Tori Amos @ Hammersmith Apollo

3rd & 4th July 2007
After 2 years of stage absence Tori stopped at London, at her home Hammersmith Apollo in her American Doll Posse tour. She had some surprises, 4 in fact, namely Pip, Santa, Clyde and Isabel. Along with Tori they make up the doll posse. With the exception of "Tori", on eof these characters is selected every night to open the show. For her London shows the honors were given to Santa and Isabel (sarcastically put on 4th of July).

The band was there to liven up the songs, there was a stage set up, the lights were pretty much amazing and the set lists, the set lists were to die for. Tori as herself sang the hits and b-sides off her back catalogue in both nights. Here she was fucking her piano stool during Crucify and Bliss, near tears during China, thoughtful during Putting the Damage on and Cool On Your Island. Cornflake Girl, God, Caught A Light Sneeze, Hey Jupiter, Tear in Your Hand, Winter, Waitress, Sorta Fairytale...the songs kept coming. Sweet Dreams, Siren, Home On The Range and Cooling, some of her best b-sides and rarities. She even had a remixed Professional Widow section giving her time to change.

Unfortunately not everything was amazing. To begin with none of the ADP tracks stand out when performed live, maybe realizing that most of the new tracks were performed at the beginning of the show with only Big Wheel and Code Red from ADP remain permanent in the main set. Secondly and I think this was the main issue this is not the 90s and it seemed even though Tori tried to capture the audience's attention with the 90s well known songs somehow it felt, especially on the first night, she was not feeling them.

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for more photos from both nights, check YouNeedToSeeThese