I went to see Tori Amos perform at Hard Rock Live this past Friday, but haven't had the opportunity to update until now.

From Undented:
Pip opened the November 16th show at the Orlando's Hard Rock Live, busting out "Heart of Gold" for the first time since the European leg of the tour. Tori's set contained some surprises as well too: "A Case of You" and "Toast" (a tour debut!) were played during T & Bö and "Past The Mission" was debuted as well, but the real corker was during the first encore when "Not David Bowie" was performed for the first time ever!

The show was absolutely amazing. I was so fucking excited when she came out as Pip. She put on a fantastic performance and played my favorite setlist yet.

Act I - Pip

* Cruel
* Heart of Gold
* Fat Slut
* Smokey Joe
* Teenage Hustling
* The Waitress

Interlude

* Professional Widow

Act II - Tori

* Big Wheel
* Space Dog
* Bouncing Off Clouds
* Cornflake Girl
* Doughnut Song
* Caught A Lite Sneeze

T & Bö

* A Case of You
* Toast

Band Returns

* Past the Mission
* God
* Code Red

First Encore

* Precious Things
* Not David Bowie

Second Encore

* Hey Jupiter

Oh man, reading through the songs, I can hardly believe what a fabulous collection of songs I experienced, and yet somehow, I wasn't able to enjoy it as thoroughly as I should have. The venue was AWFUL. General admission, no seats, unless you paid extra to sit in the upstairs balconies, which are located as far from the stage as humanly possible. Yuck. I had gross people breathing down my neck almost the entire time, pressed up against me, singing and even worse- talking. Some rude cunt behind me just refused to SHUT THE FUCK UP. During the Tori+piano quiet songs, no less. Hard Rock also offers a full bar, so plenty of the audience was obnoxiously drunk.This piece of a review on Undented describes it well:

"I do have to say that the crowd was at times annoying (I guess general admission can bring out the worst in people) as it was distracting to hear loud talking during the T & Bo section, and I could have done without some of the drunken, way too loud, singing in my ear…I came to hear Tori, after all!"

Even so, despite the venue being shitty, it also meant the closest I've ever been and probably will ever be to Tori. She also, for the first time, talked to the crowd and introduced the band. As a matter of fact, the entire show sounded VERY similar to the live cd from To Venus and Back, which made me giddy with joy.

Heart of Gold


Space Dog


Bouncing Off Clouds


A Case of You


Toast


Past the Mission