Backstage at Bonnaroo With WXRT

Before taking the stage at Bonnaroo this past weekend, there was promotion to attend to. Tori played a short set consisting of “Upside Down,” “Roosterspur Bridge” and “Silent All These Years” for media and, as it turns out, must have done a few interviews.

Chicago radio station WXRT has shared their chat with Tori, where she discussed the differences between performing alone as opposed to with a band, on their blog. Additionally, they’ve posted all three songs she played backstage.

Thanks to @Shireen86 for bringing this to our attention!

Bonnaroo Webcast Information

For those of us who unfortunately (or, if crowds, camping and mud are not your thing, fortuantely) not attending Bonnaroo this weekend, much of the festival will be webcast on YouTube and npr.org.

We weren’t sure if any of Tori’s performance on Friday would be included in the live streams but Everything Tori has now confirmed that part of her set on Friday will be webcast on Youtube starting around 7:15 PM CDT. She is scheduled for 6:45 to 8:15 PM so it looks like we’ll get to see the middle portion of the performance though we’d guess not all of it.

Needless to say, we’ll be here Friday night minding the store and, if we can get updates from folks in Manchester, posting the setlist on Twitter as well as on our page for the performance. So if you’re headed the festival and would like to help us spread the news about the setlist, please get in touch!

One last point: we note with interest that many Bonnaroo performances are made available for purchase after the fact via Live Bonnaroo. Given Tori’s history with releasing live “bootleg” recordings, it sure would be nifty if her set were to see the light of day via that route. We don’t know if that’s in the cards or not but it’s certainly something to keep an eye on.

Thanks to Josh for noting the webcast!

More Details From The Artists Den

If one takes a quick tour around the website for WLIW, one of the co-producers of Live at the Artists Den, one will find a number of interesting items on their press page for the show. In addition to a couple of very high-quality (and large) promotional photos from the performance, there is also a program description that includes the songs to be included in the episode. Alas, a few songs were cut from the performance to fit into one hour. Hopefully, though, they will be included on the commercial release of the program.

The description is a PDF so we’ve included its text — behind the cut for those who want to remain surprised by the broadcast.

Thanks to BMac for the tip!

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Join Tori in the Artists Den in July

Live From the Artists Den has announced the line-up for the second season which includes the performance Tori taped at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory in December 2010 2009 (d’oh!). Tori’s episode will be premiered during the week of July 12th, the second episode of the new season.

Live From the Artists Den is carried by many public television stations in the United States and US territories — check their station finder to find the one in your area and check their listings to see if the show is available in your market.

To whet your appetite for the upcoming broadcast, check out this preview of the performance available now through The Artists Den’s website:

Thanks to Stoff for the heads-up!

No-Tori-ous Nudity

As news goes, this may not be the most noteworthy but for completeness’ sake and your edification, we note that Tori made MSN’s 25 Famed Naked Celeb Moments earlier this month. Tori comes in at #19 for the infamous photograph of her nursing a piglet from the Boys for Pele album artwork. While seemingly pretty innocuous, especially in the post-wardrobe malfunction era, the photograph did stir up some debate back in the day so it’s not as innocent as it might seem.

Thanks to Emily, Lauren and Matthew for catching this!

Stream "Why Don't You Love Me?" At DavidByrne.com

“Why Don’t You Love Me?”, the duet by Cyndi Lauper and Tori that closes out Here Lies Love, is this week’s featured track from the forthcoming collaboration by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim. In addition to a complete stream of the song, you’ll also find an except from the hardcover book that accompanies the deluxe edition of the release about the song as well as its complete lyrics.

Thanks to Lico and waitressboy for the tip!

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Tori Visits Metal Hammer

In all the hub-bub of the Midwinter Graces promotional whirlwind back in December, we somehow managed to miss that Tori was one of the guests during the December 18th edition of the Metal Hammer Podcast. While it seems a little inexplicable on the surface, the Slayer cover on Strange Little Girls, as one might guess, is the starting point of their discussion, but they also branch into bringing rock energy to her music, knowing your instrument, dark energy, the occult and Dionysus.

Download it directly here. Tori’s segments starts at the 63 minute mark.

Thanks to velvet for catching this!

A History Lesson in Song From The Guardian

Tori’s “Yes, Anastasia” was one of the songs selected by The Guardian’s readers for this past week’s Readers Recommend column, featuring songs written about figures from history. Paul MacInnes ties all the various and sundry submissions together in an article that discusses the top and playlist which includes songs from Steeleye Span, Joan Baez, Neil Young, Al Stewart and several others, in addition to the Tori.

Thanks to el feugo for the link!

Photos From The Artists Den

Live From The Artists Den, a public television program here in the States that recorded a performance by Tori back in December for an upcoming episode (got all that? phew!), has updated their Photography section with a new selection of shots taken at tapings in 2009. While there isn’t a gallery for Tori’s performance, you can find a handful photographs taken at the Park Avenue Armory in the header of the main Photos section.

Hopefully a gallery for the taping — as well as details about the episode’s broadcast — will surface soon!

SPIN Shares Secret Show Footage

SPIN Magazine has posted video of the secret show Tori played at their offices back in December. The short set featured “Ophelia,” “Wednesday,” “A Silent Night With You, “ “Star of Wonder”, “Pink and Glitter” and “Snow Angel.” All songs but the last are available for your streaming pleasure! Enjoy!