104-848: 2014 concert tour by Tori Amos Unrepentant Geraldines Tour Tour by Tori Amos [REDACTED] Associated album Unrepentant Geraldines Start date May 5, 2014 End date November 21, 2014 Legs 4 No. of shows 33 in Europe 4 in Africa 29 in North America 7 in Australia 73 in total Tori Amos concert chronology Gold Dust Orchestral Tour (2012) Unrepentant Geraldines Tour (2014) Native Invader Tour (2017) The Unrepentant Geraldines Tour
208-657: A podestà in 1178. Their choice first fell on one of the Este family. A fire devastated Padua in 1174. This required the virtual rebuilding of the city. The temporary success of the Lombard League helped to strengthen the towns. However, their civic jealousy soon reduced them to weakness again. In 1214–1216, Padua was involved in a conflict with Venice , which it lost. In 1236 Frederick II found little difficulty in establishing his vicar Ezzelino III da Romano in Padua and
312-498: A "sonic novel", the album explores Amos' alter ego , Scarlet, intertwined with her cross-country concert tour following 9/11 . Through the songs, Amos explores such topics as the history of America, American people, Native American history, pornography, masochism , homophobia and misogyny . The album had a strong debut at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. Scarlet's Walk is Amos' last album to date to reach certified gold status from
416-517: A Gun " " Silent All These Years " " China " " Winter " " Crucify " " Cornflake Girl " " God " " Pretty Good Year " " Past the Mission " " Caught a Lite Sneeze " " Talula " " Professional Widow " " Hey Jupiter " " In the Springtime of His Voodoo " " Spark " " Jackie's Strength " " Cruel "/" Raspberry Swirl " " Bliss " " 1000 Oceans " " Glory of
520-490: A Librarian A Piano: The Collection Little Earthquakes – The B-Sides Live albums To Venus and Back The Original Bootlegs Legs and Boots Live at Montreux 1991/1992 From Russia with Love Diving Deep Live EPs Crucify Hey Jupiter Scarlet's Hidden Treasures Exclusive Session Flavor (Peter Rauhofer Mixes) Christmastide Singles " Baltimore " " Me and
624-478: A backup vocalist. She also recorded a song called "Distant Storm" (which she did not write), which was used in the film China O'Brien . In the credits, the song is attributed to a band called Tess Makes Good. Amos recorded the vocals for the song in 1988, for $ 150; she was unaware for several years that the song had actually been heard in a film. Other than the appearance in the film itself, "Distant Storm" has never been commercially issued in any format. Despite
728-652: A blend of memoir, criticism, and aesthetic theory in order to argue that the aesthetics of disgust are useful of thinking in a broader way about women's experience of all art forms. Amos released her second memoir, called Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage on May 5, 2020. Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes (2022) by Tori Amos and Neil Gaiman is an official graphic novel celebrating 30 years of Tori Amos' breakout album Little Earthquakes . Padua Padua ( / ˈ p æ dj u ə / PAD -ew-ə ; Italian : Padova [ˈpaːdova] ; Venetian : Pàdova , Pàdoa or Pàoa )
832-671: A brief tour from June to September 2010, Amos released a live album From Russia With Love in December the same year, recorded in Moscow on September 3, 2010. The limited edition set included a signature edition Lomography Diana F+ camera, along with two lenses, a roll of film and one of five photographs taken of Amos during her time in Moscow. The set was released exclusively through her website and only 2000 copies were produced. In September 2011, Amos released her first classical-style music album, Night of Hunters , featuring variations on
936-484: A certain point". When she was two years old, her family relocated to Baltimore , Maryland, where her father had moved his Methodist ministry from its original base in Washington, D.C. Her older brother and sister took piano lessons, but Tori did not need them. From the time she could reach the piano, she taught herself to play: when she was two, she could reproduce pieces of music she had only heard once, and, by
1040-486: A competition involving the Baltimore Orioles . The song did not win the contest but became her first single, released as a 7-inch single pressed locally for family and friends in 1980 with another Amos-penned composition as a B-side , "Walking With You". Before this, she had performed under her middle name, Ellen, and was considering the stage name "Sammy Jaye " at the time, but permanently adopted "Tori" after
1144-575: A configuration that day that wasn't on this earth. ... It was euphoric. At five, she became the youngest student ever admitted to the preparatory division of the Peabody Institute . She studied classical piano at Peabody from 1968 to 1974. In 1974, when she was eleven, her scholarship was discontinued, and she was asked to leave. Amos has asserted that she lost the scholarship because of her interest in rock and popular music, coupled with her dislike for reading from sheet music. In 1972,
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#17327797145201248-501: A digital download. Shortly after giving birth to her daughter, Amos decided to record a cover album , taking songs written by men about women and reversing the gender roles to reflect a woman's perspective. That became Strange Little Girls , released in September 2001. The album is Amos' first concept album , with artwork featuring Amos photographed in character of the women portrayed in each song. Amos would later reveal that
1352-462: A friend's boyfriend told her she looked like a Torrey pine , a tree native to the West Coast. By the time she was 17, Amos had a stock of homemade demo tapes that her father regularly sent out to record companies and producers. Producer Narada Michael Walden responded favorably: he and Amos cut some tracks together, but none were released. Eventually, Atlantic Records responded to one of
1456-640: A live album, Diving Deep Live , on December 6, 2024. The album will consist of recordings from her 2022-23 tour in support of Ocean to Ocean and be released on double vinyl and CD respectively. Amos and her music have been the subject of numerous official and unofficial books, as well as academic critique, including Tori Amos: Lyrics (2001) illustrated by Herb Leonhard, and an earlier biography, Tori Amos: All These Years (1996) by Kalen Rogers. Released in conjunction with The Beekeeper , Amos co-authored an autobiography with rock music journalist Ann Powers titled Piece by Piece (2005). The book's subject
1560-555: A new album and tour would materialize in 2014 and that it would be a "return to contemporary music". September 2013 saw the launch of Amos' musical project adaptation of George MacDonald 's The Light Princess , along with book writer Samuel Adamson and Marianne Elliott . It premiered at London's Royal National Theatre and ended in February 2014. The Light Princess and its lead actress, Rosalie Craig , were nominated for Best Musical and Best Musical Performance respectively at
1664-401: A result of the industry's decline. Amos released two more albums with Epic , The Beekeeper (2005) and American Doll Posse (2007). Both albums received generally favorable reviews. The Beekeeper was conceptually influenced by the ancient art of beekeeping , which she considered a source of female inspiration and empowerment. Through extensive study, Amos also wove in the stories of
1768-483: A retrospective collection titled Tales of a Librarian (2003) through her former label, Atlantic Records; a two-disc DVD set Fade to Red (2006) containing most of Amos' solo music videos, released through the Warner Bros. reissue imprint Rhino; a five disc box set titled A Piano: The Collection (2006), celebrating Amos' 15-year solo career through remastered album tracks, remixes, alternate mixes, demos, and
1872-759: A series of monumental gates. In 1797 the Venetian Republic came to an end with the Treaty of Campo Formio , and Padua, like much of the Veneto region, was ceded to the Habsburgs . In 1806 the city passed to the French puppet Kingdom of Italy until the fall of Napoleon , in 1814, when the city became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia , part of the Austrian Empire . Austrian rule
1976-433: A stimulus for the album was to end her contract with Atlantic without giving them original songs; Amos felt that since 1998, the label had not been properly promoting her and had trapped her in a contract by refusing to sell her to another label. With her Atlantic contract fulfilled after a 15-year stint, Amos signed to Epic in late 2001. In October 2002, Amos released Scarlet's Walk , another concept album. Described as
2080-488: A string of unreleased songs from album recording sessions, also released through Rhino; and numerous official bootlegs from two world tours, The Original Bootlegs (2005) and Legs & Boots (2007) through Epic Records. In May 2008, Amos announced that, due to creative and financial disagreements with Epic Records , she had negotiated an end to her contract with the record label, and would be operating independently of major record labels on future work. In September of
2184-588: A theme to pay tribute to composers such as Bach , Chopin , Debussy , Granados , Satie and Schubert , on the Deutsche Grammophon label, a division of Universal Music Group . Amos recorded the album with several musicians, including the Apollon Musagète string quartet . To mark the 20th anniversary of her debut album, Little Earthquakes (1992), Amos released an album of songs from her back catalogue re-worked and re-recorded with
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#17327797145202288-670: A trip from their Georgetown home in Washington, D.C., and was named Myra Ellen Amos. Some of Amos's ancestors were Confederate soldiers. In her memoir, Piece by Piece , she talks about the experience of these Confederate ancestors, Margaret Little and Grandaddy Calvin Rice, during the American Civil War , and says that they had become "all worked up" by "the preacher", and that like other farmers were scared of "losin' everythin' to them greedy Yankees". Amos wrote that she believed her great-grandmother "was just defending her home at
2392-560: Is Amos' interest in mythology and religion, exploring her songwriting process, rise to fame, and her relationship with Atlantic Records. Image Comics released Comic Book Tattoo (2008), a collection of comic stories, each based on or inspired by songs recorded by Amos. Editor Rantz Hoseley worked with Amos to gather 80 different artists for the book, including Neil Gaiman , Carla Speed McNeil, Mark Buckingham, C.B. Cebulski, Nikki Cook, Hope Larson, John Ney Reiber, Ryan Kelly, Pia Guerra , David Mack , and Leah Moore . Tori Amos: In
2496-478: Is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto , northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua . The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione , 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Venice and 29 km (18 miles) southeast of Vicenza , and has a population of 214,000 (as of 2011 ). It is also the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso , in
2600-481: Is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She had to leave at the age of eleven when her scholarship was discontinued for what Rolling Stone described as "musical insubordination". Amos
2704-475: Is the Brenta. The ending -ium signifies the presence of villages that have united themselves together. According to another theory, Patavium probably derives from Gaulish padi 'pine', in reference to the pine forests thereabouts. Padua claims to be among the oldest cities in northern Italy. According to a tradition dated at least to the time of Virgil 's Aeneid and to Livy 's Ab Urbe Condita , Padua
2808-529: Is the world's oldest, and its 14th-century frescoes , situated in buildings in the city centre. An example is the Scrovegni Chapel painted by Giotto at the beginning of 1300. Padua is home to one of the oldest universities in the world, the University of Padua , founded in 1222 and where figures such as Galileo Galilei and Nicolaus Copernicus taught or studied. In 1610, Galileo observed
2912-536: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra ) November 12, 2014 November 15, 2014 Melbourne Palais Theatre November 16, 2014 Adelaide Her Majesty's Theatre November 18, 2014 Perth Riverside Theatre November 20, 2014 Sydney City Recital Hall November 21, 2014 Brisbane QPAC Concert Hall References [ edit ] ^ "Tori Amos review – back on tour, and
3016-942: The Evening Standard Award . Craig won the Best Musical Performance category. Amos' 14th studio album, Unrepentant Geraldines , was released on May 13, 2014, via Mercury Classics/Universal Music Classics in the US. Its first single, " Trouble's Lament ", was released on March 28. The album was supported by the Unrepentant Geraldines Tour which began May 5, 2014, in Cork and continued across Europe, Africa, North America, and Australia, ending in Brisbane on November 21, 2014. In Sydney , Amos performed two orchestral concerts, reminiscent of
3120-604: The Gnostic gospels and the removal of women from a position of power within the Christian church to create an album based largely on religion and politics. The album debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, placing her in an elite group of women who have secured five or more US Top 10 album debuts. While the newly merged label was present throughout the production process of The Beekeeper , Amos and her crew nearly completed her next project, American Doll Posse , before inviting
3224-640: The Gold Dust Orchestral Tour , with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House . According to a press release, Unrepentant Geraldines was a "return to her core identity as a creator of contemporary songs of exquisite beauty following a series of more classically-inspired and innovative musical projects of the last four years. [It is] both one further step in the artistic evolution of one of
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3328-644: The Metropole Orchestra . The album, titled Gold Dust , was released in October 2012 through Deutsche Grammophon. On May 1, 2012, Amos announced the formation of her own record label, Transmission Galactic, which she said she intended to use to develop new artists. In 2013, Amos collaborated with the Bullitts on the track "Wait Until Tomorrow" from their debut album, They Die by Dawn & Other Short Stories . She also stated in an interview that
3432-848: The Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) which has a population of around 2,600,000. Besides the Bacchiglione, the Brenta River , which once ran through the city, still touches the northern districts. Its agricultural setting is the Venetian Plain . To the city's south west lies the Euganaean Hills , which feature in poems by Lucan , Martial , Petrarch , Ugo Foscolo , and Percy Bysshe Shelley . Padua has two UNESCO World Heritage List entries: its Botanical Garden , which
3536-523: The Po River. In addition, the Indo-European root pat- may refer to a wide open plain as opposed to nearby hills. (In Latin this root is present in the word patera 'plate' and the verb patere 'to open'.) The suffix -av (also found in names of rivers such as Timavus and Tiliaventum ) is likely of Venetic origin, precisely indicating the presence of a river, which in the case of Padua
3640-577: The RIAA . Not long after Amos was ensconced with her new label, she received unsettling news when Polly Anthony resigned as president of Epic Records in 2003. Anthony had been one of the primary reasons Amos signed with the label and as a result of her resignation, Amos formed the Bridge Entertainment Group. Further trouble for Amos occurred the following year when her label, Epic/Sony Music Entertainment, merged with BMG Entertainment as
3744-528: The moons of Jupiter through a homemade telescope in Padua, marking the second phase of the Copernican Revolution . Today, the university has around 72,000 students and has a profound impact on the city's recreational, artistic and economic activities. The original significance of the Roman name Patavium ( Venetian : Padoa ) is uncertain. It may be connected with Padus , the ancient name of
3848-570: The 13th century, Padua outpaced Bologna, where no effort had been made to expand the revival of classical precedents beyond the field of jurisprudence, to become a center of early humanist researches , with first-hand knowledge of Roman poets that was unrivalled in Italy or beyond the Alps. However, the advances of Padua in the 13th century finally brought the commune into conflict with Can Grande della Scala , lord of Verona. In 1311 Padua had to yield to
3952-461: The 2022 and 2023 tour, Amos was joined by Jon Evans and the drummer Ash Soan. She appeared at the EPIX original docuseries Women Who Rock which premiered on July 10, 2022. In 2023, Amos and Trevor Horn covered Kendrick Lamar 's " Swimming Pools (Drank) ". She also released a remix dance single titled "Tequila," produced by Paul Woolford . On November 1, 2024, Amos announced the release of
4056-511: The 80's " " Concertina " " Strange Little Girl " " A Sorta Fairytale " " Taxi Ride " " Don't Make Me Come to Vegas " " Mary " " Sleeps with Butterflies " " Sweet the Sting " " Big Wheel " " Bouncing Off Clouds " " Welcome to England " " Maybe California " " A Silent Night with You " " Carry " " Flavor " " Trouble's Lament " " Cloud Riders " " Speaking with Trees " Other songs " Putting
4160-565: The Amos family moved to Silver Spring, Maryland , where her father became pastor of the Good Shepherd United Methodist church. At thirteen, Amos began playing at gay bars and piano bars , chaperoned by her father. Amos won a county teen talent contest in 1977, singing a song called "More Than Just a Friend". As a senior at Richard Montgomery High School , she co-wrote " Baltimore " with her brother, Mike Amos, for
4264-573: The Austrian Empire (nor previously had there been any), as in Venice or in other parts of Italy; while opponents of Austria were forced into exile. Under Austrian rule, Padua began its industrial development; one of the first Italian rail tracks , Padua-Venice, was built in 1845. In 1866 the Battle of Königgrätz gave Italy the opportunity, as an ally of Prussia , to take Veneto , and Padua
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4368-580: The British charts in January 1992 at Number 15. Little Earthquakes was released in the United States in February 1992 and slowly but steadily began to attract listeners, gaining more attention with the video for the single " Silent All These Years ". Amos traveled to New Mexico with personal and professional partner Eric Rosse in 1993 to write and largely record her second solo record, Under
4472-489: The Choirgirl Hotel were mostly favorable and praised Amos' continued artistic originality. Debut sales for From the Choirgirl Hotel are Amos' best to date, selling 153,000 copies in its first week. To Venus and Back , a two-disc release of original studio material and live material recorded from the previous world tour, received mostly positive reviews and included the first major-label single available for sale as
4576-1111: The Damage On " " Dātura " Videos Little Earthquakes Live from New York Complete Videos: 1991–1998 A Sorta Fairytale Welcome to Sunny Florida Fade to Red Live at Montreux 1991/1992 Tours 5 ½ Weeks Tour Night of Hunters Tour Gold Dust Orchestral Tour Unrepentant Geraldines Tour Native Invader Tour Related articles Piece by Piece Comic Book Tattoo Delirium Y Kant Tori Read Y Kant Tori Read " The Big Picture " " Cool on Your Island " " Blue Skies " RAINN The Light Princess Original Cast Recording Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unrepentant_Geraldines_Tour&oldid=1191237934 " Categories : 2014 concert tours Tori Amos concert tours Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos ; August 22, 1963)
4680-519: The Empire with notable intellectuals. Nearby Abano was the birthplace, and after many years spent in Rome, the death place of Livy, whose Latin was said by the critic Asinius Pollio to betray his Patavinitas (q.v. Quintilian, Inst. Or. viii.i.3). Padua was also the birthplace of Thrasea Paetus , Asconius Pedianus , and perhaps Valerius Flaccus . Christianity was introduced in Padua and in most of
4784-772: The Gauls and then the Carthaginians. Men from Padua fought and died beside the Romans at Cannae . With Rome's northwards expansion, Padua was gradually assimilated into the Roman Republic . In 175 BC, Padua requested the aid of Rome in putting down a local civil war. In 91 BC, Padua, along with other cities of the Veneti, fought with Rome against the rebels in the Social War . Around 49 (or 45 or 43) BC, Padua
4888-496: The House of Habsburg was to receive Padua in addition to Verona and other territories. In 1509 Padua was held for just a few weeks by Imperial supporters. Venetian troops quickly recovered it and successfully defended Padua during its siege by Imperial troops. The city was governed by two Venetian nobles, a podestà for civil affairs and a captain for military affairs. Both of them were elected for sixteen months. Under these governors,
4992-640: The Paduan tradition was the Tuscan Petrarch . In 1387 John Hawkwood won the Battle of Castagnaro for Padua, against Giovanni Ordelaffi , for Verona . The Carraresi period finally came to an end as the power of the Visconti and of Venice grew in importance. Padua came under the rule of the Republic of Venice in 1405, and mostly remained that way until the fall of the republic in 1797. There
5096-1407: The Performing Arts August 1, 2014 St. Louis Peabody Opera House August 2, 2014 Kansas City Midland Theatre August 3, 2014 Saint Paul O'Shaughnessy Auditorium August 5, 2014 Chicago Chicago Theatre August 6, 2014 Detroit Fox Theatre August 7, 2014 Cleveland Cain Park August 8, 2014 Toronto Canada Massey Hall August 10, 2014 Philadelphia United States Verizon Hall August 12, 2014 New York City Beacon Theatre August 13, 2014 August 15, 2014 Boston Boston Opera House August 16, 2014 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall August 18, 2014 Nashville Ryman Auditorium August 19, 2014 Atlanta Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre August 20, 2014 Durham Durham Performing Arts Center August 22, 2014 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall August 23, 2014 Orlando Bob Carr Theater August 24, 2014 Miami Beach Jackie Gleason Theater Australia November 11, 2014 Sydney Australia Sydney Opera House (orchestral concerts with
5200-602: The Pink Boys for Pele From the Choirgirl Hotel To Venus and Back Strange Little Girls Scarlet's Walk The Beekeeper American Doll Posse Abnormally Attracted to Sin Midwinter Graces Night of Hunters Gold Dust Unrepentant Geraldines Native Invader Ocean to Ocean Compilations Tales of
5304-589: The Pink . The album was received with mostly favorable reviews and sold enough copies to chart at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 , a significantly higher position than the preceding album's position at No. 54 on the same chart. However, the album found its biggest success in the UK, debuting at number one upon release in February 1994. Her third solo album, Boys for Pele , was released in January 1996. Prior to its release,
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#17327797145205408-566: The Scaligeri of Verona. Jacopo da Carrara was elected lord ( signore ) of Padua in 1318, at that point the city was home to 40,000 people. From then till 1405, nine members of the Carraresi family , including Ubertino, Jacopo II, and Francesco il Vecchio, succeeded one another as lords of the city, with the exception of a brief period of Scaligeri overlordship between 1328 and 1337 and two years (1388–1390) when Giangaleazzo Visconti held
5512-460: The Sky" and "Darkest Hour') performed by Amos. On November 18, 2016, Amos released a deluxe version of the album Boys for Pele to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the original release. This follows the deluxe re-releases of her first two albums in 2015. On September 8, 2017, Amos released Native Invader , accompanied by a world tour. During the summer of 2017, Amos launched three songs from
5616-535: The Spartan king Cleonimos around 302 BC. The Spartans came up the river but were defeated by the Veneti in a naval battle and gave up the idea of conquest. Still, later, the Veneti of Padua successfully repulsed invasions by the Etruscans and Gauls . According to Livy and Silius Italicus , the Veneti, including those of Padua, formed an alliance with the Romans by 226 BC against their common enemies, first
5720-553: The Studio (2011) by Jake Brown features an in-depth look at Amos' career, discography, and recording process. Sing Us a Song, Piano Woman: Female Fans and the Music of Tori Amos (2013) by Adrienne Trier-Bieniek explores the ways women are represented in pop culture and the many-layered relationships female fans build with feminist musicians in general and with Tori Amos in particular. Tori Amos' Boys for Pele (2018) by Amy Gentry uses
5824-453: The U.S. to date. Amos has received five MTV VMA nominations and eight Grammy Award nominations, and won an Echo Klassik award for her Night of Hunters classical crossover album. She is listed on VH1 's 1999 "100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll" at number 71. Amos is the third child of Mary Ellen (née Copeland) and Edison McKinley Amos. She was born on August 22, 1963 at the Old Catawba Hospital in Newton, North Carolina , during
5928-401: The University. The city hosted also a major military command and many regiments. When Italy entered World War I on 24 May 1915, Padua was chosen as the main command of the Italian Army . The king, Vittorio Emanuele III , and the commander in chief , Cadorna, went to live in Padua for the period of the war. After the defeat of Italy in the battle of Caporetto in autumn 1917, the front line
6032-431: The Veneto region by Saint Prosdocimus . He is venerated as the first bishop of the city. His deacon, the Jewish convert Daniel , is also a saintly patron of the city. The history of Padua during Late Antiquity follows the course of events common to most cities of north-eastern Italy. Padua suffered from the invasion of the Huns and was savagely sacked by Attila in 450. A number of years afterward, it fell under
6136-443: The age of three, she was composing her own songs. She has described seeing music as structures of light since early childhood, an experience consistent with chromesthesia : The song appears as light filament once I've cracked it. As long as I've been doing this, which is more than thirty-five years, I've never seen the same light creature in my life. Obviously similar chord progressions follow similar light patterns, but try to imagine
6240-447: The album's erratic lyrical content and instrumentation, the latter of which kept it away from mainstream audiences, Boys for Pele is Amos' most successful simultaneous transatlantic release, reaching No. 2 on the UK Top 40 and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 upon its release. Fueled by the desire to have her own recording studio to distance herself from record company executives, Amos had the barn of her home in Cornwall , UK converted into
6344-483: The album: "Cloud Riders", "Up the Creek", and "Reindeer King", the latter featuring string arrangements by John Philip Shenale . Produced by Amos, the album explores topics like American politics and environmental issues, mixed with mythological elements and first-person narrations. Native Invader obtained a score of 76 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On November 9, 2020, Amos announced
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#17327797145206448-469: The band's eponymous debut album, Y Kant Tori Read , was released. Although its producer, Joe Chiccarelli , stated that Amos was very happy with the album at the time, Amos has since criticized it, once remarking: "The only good thing about that album is my ankle high boots." Following the album's commercial failure and the group's subsequent disbanding, Amos began working with other artists (including Stan Ridgway , Sandra Bernhard , and Al Stewart ) as
6552-402: The best kaleidoscope ever—after the initial excitement, you start to focus on each element's stunning original detail. For instance, the sound of the words with the sound of the chord progression combined with the rhythm manifests itself in a unique expression of the architecture of color-and-light. ... I started visiting this world when I was three, listening to a piece by Béla Bartók ; I visited
6656-406: The city of Padua. The end of the early Middle Ages in Padua was marked by the sack of the city by the Magyars in 899. It was many years after Padua recovered from this ravage. During the period of episcopal supremacy over the cities of northern Italy, Padua does not appear to have been either very important or very active. The general tendency of its policy throughout the war of investitures
6760-463: The city. A small Commonwealth War Cemetery is located in the west part of the city, commemorating the sacrifice of these troops. After the war, the city developed rapidly, reflecting Veneto's rise from being the poorest region in northern Italy to one of the richest and most economically active regions of modern Italy. Padua experiences a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ) characteristic of northern Italy, modified by
6864-427: The control of the Gothic kings Odoacer and Theodoric the Great . It was reconquered for a short time by the Byzantine Empire in 540 during the Gothic War . However, depopulation from plague and war ensued. The city was again seized by the Goths under Totila , but was restored to the Eastern Empire by Narses only to fall under the control of the Lombards in 568. During these years, many Paduans sought safety in
6968-468: The countryside and especially in the nearby lagoons of what would become Venice . In 601, the city rose in revolt against Agilulf , the Lombard king who put the city under siege. After enduring a 12-year-long bloody siege, the Lombards stormed and burned the city. Many ancient artifacts and buildings were seriously damaged. The remains of an amphitheater (the Arena ) and some bridge foundations are all that remain of Roman Padua today. The townspeople fled to
7072-554: The crowd goes wild" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2016-10-17 . ^ "Unrepentant Geraldines Tour" . Toriamos.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-26 . Retrieved 2014-01-28 . ^ "Review: Tori Amos" . Irishtimes.com . Retrieved 2016-10-17 . ^ "Unrepentant Geraldines Tour Dates" . Undented.com . Retrieved 2014-01-14 . v t e Tori Amos Discography List of songs Studio albums Little Earthquakes Under
7176-402: The defender of property and order against revolution. The city was also the site of one of the largest fascist mass rallies, with some 300,000 people reportedly attending one speech by Benito Mussolini . New buildings, in typical fascist architecture , sprang up in the city. Examples can be found today in the buildings surrounding Piazza Spalato (today Piazza Insurrezione), the railway station,
7280-703: The disappointing reaction to Y Kant Tori Read , Amos still had to comply with her six-record contract with Atlantic Records, which, in 1989, wanted a new record by March 1990. The initial recordings were declined by the label, which Amos felt was because the album had not been properly presented. The album was reworked and expanded under the guidance of Doug Morris and the musical talents of Steve Caton , Eric Rosse , Will MacGregor, Carlo Nuccio, and Dan Nebenzal, resulting in Little Earthquakes , an album recounting her religious upbringing, sexual awakening, struggle to establish her identity, and sexual assault. This album became her commercial and artistic breakthrough, entering
7384-531: The first single, " Caught a Lite Sneeze " became the first full song released for streaming online prior to an album's release. The album was recorded in a church in Delgany , County Wicklow , Ireland , with Amos taking advantage of the church's acoustics. For this album, Amos used the harpsichord , harmonium , and clavichord as well as the piano. The album garnered mixed reviews upon its release, with some critics praising its intensity and uniqueness while others bemoaned its comparative impenetrability. Despite
7488-466: The foundation of the center of the town to between the 11th and 10th centuries B.C. By the 5th century BC, Padua, rose on the banks of the river Brenta, which in the Roman era was called Medoacus Maior and probably until AD 589 followed the path of the present-day Bacchiglione ( Retrone ). Padua was one of the principal centers of the Veneti . The Roman historian Livy records an attempted invasion by
7592-515: The great and small councils continued to discharge municipal business and to administer the Paduan law, contained in the statutes of 1276 and 1362. The treasury was managed by two chamberlains; and every five years the Paduans sent one of their nobles to reside as nuncio in Venice, and to watch the interests of his native town. Venice fortified Padua with new walls, built between 1507 and 1544, with
7696-462: The group was composed of Steve Caton (who would later play guitars on all of her albums until 1999), drummer Matt Sorum , bass player Brad Cobb and, for a short time, keyboardist Jim Tauber. The band went through several iterations of songwriting and recording; Amos has said interference from record executives caused the band to lose its musical edge and direction during this time. Finally, in July 1988,
7800-680: The hills and later returned to eke out a living among the ruins; the ruling class abandoned the city for the Venetian Lagoon , according to a chronicle. The city did not easily recover from this blow, and Padua was still weak when the Franks succeeded the Lombards as masters of northern Italy. At the Diet of Aix-la-Chapelle (828), the duchy and march of Friuli , in which Padua lay, was divided into four counties, one of which took its title from
7904-403: The label to listen to it. American Doll Posse , another concept album, is fashioned around a group of girls (the "posse") who are used as a theme of alter-egos of Amos'. Musically and stylistically, the album saw Amos return to a more confrontational nature. Like its predecessor, American Doll Posse debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. During her tenure with Epic Records, Amos also released
8008-399: The most successful and influential artists of her generation, and a return to the inspiring and personal music that Amos is known for all around the world." The 2-CD set The Light Princess (Original Cast Recording) was released on October 9, 2015, via Universal/Mercury Classics. Apart from the original cast performances, the recording also includes two songs from the musical ("Highness in
8112-519: The native humanist scholar Lovato Lovati placed near the tomb reads: This sepulchre excavated from marble contains the body of the noble Antenor who left his country, guided the Eneti and Trojans, banished the Euganeans and founded Padua. However, more recent tests suggest the sepulcher dates back to between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Nevertheless, archeological remains confirm an early date for
8216-481: The neighbouring cities, where he practised frightful cruelties on the inhabitants. Ezzelino was unseated in June 1256 without civilian bloodshed, thanks to Pope Alexander IV . Padua then enjoyed a period of calm and prosperity: the basilica of the saint was begun; and the Paduans became masters of Vicenza. The University of Padua (the second university in Italy, after Bologna) was founded in 1222, and as it flourished in
8320-837: The new part of City Hall, and part of the Bo Palace hosting the University. Following Italy's defeat in the Second World War on 8 September 1943, Padua became part of the Italian Social Republic , a puppet state of the Nazi occupiers. The city hosted the Ministry of Public Instruction of the new state, as well as military and militia commands and a military airport . The Resistenza, the Italian partisans ,
8424-436: The next century, they were engaged in wars with Venice and Vicenza for the right of water-way on the Bacchiglione and the Brenta. The city grew in power and self-confidence and in 1138, the government was entrusted to two consuls. The great families of Camposampiero , Este and Da Romano began to emerge and to divide the Paduan district among themselves. The citizens, in order to protect their liberties, were obliged to elect
8528-531: The raids. On 26 April 1945, the partisans started the final insurrection against the Germans and Fascists; in the subsequent fighting, 224 partisans and 497 Germans were killed. 5,000 German troops, including three generals, surrendered to the partisans in Padua, and another 10,000 in the surrounding area; on 28 April New Zealand troops (2nd New Zealand Division) of the British Eighth Army entered
8632-590: The railway station (the target of most raids) and the northern district of Arcella, where 96% of all buildings were destroyed; overall, 950 homes were destroyed and 1,400 damaged. During one of these bombings, the Church of the Eremitani , with frescoes by Andrea Mantegna , was destroyed, considered by some art historians to be Italy's biggest wartime cultural loss. The Cathedral and the University also suffered damage. Some 2,000 inhabitants of Padua were killed by
8736-515: The release of a holiday-themed EP entitled Christmastide on December 4, digitally and on limited-edition vinyl. The EP consists of four original songs and features her first work with bandmates Matt Chamberlain and Jon Evans since 2009. Amos recorded the EP remotely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic . On September 20, 2021, Amos announced her sixteenth studio album, Ocean to Ocean , which
8840-641: The same year, Amos released a live album and DVD, Live at Montreux 1991/1992 , through Eagle Rock Entertainment , of two performances she gave at the Montreux Jazz Festival very early on in her career while promoting her debut solo album, Little Earthquakes . By December, after a chance encounter with chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group , Doug Morris , Amos signed a "joint venture" deal with Universal Republic Records . Abnormally Attracted to Sin , Amos' tenth solo studio album and her first album released through Universal Republic,
8944-632: The same year. The album features reworked versions of traditional carols, as well as original songs written by Amos. During her contract with the label, Amos recorded vocals for two songs for David Byrne's collaboration album with Fatboy Slim , titled Here Lies Love , which was released in April 2010. In July of the same year, the DVD Tori Amos- Live from the Artists Den was released exclusively through Barnes & Noble . After
9048-541: The state-of-the-art recording studio of Martian Engineering Studios. From the Choirgirl Hotel and To Venus and Back , released in May 1998 and September 1999, respectively, differ greatly from previous albums. Amos' trademark acoustic, piano-based sound is largely replaced with arrangements that include elements of electronica and dance music with vocal washes. The underlying themes of both albums deal with womanhood and Amos' own miscarriages and marriage. Reviews for From
9152-479: The tapes, and, when A&R man Jason Flom flew to Baltimore to audition her in person, the label was convinced and signed her. In 1984, Amos moved to Los Angeles to pursue her music career after several years performing on the piano bar circuit in the Washington, D.C. area. In 1986, Amos formed a musical group called Y Kant Tori Read , named for her difficulty with sight-reading . In addition to Amos,
9256-489: The time. As in many other areas in Italy, Padua experienced great social turmoil in the years immediately following World War I. The city was shaken by strikes and clashes, factories and fields were subject to occupation, and war veterans struggled to re-enter civilian life. Many supported a new political way, fascism . As in other parts of Italy, the National Fascist Party in Padua soon came to be seen as
9360-471: The town. The period of the signoria is covered down to 1358 in the chronicle of Guglielmo Cortusi . The Carraresi period was a long period of restlessness, for the Carraresi were constantly at war. Under Carraresi rule the early humanist circles in the university were effectively disbanded: Albertino Mussato , the first modern poet laureate , died in exile at Chioggia in 1329, and the eventual heir of
9464-699: The wealthiest city in Italy outside of Rome. The city became so powerful that it was reportedly able to raise two hundred thousand fighting men. However, despite its wealth, the city was also renowned for its simple manners and strict morality. This concern with morality is reflected in Livy's Roman History (XLIII.13.2) wherein he portrays Rome's rise to dominance as being founded upon her moral rectitude and discipline. Still later, Pliny, referring to one of his Paduan protégés' Paduan grandmother, Sarrana Procula, lauds her as more upright and disciplined than any of her strict fellow citizens (Epist. i.xiv.6). Padua also provided
9568-432: Was Imperial ( Ghibelline ) and not Roman ( Guelph ); and its bishops were, for the most part, of Germanic extraction. Under the surface, several important movements were taking place that were to prove formative for the later development of Padua. At the beginning of the 11th century, the citizens established a constitution, composed of a general council or legislative assembly and a credenza or executive body. During
9672-3430: Was a concert tour by American singer-songwriter, Tori Amos , to support her fourteenth studio album, Unrepentant Geraldines . The tour featured Amos in solo concert playing in Europe, South Africa, North America and Australia. Tour dates [ edit ] Date City Country Venue Europe May 5, 2014 Cork Ireland Cork Opera House May 7, 2014 Dublin Olympia Theatre May 8, 2014 May 10, 2014 Glasgow United Kingdom O2 Academy Glasgow May 11, 2014 Manchester Manchester Apollo May 12, 2014 Birmingham Symphony Hall May 14, 2014 Nottingham Nottingham Royal Concert Hall May 15, 2014 London Royal Albert Hall May 17, 2014 Paris France Le Grand Rex May 19, 2014 Frankfurt Germany Jahrhunderthalle May 20, 2014 Berlin Tempodrom May 22, 2014 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene May 24, 2014 Copenhagen Denmark Koncerthuset May 25, 2014 Hamburg Germany Laeiszhalle May 26, 2014 Rotterdam Netherlands De Doelen May 28, 2014 Brussels Belgium Cirque Royal May 29, 2014 Amsterdam Netherlands Concertgebouw May 31, 2014 Zürich Switzerland Volkshaus June 2, 2014 Rome Italy Parco della Musica June 3, 2014 Milan Teatro Nazionale June 4, 2014 Padua Geox June 6, 2014 Vienna Austria Konzerthaus June 7, 2014 Linz Brucknerhaus June 9, 2014 Stuttgart Germany Hegel Saal June 10, 2014 Munich Gasteig June 11, 2014 Prague Czech Republic Congress Center June 12, 2014 Warsaw Poland Congress Hall June 14, 2014 Saint Petersburg Russia Music Hall June 15, 2014 Moscow Crocus City Hall June 17, 2014 Kyiv Ukraine Oktiabrskiy June 19, 2014 Bucharest Romania Arenele Romane June 20, 2014 Sofia Bulgaria National Palace of Culture June 22, 2014 Istanbul Turkey Küçükçiftlik Park Africa June 26, 2014 Johannesburg South Africa Montecasino June 27, 2014 June 29, 2014 Cape Town Cape Town ICC June 30, 2014 North America July 16, 2014 Vancouver Canada Orpheum July 17, 2014 Seattle United States Paramount Theatre July 18, 2014 Portland Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre July 19, 2014 Jacksonville Britt Festival July 21, 2014 Oakland Paramount Theatre July 23, 2014 Los Angeles Greek Theatre July 24, 2014 San Diego Humphrey's July 25, 2014 Mesa Mesa Arts Center July 27, 2014 Denver Paramount Theatre July 29, 2014 Dallas Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House July 30, 2014 Austin Long Center for
9776-413: Was also annexed to the recently formed Kingdom of Italy . Annexed to Italy during 1866, Padua was at the centre of the poorest area of Northern Italy , as Veneto was until the 1960s. Despite this, the city flourished in the following decades both economically and socially, developing its industry, being an important agricultural market and having a very important cultural and technological centre like
9880-592: Was founded around 1183 BC by the Trojan prince Antenor . After the Fall of Troy , Antenor led a group of Trojans and their Paphlagonian allies, the Eneti or Veneti , who lost their king Pylaemenes to settle the Euganean plain in Italy. Thus, when a large ancient stone sarcophagus was exhumed in the year 1274, officials of the medieval commune declared the remains within to be those of Antenor. An inscription by
9984-721: Was just a brief period when the city changed hands (in 1509) during the wars of the League of Cambrai . On 10 December 1508, representatives of the Papacy, France, the Holy Roman Empire , and Ferdinand V of Castile concluded the League of Cambrai against the Republic. The agreement provided for the complete dismemberment of Venice's territory in Italy and for its partition among the signatories: Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I of
10088-477: Was made a Roman municipium under the Lex Julia Municipalis and its citizens ascribed to the Roman tribe, Fabia . At that time the population of the city was perhaps 40,000. The city was reputed for its excellent breed of horses and the wool of its sheep. In fact, the poet Martial remarks on the thickness of the tunics made there. By the end of the first century BC, Padua seems to have been
10192-517: Was released in May 2009 to mostly positive reviews. The album debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, making it Amos' seventh album to do so. Abnormally Attracted to Sin , admitted Amos, is a "personal album", not a conceptual one, with the album exploring themes of power, boundaries, and the subjective view of sin. Continuing her distribution deal with Universal Republic, Amos released Midwinter Graces , her first seasonal album, in November of
10296-769: Was released on October 29. The album was written and recorded in Cornwall during lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and explores "a universal story of going to rock bottom and renewing yourself all over again". Amos embarked on a European and United States tour in support of the album in 2022, and continued to support the album in 2023 with a European Tour in March and April and additional US dates in June and July . Matt Chamberlain and Jon Evans were featured on drums and bass guitar respectively, their first collaboration with Amos on an album since 2009's Midwinter Graces . For
10400-613: Was removed. In late October 1918, the Italian Army won the decisive Battle of Vittorio Veneto , and the Austrian forces collapsed. The armistice was signed at Villa Giusti , Padua, on 3 November 1918. During the war, the industry grew rapidly, and this provided Padua with a base for further post-war development. In the years immediately following World War I, Padua developed outside the historical town, enlarging and growing in population, even if labor and social strife were rampant at
10504-412: Was situated on the river Piave. This was just 50–60 km (31–37 mi) from Padua, and the city was now in range of the Austrian artillery. However, the Italian military command did not withdraw. The city was bombed several times (about 100 civilian deaths). A memorable feat was Gabriele D'Annunzio 's flight to Vienna from the nearby San Pelagio Castle air field. A year later, the threat to Padua
10608-512: Was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop / rock group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion. Her charting singles include " Crucify ", " Silent All These Years ", " God ", " Cornflake Girl ", " Caught a Lite Sneeze ", " Professional Widow ", " Spark ", " 1000 Oceans ", " Flavor " and " A Sorta Fairytale ", her most commercially successful single in
10712-522: Was unpopular with progressive circles in northern Italy, but the feelings of the population (from the lower to the upper classes) towards the empire were mixed. In Padua, the year of revolutions of 1848 saw a student revolt which on 8 February turned the University and the Caffè Pedrocchi into battlegrounds in which students and ordinary Paduans fought side by side. The revolt was however short-lived, and there were no other episodes of unrest under
10816-675: Was very active against both the new fascist rule and the Nazis. One of the main leaders of the Resistenza in the area was the University vice-chancellor, Concetto Marchesi. From December 1943 to the end of the war, Padua was bombed 24 times by Allied aircraft ; the heaviest raids were the ones on 16 and 30 December 1943 (each of which caused 300 victims), 7 February 1944 (300 victims), 11 March 1944 (over 300 tons of bombs dropped by 111 bombers), 22 and 23 March 1944, 20 April 1944 (180 victims), 22 February and 12 March 1945. The worst-hit areas were
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