First off, the Palace Theater in Albany is a fantastic venue. It sounded great and was actually comfortable! We had second row center mezzanine seats which was perfect. Isabel opened the show and I was pleasantly surprised. What was most interesting is that it was definitely not Tori. (For those of you unfamiliar with American Doll Posse's concept, in a nutshell there are different personalities who sing some of the songs - Isabel, Clyde, Pip, Santa & Tori - yes, she's a nut!) Isabel had a whole different way about her. She didn't feel like Tori, didn't sing like Tori and certainly didn't move like Tori. Oh, and she smokes! Here's the set list:
Act I (Isabel)
* Yo George
* Sweet Dreams
* Tubular Bells
* Devils And Gods
* In The Springtime Of His Voodoo
* Tombigbee
* Almost Rosey
Costume Change - Professional Widow Interlude
Act II (Tori)
* Big Wheel
* Sugar
* Black Dove
* Cornflake Girl
* Mother Revolution
* Caught A Lite Sneeze
Solo
* Improv about how happy she was to be there
* Marianne
* Etienne
* Famous Blue Raincoat (Leonard Cohen)
Band Returns
* Virginia
* God
* Code Red
First Encore
* Precious Things
* Tear In Your Hand
Second Encore
* Bouncing Off Clouds
* Hey Jupiter
Tori looked fantastic in a gold backless jumpsuit and fantastic green heels. She was in high spirits and was clearly enjoying herself and the band as well. One of the more shocking things about the show is that it was loud, very loud. It was a rock show for sure. I was surprised at how deep she went back in her catalogue and I thought some of the choices were interesting. The highlights for me were Sugar, Sweet Dreams, Tear In Your Hand, Bouncing Off Clouds and all of "solo time". She certainly pulled Etienne out of her ass and it was beautiful (it's a Y Kant Tori Read song for those of you keeping track, video below). Hey Jupiter was powerful and very different than I have heard previously.
There were songs from every record's era save for To Venus and Back with a few b-sides to boot. The stage and lighting design were simple, but effective. I got the feeling that it will be a long time before she tours again. Call it hunch, but pulling out some of these songs and well, seeing her now over 30 times, I just got that idea.
Overall, husbando and were very pleased despite the at least 300 empty seats, the dreary rain, and some adventurous hydroplaning on the way home. We haven't ruled out going to the show next week in Wallingford, we just may not eat for a week. I am thinking about it.
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while your overall description is right on, i must say your attention to detail left me slightly disappointed. you wrote:
"Tori looked fantastic in a gold backless jumpsuit and fantastic green heels."
a 'gold backless jumpsuit' is that how you describe the magnificently, sparkly outfit that in fact lit her up brighter than the christmas tree at rockefeller center? this was not your average jumpsuit. i think it may have had its own power source.
about wallingford ...
i am a firm believer that one should fast a few times per year to give our digestive system a break. perhaps this is a sign that the time to fast is now ...
Awesome review; thanks a ton!
jb... your review made me even more excited to see her in two weeks in dc! it's been a long time since i've seen her and i CAN'T WAIT! i'll let you know how it goes! :) shanty
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