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Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos Join Forces For '5 1/2 Weeks' Tour
Alanis Morissette and Tori Amos , both noted for probing deeply personal territory in their music, will co-headline a summer tour, according to a press release issued by Morissette's publicists on Friday (4/23). The tour, kicking off August 18th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, will route primarily through amphitheatres in major markets before ending September 25th at the Los Angeles-area Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.
MP3.com has scheduled a Tuesday (4/27) press conference in Los Angeles to outline their involvement with the tour, the press statement said. A Rolling Stone report this week intimated that the Morissette / MP3 relationship would permit MP3.com to distribute live recordings from the tour via its web site.
Morissette pointed out in a written statement that listening to Amos' Little Earthquakes as a youth in Canada was a moving experience that she hopes to continue through their touring relationship, noting, ''I look forward to playing with a woman whom I will be touched by nightly on a musical, intellectual, spiritual and emotional level.''
Amos downplayed the serious expectations of a tour populated by songs of introspection and occasional rage, adding, ''Bringing two visions together to make one show can be tricky, so obviously, it takes a lot of mutual respect and a load of gear. With that in mind, Alanis and I are bringing two trucks just for ourselves: one filled with wine, the other filled with lip gloss."
Amos' RAINN (the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network) group is expected to establish a presence throughout the tour, providing fans at tour stops with both information on local resources and channels to help support the five-year-old organization.
The tour, dubbed the ''5 1/2 Weeks Tour,'' will continue the promotional touring cycle for Morissette, whose Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie has not demonstrated the chart stamina that pushed her previous effort, Jagged Little Pill into record-setting sales territory.
Amos will not have fresh product on shelves for the tour, but plans are reportedly in place for her label, Atlantic Records, to issue a two-CD set in the fall that will feature one disc of live material recorded on her recent from the choirgirl hotel tour and one disc of new studio work.
Ticketing details on the tour are expected to be released shortly.
Here's the latest itinerary for the Alanis Morissette / Tori Amos tour:
