Tori Amos: a new album and the reissue of “Strange Little Girls” on the way. Live in Italy in May

Il 2026 si preannuncia ricco di eventi per Tori Amos. La rossa cantautrice del North Carolina pubblicherà anzitutto una ricca riedizione del suo disco di cover del 2001, “Strange Little Girls” in cui incarna dodici personaggi distinti per reinterpretare canzoni originariamente scritte ed eseguite da uomini. Questa edizione ampliata, in arrivo il 20 febbraio 2026 per Rhino, include le dodici cover originali che sfidano i generi – da Eminem e Depeche Mode agli Slayer – più quattro tracce bonus, due già note come B-side dell’epoca, “After All” di David Bowie e “Only Women Bleed” di Alice Cooper, e due del tutto inedite: le cover di “Growin’ Up” di Bruce Springsteen e di “Hoover Factory” di Elvis Costello. Il cofanetto da collezione in vinile 2xLp sarà disponibile con 12 diverse varianti di copertina dell’album, una per ogni personaggio, con il contenuto completo offerto anche su 2xcd.

Parallelamente alla ristampa, Tori Amos è al lavoro su un nuovo album di inediti, “In Times Of Dragons”, atteso nel corso del 2026. L’artista lo ha definito come “una storia metaforica sulla lotta della Democrazia contro la Tirannia, che riflette il rovesciamento in tempo reale della democrazia da parte dei ‘Lizard Demons che credono di essere dittatori’”.

A European and UK tour is also planned for spring 2026: the only Italian date is set for Tuesday 5 May 2026 at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan. Tori will be joined by longtime collaborators Jon Evans (bass and musical direction) and Ash Soan (drums), along with backing vocalists Liv Gibson, Deni Hlavlinka and Hadley Kennary.

Below is the tracklist and cover art for the reissue of "Strange Little Girls".

Tori Amos – “Strange Little Girls” (Expanded Reissue)

Side 1

New Age (The Velvet Underground)
’97 Bonnie & Clyde (Eminem)
Strange Little Girl (The Stranglers)
Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)

Side 2
5. I’m Not In Love (10cc)
6. Rattlesnakes (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
7. Time (Tom Waits)
8. Heart Of Gold (Neil Young)

Side 3
9. I Don’t Like Mondays (The Boomtown Rats)
10. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (The Beatles)
11. Raining Blood (Slayer)
12. Real Men (Joe Jackson)

Side 4
13. Growin' Up (Bruce Springsteen, previously unreleased)
14. Hoover Factory (Elvis Costello, previously unreleased)
15. After All (David Bowie, b-side)
16. Only Women Bleed (Alice Cooper, b-side)

Myra Ellen Amos was born in Newton (North Carolina) on August 22, 1963: she is the daughter of a Methodist reverend and a teacher of Cherokee descent. She started playing piano at just two years old and at 5 won a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, one of America's most prestigious conservatories. Since her 1992 debut album “Little Earthquakes”, Tori Amos has built a catalogue defined by bold storytelling (with a total of 12 million copies sold), carried by a truly unique voice.

Tori the redhead, the sinner on the cross, the Cornflake Girl, the goddess of fire (and of rock), the girl from the choir, the Venusian, the restless traveler, the beekeeper, the American doll. So many masks and trajectories for a career that, for at least a decade, dominated the firmament of female songwriting. Her impudent freshness as an eternal child, her tender, wounded rapture, and her immense talent as a musician stolen from the world of Classical music all came together in a sequence of magical piano/voice ballads.

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