This ticket was from one of the relatively early Tori Amos gigs that I attended when she still played relatively small venues. She returned to the Sheffield City Hall last month to kick off the tour in support of her new album "In Times of Dragons" as it happens. My sister went and said it was excellent.
We were up in the Grand Circle which is where I preferred to be for gigs at the City Hall. I saw so many different bands from up there - including some stubs I've already posted, such as Big Country. I also saw her down at the Ipswich Regent and elsewhere.
My first Tori Amos gig was actually very much smaller than that.
I traced it back using this tours archive, and it was on February 19, 1992 at Norwich Arts Centre. There were only about 30-40 of us there and we were actually stood around the piano rather than sat down.
Two days previously she had played Manchester University and the set list was:
Crucify
Silent All These Years
Whole Lotta Love/Thank You
Precious Things
Happy Phantom
Leather
Girl
Upside Down
Sentimental Journey
Me and a Gun
Winter
Encore 1
A Case of You
Killing Me Softly
China
Encore 2
Tear In Your Hand
Angie
As her style developed, I saw her in various other formats, and with other musicians.
She was also in the Radio 2 piano room at the end of February - which could be found on BBC Sounds.
Here's a favourite from this set list.
Others are scheduled to appear in other posts....
