Last night I went up to Lowell to see Tori Amos play at the Tsongas Arena. Overall, great show.
The Arena
Well, never having been here, I did not know what to expect. We got there right at 7:30, the time the show was supposed to start, as we didn't care to see the opening act. After we parked. we headed to go inside, but found that there was a line WAY around the corner. That sucked enough. Line moved pretty quickly though, but then as we got to the door they freakin took my cigarettes away. I hate this new trend of "let's not hire enough security to make sure no one smokes, instead lets take away everyone's cigarettes", it's bullllllshit. I definitely wasn't getting back in line after putting them in my car. We get inside and then they don't want to let us take food and drink down to our seats. We were, after finding a very not easy way to feed, able to get waters down to the floor with no questions.
The Show
Well, we were in the fifth row, center. so, the seats, well, kicked ass. When Tori came out we had a perfect view of her playing both her piano and keyboards. We couldn't see the drummer, but that wasn't who I was there to see.
I go to see Tori because I love her music. She is a great artist. I find it amazing that she can sing the way she does night in and night out. She sounded awesome at the show last night. I also really like that she has the talent to be able to play around with songs and do some improvization at the same time. Just amazing. I thought the set list was great. Always disappointed when Winter and Precious Things are missing, but still a great list overall. It was:
Wampum
Sorta Fairytale
Sugar
Crucify
Bliss
Crazy
Take to the sky
Black Dove
Wednesday
--- roadside cafe ---
Silent all these years
cloud on my tongue
Famous blue raincoat
Strange
--- end cafe ---
Taxi ride
Little Earthquakes
Caught a lite sneeze
Pancake
Can't see New York
Spring Haze
Encore 1
Corflake Girl
Your cloud
tear in your hand
Encore 2
Sweet Sangria
Hey Jupiter
Overall, I had a blast.
