7/2/2009

One Eskimo Announced as Opening Band for Tori During US Tour This Summer

We are happy to announce that One Eskimo will be the opening band for Tori during her US tour this summer. For more information check out their website at: www.oneeskimo.com

6/25/2009

New Jersey Date Added to Sinful Attraction Tour

Tori will be playing August 14 at Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ. Tickets for this show go on sale July 1. Ticket details will be posted in the tour section once they're announced.

6/23/2009

Get on Tori Amos' Guest List!

Tori Amos and LP33.tv are giving away a pair of tickets to upcoming concerts in 11 cities on Tori's upcoming Sinful Attraction Tour. Click here for details.

6/15/2009

Two Dates in Poland Added to Sinful Attraction Tour

Tori will be playing two shows in Poland in October. Visit the tour page for details.

6/13/2009

San Jose, CA Show Added to Sinful Attraction Tour

Tori will be playing July 14 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in San Jose, CA. Tickets go on sale June 20 at 10am. Ticket details will be posted on the tour page once they're announced.






DATE
CITY
VENUE
TICKETS
07/10/09
Seattle, WA
WaMu Theater
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07/11/09 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
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07/13/09 Oakland, CA Paramount Theater
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07/14/09 San Jose, CA San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
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07/16/09 San Diego, CA Humphrey's
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07/17/09 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theater
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07/18/09 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theater
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07/20/09 Salt Lake City, UT Abravenal Hall
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07/21/09 Denver, CO Paramount Theater
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07/23/09 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theater
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07/24/09 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theater
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07/25/09 Austin, TX Th Long Center for the Performing Arts
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07/27/09 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheater
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07/28/09 Orlando, FL Bob Carr PAC
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07/29/09 Miami, FL The Fillmore @ Jackie Gleason Theater
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07/31/09 Durham, NC Durham PAC
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08/01/09 Washington DC DAR Constitution Hall
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08/03/09 Chicago, IL Chicago Theater
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08/04/09 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater
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08/05/09 Minneapolis, MN State Theater
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08/07/09 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theater
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08/08/09 Detroit, MI Detroit Operal House
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08/10/09 Toronto, ON, Canada Massey Hall
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08/11/09 Montreal, QC, Canada St. Denis Theater
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08/13/09 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
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08/14/09 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theater
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08/15/09 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theater
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08/17/09 Boston, MA B of A Pavillion
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09/06/09 Manchester, UK Manchester Apollo
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09/07/09 Birmingham, UK Birmingham Symphony Hall
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09/08/09 Glasgow, UK Royal Concert Hall
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09/10/09 London, UK Hammersmith Apollo
sold out
09/11/09 London, UK Hammersmith Apollo
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09/13/09 Basel. Switzerland Festsall Congress Center
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09/14/09 Munich, Germany Circus Krone
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09/15/09 Zurich, Switzerland Kongresshaus
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09/17/09 Amsterdam, Holland Heineken Music Hall
09/20/09 Copenhagen, Denmark Royal Opera House
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09/21/09 Oslo, Norway Sentrum Scene
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09/24/09 Prague, Czech Republic Congress Centre
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09/25/09 Vienna, Austria Stadthalle Halle F
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09/27/09 Hamburg, Germany Laeiszhalle
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09/28/09 Dusseldorf, Germany Tonhalle
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09/30/09 Rome, Italy Auditorium Parco della Musica
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10/01/09 Milan, Italy Teatro Smeraldo
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10/03/09 Paris, France Palais des Congres
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10/04/09 Antwerp, Belgium Lotto Arena
10/05/09 Frankfurt, Germany Jahrunderhalle
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10/07/09 Berlin, Germany Tempodrom
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10/09/09 Zabrze, Poland Dom Muzyki
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10/10/09 Warsaw, Poland Sala Kongresowa
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In July of 2008, during a visit to the West Coast to appear at Comic-Con in San Diego, Tori Amos stopped by Los Angeles for a business lunch. During the meeting a woman passed Tori's table, talking animatedly on the phone. When somebody told her Doug Morris was on the other end of the line, Amos interrupted the woman on the phone and said, "Please send Doug my love." A few seconds later, Amos was talking to MorrisÑher mentor at Atlantic Records during the early ninetiesÑfor the first time in fourteen years. A few hours later, Amos began writing a new batch of songs. A few weeks later, Amos had entered into a new partnership deal with Morris and Universal. On May 19, 2009, "Abnormally Attracted To Sin," the tenth Tori Amos studio album, will be released on Universal Republic.

Amos describes "Abnormally Attracted To Sin" as "really handmade. I wanted to make a treasure, something people will value." "AATS" is an elaborate feast made from homegrown stock, offered up to a generation fed on small meals made with cheap ingredients. Like all of Tori's albums since "Boys For Pele," "AATS" was recorded at Martian Studios in Cornwall, England by Tori's husband Mark Hawley and his partner Marcel van Limbeek. The center of the album is Amos's voice, and her Bšsendorfer piano, locking in with her touring and recording band of the past five years: guitarist Mac Aladdin, bassist Jon Evans and her longtime drummer and rhythmic foil, Matt Chamberlain.

"AATS" is Amos at her most passionate and most comfortable. In the best way possible, "AATS" could have come out at any point between her 1992 solo debut, "Little Earthquakes," and 2009. The object itself, though, is a state-of-the-art Christmas present. The packaging shows Amos in a variety of guises, photographed in various rooms of a plush, cream-colored Victorian hotel room by glamour expert Karen Collins. The sound of the album is typically detailed and wide, dominated by dark, rich reds and hints of silver. ("I want to make audio mescaline," Tori said.)

One of the most valuable parts of "AATS" is the bonus DVD, an element that is often a lame attempt to jack up the sticker price in other instances. Not this time. The DVD contains sixteen "visualettes" directed by Christian Lamb, who filmed Amos and her band during the "American Doll Posse" tour.

"Christian jumped on the bus and made daily montages of the band's life on the road, using music from the live shows as a soundtrack to the footage," Tori said. "When I saw what he had done, the new songs started to come to me." The visualettes are not videos in the traditional senseÑthere is no lip-syncing. Amos thinks of them as "silent movies," citing early movie star Mary Pickford as a reference point. Some of Tori's characters from "American Doll Posse" appear in footage Lamb shot over the past year and a half. Some visualettes are interspersed with live footage from the tour, while others were filmed to work with the songs that would come to her later. Rather than literal visual representations of lyrics, Lamb's images are complicated and integral to the logic of "AATS."

"AATS" is made up songs I wrote on the road watching Christian's footage, and the songs I wrote after spending some time in California, which is where I had lived before Little Earthquakes was released," Amos explained.

The album title is a line from 'Guys and Dolls,' originally spoken by the character Sarah Brown. The phrase came to Tori before she recorded with the band, but after she had written the songs. Sin, in this case, is not necessarily what you're thinking of.

"I wanted to really investigate how we're controlled by the threat of despair," Amos said. "I wanted to look at powerÑhow we think and how you can reclaim the right to think for yourself, to uncover what you believe in as a spiritual, sexual creature. You don't need the approval of your family, or of their religion. You can think, 'Wait a minute, I'm a spiritual being. Just because I like gold handcuffs doesn't mean I'm not a spiritual being. These definitions are not for my mother to make about me.' What I am exploring with this record is power, and giving it away with your thinking. How do we become controlled?"

"I'm a minister's daughter. The power of the church is insidious, and it permeates everything," Amos explained. "A lot of what the Church discusses is not about the compassionate path of Christ, it's about what kind of lifestyle is acceptable and approved of by the Church when god knows what they're doing behind closed doors. You have a lot of people waking up every morning who feel paralyzed to act because of these judgments. All around us people are not only experiencing physical bondage but emotional and mental bondage behind perfectly groomed lawns. Inside acceptable addresses the definition of bondage is perversely explored with those we know only too well. Moving from the personal to the political, "Strong Black Vine" investigates the effect of religious intolerance, another form of bondage."

The mood for much of "AATS" is dark but charged, like a late night conversation (or confession) held over several bottles of wine. "Lady In Blue" builds steadily, confidently, deliberately, as Tori sings about a woman who wronged a man, who needs a light, who wants to play with the boys. While unpacking the story of those without power, she reintroduces women who have all the power they want. Tori, however, generally focuses her songs on those who feel like they have no power, or aren't entitled to any.

"There are so many young women who come to shows with scarring," Tori said. "This trend has seemed to gain momentum over the last few years. I wanted to crawl inside self-destruction and rewire it in songs like 'Ophelia.'"

"Ophelia" is a waltz in the classic Amos mold, her voice in its softer range, a gentle conjuring folded in between all the fire and shadow. Amos here sounds here less like a character and more like herself, speaking to another generation: "Ophelia you must break the chain. Some girls will get their way, some fathers will control from the grave." "Maybe California" is a different form of empathy. For this song, Amos recreates the story of a woman in California who thinks "nothing is making sense anymore" and wants to jump off a cliff. (It seems inappropriate to spoil the ending.) In both songs, characters are struggling to find a reason to move forward.

"'Ophelia' is about choosing to be with someone who doesn't respect you and doesn't value you. That leads us right back to what sin really is. What is sinful? It's not what the church says to me is sinful. It's me degrading myself, or somebody else wanting to degrade me and me allowing it to happen. We, as women, could choose to walk away from so much of what's going on, but it seems as if we're not making that choice, and I'm asking myself all the time 'Why? What have we, the older generation of women, not done?' Who would have thought that we could regress to this point?"

"AATS" doesn't take the regression lightly, and fights back as hard as Amos has ever fought. The title track moves over an impressively thick synthesizer line Amos wrote and played, feeling a bit like club music that's wandered out into a dark side street to think for a moment.

"People are being forced to question what they believe in," Amos said. "We're being brought back to questions which make up our foundation: 'Who am I? What do I really believe in?'"

"AATS" is the work of someone who knows, with a fierce certainty, what she believes in. Anybody, whether it's a newcomer or a lifelong member of Tori's phenomenal fanbase, will feel that certainty.

"Passion is a seducer, and this music is passionate. Even though somebody might be drinking beer, if they see the color of that red wine, it looks like blood, it looks so deliciousÑthey might just have to taste it. I'm good old red wine. By letting myself age I think I'm better for drinking beginning in 2009."



Abnormally Attraccted to Sin
PRE-ORDER: iTunes | Amazon		 ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN

1. GIVE
2. WELCOME TO ENGLAND
3. STRONG BLACK VINE
4. FLAVOR
5. NOT DYING TODAY
6. MAYBE CALIFORNIA
7. CURTAIN CALL
8. FIRE TO YOUR PLAIN
9. POLICE ME
10. THAT GUY
11. ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN
12. 500 MILES
13. MARY JANE
14. STARLING
15. FAST HORSE
16. OPHELIA
17. LADY IN BLUE
   


GIVE
So you heard
I crossed over the line
Do I have regrets?
Well, not yet
There are some,
some who give Blood
I give love
I give

Soon before the sun
before the sun
begins to rise
I know that I
I must give
so that I
I can live

There are some,
some whose give
twists itself to take
they mis-take
who, what made up the line
some say it was pain
or was it shame

Soon before the sun
before the sun
begins to rise
I know that I
I must give
so that I
I can live
Some
Some who give Blood.
I give love
I give



WELCOME TO ENGLAND
"Do a dance for me."
Baby it is late still you pour me
a tall one...
"Go on, let the liquid take off what you're on.
You've been down before...."
Boy, not like this.
I'm in Quicksand I am sinking fast
"Perfect," he laughed, "cause your other half has
got himself a Devil's access------- Welcome to England,"
he said, "Welcome to my world. You better bring your own sun
sweet girl. You gotta bring your own sun now don't you forget -----
you bring your own sun, just enough for everyone."

Heels on. Go on.
Bang a Tango but do not get tangled
Who can stay strong? when they only give us lies to lean on
When your heart explodes is it deathly cold?
You must let the colors violate the
Blackness
There is a magic world parallel
so leave your daily
hell----- "Welcome to England,"
he said, "Welcome to my world...."
It’s not a question if I can
Fight by your side and withstand
Anything but,
I forgot that you said, "Girl if you come....
you better bring your sun.
Sweet girl, you gotta bring your sun
Now don't you forget you bring your sun----
Just enough for
everyone
for everyone
“Welcome to England"
welcome to england



STRONG BLACK VINE
Shut your mouth
I'm spinnin' it tight down south
I'm on raid
tie you down cause boy I can
save you from that evil faith
Eagles serve yeah unhuh Mother first
they turn you predator but boy I can
save you from that evil faith
Arms sold in Balmy cities that may not be with us for long
save you from that evil faith
lay back
Strong Black Vine
submission
is my mission for a
Strong Black Vine
you just might see that
sweet jesus
Strong Black Vine
submission
is my mission for a
Strong Black Vine
your mission
concentrate
Blown to bits her innocent flesh to dust
all for a dark god
all for the love of some evil faith
Swollen stream
every drip serpents bless
you rape Earth knowledge
still she would save you from your evil faith
Bodies bathe in black gold your pleasure
Arms sold in Balmy cities that may not be with us for long
save you from that evil faith

FLAVOR
Battle of the minds
cries Below cries Above
You must pick a side
Will you choose fear?
Will you choose love?

What does it look like,
this orbital ball from the fringes of The Milky Way?
What does it feel like,
this orbital ball on the fringes of the Milky Way?
Raining flavor
Icing flavor
flavor love

Whose God then is God?
They all want jurisdiction
In the Book of Earth
whose God spread fear?
Spread love?

And what does it look like,
this orbital ball from the fringes of The Milky Way?
What does it feel like,
this orbital ball on the fringes of The Milky Way?
Raining Flavor
Icing Flavor
flavor love
Turn up the frequency
What does it look like,
this orbital ball from the fringes of The Milky Way?
What does it feel like,
this orbital ball on the fringes of The Milky Way?
Raining flavor
Icing flavor
Spread that flavor
flavor flavor



NOT DYING TODAY
There was a gambler and a cleaner and a puppeteer
only the puppet could explain just what he was
All on a bus we were hopin' to pass the time
plug my piece in boys then we can drink the wine
drink the wine drink the wine---
music, good friends, I'm not dyin' today.
I may be 6 feet under full of wonder
I'm not dyin' today
Dyin' today
I'm not dying mister
today
Neil is thrilled he can claim he's mammalian
"But the bad news," he said, "Girl, you're a dandelion."
Dandelion. hey I need to think about that.
Yeah, I thought about that and I said,
"What the Hell?"
He said, "Nope, you are Earth bound, blow them seeds away
maybe one will make a sound."
Make a sound, make a sound---
music, good friends,
I'm not Dyin" Today
I may be 6 feet under full of thunder,
I'm not Dyin' Today.
Dyin' today,
I'm not dying mister
  today
So they got us go
goin' and comin'
Cause they make us pay
if we go or stay
Is he prayin'
that I'll pop my clogs?
If they can't prove I'm crazy
by noon I'll be pushin' up them daises
Tomorrow, with their Donut box they'll say,
"It's sad she's Brown Bread."
Hey, I got my weapons---
music, good friends,
I'm not Dyin' today.
I may be 6 feet under
way down yonder
I'm not Dyin' today
Dyin'
I'm not dying, sister, take your paws off
my ankle straps and my mister
Dyin' Fryin', rather have a lie-in
I am not blowin' that Gabriel's Trumpet
I got my own band to play today

MAYBE CALIFORNIA
hey Mrs. see, please don't jump
"why not, nothing is making sense anymore to me
I don't know when I stopped making him smile.
Now the kids see me cry all the time."

 From one mother to the other
They'll never get over this
for their lifetime all their wishes
will be dashed upon those cliffs.

So let's be strong you and me
The night is o-opening
Our angels are falling
and they will warm
they'll warm us
She asked, "Right Now?
Right Here?"
I 'm feelin' soon,
soon my dear,
maybe california
maybe california.

As mothers we have our troubles
You'll leave them with emptiness
for their lifetime all their wishes will be dashed upon those cliffs
those cliffs

So let's be strong you and me
the night is o- it is opening
our angels are falling
and they will warm
they will warm us
She asked, 'Right Now?
Right Here?"
I'm feelin' soon so soon my dear,
maybe california
maybe california
Until then there will be
starlight shining down
for every tear in every town



CURTAIN CALL
ebony beauty
pass this shade
the looking glass reflects
then a voice calls me back,
"this is just circumstance it is not
personal", oh no it never is.
then you ram your hand in your bag
for a little friendly substance

By the time you're 25
they will say, "you've gone and blown it".
By the time you're 35, I must confide,
you will have blown them all
Right on cue just act surprised
when they invite you to take
your curtain call
you climbed China's wall
your
curtain call

I have done what I've done
and it has the ultimate consequence
then a voice calls me back,
"this is not business, no,
its more like spiritual"
is that what it is
Then you ram your hand in your bag
for a little protection

By the time you're 25
they will say, "you've gone and blown it."
By the time you're 35, I must confide,
you will have blown them all
Right on cue just act surprised
when they invite you to take
your curtain call
you climbed China's wall
your curtain call
they closed China’s wall
curtain call

ebony beauty
pass this shade
the looking glass reflects



FIRE TO YOUR PLAIN
Shock
got the shock of my life
just buckle up girls
I'm stealing the night
From them
steal the night
What they're down to
let's see in cold day light
I gotta get this right
I gotta get this right

Cause she's up
And I am low
Watching you
Watching her play this game
yeah she's bold
bold enough
to set fire to your plain
her fire to your plain

Pray
you can pray to your jane
I put out the call
but not to be saved
Called my Deviline kin
with her yellow Astin Martin
"we gotta get this right"
I gotta get this right

Cause she's up
And I am low
Watching him
Watching her play this game
yeah she's bold
Bold enough
to set fire to his plain

she said, "Get in and set the SAT-NAV to hell"
Or would it be Purgatory
I gotta get this right
I gotta get this right

 

Cause she's up
And I am low
Watching you
Watching her play this game
yeah she's bold
Bold enough
to set fire to your plain
Her fire to your plain
Her fire
Bold enough
Her fire to your plain



POLICE ME
Police yourself
Police yourself
Police me
Police yourself
Police yourself
Police me

We’ve got our own remote viewing
Ever cell has been taught to think
Perhaps the answer to the question
Lies in the question
Perhaps you should read my thoughts
Line them up like soldiers

Police yourself
Police yourself
Police me

Loaded, full of winter you are
Storming Blackberry girl
Will you strike before he’s
Loaded, full of winter you are storming
Blackberry girl will you strike
Before he’s loaded
Full of winter you are

Police yourself
Police yourself
Police me

Can they monitor how you think?
They’ve got their own remote viewing
To get off he cries “slutty goth”
But I’m a brightly colored person

Loaded, full of winter you are
Storming Blackberry girl
Will you strike before he’s
Loaded, full of winter you are storming
Blackberry girl will you strike
Before he’s loaded
Full of winter you are
Perhaps the answer to the question
Lies in the question
Perhaps you should read my thoughts
Line them up like soldiers

Police yourself
Police yourself
Police me

 



THAT GUY
That Guy
Swears he will walk
and carries a chip as big as New York
That Guy
at night makes me scream
and smashes the best possibilities
That Guy
Just brings his war
home, she cries, “why can’t Daddy leave his war outside?”
That Guy
When he wants can love
like no other love
until the darkness comes
Do we make up to break up?
Do we break up then wake up?
To cuts instead of kisses
To cuts instead 
Instead
Instead
That Guy
Swears he will walk
and carries a chip as big as New York
That Guy
Cannot seem to see
there’re no other guys
but the one he used to be
Do we make up to break up?
Do we break up then wake up?
To cuts instead of kisses
To cuts instead 
Instead
Instead
Will we make up?
Will we break up?
Will I wake up with, with
That Guy
That Guy
That Guy

ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN
Impeccable peccadillo
You are off your guard
Pussy willow calls there by the church,
“don’t go in if you are abnormally attracted to sin”
Abnormally attracted to sin
She may be dead to you
But her hips sway a natural kind of faith
That could give your lost heart
A warm chapel
You’ll sleep in her bell tower
And you will simply wake
Abnormally attracted to sin
Abnormally attracted to sin
Impeccable peccadillo
I know who you are
Tales of longing sway
Lost without a verse
Hymns of swing lay low
there by the church,
“don’t go in if you are abnormally attracted to sin”

500 MILES
He walked 300 miles
Just to bring me bread
His body like a sculpture
Almost decorated
and I’ll wake him as the dawn does
and we’ll break it on the bus
saying, “this was made for us, love”

In lovers communion for 500 miles
And in 500 miles will he break
Break me again?
In lovers communion for 500 miles
And in 500 miles will we brake
Even break

Step it up
Grab your phone
Get your suitcase
There is no time to waste
A big adventure awaits
Sad news, France suffered a late snow
The blooms break through the ice

In San Francisco
A guitar man finally confessed
He left that actress
Over the lakes with hearts touched by frost
We fought in the Land of the Midnight Sun
I lost myself
I lost myself

I walk 300 miles
Just to bring
To bring him bread
In love some gifts are simple
Others I underrated
So I’ll wake him as the dawn does
And we’ll face what any lovers must
Blueness pales within a flames lust

In lovers communion for 500 miles
And in 500 miles will he break
Break me again?
In lovers communion for 500 miles
And in 500 miles will he brake
Even break
will we brake
Even break
Brake
Even brake
Don’t slow down
We might not even break

 



MARY JANE
Then he said, “Mom I want to forna…
I mean formulate and discover the realms of the unknown
with Mary Jane
After all you’ll be away for the weekend
Just please consent
I need a friend”

I admit your puberty was somewhat strange
Could this be fixed with Mary Jane?
Mary Jane Mary Jane Mary Jane Who?

So I said, Son you want to permeate
And discover the realms of the unknown
With Mary Jane
After all the other boys that are your age
They only wake to medicate

Do I know her family?
Is she even mannerly when she’s out in society?
“She even bakes”
She even bakes?
“These odd brownies”
Mary Jane Mary Jane Mary Jane Who?

Then he said, “I believe in her family,
On her maternal side there was a
Dr. Tetrahydrocannabinol Pure Isomer Dronabinol
Mary Jane Who.



STARLING
Starling you were right I am the jealous kind
whoever would have guessed
Starling now I am shut out and confined
even within my nest

what, what does it take to make it through another day?
if a feather lined with his words becomes a blade

Starling when he screams he screams in black and white
just like the magpie
shattered night then I woke
not to a lonely lark but to a raven's cry

if a feather lined with his words becomes a blade
then what, what will it take to make it through another day?

so when they play, play the song
sing along
it could be your turn to shine
if you know the lines
hey what's that you say
"You can find, find him on line
most of the time these days"
"Is that right," I say.

you were right Starling



FAST HORSE
How can I be drunk?
You strike with dry poison
I am possessed
Still engaged in some kind of advanced shackling

Girl you got to find you the man who
can smoke this out, Bad Medicine
Girl you got to find you the man who
can smoke this out, Good Medicine would say----

You got you a Fast horse darlin'
But all you do is complain it ain't
a maserati.
You had a soul that you left back in Memphis
but your mama ain't New York she is pure
Tennessee

On a desert High-way
I am struck by my own rage
Time-bomb in his palm a finger-apple
augments this advanced shackling

Girl you got to find you the man who
can smoke this out, Bad Medicine
Girl you got to find you the man who
can smoke this out, Good Medicine would say----

You got you a Fast horse darlin'
But all you do is complain it ain't
a maserati.
You had a soul that you left back in Memphis
but your mama ain't New York she is pure
can't you see your mama ain't New York
she is pure Tennessee
Tennessee



OPHELIA
Ophelia your secret is safe
Ophelia you must break the chain
some girls will get their way
some fathers will control from the grave
Ophelia you must remember

Veronica's America is not like--
is not like Charlotte's, one to savor
cosmic flavor
then Alison whispers,  "remember
Change waltzes in with her sister Pain
waiting for you to send her away
wish her well break the chain
break the chain"
I feel you

Ophelia
"The Eve of St. Agnes",
a poem he can't reach you in
Ophelia you know how to lose
but when will you learn to choose
those men who choose to stay
those mothers who won't look the other way
Ophelia you must remember

Veronica's America is not like---
is not like Charlotte's, one to savor
cosmic flavor
then Alison whispers," remember
Change waltzes in with her sister Pain
waiting for you to send her away
wish her well break the chain
break the chain"
I feel you
Ophelia



LADY IN BLUE
Cigarettes recommended
"Need a Light to use?"
said the Lady In Blue after the rain
What is left?
What is right..... you may understand,
I left the right man.
said the Lady In Blue,
"I left the right man."

Boys play well into midnight
"Can I join you?"
said the Lady In Blue after the rain

"Pillow cold, but She won't stray into other lands," he said,
"Take my hand," to the Lady in Blue,
"You wronged the right man."
Cigarettes recommended
"Need a Light to use?"
said the Lady In Blue,
"I wronged the right man"

Boys play well into midnight
"Can I join you?"
said the Lady in Blue after the rain
Boys you play well into midnight
"Can I join you?"
said the Lady In Blue
said the Lady In Blue
said the Lady In Blue,

"I can play too."


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7/2/2009

One Eskimo Announced as Opening Band for Tori During US Tour This Summer

We are happy to announce that One Eskimo will be the opening band for Tori during her US tour this summer. For more information check out their website at: www.oneeskimo.com

6/25/2009

New Jersey Date Added to Sinful Attraction Tour

Tori will be playing August 14 at Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ. Tickets for this show go on sale July 1. Ticket details will be posted in the tour section once they're announced.

6/23/2009

Get on Tori Amos' Guest List!

Tori Amos and LP33.tv are giving away a pair of tickets to upcoming concerts in 11 cities on Tori's upcoming Sinful Attraction Tour. Click here for details.

6/15/2009

Two Dates in Poland Added to Sinful Attraction Tour

Tori will be playing two shows in Poland in October. Visit the tour page for details.

6/13/2009

San Jose, CA Show Added to Sinful Attraction Tour

Tori will be playing July 14 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in San Jose, CA. Tickets go on sale June 20 at 10am. Ticket details will be posted on the tour page once they're announced.

6/5/2009

Sinful Attraction Tour: Ticket On-Sales Happening This Weekend

Don't forget this weekend's on-sales. Check the Tour page for details and ticket purchase links.

6/1/2009

2nd London show added!

Due to the huge demand for tickets for Tori's London Hammersmith Apollo show, a 2nd night has been added on September 11th. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at livenation.co.uk

5/29/2009

Reminder: Many U.S. Tour Dates On Sale Saturday

Reminder: Quite a few of Tori's US tour dates go on-sale Saturday morning. Log on early to get the best seats. Check the tour page for ticket information.

5/27/2009

Statement from iTunes UK:

"Due to an unforeseen system error the redemption codes for the Tori Amos iTunes / Ticketmaster UK promotion were not delivered to recipients on Friday 22nd May as promised. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Redemption codes were sent to all recipients on Tuesday 26th May. Additional tickets have been made available to the promotion to ensure that customers who didn't receive their codes until 26th May have ample access to pre-sale tickets."

5/27/2009

European Sinful Attraction Dates Have Been Added

Visit the tour page for the list of dates along with on-sale information.

5/22/2009

iTunes/Ticketmaster pre-sale dates and details confirmed!

For those of you who pre-ordered Abnormally Attracted to Sin through iTunes, you will be receiving your Ticketmaster pre-sale password from iTunes via email on May 25. Pre-sales will be done in 2 tiers for participating venues, one starting May 28 and another starting June 3.

First tier of pre-sales: May 28 at 10 am - May 29 at 10 pm
Seattle, WA
Oakland, CA (7/13 date only)
San Diego, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Grand Prairie, TX
Orlando, FL
Washington, DC
Chicago, IL
Minneapolis, MN
Detroit, MI

Second tier of pre-sales: June 3 at 10 am - June 4 at 10 pm
Durham, NC
New York, NY
Portland, OR

TBD: Atlanta, GA

Non-Ticketmaster venues (meaning no iTunes pre-sale)
Phoenix, AZ
Salt Lake City, UT
Denver, CO
Kansas City, MO
Austin, TX
Miami, FL
Milwaukee, WI
Indianapolis, IN
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Philadelphia, PA
Boston, MA

For more information please visit:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/Tori-Amos-tickets/artist/749136

5/22/2009

Watch Tori on UK TV this Sunday

Watch Tori on UK TV this Sunday. She will be a guest on Something For The Weekend on Sunday 24th May live on BBC2.

5/21/2009

Tori on Late Night TV

Tori is scheduled to perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday, May 22 and on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday, June 1. Check your local listings.

5/21/2009

Prague, Czech Republic Date Added to Sinful Attraction Tour

Details on the tour page.

5/19/2009

Free Tori Amos ART ROCK POSTER with Purchase from Select Retailers

Purchase Tori's new Abnormally Attracted To Sin from select retailers and receive a limited edition ART ROCK POSTER. Click here for the list of participating stores.

5/19/2009

'Abnormally Attracted To Sin' Available Now!

Tori Amos' new album Abnormally Attracted To Sin is in stores & available online now!

Download the album at iTunes and get the exclusive bonus track "Oscar's Theme."
You can purchase the physical CD from Amazon: Deluxe | Standard.

5/19/2009

Copenhagen and Paris Tour Dates Announced. Plus UK On Sale Information.

Copenhagen & Paris dates on Tori's Sinful Attraction Tour have been announced. Plus UK ticket on-sale information has been posted. Visit the tour section for details.

5/18/2009

'Abnormally Attracted To Sin' Available in the UK Today! and in the US Tomorrow!

Tori's new album is available now in the UK. You can get it from: iTunes | Amazon (deluxe : standard)

The album will be released in the US tomorrow. US Fans: Don't miss your final opportunity to pre-order 'Abnormally Attracted to Sin' on iTunes in order to receive your pre-order password which allows you to purchase tickets for Tori’s upcoming Sinful Attraction tour before the general public. Details at iTunes.

5/18/2009

U.S. Sinful Attraction Tour On-Sale Dates Announced

On-sale dates have been posted in the tour section for Tori's U.S. Sinful Attraction tour dates.

5/16/2009

Listen to the Full Length 'Abnormally Attracted to Sin' Now!

Between now and Tuesday's release you can stream Tori's new album in its entirety right now at MySpace!

UK fans can stream the complete album at guardian.co.uk.

Don't miss your last opportunity to pre-order Abnormally Attracted to Sin on iTunes in order to receive your pre-order password which allows you to purchase tickets for Tori's upcoming Sinful Attraction tour before the general public.

For more details visit Tori's US and UK iTunes pages: US | UK

5/15/2009

Tori Performance from Austria now Streaming Online

FM4 is now streaming a performance Tori did last week in Austria. Click here to watch.

5/15/2009

UK Tour dates and pre-sale announcement

UK Sinful Attraction dates are as follows:

Sept 6
Manchester Apollo
Manchester, UK

Sept 7
Birmingham Symphony Hall
Birmingham, UK

Sept 8
Royal Concert Hall
Glasgow, UK

Sept 10
Hammersmith Apollo
London, UK

iTunes/Ticketmaster pre-sale details:
If you pre-order the album on iTunes before May 18 you'll receive an email on May 22 that will contain a unique password that will get you access to exclusive pre-sale tickets for Tori's upcoming UK tour. After you receive that email you'll be able to purchase tickets from 10 am, May 23 through 10 pm, May 28.

For more information check out Tori's UK Ticketmaster page

5/14/2009

Tori Amos Interview: Behind "Ophelia"

Check out the new LP33.tv exclusive Tori Amos Interview: Behind "Ophelia." Watch it here.

5/13/2009

Tori announces her Sinful Attraction Tour

U.S. summer tour dates have been announced. Visit the tour page for the dates.

5/8/2009

Tori Amos Amsterdam & Vienna Tour Dates On Sale This Weekend

Tickets for the following shows are going on sale this weekend:

Thursday 17th September
Amsterdam, Holland
Heineken Music Hall
On Sale Sat. 9th May 10.am CET
Click here for tickets

Friday 25th September
Vienna, Austria
Stadthalle Halle F
On Sale Sat.9th May 9.am CET
Click here for tickets

5/4/2009

Four-Part Video Interview with LP33

Check out LP33's four part interview with Tori below...

Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four

5/4/2009

Tori Amos "Fire To Your Plain" Video Premiere at Amazon.com

Watch Tori's video for "Fire To Your Plain" from her forthcoming album Abnormally Attracted to Sin at Amazon.com

4/27/2009

"Maybe California" Video Premiere + Free Song/Video/Ringtone Download

Tori's new "Maybe California" video premiered today on AOL Music's Spinner.com! Watch the video here.

Tori has also announced her "Mother's Day Gift" consisting of a free song, video, and ringtone download of "Maybe California." Details here.

4/27/2009

TONIGHT'S SAVOY SHOW POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS

Unfortunately Tori has had to postpone her show tonight at London's Savoy Theater due to illness.

Tori is hugely disappointed, this being the first time in her 20-year career that she has had to postpone a show due to illness.

The show will now take place on Monday, May 11, 2009. Tickets will remain valid for the new date and customers can check with their respective ticket outlets for more information.

4/15/2009

Follow Tori Amos on Twitter

Tori is now on Twitter. You can follow her at www.twitter.com/therealtoriamos.

4/14/2009

Pre-Order the New Album at iTunes for Exclusive Content and Access to Upcoming Tour Ticket Pre-Sales

Pre-order the deluxe version of Tori's new album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, at iTunes and you'll immediately begin downloading the single "Welcome to England" and get a special pre-order-only video interview with Tori when the album is released on May 19. Additionally, the deluxe version also includes a digital booklet, a bonus track, and 16 corresponding bonus video visualettes for each track.

Pre-ordering will also make you eligible to purchase up to four Tori Amos concert tickets from Ticketmaster.com before they go on sale to the general public.

For more details and to pre-order the album, visit iTunes

4/9/2009

Join Tori's Mobile Community

Text AMOSFAN to 66937 and join Tori’s mobile community for text updates, exclusive content, tour info and contests!

4/9/2009

Tori Amos Mobile Fanclub

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3/31/2009

Tori Amos World Premiere Video

Check out Tori Amos' World Premiere of "Welcome To England" video on Yahoo! Music this Friday, April 3 at 12:00am EST.

3/31/2009

Tori Amos Special ONE-NIGHT ONLY Exclusive Solo Performance in London

Tori will be performing a special ONE-NIGHT ONLY exclusive solo performance at London's Savoy Theatre on April 27th. Entitled Acoustically Attracted to Sin, on this rare evening Tori will perform songs from the forthcoming album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, as well as some of her classics.

Tickets on sale online at 9am on Friday 3rd April 2009 by clicking here

Tickets on sale at 10am on Friday 3rd April 2009 to personal callers at the Savoy Theatre Box Office.

Tickets limited to 2 per household.

3/25/2009

Tori Amos video interview from SXSW

While Tori was at SXSW, she stopped by the MySpace/Spin Magazine loft and recorded a video interview with host John Norris. You can watch the video at MySpace.

3/12/2009

TORI AMOS TO RELEASE "ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN" ON MAY 19. PLUS TRACKLISTING ANNOUNCED.

Tori Amos will release her Universal Republic debut album, ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN, on May 19, 2009. AOL Music's Spinner.com will premiere today, Tuesday, March 10 the album's cover art and tracklisting, as well as an interview where Tori discusses the record.

Tori will offer a sneak-peek at some of the songs from ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN at this year's South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, TX when she will headline the Universal Republic Records Showcase. The showcase, one of the most anticipated events in the conference's two decade-plus history, is on Thursday, March 19, and will be held at the historic club La Zona Rosa.

A DVD of corresponding 'visualettes' for each track will accompany the deluxe version of ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN. These interlocking episodic films bring to life the narrative arc of the album. The footage was captured over the past year and shot with a noir twist in HD and Super 8.

The album was produced by Tori and features longtime contributors Matt Chamberlain on drums, Jon Evans on bass, and Mac Aladdin on guitars. Once again Tori is joined in the studio by Mark Hawley and Marcel Van Limbeek who recorded and mixed the album at Martian Engineering in Cornwall, England. ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN is the singer's tenth studio album, and is sure to be regarded by fans and critics as another innovative chapter in the artist's trailblazing career.

For nearly two decades, Tori Amos' stark lyrical flourishes and inspired musicianship have shaped the musical landscape. She is also considered one of the most emotionally powerful live artists in music today. Her most recent world tour, launched in the summer of 2007, with media platforms such as the BBC who lauded both her live show and album as 'returning Tori Amos back to the forefront of a genre she defined...still pushing her own boundaries.'

The tracklisting for ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN is as follows:
Give
Welcome to England
Strong Black Vine
Flavor
Not Dying Today
Maybe California
Curtain Call
Fire to Your Plain
Police Me
That Guy
Abnormally Attracted to Sin
500 Miles
Mary Jane
Starling
Fast Horse
Ophelia
Lady in Blue

2/20/2009

TORI AMOS TO HEADLINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC SHOWCASE AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST MUSIC CONFERENCE ON MARCH 19

New CD, ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN, Due Spring 2009

(New York, NY) There will be thousands of artists and tens of thousands of music fans gathering at over 60 venues for this year’s South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, TX, but all eyes will be on groundbreaking star Tori Amos, headlining one of the most anticipated events in the conference’s two decade-plus history, on Thursday, March 19, at historic Austin club, La Zona Rosa. 

The Grammy nominated singer/songwriter is headlining a star-studded Universal Republic showcase at the popular venue, sure to be looked on as one of the must-see events of the 4 day festival.  Tori will be performing new songs from her upcoming Universal Republic debut album, ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN, scheduled to hit stores and the digital domain this spring, as well as other classics from her influential repertoire. 

Tori’s recent signing with Universal Republic is in keeping with the inventive star’s unconventional approach to the artist/record company relationship.  Universal Republic will distribute Tori’s new album, as well as correlate other ventures in tandem with Tori’s prolific creative output. ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN, her tenth studio album, is another innovative chapter in the artist’s trailblazing story.  Every track on the album will be accompanied by a corresponding ‘visualette,’ featuring footage that has been captured over the past year.  Shot in HD and Super 8, the visualettes will incorporate a documentary style. 

Tori’s most recent album, AMERICAN DOLL POSSE, which has been hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as ‘her best album in years,’ was released in 2007 to a chorus of rave reviews. The captivating album, like many of her previous efforts, adhered to a strong conceptual theme, with Tori inhabiting multiple archetypal female personae, a testament to her willingness to continue to push the boundaries of the female singer/songwriter. 

Regarded as one of the most emotionally fearless live artists in music today, her most recent world tour, launched in the summer of 2007, saw her soar with her first full-fledged rock band in nearly a decade.  Media platforms such as the BBC lauded both her live show and album as ‘returning Tori Amos back to the forefront of a genre she defined...still pushing her own boundaries.’