Tori Amos performs at The Orpheum in Los Angeles on June 17, 2022.

LOS ANGELES — Tori Amos had the audience in the palm of her hand at the Orpheum Theatre on the last night of her U.S. tour. It was also the final show of a three-night stand in Los Angeles, and the first time she’d performed in the city since December 2017. The cheers were nearly constant for Amos from the moment she stepped on stage and held out her hands out in a gesture of gratitude.

While this tour was theoretically in support of her new LP, Ocean to Ocean, it served as more of a career-spanning, deep-cut retrospective.

Amos began with “Juarez,” from 1999 album To Venus and Back, followed by “Bouncing Off Clouds,” from 2007’s American Doll Posse. “Bliss,” also from Venus, was interpolated with Kate Bush’s 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill,” which has made a serious comeback of late due its placement in “Stranger Things.” This timely reference was met with perhaps the biggest reaction of the night, although Amos has been covering the song since at least 2011. Amos’ voice was strong and clear, and sounded just as good, if not better, than it did when she first arrived on the alternative music scene in the ’90s.

Ocean to Ocean was represented by “Addition of Light” and the title track, in succession, as well as “29 Years” later on in the set. The songs often had backing tracks with background vocal loops. But for the most part, Tori Amos, bassist Jon Evans and drummer Ash Soan provided all the sounds needed for the evening. On “Ocean to Ocean,” Soan used a wood waterfall to simple but perfect effect in the intro.

Tori Amos performs at The Orpheum in Los Angeles on June 17, 2022.

After “Jamaica Inn,” which was mixed with Fleetwood Mac’s classic “Landslide”—another cover that was rapturously received—Amos, who had not been particularly chatty with the audience until then, declared that the next few songs were all requests from fans, and since she knew that the fans all talk to each other, they’d know she wasn’t “telling a porcupine.” She proceeded to play “Russia,” from 2017’s Native Invaders, “Mother Revolution,” from 2005’s The Beekeeper, and “Siren,” from the 1998 film “Great Expectations” soundtrack.

Amos’ playing style is brash and virtuosic, and she seemed glad to be performing after such a long break because of the pandemic. Clad in a flowing red and white top and silky red pants, Amos often straddled the bench between her piano and keyboard so that she could play them both simultaneously. Sometimes, as she did this, she would look up at the audience and smile, as if by performing this feat she was sharing a secret joke, and a wild cheer would go up in response.

Attendees were on their feet for “Precious Things,” “Spring Haze” and above all for “Cornflake Girl,” Amos’ 1994 hit and really the only concession to chart success of the evening. The band came back to the stage for an encore that featured fan favorites “Tombigbee” and “Tear in Your Hand.” Amos closed out the show victoriously with “Pretty Good Year,” the only other song from her second album, Under the Pink.

Companion performs at The Orpheum in Los Angeles on June 17, 2022

Colorado duo Companion, comprised of twin sisters Sophia and Jo Babb, both dressed in Pete-Townshend-style boiler suits (although one was flower print), who mentioned at the outset that they were the surprise at the end in a family of 12 children. One sister played acoustic guitar and one played electric, and they used vocal effects that made their harmonies sound like a much larger group than two people. Their mix of old and new techniques created a sound like Indigo Girls crossed with Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus.

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