Pretty Good Tour

Thank God last night in Nottingham was not my last show!

Walking up Maid Marian way after arriving at the Nottingham train station, I knew this would be a good show.

Tori's cheery demeanor at the Meet and Greet pretty much confirmed this. I thanked her for "Northern Lad" and she hugged me. I also suggested she open with "Pretty Good Year" (score!) so she wouldn't run out of time and not play it again, and joked with her about my having too much beer the night before and thus shouting Milkshake. Tori actually joked with me about it and said it was great, that it gave the whole crew a laugh. A certain pathetic regular gave the beginning of the meet and greet a strange air by singing a Gwen Stefani song, but it progressed well after that.

The set list:

Original Sinsuality
Pretty Good Year
Little Earthquakes
another girl's paradise
The Power of Orange Knickers
Suede
Bells for Her

Fade Out
Songbird

a sorta fairytale
Mother Revolution
Cloud on my Tongue
Spring Haze
The Beekeeper

Sleeps With Butterflies
Tear in Your Hand

Putting the Damage On

Another fucking awesome show. "Pretty Good Year" was all on the piano and stunningly beautiful. "Earthquakes" was awesome although part of me is surprised she played it due to the rude manner in which she was asked. "another girl's paradise" was mostly on the organ and HOT HOTHOT. And "fairytale" was great.

And HOW long have I been wanting "Songbird"? And HOW cool was it when she told the security guard to "get the FUCK out of [her] show" during Beekeeper?

There really ARE no words. We've all been waiting for her to start doing AMAZING shows like these again and they are here.

Rotterdam here I come!

Robert