I still cannot believe that I saw Tori for the first time!
Even if it was a short festival performance I am still
satisfied.
I arrived at the venue at 14:00 hoping that I will meet
her for a Meet & Greet but I was very very unlucky.
I was with a friend of mine Asi (which I want to thank
because she was there with me even she is not a huge
fan and she also was writing down the setlist for me)
At the venue I met 2 other guys and one more friend
and we were waiting outside the artists entrance
during soundcheck hoping Tori would appear.

At some point we heard many segments of Cornflake Girl
and we saw her piano on stage but not even a sign of her.
Matt and Mark and her crew left the stage and got back to
the hotel and Matt told me that Tori would possibly come
later for a soundcheck, which to our bad luck did not happen.
I am so disappointed because I wanted so bad to see her.
This is perhaps the only date of the ADP Tour that she did
not make a Meet & Greet which we named Meet & Greek
while waiting and hoping for her to appear.

Finally 30 minutes before gates opening we decided to go and
try not to lose our chance for a good place. We entered the concert
area and we stood on the first row just in front of the piano.
It was an amazing place as you can see from the pics I will post.
This was a relief which made me forget the failed M&G.

At 19:00 Pip entered the stage under a very hot greek sun
and the people that were there were cheering ans shouting
surprising me by the number of fans that were there for her.
To be honest I didn't expect that kind of welcome to her.

During the whole set I could not believe that I actually had her just
in front of me singing and playing the piano.
She was very passionate and so expressional making moves
with her hands and her body.
Pip entered the stage in an outfit you will see in the pics,
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so angry and so passionate and while Cruel started playing she was showing
us her ass
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Her whole performance was breathtaking during Pips whole set.
Cruel, Body And Soul, Fat Slut, Bliss, and finally The Waitress were
performed before Pip say goodbye by flipping us off!!!
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While costume change the pre-recorded Professional Widow remix was playing
and Jon/Matt were playing along.After a few seconds Tori appeared smiling and
waving, being in great mood despite the hot and the sun which at some point
was just in her face.
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Big Wheel made everybody dance and clap and Cornflake Girl made everyone shout and cheer.
Bouncing Off Clouds was next having the same warm welcome while God made everyone
very very happy (including me). Then amazing performances of Secret Spell and Code Red
followed making people who were there for James asking the song titles and making comments as "she rocks!" "she is f* great!" etc.
The evening closed with Precious Things and I was like I was hit by a thunder.
She called the band in front to say goodbye and they left the stage.
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Words cannot describe the feelings when you see Tori and especially the first time.

I jumped the barrier (after I had asked the security if I could leave from the front since
I wanted to go back after Tori's performance) and went towards the artists exit to make
a last effort to say hi and have a cd signed.I saw her in the small bus
and I was waving showing the cd and she smiled waved back while the bus was leaving
the concert area.

I hope I can edit this post to send some high quality pics
Otherwise I will repost here.

Full Setlist

Act I Pip
Cruel
Body & Soul
Fat Slut
Bliss
Waitress

Wig Change

Act II Tori
Big Wheel
Cornflake Girl
Bouncing Off Clouds
God
Secret Spell
Code Red
Precious Things

Act I (Pip)

Cruel
Body And Soul
Fat Slut
Bliss
The Waitress
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Professional Widow (Costume Change)
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Act II (Tori)

Big Wheel
Cornflake Girl
Bouncing Off Clouds
God
Secret Spell
Code Red
Precious Things

All I can say is that it was really really great concert!!!!!!! short but awesome great perfomance from our goddess!!!! I'm still speechless 32 days after this amazing show. HOPE she'll come back for another concert
this time alone not participate for a festival because one hour is so short for OUR TORI and many many good songs remain outside from her set list like siren, spark , caught a lite sneeze, bells for her, liquid diamonds.
Greatest moments from athens concert i think are "Cruel", "The Waitress", "Bouncing Off Clouds" & "Precious Things"

Please TORI come back here

GREECE LOVES YOU

Ok this is a loooong one!! It's been 39 days but it feels like yesterday! I was really early on site, 4+ hours before the gates opened-hoping for a meet and greet that never happened But we got to say hi to Matt and see Mark Tori did not soundcheckherself,only the crew.After the soundcheck was over and everybody left, a guy on a pink shirt from Tori's crew came out going "F**K! f**k! I need to talk to someone in charge here!" Apparently he was left behind while everyone returned to the hotel We told him that everyone left and he was going "It's freeking HOT in there!" - reffering to the stage ("Welcome to Sunny Greece" my friend!)
Anyway he got off later to the hotel with the minibus..

The importand thing at the soundcheck was that we now knew *where* and *how* the piano was situated on stage-so we knew which side of the stage to pick

The gates opened,and we rushed to the stage and we were front and almost front (I was in 1-2 row) as close to Tori as possible

When the Piano came out people started cheering,it was very nice! A guy was cleaning it,and a spot on the piano seemed

to have fingerprints on it-and he always missed it - untill the whole audience pointed it out (quite a moment!) - but now I think it was a reflection or something cause it never came out

"Pip" came out with an intro to Cruel, went to the stool, kneeled on it and showed us her bootie as "hello". She wore a yellow dress and black leather pants - her hair was great! She was pissed off-as you would expect from Pip! She played Cruel standing up and facing the audience with fire and passion.

For Body And Soul she danced a bit on the intro and she took her position on the piano -and she was a bit more fiery this time.

She continued singing Fat Slut- a cappella and on her knees! It felt she was begging someone with this song,it was powerful.

And while on her knees, the band stated playing-Bliss was on her way. Pip put her head down on the floor,and then

still on her knees,she started playing the piano for Bliss. Strangely enough this continued the theatrical mood,as it was something that came right after the storm. It felt personal, yet powerful (it reminded me of the TVAB tour) and you knew you were on the eye of the storm- it was not over yet.It was Pip soft and personal side-that she keeps in the back of her head..

Then the band started playing the Waitress. Pip was moving to the rhythm with crossed hands and facing down.She started singing and she was creepy-she REALLY wanted to kill this waitress-but thank God she believed in peace-b**ch!
When the waitress was over, Pip left the stage giving us the finger(!@!!??) That got me concerned!
After all she sung a 7 minute version of the Waitress!!

Overall Pip was a bit arrogant,really pissed off,and she scared me cause I thought: well, she played the waiterss!@!@@! She's REALLY pissed of at something! And I thought Tori was pissed off at something too-but when Tori came out as "Tori" it was a COMPLETELY different person!

She an incredible sweetie!

Professional Widow jam followed and Tori came out shining with her blue shinny dress and a wig that was more to the hair colour she had on the early years-less red, more orange-carrot coloured that anyone who did not know wouldn't notice! The wind was blowing her hair and it was really natural looking!

She waved "Tori style" to the crowd smiling all the time,and I was "Yes, this is the Tori I was expecting! Phew! She's OK! Nothing pissed her off!"

She started clapping, the crowd followed and she started Big Wheel with a bang! She was full of energy and "good karma" the whole time.She smiled and danced sitting on the stool and playing. On the MILF bit she gave a sign for us to sing "Don't you

forget" and she got the crowd going.

Before Cornflake she said it's brilliant to be here and that she had promised a long time ago to come to Greece.
She did the band intro,and started playing Cornflake Girl,one of her most popular songs in Greece.The song's piano bridge still is my all time favourite
We were singing, Tori played the piano intro and bridge standing up with her hair flowing from the wind and it was magical!
She broke the barrier of cuteness in this one!

Afterwards the band started Bouncing off Clouds and Tori was putting her hands over the front of her body from the head all the way down,on a straight line, and up again,reminding me the BFP Electronic Press Kit interview,of the thread (song inspiration) that comes from space, though this little readhead (her head) and coming out to the ground again on a straight line.
On the first few bars of the song we went wild,I thing everybody really enjoyed Bouncing Off Clouds! It had the rhythm and she was so cute!

Then God followed, with Tori throwing her hair up front and showing us her back with one foot on the stool. She was brilliant and I really enjoyed it.

Secret spell followed in a good mood,but my favourite was yet to come:

CODE RED!!!!
I really like this one. It's dark. It's Liquid. It comes from a place out there that I really feel I know it well.
She was amazing. Passion, voice-it was breathtaking.
I lighted up a cigarette, Tori looked at me gave me a smile (!!)-I was the only one up front smoking That made my day/year/decade I don't know

And as a closer, Tori played Precious Things witch was a blast, I knew it was the last song and I really wanted more!

Everybody that loves Tori through her music HAS TO see her live! It's a different thing,a complete new feeling and something that can never be captured on CD or DVD, only a portion.

I almost forgot,John Evans was incredible!The band played perfectly but I feel John "stole" the stage! He was full of energy and really enjoying it! He got us clapping at some point

So whenever Tori comes in Greece again I will move mountains to go see her again!
That performance made up for every inch of my sun-burned skin that day lol! (yes I got a sunburn )
THANK YOU TORI!
Christos

More than a month later I still can't believe I actually saw Tori absolutely ROCK before my eyes. It was a (very) short concert but I believe that because it was short, she gave the songs a bit more effort and a lot more energy, like in the finale of "waitress". She was so real and pleasant and sweet on stage; totally in communication with the fans - she was all I expected and more

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-=You have her face and her eyes... but you are not her=-