Vienna In The Autumn Is A Lovely Place To Be

Update: The listing has been removed. We assume this means that oeticket.com was just a little premature in posting it and that tickets will be on sale again once the show is properly announced.

Just over a week ago, Ticketone, a European ticketing vendor, posted an announcement on their Slovak website that Tori would be playing at Vienna’s Stadthalle on October 25th. While that announcement has since been removed, Austrian ticket vendor oeticket.com, which TicketOne indicated was the source for the information they posted, has since added a listing for the show on that date and appears to be selling some tickets to the concert (in the middle rear and right side of the orchestra).

While there still hasn’t been any indication that Tori will be performing live this year from official sources, this date does fit nicely into the Europe in October/North America in November timeframe CharityBuzz alleged when contacted about the ticket auction they held earlier this year. And although Wiener Stadthalle does not list this performance in their calendar, they did say that Tori would be playing the venue in the Autumn but did not provide any further details.

Given previous ticket sale snafus before concerts were officially announced, we’re not sure that we would recommend purchasing tickets just yet but it does seem likely that this show is happening.

Recent Tori Show Listings Aren't Legit

Mondale31 recently tipped us off to a couple of Web sites claiming that Tori is playing live shows in Europe. One, allegedly in Utrecht, is listed for February 19 (last week). The other, in Zurich, carries a date of March 16, 2011. We’ve confirmed with official channels that both of these listings are bogus, and nobody knows where the information is coming from. It’s always a good idea to be skeptical of concert listings when they haven’t been confirmed by Tori and her peeps.

Charitybuzz Addresses Tori Touring in 2011

Following the news about the charity auction to meet Tori at a show in 2011, several intrepid Toriphiles contacted charitybuzz to find out if they knew anything specific about plans for Tori to go out on tour.

In responses via Twitter, charitybuzz has indicated that Tori will be headlining a tour this year and that more details should be forthcoming in the coming weeks on ToriAmos.com. Additionally, they spilled more beans in response to several folks’ e-mail queries, saying that the tour would cover Europe in October and North America in November.

Obviously, the end of the year is a ways away and this isn’t official confirmation by any means but it does give some hope that Tori will return to the road this year though, of course, only time will tell…

Thanks to @NicotineLove, @needmoregames and Belinda for digging in the dirt!

True Colors Fund Auction: Meet Tori On Tour...In 2011?

While there’s been nary a whisper about any live shows for Tori in 2011 and she has stated she probably would not tour again until after The Light Princess musical opens in 2012, the fine folks at Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund have included an opportunity to meet Tori at “a 2011 show of your choice” in their 2011 Winter Online Auction.

What this means, of course, is completely unclear at this point. Tori could be planning a tour, she could be planning a few one-off shows like the brief tour in Europe last summer or, given the beneficiary of the auction, perhaps she will make an appearance at one or more as-of-yet-unannounced True Colors Tour events this year. Then again, knowing our heroine, it could be something completely unexpected! Only time will tell…

In the meantime, the auction is running at charityBUZZ until Thursday, February 10th at 1:00 PM Eastern time and we’re crossing our fingers that this foreshadows some live dates in the coming year!

Take A Trip With The Metropole, The Sea Is The Sky

Tonight, Tori performed live with the Metropole Orkest — her first ever concert with orchestral accompaniment — at Amsterdam’s Heineken Music Hall. This unique event featured several songs that you’d expect, such as “Flying Dutchman” and “Yes, Anastasia,” some that you might not have, such as “Snow Cherries From France” and “Programmable Soda,” and several songs from Midwinter Graces. The full setlist has been posted in the Tour section along with some early reviews from some in attendance and some YouTube videos uploaded by people who should be asleep now! If you were there, we’d love to hear your thoughts on the show and would love to share your photos and video from the performance as well.

Also, extremely good news for those of us who were not able to go to the show: it was recorded! Before playing three songs a second time, Tori indicated that the concert was being recorded for a later radio broadcast. As more details about that surface, we’ll be sure to spread the word.

Thanks to @peterpijpelink for posted the setlist on Twitter and to the folks over on unforumzed for their help with filling in some blanks as the show went along!

The Night Of The Metropole

Tonight’s the night! Tori will be performing with The Metropole Orkest at Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. This promises to be an exciting and unique show as it is her first performance with an orchestra!

The concert starts are 8:15 PM CEST — that’s 10:15 PM in Moscow, 7:15 PM in the UK, 2:15 PM in New York and 11:15 AM in Los Angeles. Check that link above for the exact time in your location.

We’re looking forward to covering it, hopefully as it happens. Keep an eye on our Amsterdam concert page as well as our Twitter.

Send Me To Moscow

Tonight, Tori performed her first ever concert in Russia at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall. Before an enthusiastic audience who welcomed her with open arms, she played a set that spanned her career though, understandably, there was an emphasis on the first two albums. Still, several newer songs found their way into the set as well. Highlights included “Little Earthquakes” opening the concert, “Dragon,” “Mother Revolution,” “Indian Summer” and, during the first of two encores, “Yes, Anastasia.” Check out the full setlist which has been posted in the Tour section.

The entire concert was broadcast live by the Russian radio station Silver Rain and it is archived on Moskva FM so you can judge the audience’s enthusiasm for yourself!

As always, if you were there and would like to post a review of the concert, please do so using the form at the bottom of the Moscow page. Photos and video clips are lovely too!

Tori in Pori: The Aftermath

Our apologies for the belated coverage of the final show of this little summer jaunt that Tori took through Europe. The last show took place on Friday at the Pori Jazz Festival in Pori, Finland, bookending the tour nicely as it started at another jazz festival in Montreux. Tori played a short outdoor set which included “Girl,” “Space Dog” and “Personal Jesus/Body and Soul.” The full set, thanks to the lovely @NicotineLove who updated it live on Twitter, can be found, along with YouTube video of the entire show and quite a few photos from the performance, in the Tour section.

If you’d like to contribute your opinion of the concert, please do so using the comment form at the bottom of that page — we’d love to hear what you thought! Photos are always welcome too!

Tori has two more concerts lined up this year: her first trip to Russia with a performance in Moscow on September 3rd and a special show with the Metropole Orchestra in Amsterdam on October 8th. While we won’t be attending either we’re looking forward to see what Tori has in store for both shows and reporting on what happens for y’all!

Bloemendaal, Are You Out There?

While we were briefly uncertain of the order of the songs Tori played tonight at the lovely outdoor stage at Openluchttheater Caprera in Bloemendaal, we were sure it was a cracking performance as more than a few people in attendance called it the best show so far this summer— and not just because she opened with “Flying Dutchman” and included “Caught A Lite Sneeze.” “Honey.” “Crazy,” “Carbon,” “Spark” and “Spring Haze.” Of course, there is still one more concert this month and the Moscow and Metropole Orchestra performance later this Fall, so there is still time to out-do tonight…

Thanks to @arjanwelles for sending in the songs included in the set and to the fine folks at Everything Tori for clarifying the order in which they were played Check out the set on the Bloemendaal page and, as always, reviews from those who were there are most welcome!

Snow Cherries in a Parisian Summer

At L’Olympia tonight in Paris, Tori turned the tables from the start, opening the performance with “Curtain Call,” and then proceeded to stroll through a full-bodied set featuring “Mrs. Jesus,” “Twinkle,” “Snow Cherries From France,” “Another Girl’s Paradise” and a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne.” A two-songs encore included “Crucify” and the “Personal Jesus”/“Body and Soul” combination. The full set, thanks to our fine friends at toriamos.fr who updated the setlist on Twitter, has been posted in the Tour section.

Y’all know the routine now: if you would like to send in a review of the concert, please use the comment form at the bottom of that page and we are more than happy to host your photos or embed your videos of the performance. Links to Flickr galleries, Photobucket images, Youtube or Vimeo movies, what-have-you is always welcome!