The iTunes Pre-sale Ticket Offer Comes to the UK

Attention UK Toriphiles! Ticketmaster.co.uk is now touting an arrangement with iTunes that’s the same deal as the one in the States: pre-order the album on iTunes and you will be supplied a unique password that will allow you to purchase up to four tickets for one show during the upcoming UK tour in an advance pre-sale.

The offer started yesterday and extends until 10:00 PM on May 17th.

According to the fine print, pre-sale tickets will be available for select dates on the tour — though, unlike the US offer, they don’t say which cities — and pre-sale passwords will be e-mailed sometime after May 17th.

Thanks to Rich for the tip-off!

Tour Date Update

While tour dates have not yet been announced (though, with the upcoming iTunes pre-sale three weeks away, at the end of May, it can’t be much longer before the North American dates are made public), a few more likely dates have surfaced via means both nefarious and not.

First, and most conclusively, the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri states right on its website that Tori will be playing there on Thursday, July 23rd at 7:30 PM. Ticket sale information is to be announced, according to their site. Given the hard info on their site, we’ve gone ahead and added this date to the tour page. (And those fearful that Tori would only be playing the cities in the iTunes pre-sale, take heart! KCMO was not on the list so it’s likely she’ll be doing a wider scale tour than the pre-sale cities would indicate!)

Less convincingly, several people reported seeing a listing on Ticketmaster for a show at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC on Saturday, August 1st. Alas, the listing is no longer up and was removed before we had a chance to spot it. It’s certainly not uncommon for these sorts of listings to appear and disappear — and they often prove true in the end — so denizens of the District, keep an eye on Ticketmaster and hope for the best.

We’ve also heard rumors of a show at the Bank of America Pavilion on Monday, August 17th. A trusted anonymous source slipped us the news earlier this week but now some ticket resellers have started listing VIP tickets for a concert on that date. So, while that date does seem pretty likely, we’d recommend waiting for official word before splurging on any reseller site.

Finally, several European dates have appeared on last.fm and iLike: September 25th at Stadthalle in Vienna, October 9th at Dom Muzyki i Tańca in Zabrze (Poland), October 10th at Sala Kongresowa in Warsaw and March 3, 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria. While both sites allow for fans to submit events, the Vienna and Polish dates sound reasonable and we’ve gotten reports about that Warsaw date from another source as well but, again, we wouldn’t make plans just yet. On the other hand, the Sofia date seems pretty suspect as the tour is supposed to conclude before the end of the year.

In any event, while speculation is lots of fun, we’re sending telepathic messages to ToriAmos.com and Everything Tori to get dates officially announced as soon as possible!

And on a related topic: we’re told the iTunes pre-sale passwords will be e-mailed to those eligible to receive them closer to the actual pre-sale date. So, do not be alarmed that you haven’t gotten yours yet.

Acoustically Attracted to Sin Postponed

According to several people in London, Tori’s concert at the Savoy Theatre tonight has been postponed to May 11th. We have no additional details at this time but soon as we have official word about this, we’ll get it up here….

Update: The postponment, due to illness, and rescheduled date have been confirmed by Ambassador Tickets.

Update: Everything Tori has the sad news as well. According to them, existing tickets remain valid for the new date but check with your ticket agent for additional information, as needed.

An iTunes Pre-Sale Hodgepodge

Several folks have sent in bits and pieces about the iTunes Abnormally Attracted to Sin pre-order/ticket pre-sale offer:

First, Jimmy and Mark linked us to this LiveDaily article which discusses the promotion. While it rehashes known information for the most part, it does confirm that general ticket sales for the shows will take place on May 30th, two days after the pre-sales on May 28th. As they say in the article, LiveDaily’s parent company is Ticketmaster one assumes that they would be in a position to confirm this.

Next, Mark also points out that some of the cities on the original list are no longer on the list of the cities on Ticketmaster. What the significance of that is, exactly, is hard to guess. Since additional details about these pre-sales has yet to surface, our advice is to sit tight and see what develops on this front.

Finally, freshwatermermaid reports that the ticket pre-sale offer is not being extended to Canadians. Not sure if this is due to iTunes Canada, Ticketmaster.ca or some combination of the two, but it does appear that the pre-sale offer is only available in the States….

Previously On Lost...

First he wasn’t, then we weren’t sure, then we were sure he wasn’t — but now he is! Here’s the latest from Matt Chamberlain with respect to Tori’s upcoming tour:

As things happen in the crazy world of the music business, I will now be joining Tori Amos on her tour this summer. We will be in the US during July-Aug. and in Europe Sep-Oct…Check here or her website for more specific dates,etc….

It appears that Ms. Amos can be very persuasive…

Thanks to Rabih for the tip!

First US Tour Date: Seattle

Ticketmaster has a listing for the first US tour date: the WaMu Theater in Seattle on July 10th.

Thanks to steve, Jason Scott, Rami, and filmbuff83 for being the first folks to send this in.

Get Access To Presale Tickets With Advance Purchase Of AATS From iTunes

Update: A new ToriAmos.com newsletter came out the morning of April 15th announcing the iTunes pre-order information and included an additional tidbit: “Oscar’s Theme,” the bonus track to be included with the UK release of the album, will also be included with the US iTunes release.

iTunes has posted a list of some US cities for the upcoming tour. (You can also purchase “Welcome To England” at the US iTunes store now.)

Tori Amos iTunes Preorder

Preorder Abnormally Attracted to Sin on iTunes starting April 14 and get a special password to purchase concert tickets on Ticketmaster.com before the general public!

Plus, you’ll get to download the single “Welcome to England” right away!

Place your preorder before this offer ends May 19 at midnight.

Tori Amos will perform in the following cities:
Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
Oakland, CA
San Diego, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Phoenix, CA
Denver, CO
Dallas, TX
Austin, TX
Atlanta, GA
Washington D.C.
Chicago, IL
Indianapolis, IN
Detroit, MI
New York, NY
Boston, MA
Philadelphia, PA

Specific dates and venues will be announced in the coming weeks along with additional cities.

When you preorder the album, you’ll receive an email containing a unique password for a pre-sale that will run from 10am May 28th until 10pm May 29th. This offer ends at midnight on May 19th (so, 11:59pm on May 18th).

Thanks bean, Mark, Ethan Cougill, and everyone else who sent this in.

Acoustically Attracted to Sin Ticket Clarification

Rich contacted the Savoy Theatre box office and reports that they will not be taking ticket orders for the Acoustically Attracted to Sin concert over the phone. So, I guess we misunderstood what ToriAmos.com and Everything Tori meant by “personal callers” when they said that tickets would be available from the box office starting at 10:00 AM on Friday.

So, it looks like you were planning on getting them from the box office, you’ll have to go there in person.

Sorry for any confusion and thanks to Rich for checking on that!

Matt Chamberlain: Abnormally Attracted to The Studio

Update: The comment about not touring with Tori has been removed from Matt’s site. Maybe he was lured back into the fold by the promise of doingity-doing? Maybe it was an April Fool’s joke? Or maybe he’s decided to keep his decision to himself.

Tori’s regular session and touring drummer Matt Chamberlain updated his website on March 31st and indicated that he will NOT be touring with Tori this year:

Just got home from a really fun week of traveling and recording. I plan on doing as much music here in my home studio as possible this year.I should have a page on this site up soon listing all the gear and options for having me track drums for projects. My friend and great bass player Kaveh Rastegar will be up here this week for some playing and recording for a project we have going on..In other news, i will not be touring with Tori Amos this year due to prior engagements.

How, exactly, this will shake out during the upcoming tour which, according to Tori, was supposed to be the trio of her, Matt and Jon Evans, remains to be seen…

Thanks to Darrell and steven for bringing this to our attention.

The Latest Newsletter: Now With More Officiallicousness!

Earlier today, ToriAmos.com sent out a newsletter update to their official mailing list (subscribe here if you’re not already on it and want to join) confirming the special Acoustically Attracted to Sin London concert and the “Welcome to England” video premiere we mentioned earlier. Updates also were posted the official websites, Myspace and Facebook.

To recap: the Acoustically Attracted to Sin will take place at the Savoy Theatre in London on Monday, April 27th at 7:00 PM. Tickets will go on sale online at 9:00 AM BST on Friday, April 3rd via Ambassador Tickets. One hour later at 10:00 AM BST, tickets will also be available for phone orders from the Savoy Theatre box office at 0871 297 5454 in the UK (more contact information via Ambassador).

Note: Tickets will be limited to 2 tickets per household!

As for the “Welcome to England” video premiere, it will be available 12:00 AM EDT on Yahoo! Music.