*Binghamton, NY
November 10, 1998 - Broome County Arena

                  *Set List*
                 Precious Things
                 Liquid Diamonds
                 Caught A Lite Sneeze
                 iieee
                 Father Lucifer
                 Playboy Mommy
                 Hey Jupiter (solo)
                 Upside Down (solo)
                 Sugar
                 Hotel
                 Spark
                 The Waitress

             1st Encore:
                 Crucify
                 Raspberry Swirl

             2nd Encore:
                 Past The Mission
                 Pretty Good Year
                 A Case Of You (solo)

               My Review (as seen on The Dent )
                  The Binghamton show was absolutely
                 phenomenal...what can I say! Tori was in a WONDERFUL mood, and it
                 seemed like she had a smile on her face every moment of that magical nite.
                 The crowd was very very small - and it made for a great, intimate setting. I
                 was on the floor, about 3 rows back ó I saw every facial expression that
                 Tori made; and that in itself is something great! All nite, she was making
                 faces at Jon and smiling at him. But now, on to the show... When I got
                 there, I saw some of my friends from last August - Hi William, Caroline &
                 Matt!!! :-)
                     I searched the lines and finally found the wonderful Kelly Dwyer, whom I
                 hung out with all nite and I absolutely adore. Hiya Kelly :-)!!
                     There are some new shirts being sold now, I'm not sure if it's been
                 mentioned or not. One is brownish-creme-coloured, and has like a
                 filmstrip down the front with three pictures of Tori - on the back it had
                 every show listed since the beginning, and said "bye bye now..." or
                 something to that extent, I can't remember. Another new shirt had pictures
                 from JS on the front, it was really nice. And yet another was gray and had
                 pictures from Choirgirl on the front and back. Also a new babydoll T - it
                 had the little blue piano and said "tori amos from the choirgirl hotel" in a
                 circle around it.
                     The Unbelievable Truth played...about 9 songs (i think). They were all
                 right, but we were all anticipating Tori too much to really pay attention.
                 There were a good deal of rude people pushing their way to the front.
                 *insert glaring here to the large, sweaty, hairy guy who pushed his way to
                 the front and his friends*. There were also some girls in front of me who
                 talked through ALL of Tori's set...I asked them nicely to be quiet so we
                 could focus on Tori, and thankfully they complied...they weren't big Tori
                 fans, they said they were here to hear "addicted to nicotine patches."
                 Whatever. Okie. So on we go.
                     Tori came out, and everyone went *nuts*!!! She was in a wonderful mood
                 and said that she had been at the Lucky Dog all day - a bar in Binghamton.
                 She said "I gained 10 pounds!!!" and laughed. The setlist went as follows,
                 although I'm sure you already have it on the Dent, mikewhy. :-)
                 *snipped*
                     This setlist is just *amazing*!!! I'm so thrilled I was there to experience
                 this. Despite getting to know my neighbours a little *too* well being
                 wedged in between the mass of sweaty people, it was worth it. Absolutely.
                 I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. From Father Lucifer on, the
                 show was a total surprise every moment. (minus waitress, spark, and
                 raspberry swirl - but of course they were heartstopping).
                     Father Lucifer was absolutely enthralling with the band - I was so excited
                 when I heard the opening piano!!! I had been hoping and hoping to
                 experience it with the band. It was absolutely beautiful.
                     Before Playboy Mommy, Tori told a story. :-) She explained that she
                 worked on this song for what seemed like forever, and it came right after
                 she lost the baby. She said Marcel was naked, and they were in the
                 Bahamas. Apparently Marcel ran into a pier, and they needed
                 pharmaceuticals, "you know, first aid. we're big fans of pharmaceuticals
                 you know." (insert crowd laughing here) She then went on to explain she
                 had to have re-written the opening verse 20 times, and was staying with 4
                 women, including Beene. "lots of cats. pee- uuu!!! beenie was whining. a
                 woman was going to get her throat removed." And then went on to explain
         & nbsp;       she was going down this large staircase in her Prada shoes, and fell all the
                 way down. When she hit the bottom, "i looked at Beenie and I said 'in my
                 platforms i hit the floor...' " and then she smiled and they went into Playboy
                 Mommy. It was really great with the band - I was hoping to hear that, but
                 again, didn't expect it.
                     Hey Jupiter...was...I'm speechless. This has always been one of my
                 favourite Tori songs. It was absolutely beautiful. It always has such
                 emotion and means so much to me on so many different levels...WOW. I
                 later found out that nite that "marianne" was on the set list where she
                 played "hey jupiter." Okie, so I'm a little disappointed. I asked Tori to play
                 "marianne" last august, but she didn't. But that's okie. I'll get Marianne
                 someday. Absolutely. :-)
                     Oh my, then here comes "Upside Down." Tori said "I don't play this song a
                 lot anymore, but this girl I met in a coffee shop today asked me to play
                 this." A lot of people were singing along. What a community feeling! :-) I
                 definitely was not expecting Sugar. It's so powerful with the band!!! Tori
                 did some improv on this a little, but I have no clue what in the world she
                 was singing. I tried my best...but you know.
                     HOTEL!!!! AAHH!!! I have wanted to hear Hotel since the album first
                 came out - I remember starting a thread on Precious Things about getting
                 Tori to work this with the band - and then, there it came!!! oh WOW!!! It
                 was absolutely phenomenal, I couldn't believe I was hearing it. That was
                 just so yummy, oh my.
                     Spark was as always absolutely beautiful - it remains one of my favourites.
                 That song is just...words can't express it!
                     The Waitress - AIEE!! :-) That's always a trip. Tori did the "I believe she's
                 the devil's bitch" line again, I love that. The "Hang Ten Honey..." lines went
                 a little longer than usual tonite, it honestly seemed like Tori did not want to
                 leave!
                     Encores....:
                      Crucify I wasn't expecting, I'm not sure why. She has been playing it pretty
                 often. It was better than it was when I saw Tori in August - it was really
                 tight. She re-ran some verses and made it longer than usual - again...I'm
                 serious, you could just *feel* that Tori didn't want this nite to end. She was
                 having so much fun up there! Caton was going crazy through most of the
                 nite...he's so much fun.
                    As anyone who has been to a Tori show this year knows - Raspberry
                 Swirl makes the place on giant rave. Everyone was dancing like mad!!! It's
                 always so exciting.
                     I definitely wasn't expecting 3 songs for the encore, let alone these three...
                 When I heard the opening notes to Past The Mission, my heart skipped a
                 beat. MY GODDESS!!! Tori was just full of surprises. She seemed to
                 have fun during this one, and Jon was getting his groove on. I had spent a
                 good deal of the nite making faces at Jon - he made a few back and was
                 laughing. :-)
                     Pretty Good Year made me cry - that song....aaiieeeee!!! It's always so
                 emotional and beautiful. The "what's it gonna take 'til my baby's all right"
                 part was really powerful - it was great!!! Tori went back into an earlier
                 verse toward the end (can't remember which, sorry), and elongated yet
                 another song...I'm telling you, Tori did *not* want to leave. And I was
                 definitely happy about that. I expected the show to be over at this point,
                 and was in tears. And then...the boys leave, and Tori stays.
                     "A Case of You" starts...!!!! I got to the point where I was hysterically
                 crying - this is my favourite Tori cover, only challenged by "Landslide".
                 Tori sang "I could drink a case of you husband..." instead of "I could drink
                 a case of you darling..." I also saw Tori blow a kiss to Mark, which was
                 really sweet! :-)
                     After the show, when Kelly and I were up against the 5-foot
                 *annoyinnnngg* barracades, trying to get a set list, we saw a table off to
                 the right of the stage. It had a stuffed tiger on it, a vase with big obviously
                 fake cheery- looking flowers on it, and some other things. Pretty sure they
                 were things she's gotten from EWF and Meet & Greets.
                     It was *SUCH* a wonderful show...I didn't think anything could beat the
                 show last August...but this show was 100 times better!!! Tori was so full of
                 energy and just so happy - it really made the show such a special
                 experience! I'm so happy that I was lucky enough to attend this great
                 show...what a set list, what a woman, what a show!!!!
 


There was no Meet & Greet
(Joel said Tori didn't want us to get sick due to the bad  weather)