all — St. Petersburg, Belfast and Dublin — and the Live Nation pre-sale for London.

London’s Live Nation pre-sale starts at 9:00 AM BST and you must be logged into Live Nation to participate (register here). As with any pre-sale, keep in mind that the tickets made available for purchase will be from throughout the venue, so do not expect only the best seats to pop up (as those who tried for Manchester seats through O2 Priority’s pre-sale can attest). Hopefully though, they will have a good allotment of seats to choose from.

Meanwhile, the two shows on the Emerald Isle go on sale via Ticketmaster: Belfast at 9:00 AM BST and Dublin at 9:00 AM IST (keep in mind that BST and IST are the same time). The Waterfront also sells tickets directly through their website and via their box office at +44 028 9033 4455 while the other options for Dublin are outlined at the Grand Canal Theatre’s website.

Finally, tickets for the St. Petersburg concert will become available through muzbilet.ru on the 12th. Unlike other ticketing agencies, Muzbilet.ru does not complete ticket purchases online. Rather, it acts as a reservation service to hold tickets while you arrange for a bank transfer to pay for them. Alternatively, you can buy tickets via phone at +7 (812) 303 33 33 or at various stores throughout St. Petersburg. For more information, see the sales page at Muzbilet.ru and their instructions for purchasing tickets if you are from outside the area. You can find a seating plan for Oktyabrsky Hall on their site too, though it’s a little blurry.

Update: Taru reports receiving an e-mail from Muzbilet.ru that says tickets for the St. Petersburg show will actually be going on sale at “the end of last week.” Soon as we get some confirmation of the actual date and time, we’ll pass on the details.

Good luck to all going to these shows!

Surprise! German O2 Presales!

Rather out of nowhere, presales for all four German shows of the Night of Hunters tour started earlier today at o2 more for o2 more members, reportedly with quite good seats being made available.

These shows — Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt and Essen — are slated to go on sale to the general public at Eventim on Friday, May 13th, according to the tour listing at ToriAmos.com but no mention had been made about a presale until these surfaced today. None of these shows are listed at Eventim yet though we expect they’ll appear on that site by Thursday evening, in time for the Friday sale.

Thanks to Mike H for catching this and passing the news along!

UK Presales -- What We Know Now

Updated Wednesday 12:20 AM BST

The three UK concerts on the Night of Hunters tour have “value-added” ticket madness in the form of ticket pre-sales. Right now, it looks like there will be two for London, one for Manchester and one for Glasgow.

London and Manchester will each have an O2 Priority pre-sale starting on Wednesday, May 11th at 9:00 AM BST. Manchester’s will last through to the general sale on Friday while London’s looks to be a day long as there will be a Live Nation pre-sale for London starting on Thursday. Pre-sale ticket links will go live on the O2 Blueroom on Wednesday morning, allowing you to purchase tickets for these two events from a pre-sale allotment via O2. The FAQs aren’t clear about whether or not you actually have to have an O2 Blueroom ID to participate in this pre-sale but several people report having to be registered with O2 to purchase tickets through their pre-sales so one should probably do so to make sure your bases are covered.

As mentioned above, there will also be a Live Nation pre-sale for the London concert that starts on Thursday, May 12th at 9:00 BST. To purchase tickets in that presale, you will need to be registered with and logged into Live Nation. The presale purchase link will go live on Wednesday morning at their London listing.

Finally, according to Ticketmaster and Gigs in Scotland, there will be a “DF” pre-sale for Glasgow starting at 9:00 BST on Wednesday the 11th. “DF” probably refers to DF Concerts, one of the big concert promoters in Scotland. There are no indications of password or registration requirements to participate in this pre-sale at this time but one may have to access Ticketmaster via this link to participate.

One thing to keep in mind about pre-sales is that they usually contian an allotment of tickets from throughout the venue—not just the best seats in the venue. the O2 FAQ addresses this specifically:

A wide range of seat types are allocated as Priority Tickets for each show. O2’s Priority Ticket offer does not always guarantee access to the best seats. If you don’t like the ‘best available’ Priority Tickets, you can try to buy alternative tickets through the general public sale.

So, do not feel that the pre-sales are the only opportunity to get the best seats at these shows. Equally good seats will be available in the general sale and, often, will be released for sale as the concert date approachs.

Tori Ticket Terror - May 9th

Only one show goes on sale today, Monday May 9th: the concert in Copehagen Denmark at Det Kongelige Teater. Tickets go on sale through BILLETnet at 10:00 AM CEST. You can also call BILLETnet at +45 7015 6565. The theatre’s box office also appears to sell tickets by phone starting at 10:00 AM CEST — call +45 3369 6969 to try that option.

Second Amsterdam Show Added

After the general sale for the October 17th show at Theatre Carré in Amsterdam reportedly sold out within a hour this morning, a second show at at the theatre was added for the following date, October 18th. It is not listed at Carré’s website but is at Ticketmaster. Tickets for the second show are presumably are also available through Carré’s box office as they were for the first show.

Tori Ticket Terror - May 6th

Three shows on go on sale today, Friday, May 6th: Oslo, Antwerp and Brussels.

Oslo tickets go on sale at billetservice.no at 9:00 AM CEST. ToriAmos.com indicates this is a venue pre-sale, but there is no mention of this on either Sentrum Scene’s website or Billetservice.no.

The Antwerp show is not listed at either the venue’s website or the listed ticket vendor yet. However, ToriAmos.com provides an event link which one assumes will go live once the sale starts. No sale time is given at ToriAmos.com but Live Nation indicates that the sale starts at 9:00 AM CEST.

Finally, the Brussels show is listed at Bozar’s website. Tickets go on sale at 10:00 CEST. The ticket vendor, clic & com isn’t live yet but, again, should be at the sale time.

Finally, all three shows are listed at Live Nation, so that is another site to keep an eye on, though it looks like tickets for these shows will not actually be on sale at Live Nation — their links will just lead to the actual ticket vendor.

Note that Live Nation has the Oslo show going on sale on Saturday, May 7th, consistent with the general sale reported by ToriAmos.com but it looks very likely that tickets will be on sale on Friday.

Confusingly. Live Nation has two listings for each of the Belgian shows. This is because each venue is listed under both its Dutch and French names. either listing should lead to the correct purchase page.

Good luck if you’re buying tickets for any of these shows!

Tori Announces New Album, Tour!

Good things come to those who wait!

ToriAmos.com has announced that Tori’s new album will be called Night of Hunters and that she will be touring this Fall in support of it!

So far, there are only announced dates are in Europe, starting in Helsinki, Finland in late September and stretching through early November with a date in Dublin, Ireland. However, the press release for the record indicates that there will be a swing through North America following the European leg.

The complete list of shows (so far, we hope) are below the cut and have been added to the Tour section where we’ll add ticket purchase links, venue information and other tidbits as we come across them.

Note: many go on sale WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH!

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Today's Tour Rumor Round-up...

A third possible tour date has snuck out into the world: earlier today, Gigs In Scotland, a Scottish (surprise!) concert website, added a listing for a performance at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on Sunday, November 6th. Tickets are said to go on sale this Friday, May 13th at 9:00 AM local time.

Not long after that listing was added, Stereoboard, a UK concert website, tweeted that Tori would be touring the UK in November, promising dates and ticket details soon. As of yet, they’ve not mentioned anything else either on their Twitter feed or website.

Finally, the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam has added Tori to their calendar with a concert date on Monday, October 17th. Ticket prices are listed and are said to be going on-sale on Saturday, May 7th at 10:00 AM.

So signs are clearly pointing towards a tour this Fall though there is, as of yet, still no confirmation from official sources. However, it is worth mentioning that a venue listing a date is really the next best thing to the performer doing so…

A Return To Russia?

Update: The listing has been removed from parter.ru but is still shown on concert.ru and kassir.ru.

According to ticket vendors parter.ru and concert.ru, Tori will be returning to Russia for a second appearance in as many years at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall on Sunday, October 2nd.

Both agencies are selling tickets to the performance now and you can even select seats directly at parter.ru. However, as with the Vienna date, neither Tori’s management nor the venue have confirmed this concert yet so take that into consideration before making a decision to purchase tickets. Hopefully, though, there will be an official announcement about this apparent Autumn tour soon so those kinds of questions and concerns can be put to rest.