Last Thursday Tori hit Adelaide, and of course I was always going to be there. Sure her new album isn't the best, and she has a worldview which could diplomatically be described as "unique", but come on, she wrote "Winter". As if I wasn't going to go.
Pre concert, we dined at the Port Dock Brewery. For the second time in a fortnight I had the beef schnitzel with dianne gravy, and I wasn't disappointed. Alen and Narelle had schnitzels too. I don't know why they bother having such an extensive menu. If I was running the place I would cut it down to schnitzels, salt and pepper squid, and perhaps a salad for the ladies.
We got to Thebby a little after 8pm, and the opening act had already started. They weren't really good. Michella asked if I wanted to go across the road to the BP so she could get something to eat, and that sounded way better than staying and listening to these guys. We got back just before they finished, and then waited another 20 minutes or so as the stage was set for Tori.
She came on at around 8.50 or so, dressed as "Pip". On her latest album, she adopts a number of different personas to sing the different songs, and she's been opening each of her concerts dressed as one of these characters. Pip is obviously the angry one, as she snarled her way through the opening set, and left the stage giving us all the finger. Classy. She did play a few of her heavier songs though which was cool, especially "Cruel" which she opened with.
Several minutes after "Pip" stormed off the stage, Tori appeared, and the second part of the concert commenced. I generally enjoyed it, although she didn't play a lot of the songs I was really keen on hearing, like "Winter", "Iieee", "Josephine", "Playboy Mommy" . . . the list goes on.
She did play "Spark" which I hadn't expected, and this was probably the highlight. Another plus was the length of the show, she didn't leave the stage until just after 11pm, so played for a little more than two hours. Which I suppose you'd expect given that tickets were $120.
Anyway, a solid show, I'd rank it as a B+.
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