Kansas City Baby

Last night’s show at the Starlight in Kansas City had “Body and Soul,” “Icicle,” “Cool On Your Island,” “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” (of course!), and “Your Cloud.”

To see the full setlist, head to the Tour section, and if you have pics, videos, or reviews you want to share, just do your thing at the bottom of that page.

[Note: woj is better at playing Media Maestro on the tour pages than I am and he’s gone through Sunday, so the updating of pics and video may be spotty over the next few days, but I will do my best to get at least some things up while he’s away.]

Kansas City Meet'n'Greet Cancelled

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but we’ve just gotten word from Tori’s management that, due to a tight schedule, there will not be time for a meet’n‘greet today in Kansas City.

Australia Tour Dates: It's Official!

We got the official press release for Tori’s Australian tour a short time ago. It reads as follows:

Sensational, sensual, sinful – TORI AMOS embarks on a unique solo tour this November.

On the heels of the release of her 10th studio album Abnormally Attracted To Sin, the breath-takingly wistful and wilful Tori Amos returns to the stage to enrapture audiences nationally throughout this, her 5th Australian tour.

Since her Australian debut in 1992, Tori’s reputation for amazing and moving performances has seen her loyal audiences grow. After the sold-out 8 date ‘The Original Sinsuality Tour’ in 2005, Tori returned with the ‘American Doll Posse Tour’ of 2007 (following the top 20 album of the same name) which ran for 11 dates including 3 stunning shows at Sydney’s Opera House.

This month Tori began the US leg of her world tour, with Spin Magazine raving:

“Amos straddled her piano bench, left hand working her baby grand piano, right hand coaxing loops and ambient effects from a bank of synthesizers, she showed both the resolve and vulnerability of a star completely at ease with the weight of her role.”

“Amos teetered between girlish coo and husky alto throughout the night, a stunning range that left the audience reverent and ready for more. Even after two encores it wasn’t enough…”

Her enduring career has taken on a magical musical journey of intricately laced songs, engaging audiences through an array of moods and textures on piano, and the whispering and wailing of vocals.

“Amos demonstrated throughout her two-hour set just how well she cultivates her noir-like aura of the offbeat, smart, slightly mysterious female singer songwriter.”

“She fluently weaved her voice through its ranges, packing heartfelt emotion into her lines. She’s one of the few artists who can sing two songs set in snow during a hot July day and still send chills through the audience with her voice.” OreganLive.com

Don’t miss the sinfully sublime Ms Tori Amos’ and her spellbinding solo performances.

Book through:
Melbourne / Perth: Ticketek 132 849 www.ticketek.com.au
Sydney: Opera House box office 02 9250 7777 www.sydneyoperahouse.com
OR Ticketmaster 136 100 www.ticketmaster.com.au
Adelaide: VenueTix 08 8225 8888 www.venuetix.com.au
Brisbane: QTix 136 246 www.qtix.com.au

Swirling in Denver

When Matty tweeted that he needed to work up an “aggro house groove” for last night’s concert, Toriphile minds started churning over the possibilities … but there was really only one obvious choice: the return of “Raspberry Swirl” to the set! And sure enough, it kicked off the encore at the Paramount Theatre in Denver last night.

Other interesting additions to the set came during the Lizard Lounge which featured “Never Seen Blue,” a cover of Elton John’s “Daniel,” and, after some microphone issues, an audience sing-a-long rendition of “Leather.” “Body and Soul” also made its second appearance of the tour, as part of the encore.

The complete setlist is up in the tour section, so check it out. If you were there and want to share your thoughts on the concert, please let everyone know using the form there.

Fly Away to See Tori and One eskimO!

Tori and One eskimO are teaming up to give away a trip to attend the final night of the Sinful Attraction tour in North America. The grand prize winner will win air fare, hotel accommodations and tickets to the concert on Monday, August 17th at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston. To enter the sweepstakes, just sign-up using this form on or before August 10th.

As you might expect, there are rules for this contest. The key ones are that the sweepstakes is only open to U.S. residents aged 13 or more and there is a limit of one entry per person and/or e-mail address … but there is lots more legalese there to read if that’s what you’re into — not that there’s anything wrong with that!

Good luck to those who enter!

Cooling By The Salt Lake

Thanks to the many of your who sent in the setlist for last night’s show at Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, we finally have it posted now. There were a few tour debuts last night: “Body and Soul” was the second songs of the night, an a capella rendition of “Wampum Prayer” prefaced “Cornflake Girl” and the Lizard Lounge featured “Cooling” and “Etienne.” There was only one encore, presumably due to curfew reasons.

If you were there and would like to review the concert, we’d love to hear what you thought of the show; just use the form at the bottom of the Salt Lake City page.

Fun in the Sun in Phoenix

Tonight’s show at the Dodge in Phoenix is over and, while a bit on the short side, it sounds like the performance was as hot as the desert today! Tori had more than a few surprises for those in attendance — “Home on the Range,” “Glory of the 80s,” and “Gold Dust” — and brought out few more common fan favorites as well — “Playboy Mommy,” “Baker Baker,” and “Honey.” The full setlist has been posted in the Tour section for your perusal, review and approval.

I know it doesn’t need to be said since everyone should know the drill by now but I’ll say it anyway: if you were at the show and want to let us know what you thought of the performance, please do so using the comment form at the bottom of the Phoenix page.

Phoenix Meet'n'Greet

Just a quick heads-up to those heading to the show tonight in Phoenix: because of the excessive heat in the aptly-named Valley of the Sun, there will NOT be a meet’n‘greet today. Stay cool in the A/C instead….

Los Angeles: Riding Off Into The Sunset

Well, the final West Coast show is in the record books. “Icicle,” “Sugar,” “Bells For Her,” “China,” “Space Dog” … a lot of old favorites this evening. “Jackie’s Strength” made the first appearance of this tour.

We have the full setlist up over in the Tour section. If you were there and want to share your experience (or piccies and/or video), head to the bottom of that page.

Many thanks to @Plutodrive79, @popbytes, and @lushvalley for keeping us up on the setlist in realtime over on Twitter.

San Diego: By The Bay

Maybe it’s just our imagination, but tonight’s San Diego show seemed to have a bit of a beachy theme going on: Jamaica Inn, Siren, Martha’s Foolish Ginger, 1000 Oceans, Marys Of The Sea… Lots of ocean symbolism in there. A bittersweet surprise during solo time was a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Circle Game” in memory of [Tori’s brother] Michael.

Check out the full setlist (and reviews, pics, and videos when they come in) over on the San Diego page in the Tour section. If you were at the show and want to share your experience with everyone, head to the form at the bottom of the page.

Many thanks to @Hypermutable and @lushvalley for twittering the set.