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{{short description|American musician and performance artist (born 1976)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Amanda Palmer
| image             = Amanda Palmer at IFC 2016 - IMG 0132 (24075269118) (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Palmer in 2016
| birth_name        = Amanda MacKinnon Palmer
| alias             = {{hlist|Amanda Fucking Palmer<ref name="AFPMTVHive">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/09/10/amanda-palmer-interview-theatre-is-evil/|last=Spitznagel|first=Eric|title=Amanda Palmer Is Comfortable Wearing Her Own Blood|date=October 9, 2012|access-date=August 22, 2014|work=MTV Hive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006103032/http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/09/10/amanda-palmer-interview-theatre-is-evil/|archive-date=October 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="SpenceSuitcase">{{cite journal|author1=Fawn Heun |editor1=Machel Spence|author2=The Battered Suitcase|title=An Interview with Amanda Palmer|journal=The Battered Suitcase Summer 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tNN07flHnncC&pg=PA46|date=June 1, 2009|access-date=August 22, 2014 |publisher=Vagabondage Press LLC|isbn=978-1-4524-6181-6|issn=1942-0846|volume=2|issue=1|page=46|quote=Amanda (Fucking) Palmer is one of ...}}</ref>|AFP}}
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1976|04|30}}
| birth_place       = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| death_place       = 
| origin            = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S.
| genre             = {{hlist| [[Alternative rock]] | [[dark cabaret]] | [[folk music|folk]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter | musician | performance artist | author}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Vocals| keyboard| piano| [[ukulele]]| [[harmonica]]| drums}}
| years_active      = 1999–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]|[[Cooking Vinyl]]| 8ft. Records }}
| associated_acts   = {{hlist| [[The Dresden Dolls]] | [[Evelyn Evelyn]] | [[8in8]]|[[Jason Webley]]|[[Brian Viglione]]|[[Jherek Bischoff]]|[[Neil Gaiman]]|[[Ben Folds]]|[[Zoë Keating]]}}
| website           = [http://amandapalmer.net AmandaPalmer.net]
| spouse            = {{marriage|[[Neil Gaiman]]|2011|2022|reason=divorced}}
}}

'''Amanda MacKinnon Palmer''' (born April 30, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and [[Performance art|performance artist]] who is the lead vocalist, pianist, and lyricist of the duo [[The Dresden Dolls]].<ref>{{cite episode|title=Band Tries to Make It Big Without Going Broke|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6885355|series=[[All Things Considered]]|credits=Chris Arnold|network=[[National Public Radio]]|airdate=January 17, 2007}} The [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6885355 web page] also has audio and a transcript of the interview, and links to several of their songs.</ref> She performs as a solo artist and was also a member of the duo [[Evelyn Evelyn]] and the lead singer and songwriter of Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blog.amandapalmer.net/my-earth-shattering-news-by-amanda-fucking-palmer/|title=my earth-shattering news, by amanda fucking palmer.|date=February 9, 2012|work=Amanda Palmer Blog|access-date=November 2, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> She has gained a [[Cult following|cult fanbase]] and was one of the first musical artists to popularize the use of [[crowdfunding websites]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The crowdfunded cult of Amanda Palmer |url=https://www.engadget.com/2019-12-13-amanda-palmer-patreon-kickstarter-social-media.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=Engadget |date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>

==Early life and education ==
Amanda MacKinnon Palmer was born in the [[Mount Sinai Hospital, New York|Mount Sinai Hospital]] in [[New York City]],<ref>{{citation|title=Starfucking with Kevin Smith, Chapter 1 – The Neil/Amanda Interview|date=November 23, 2010|url=http://starfucking.smodcast.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208232837/http://starfucking.smodcast.com/|archive-date=December 8, 2010}}</ref> and grew up in [[Lexington, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2008/09/16/on_who_killed_palmer_looks_behind_the_veil/|title=On 'Who Killed,' Palmer looks behind the veil|last=Perry|first=Jonathan|date=September 16, 2008|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref> Her parents divorced when she was one year old, and as a child she rarely saw her father.<ref>{{cite news|title=All Songs +1: Amanda Palmer And Her Dad Discover Each Other In Song|last=Boilen|first=Bob|work=NPR|date=July 18, 2016|access-date=August 30, 2016|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2016/07/18/486455790/all-songs-1-amanda-palmer-and-her-dad-discover-each-other-in-song}}</ref>

She attended [[Lexington High School (Massachusetts)|Lexington High School]], where she was involved in the drama department,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2009/05/11/palmer_hangs_out_in_lexington|title=Palmer hangs out in Lexington|last1=Shanahan|first1=Mark|last2=Goldstein|first2=Meredith|date=May 11, 2009|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref> and later attended [[Wesleyan University]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/music/69160/amanda-palmer-metro-live-show|title=Amanda Palmer|last=Sless-Kitain|first=Areif|date=December 3, 2008|work=[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]|access-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2013 |title=Amanda Palmer: visionary or egotist? |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/22/amanda-palmer-visionary-egotist-interview |access-date=March 19, 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> where she studied theater and was a member of the [[Eclectic Society (Fraternity)|Eclectic Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/a-piece-of-my-mind-1.835933|title=A piece of my mind|last=Bell|first=Sean|date=August 16, 2009|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)]]|access-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref> In 1999, Palmer founded the Shadowbox Collective, a performance group devoted to [[street theatre]] and putting on theatrical shows (such as the 2002 play, ''Hotel Blanc'',<ref>''Boston Phoenix'' [http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/live/documents/02157185.htm review of ''Hotel Blanc''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013123457/http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/live/documents/02157185.htm |date=October 13, 2007 }}</ref> which she directed).

Palmer graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in 1998. Palmer spent several years [[street performance|busking]] as a [[living statue]] called the Eight Foot Bride in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]; [[Edinburgh]]; [[Berlin]]; [[Melbourne]] (where she met her future collaborator [[Jason Webley]]);<ref>{{citation|title=Controversial Musician Prepares for Local Debut|url=http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=29563|journal=St. Petersburg Times|date=August 4, 2009|first=Sergey|last=Chernov|access-date=February 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808222051/http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=29563|archive-date=August 8, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> and many other locations. She refers to her street performance work in the [[Dresden Dolls]] song "The Perfect Fit", as well as on the ''[[A is for Accident]]'' track "Glass Slipper".{{cn|date=June 2024}}

== Career ==

===2000–2007: The Dresden Dolls and ''The Onion Cellar''===
{{main|The Dresden Dolls}}
[[File:Amanda Palmer - Dresden Dolls (241481991).jpg|thumb|250px|right|Palmer performing with the Dresden Dolls at Kings Arms Tavern in [[Auckland]], New Zealand, September 2006]]
At a Halloween party in 2000, Palmer met the drummer [[Brian Viglione]] and afterwards they formed the Dresden Dolls. In an effort to expand the performance experience and interactivity, Palmer began inviting [[Lexington High School (Massachusetts)|Lexington High School]] students to perform drama pieces at the Dresden Dolls' live shows. This evolved to the Dirty Business Brigade, a troupe of seasoned and new artists, performing at many gigs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedirtybusinessbrigade.net |title=Dirty Business Brigade website |work=Thedirtybusinessbrigade.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704184115/http://thedirtybusinessbrigade.net/ |archive-date=July 4, 2008 }}</ref>

In 2002, after developing a [[cult following]], the band recorded their debut album, ''[[The Dresden Dolls (album)|The Dresden Dolls]]'', with producer [[Martin Bisi]]. They produced the album before signing with the label [[Roadrunner Records]].

In 2006, ''[[The Dresden Dolls Companion]]''<ref name="DDcompanion">The Dresden Dolls Companion, by Amanda Palmer, eight foot music publishing, June 2006, {{ISBN|1-57560-888-X}} {{ISBN|978-1-57560-888-4}}</ref> was published, with words, music and artwork by Amanda Palmer.<ref name="DDcompanion"/> In it she has written a history of the album ''The Dresden Dolls'' and of the duo, as well as a partial autobiography. The book also contains the lyrics, [[sheet music]], and notes on each song in the album, all written by Palmer, as well as a DVD with a 20-minute interview of Amanda about making the book.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

Palmer conceived the musical/production ''[[The Onion Cellar]]'', based on a short story from ''[[The Tin Drum]]'' by [[Günter Grass]]. From December 9, 2006, through January 13, 2007, the Dresden Dolls performed the piece in conjunction with the [[American Repertory Theater]] at the Zero Arrow Theatre in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. While Palmer was openly frustrated with the direction of the show, fan and critical reviews were very positive.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amrep.org/onion/ |title=The Onion Cellar |work=American Repertory Theatre |access-date=June 9, 2024 |date=April 20, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012113322/http://amrep.org/onion |archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref>

In June 2007, as part of the Dresden Dolls, she toured with the [[True Colors Tour 2007]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.truecolorstour.com|title=True Colors Tour website|work=truecolorstour.com|access-date=September 16, 2012}}</ref> including her debut in New York City's [[Radio City Music Hall]],<ref name="nyt20070620">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/arts/music/20true.html?8dpc|title=Power to the People (and Some Pop Too)|date=June 20, 2007|access-date=November 9, 2007|last=Chinen|first=Nate|author2=photos by Hiroyuki Ito|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|edition=New York|pages=B1, B5|issn=0362-4331|oclc=1645522}}</ref> and her first review in ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name="nyt20070620"/>

Though the Dresden Dolls broke up in 2008, Palmer and Viglione have continued to collaborate, and have had several minor reunions under the band name in 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, and 2018.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://consequence.net/2017/08/the-dresden-dolls-return-with-new-fall-tour-dates/|title=The Dresden Dolls return with new fall tour dates|date=August 16, 2017|work=Consequence of Sound|access-date=January 2, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, the Dresden Dolls reunited, and started work on a new album. In 2023, they toured the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-dresden-dolls-add-nyc-shows-at-bowery-ballroom-to-2023-tour/ |title=The Dresden Dolls add NYC shows at Bowery Ballroom to 2023 tour |last=Hatfield |first=Amanda |date=May 31, 2023 |website=Brooklyn Vegan |access-date=June 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531181700/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-dresden-dolls-add-nyc-shows-at-bowery-ballroom-to-2023-tour/ |archive-date=May 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://magnetmagazine.com/2023/10/30/live-review-the-dresden-dolls-new-york-city-oct-28-2023/ |title=Live review: The Dresden Dolls, New York City, Oct. 28, 2023 |date=October 30, 2023 |website=Magnet |access-date=June 9, 2024}}</ref>

===2007–2010: ''Who Killed Amanda Palmer'', ''Evelyn Evelyn'', and theatrical work===
{{main article|Evelyn Evelyn}}
In July 2007, Palmer played three sold-out shows (in Boston, Hoboken, and NYC) in a new "with band" format. Her backing band was Boston alternative rock group [[Aberdeen City (band)|Aberdeen City]], who also opened along with Dixie Dirt. In August 2007, Palmer traveled to perform in the [[Famous Spiegeltent|Spiegeltent]] and other venues at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] in Scotland, and also performed on [[BBC Two]]'s ''The Edinburgh Show''. She collaborated with Australian theater company the Danger Ensemble; both again appeared at the Spiegeltent in Melbourne and at other venues around Australia in December 2007.

[[File:Evelyn Evelyn by Kyle Cassidy.jpg|thumb|right|Palmer (left) as a member of [[Evelyn Evelyn]], with [[Jason Webley]]]]
In September 2007, Palmer collaborated with [[Jason Webley]] to launch the new project [[Evelyn Evelyn]] with the EP ''[[Elephant Elephant]]''. In the project, the duo play [[conjoined twin]] sisters named Eva and Lyn, and through their music tell their fictional backstory.

In July 2008, the Dresden Dolls released a second book, the ''Virginia Companion'', a follow-up to ''The Dresden Dolls Companion'', featuring the music and lyrics from the ''[[Yes, Virginia... (album)|Yes, Virginia...]]''(2006) and ''[[No, Virginia...]]'' (2008) albums, produced by Sean Slade and Paul Kolderie.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dresden-dolls-the-virginia-companion-the-dresden-dolls/1013377747 |title=The Dresden Dolls - the Virginia Companion |website=Barnes & Noble |access-date=June 9, 2024 }}</ref>

In June 2008, Palmer established her solo career with two well-received performances with the [[Boston Pops]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/06/20/all_dolled_up_at_the_pops|title=All dolled up at the Pops&nbsp;– Palmer brings the edge but the fest needs more|access-date=June 7, 2008|last=Eichler|first=Jeremy|date=June 20, 2008|work=The Boston Globe|quote=Last night in Symphony Hall, Amanda Palmer brought some spark and much-needed edge to the Boston Pops' EdgeFest. On her own terms, Palmer, in strong gravelly voice, gave a richly satisfying performance that had this crowd roaring far more than most in Symphony Hall. But even she couldn't overcome the deeper tensions that make the EdgeFest a strained format.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627133854/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/06/20/all_dolled_up_at_the_pops|archive-date=June 27, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/63574-All-Dolled-up|title=All Dolled up, Amanda Palmer and the Boston Pops, Symphony Hall, June 19, 2008|access-date=June 28, 2008|last=Smith|first=Rachel|date=June 20, 2008|work=The Boston Phoenix}}</ref>

[[File:AmandaPalmer live.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Palmer during her 2008 tour promoting ''[[Who Killed Amanda Palmer]]'']]
Her first solo studio album, ''[[Who Killed Amanda Palmer]]'', was released on September 16, 2008. [[Ben Folds]] produced and also played on the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/04/070425_apalmer |title=Dresden Doll Preps Solo Debut |access-date=December 8, 2007 |date=April 25, 2007 |work=spin.com music for life |publisher=spin.com |quote=The Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer chats with SPIN.com about her forthcoming solo effort. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213030648/http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/04/070425_apalmer |archive-date=December 13, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theshadowbox.net/ddbb/viewtopic.php?p=356594&highlight=#356594|title=here to dispel.|access-date=December 8, 2007|last=Palmer|first=Amanda|date=April 1, 2007|author-link=Amanda Palmer|work=Speculation: Solo Album Title|publisher=The Dresden Dolls|quote=.. i am recording the solo album....in nashville, at ben folds' studio, with ben, who is producing the record and playing on it.|archive-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915113008/http://www.theshadowbox.net/ddbb/viewtopic.php?p=356594&highlight=#356594|url-status=dead}}</ref> The title is a play on an expression used by fans during ''[[Twin Peaks]]''{{'}} original run, "Who killed [[Laura Palmer]]?" A companion book of photos of Palmer looking as if she were murdered was released in July 2009. Titled ''Who Killed Amanda Palmer a Collection of Photographic Evidence'', it featured photography by [[Kyle Cassidy]] and stories by [[Neil Gaiman]], as well as lyrics from the album.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Amanda|author1-link=Amanda Palmer|last2=Gaiman|first2=Neil|author2-link=Neil Gaiman|last3=Cassidy|first3=Kyle|author3-link=Kyle Cassidy|first4=Beth|last4=Hommel|year=2009|title=Who Killed Amanda Palmer: A Collection of Photographic Evidence|publisher=Eight Foot Books|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-615-23439-7}}</ref>

In late 2008, she toured Europe with Jason Webley, [[Zoë Keating]] and The Danger Ensemble, performing songs mostly from her debut solo album. She did most of the shows with a broken foot she had sustained in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] when a car ran over her foot as she stepped out into a street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCrO0aanSZ8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/OCrO0aanSZ8| archive-date=November 17, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Amanda Palmer: broken foot explanation| website=[[YouTube]]| date=October 29, 2008|access-date=November 7, 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In April 2009, she played at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]].<ref name="nyt20070421">{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Ratliff|title=Festival Rocks in Two Time Zones: The Real and the Virtual|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/arts/music/21coac.html|newspaper=The New York Times|page=B1|issn=0362-4331|date=April 21, 2009|access-date=April 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006021333/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/arts/music/21coac.html|archive-date=October 6, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref>

In 2009, Palmer went back to her alma mater, [[Lexington High School (Massachusetts)|Lexington High School]] in Massachusetts, to collaborate with her old director and mentor Steven Bogart on a workshop piece for the department's spring production. The play, ''With The Needle That Sings In Her Heart'', was inspired by [[Neutral Milk Hotel]]'s album ''[[In the Aeroplane Over the Sea]]'' and ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank]]''. NPR's Avishay Artsy interviewed the cast on [[All Things Considered]].<ref name="urlNeutral Milk Hotel Album Transformed For Stage: NPR">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103939612|title=Neutral Milk Hotel Album Transformed For Stage: NPR|first=Avishay|last=Artsy|website=[[NPR]]|quote='I watch people proselytize this record all over the world, and it's like this secret brotherhood of awesome music that's never had any kind of big mainstream publicity,' Palmer says. 'It's just this sacred record that people connect through.'|access-date =December 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119173724/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103939612|archive-date=November 19, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2010, Palmer returned to the [[American Repertory Theater|A.R.T.]] for a two-month run of ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'', starring as the Emcee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org/node/4989|title=Cabaret|work=americanrepertorytheater.org|publisher=[[American Repertory Theatre]]|access-date=August 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226021126/http://americanrepertorytheater.org/node/4989|archive-date=February 26, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The same year the Dresden Dolls reunited for a United States tour starting on Halloween in New York City and ending in San Francisco on New Year's Eve.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpybi5sZBYk|title=THE DRESDEN DOLLS HALLOWEEN 10th ANNIVERSARY & FALL TOUR|author=Amanda Palmer|website=[[YouTube]]|author-link=Amanda Palmer|access-date=September 7, 2010|date=September 7, 2010}}</ref> On March 30, 2010, Palmer and Webley released their debut [[Evelyn Evelyn (album)|self-titled album]] as Evelyn Evelyn. This was accompanied by a worldwide tour and graphic novel based on the story of the sisters.<ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=http://www.jasonwebley.com/events.html|title=Jason Webley Events|publisher=Jasonwebley.com|date=July 9, 2013|access-date=December 4, 2013}}</ref>

Palmer began using the ukulele during a concert as a goof, but soon it became a regular part of her repertoire. Later, she recorded a full album with ukulele accompaniment: ''Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on Her Magical Ukulele''.<ref name="urlNYTimes Uke">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/arts/music/eddie-vedder-amanda-palmer-and-magnetic-fields-join-ukulele-craze.html|title=Eddie Vedder, Amanda Palmer and Magnetic Fields Join Ukulele Craze|author=Ben Sisario|date=November 17, 2011|access-date=November 17, 2011|page=9|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|edition=New York|issn=0362-4331|oclc=1645522}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://arts.heraldtribune.com/slideshow/neil-gaiman-amanda-palmer-ninja-gig/ |publisher=Herald Tribune |title=Neil Gaiman-Amanda Palmer ninja gig |access-date=April 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323022724/http://arts.heraldtribune.com/slideshow/neil-gaiman-amanda-palmer-ninja-gig |archive-date=March 23, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/singer-proves-a-hit-with-dublin-street-show-1.1468175 |title=Singer proves a hit with Dublin street show |author=Una Mullally |publisher=The Irish Times |date=July 19, 2013 |access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref>

===2012–2014:''Theatre Is Evil'' and ''The Art of Asking''===
On April 20, 2012, Palmer announced on her blog that she launched a new album pre-order on [[Kickstarter]]. The Kickstarter project was ultimately supported by 24,883 backers for a total of $1,192,793<ref name="kickstarter win">{{cite web|url=http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20120601/01173819160/amanda-palmer-raises-12-million-kickstarter-crowd-goes-wild.shtml|title=Amanda Palmer Raises $1.2 Million On Kickstarter, And The Crowd Goes Wild|work=techdirt.com|date=June 1, 2012|access-date=June 2, 2012}}</ref> — at the time, the most funds ever raised for a musical project on Kickstarter. A widely reported and commented upon controversy emerged from the related tour when Palmer blogged asking for "semi-professional" local musicians (fans who were already planning on attending various stops on the tour) to volunteer to play a couple of songs with her and her band, the Grand Theft Orchestra, during their live shows for "exposure, fun, beer and hugs" instead of money.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2013/03/07/amanda-palmer-s-ted-talk-is-greed-good-celebrity-and-quot-asking-quot-in-a-crowded-age.aspx |title=Amanda Palmer's TED Talk: Is Greed Good? Celebrity and "asking" in a crowded age |last=Brockman |first=Daniel |date=March 7, 2013 |website=The Phoenix |access-date=June 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317065934/http://blog.thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2013/03/07/amanda-palmer-s-ted-talk-is-greed-good-celebrity-and-quot-asking-quot-in-a-crowded-age.aspx |archive-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/amanda-palmer-defends-herself-over-paying-musicians-wit-1798233399|title=Amanda Palmer defends herself over paying musicians with hugs and beer|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kotaku.com/5943112/amanda-palmer-asks-musicians-to-play-for-free-pisses-off-musicians|title=Amanda Palmer Asks Musicians To Play For Free, Pisses Off Musicians [Update]|last=Hamilton|first=Kirk|newspaper=Kotaku|language=en-US|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/47917-amanda-palmer-starts-paying-musicians/|title=Amanda Palmer Starts Paying Musicians|website=Pitchfork|date=September 19, 2012|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/amanda-palmers-accidental-experiment-with-real-communism|title=Amanda Palmer's Accidental Experiment with Real Communism|date=October 2, 2012|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/unions-upset-with-amanda-palmer-for-paying-musicia-84867|title=Unions upset with Amanda Palmer for paying musicians with beer, hugs|date=September 12, 2012|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/amanda-palmer-cant-afford-to-pay-her-backup-band/69017/|title=Amanda Palmer 'Can't Afford' To Pay Her Backup Band|newspaper=Prefixmag|language=en|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> 

After outcry from various music unions and professional musicians, Palmer responded publicly and changed her policy to one of paying local musicians cash.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1152761/amanda-palmer-responds-to-volunteer-musician-criticism/wheres-the-beef/|title=Amanda Palmer Responds To Volunteer Musician Criticism|date=September 14, 2012|newspaper=Stereogum|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2012/09/20/amanda_palmer_still_doesnt_get_it/|title=Amanda Palmer still doesn't get it|last=Williams|first=Mary Elizabeth|website=Salon|date=September 20, 2012|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> The album, ''[[Theatre Is Evil]]'', was recorded with the Grand Theft Orchestra, produced by [[John Congleton]], and released in September 2012. On November 9, 2012, Palmer released the music video for "Do it With a Rockstar" on [[The Flaming Lips]]' website. The video was co-created and directed by [[Wayne Coyne]], the singer of [[the Flaming Lips]].<ref name="MYMN November 2012">{{cite web|url=http://nymn.com/amanda-palmers-new-video-for-do-it-with-a-rockstar-new-york-music-news|title= Amanda Palmer's New Video for "Do it With a Rockstar"|publisher=newyorkmusicnews.com|date=November 9, 2012|access-date=November 9, 2012}}</ref> Subsequent videos were released for "The Killing Type" and "The Bed Song".

On August 9, 2013, Palmer made her [[Lincoln Center]] debut.<ref name="nyt20130810">{{cite news|author=A.C. Lee|author2=photo by Marco Sanchez|title=Celebrating Steampunk, the Old Updated for Today|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/09/nyregion/celebrating-steampunk-the-old-updated-for-today.html|work=The New York Times|page=C27|date=August 9, 2013|issn=0362-4331|access-date =August 12, 2013|quote=Around the corner, at the bandshell in Damrosch Park, you can catch Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra,...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=nyctaper|url=http://www.nyctaper.com/2013/08/amanda-palmer-august-9-2013-damrosch-park-lincoln-center-flacmp3streaming|title=Amanda Palmer: August 9, 2013 Damrosch Park Lincoln Center|date=August 11, 2013|access-date=August 12, 2013|quote=On the final weekend of Lincoln Center’s "Out Of Doors" Summer concert series, Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra brought their "punk cabaret" for a free show in a public park ...}}</ref> In November 2014, Palmer released a memoir, ''[[The Art of Asking]]'', which expands on a [[TED talk]] she gave in February 2013. The book made [[the New York Times Best Seller list]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-11-30/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html|title=Hardcover Nonfiction|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-11-30/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/list.html|title=Combined Print and E-book Nonfiction|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> The book also received several critical reviews, most notably from [[NPR]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=Annalisa |title=There's More To Asking Than Just Art |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/11/20/363835448/theres-more-to-asking-than-just-art |website=NPR |date=November 20, 2014 |access-date=July 15, 2019}}</ref>

===2015–2018: ''You Got Me Singing'', ''I Can Spin a Rainbow'', and Patreon===
On March 3, 2015, Amanda began soliciting financial support on the crowdfunding platform [[Patreon]].<ref name=star>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2016/11/10/amanda-palmer-answers-to-herself-and-her-fans.html "Amanda Palmer answers to herself and her fans"]. ''Toronto Star'', November 11, 2016. Ben Rayner.</ref>
Palmer spoke at the 2015 [[Hay Festival]] about the prospect of reconciling art and motherhood. The talk was recorded for the [[BBC Radio 4]] series ''Four Thought'' and broadcast on June 21, 2015.<ref>{{cite web | title = Four Thought – Amanda Palmer | website = [[BBC Radio 4]]  | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05y0ql3 | access-date = June 21, 2015}}</ref> Also in 2015, she served as a judge for The 14th Annual Independent Music Awards. During the first months of 2016, she released the completely Patreon-funded song "Machete", and a [[David Bowie]] tribute EP, entitled ''Strung Out In Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute''.<ref name=star /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indieberlin.de/music/drop-everything-its-amanda-palmer.html|title=Drop everything: It's Amanda Palmer! – indieberlin|date=March 10, 2016|website=indieberlin|language=en-GB|access-date=May 17, 2016|archive-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610144533/http://www.indieberlin.de/music/drop-everything-its-amanda-palmer.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Palmer collaborated with her father, Jack Palmer, to record an album entitled ''You Got Me Singing''.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 14, 2016|access-date=August 30, 2016|last=Smith|first=Steve|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/07/13/amanda-palmer-teams-with-long-estranged-father-for-album-tour/kBlKoh12BFW6NTJQ0QPj4N/story.html |title=Amanda Palmer teams with long-estranged father for album, tour |publisher=The Boston Globe}}</ref> They performed concerts in July 2016 in support of the album.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 16, 2016|access-date=August 30, 2016|last=Pearis|first=Bill|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/amanda-palmer-playing-shows-with-her-father-in-support-of-their-collaborative-covers-lp-tour-dates/ |title=Amanda Palmer playing shows with her father in support of their collaborative covers LP (tour dates) |publisher=The Brooklyn Vegan}}</ref>

Amanda Palmer collaborated with [[Legendary Pink Dots]] frontman [[Edward Ka-Spel]] to record an album, ''[[I Can Spin a Rainbow]]''. The duo toured in May and June 2017 in support of the album, backed by Legendary Pink Dots' former violin player Patrick Q. Wright.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://amandapalmer.net/icanspinarainbow/|title=AMANDA PALMER & EDWARD KA-SPEL: "I CAN SPIN A RAINBOW" – The Album|work=The official website of Amanda Fucking Palmer. Yes it is – Amanda Palmer|access-date=November 2, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

===2019–present: ''There Will Be No Intermission'' and podcast===
On March 8, 2019, Palmer released her third solo studio album and first in seven years, ''[[There Will Be No Intermission]]''. The album was promoted by an extensive world tour that was filmed for her patrons on Patreon.

In fall 2020, Palmer launched a podcast called ''The Art of Asking Everything''.<ref name="nme.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/amanda-palmer-to-launch-new-podcast-the-art-of-asking-everything-2759142|title=Amanda Palmer to launch new podcast 'The Art of Asking Everything'|website=[[NME]]|date=September 22, 2020}}</ref> On October 31, 2020, Palmer and Viglione performed "[[Science Fiction/Double Feature]]" to open the [[Democratic Party of Wisconsin|Wisconsin Democrats]] Livestream fundraiser that reunited some original ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show|Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' cast members to act out the show with additional stars and singers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tim Curry to Appear During 'Rocky Horror' Halloween Event for Wisconsin Democrats {{!}} Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/tim-curry-to-appear-during-rocky-horror-halloween-event-for-wisconsin-democrats|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com|date=October 26, 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Amanda Palmer - Arena Vienna 2011 a10 Neil Gaiman.jpg|thumb|right|Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman (Vienna 2011)]]
For more than a decade, Palmer lived in an independent artists' cooperative named the Cloud Club in [[Boston]], Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cloudclub.org/|title=The Cloud Club &#124; Longstanding underground artists community in Boston's South End|website=Cloudclub.org}}</ref>

Palmer has practiced yoga and meditation. In 2008, she wrote an article titled "Melody vs. Meditation" for the [[Buddhist]] publication ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'' (now known as 'Lion's Roar'), which described the struggle between songwriting and being able to clear the mind to meditate.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Palmer |first1=Amanda |title=Melody vs. Meditation – Lions Roar |url=https://www.lionsroar.com/melody-vs-meditation/ |website=Lion's Roar |date=May 2008 |publisher=Lion's Roar Foundation |access-date=January 9, 2023}}</ref> 

Palmer has said that she is bisexual,<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.247gay.com/article.cfm?section=68&id=9942 
 |title=Interview: Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer 
 |access-date=December 7, 2007 |date=July 17, 2006 |work=247Gay.com 
 |publisher=GayWired.com 
 |quote=I figured out that I was bisexual when I was a teenager. 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101235343/http://www.247gay.com/article.cfm?section=68&id=9942 
 |archive-date=January 1, 2008 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref> telling [[afterellen.com]] in 2007: "I'm bisexual, but it's not the sort of thing I spent a lot of time thinking about."<ref>{{cite news
 | url = http://www.afterellen.com/people/19195-getting-real-with-amanda-palmer
 | title = Getting Real With Amanda Palmer
 | access-date = July 12, 2015
| work = AfterEllen.com
 | publisher = TOTALLYHER MEDIA, LLC
 | date = July 18, 2007
}}</ref> She has spoken about her open relationships,<ref>{{cite news
 | first = Jerry
 | last = Portwood
 | title = Amanda Palmer Gets Intimate
 | url = http://www.out.com/entertainment/music/2012/09/20/amanda-palmer-neil-gaiman-open-relationship
 | work = out.com
 | date = September 20, 2012
| access-date = November 26, 2012
}}</ref> and has commented on feminist issues.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/27/new-generation-of-feminists-set-agenda | title=What now for Britain's new-wave feminists – after page 3 and £10 notes | work=The Guardian | date=July 27, 2013 | access-date=July 28, 2013 | author=Vanessa Thorpe}}</ref> 

Palmer has said that she once worked as a stripper under the name Berlin.<ref>{{cite web
 | author=Kim Taylor Bennett
 | title = Seven things you didn't know about... Amanda Palmer
 | url = http://www.timeout.com/london/music/seven-things-you-didnt-know-about-amanda-palmer
 | work = Time Out London
 | access-date =November 10, 2013
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131110032812/http://www.timeout.com/london/music/seven-things-you-didnt-know-about-amanda-palmer| archive-date= November 10, 2013 | url-status= live}}</ref> She wrote the song "Berlin" about this experience.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Amanda Palmer Bares All
 | url = http://bust.com/music/8656-amanda-palmer-bares-all.html
 | work = [[Bust (magazine)|Bust Magazine]]
 | date = October 4, 2012
| access-date =November 10, 2013
}}</ref>

Palmer has had three abortions, and her song "Voicemail for Jill" is about these experiences.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/02/amanda-palmer-new-single-voicemail-for-jill.html|title=Amanda Palmer Addresses Abortion on New Single, "Voicemail for Jill"|work=Paste|date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221025730/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/02/amanda-palmer-new-single-voicemail-for-jill.html|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://medium.com/@amandapalmer/no-i-am-not-crowdfunding-this-baby-an-open-letter-to-a-worried-fan-9ca75cb0f938|title=No, I Am Not Crowdfunding This Baby (an open letter to a worried fan)|date=August 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512091744/https://medium.com/@amandapalmer/no-i-am-not-crowdfunding-this-baby-an-open-letter-to-a-worried-fan-9ca75cb0f938|archive-date=May 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Palmer and the British author [[Neil Gaiman]] confirmed their engagement in 2010.<ref>[http://www.startribune.com/neil-gaiman-and-goth-cabaret-singer-amanda-palmer-are-engaged/82109712/ "Neil Gaiman and goth-cabaret singer Amanda Palmer are engaged"]. ''Star Tribune'', By Claude Peck, January 19, 2010</ref> The couple married in a private ceremony in January 2011.<ref name="Ology">{{cite web |last=Zutter |first=Natalie |title=Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman Marry |url=http://www.ology.com/celebs-and-gossip/amanda-palmer-and-neil-gaiman-marry |work=Ology Magazine |access-date=June 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909065144/http://www.ology.com/celebs-and-gossip/amanda-palmer-and-neil-gaiman-marry |archive-date=September 9, 2012}}</ref> The wedding took place in the parlor of the writers [[Ayelet Waldman]] and [[Michael Chabon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/01/03/neil-gaiman-and-amanda-palmers-wedding-in-twitpics/ |title=Neil Gaiman And Amanda Palmer's Wedding In TwitPics  |work=Bleedingcool.com |date=January 3, 2011 |access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref> They have a son, born in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2015/09/our-not-so-humble-bundle.html|title=Our Not-So-Humble Bundle.|last=Gaiman|first=Neil|date=September 21, 2015|website=Journal.NeilGaiman.com|access-date=May 5, 2020}}</ref>

In March 2020, Palmer was on the final leg of her international tour in support of her latest album, ''[[There Will Be No Intermission]]'', when countries started grounding flights and locking down borders due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Palmer, Gaiman, and their son were in [[Havelock North]], [[Hawke's Bay Region|Hawke's Bay]], when on March 25, 2020, the [[New Zealand Government]] announced that the whole country would move to [[COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand |COVID-19 Alert Level 4]]: complete lockdown and quarantining of people within their own homes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52961539 |title=New Zealand lifts all Covid restrictions, declaring the nation virus-free|website=Bbc.co.uk |date=June 8, 2020}}</ref> Palmer later announced on her [[Patreon]] that she and Gaiman had separated. The couple later released a joint statement clarifying that they were not, however, getting divorced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |title=Where I am, what I'm doing, how I'm doing and how I got here |url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2020/05/where-i-am-what-im-doing-how-im-doing.html |access-date=May 15, 2020 |website=Journal.neilgaiman.com}}</ref> In November 2022, Palmer and Gaiman announced in a joint statement that they would divorce.<ref>{{cite web|title=A joint statement from Amanda and me|url=https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2022/11/a-joint-statement-from-amanda-and-me.html|website=NeilGaiman.com / Journal|date=November 4, 2022|access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A joint statement from me and Neil |url=http://amandapalmer.net/posts/a-joint-statement-from-me-and-neil/|website=AmandaPalmer.net|date=November 4, 2022|access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
* 2012: Artist & Manager Awards – Pioneer Award
* 2012: Twitter Feed @amandapalmer in the ''[[Boston Phoenix]]''{{-'}}s Best 2012<ref>{{cite news |url=http://contests.thephoenix.com/thebest/boston/2012/results/arts/twitter-feed |title=Best Twitter Feed |publisher=The Phoenix Media/Communications Group |work=Contests.thephoenix.com |date=April 13, 2012 |volume=LXXVI |issue=16 |page=24 |access-date=April 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204085518/http://contests.thephoenix.com/thebest/boston/2012/results/arts/twitter-feed |archive-date=February 4, 2013 }}</ref>
* 2011: Actress in a local production: Cabaret – Boston's Best, ''Improper Bostonian''<ref>{{cite news|title       = Actress in a local production – Amanda Palmer in Cabaret at the American Repertory Theater| author= Boston Best's 2011 Judges| url= http://www.improper.com/bostons-best/arts-entertainment/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927181540/http://www.improper.com/bostons-best/arts-entertainment/ |archive-date=September 27, 2011 | newspaper= [[The Improper Bostonian]] | date = July 8–26, 2011| page = 88| access-date = July 11, 2011}}</ref>
* 2010: Artist of the Year – [[Boston Music Awards]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1301118|journal=[[Boston Herald]]|title=Peter Wolf, Amanda Palmer lead BMA winners|date=December 7, 2010|first=Jed|last=Gottlieb|access-date=December 9, 2010|archive-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004091409/http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1301118|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/12/06/uke_in_hand_palmer_tops_music_awards/|title=Uke in hand, Palmer tops Music Awards|journal=[[Boston Globe]]|date=December 6, 2010|first=Jonathan|last=Perry}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/packages/bma/2010winnerslist/|title=2010 Boston Music Awards winners|journal=[[Boston Globe]]|date=December 3, 2010}}</ref>
* 2010: Cover of "Fake Plastic Trees" (Radiohead) named 13th of ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' magazine's 20 Best Cover Songs of 2010<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2010/12/the-20-best-cover-songs-of-2010.html|journal=[[Paste Magazine]]|first=Josh|last=Jackson|title=The 20 Best Cover Songs of 2010|date=December 7, 2010|access-date=December 9, 2010|archive-date=May 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509175335/http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2010/12/the-20-best-cover-songs-of-2010.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2009: No. 100 on After Ellen's Hot 100 of 2009.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.afterellen.com/people/2009/hot100?page=0%2C19
 |title       = The 2009 AfterEllen.com Hot 100
 |access-date  = May 23, 2009
|author      = AfterEllen.com Staff
 |date        = May 11, 2009
|work        = AfterEllen.com
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090514055951/http://www.afterellen.com/people/2009/hot100?page=0%2C19
 |archive-date = May 14, 2009
|url-status     = dead
}}</ref>
* 2008: No. 6 on the Best Solo artist list in ''[[The Guardian]]''{{-'}}s Readers' Poll of 2008.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/dec/23/bon-iver-readers-poll | title = Readers' Poll 2008: The results | access-date =December 27, 2008 | author = Rosie Swash | date = December 23, 2008 | publisher = spinner.com| location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081227110148/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2008/dec/23/bon-iver-readers-poll| archive-date= December 27, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* 2007: No. 6 on Spinner.com's "Women Who Rock Right Now".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.spinner.com/2007/07/15/women-who-rock-right-now-no-6/ | title = Women Who Rock Right Now: No. 6 | access-date = December 8, 2007 | author = Spinner Staff | author2 = photo by Sarah Komar, WireImage | date = July 15, 2007 | publisher = spinner.com | quote = Who: Amanda Palmer Birthplace: Lexington, Mass. Sound: Cabaret punk Palmer – one-half of Boston's Brechtian punk cabaret duo the Dresden Dolls – ain't no damsel in distress. The former street artist chokeholds her demons, teetering between sinister screeches and whimsical whispers of alcohol, self-mutilation and sexual exploration, while discordantly pummeling the piano – stocking-clad legs akimbo – in a sultry, sinful self-deprecation exorcism. | archive-date = May 8, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130508092128/http://www.spinner.com/2007/07/15/women-who-rock-right-now-no-6/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* 2006: ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' named her the most stylish woman in Boston.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.boston.com/yourlife/fashion/gallery/1102_top25?pg=54
 | title = Boston's Stylish 25| access-date =December 8, 2007| author = Christopher Muther| work = The Boston Globe| quote = Dresden Dolls lead singer Amanda Palmer, quite literally, has a rockstar wardrobe.
| date=November 1, 2006}}</ref>
* 2006: Listed in ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' magazine's hottest women of rock.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2295&src=blender_ed 
 |title=Hottest Women of...Rock! 
 |access-date=December 8, 2007 |author=Mike Errico 
 |date=December 2006 
 |work=Blender.com 
 |quote=Amanda Palmer – The pianist and singer of Brechtian Boston duo Dresden Dolls mashes up punk rock and cabaret, sings about transsexuals and explores the elaborate deceptions that alcoholics commit daily. 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210001725/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2295 
 |archive-date=February 10, 2007 }}</ref>
* 2005: Best Female Vocalist in the [[WFNX (101.7 FM)|WFNX]]/''[[Boston Phoenix]]'' Best Music Poll.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://bestuff.com/stuff/amanda-palmer| title = Amanda Palmer| access-date = December 8, 2007| author = Half Jack| publisher = bestuff.com| quote = In the 2005 WFNX /Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll, Palmer won Best Female Vocalist.| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080105151038/http://bestuff.com/stuff/amanda-palmer| archive-date = January 5, 2008| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thoughtworthy.com/product.cgim?cookie_refresh=1&partner=twm&tab=ABOUT%20THE%20ARTIST&product_id=1383| title = The Dresden Dolls| access-date = December 7, 2007| publisher = ThoughtWorthy Media, Inc.| quote = In the 2005 WFNX/Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll The Dresden Dolls won Best Local Act and Best Local Album. Amanda Palmer also won Best Female Vocalist.| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001037/http://www.thoughtworthy.com/product.cgim?cookie_refresh=1&partner=twm&tab=ABOUT%20THE%20ARTIST&product_id=1383| archive-date = September 27, 2007}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Amanda Palmer discography}}
{{See also|The Dresden Dolls discography|Evelyn Evelyn#discography|8in8}}

===Solo studio albums===
* ''[[Who Killed Amanda Palmer]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Theatre Is Evil]]'' (2012) <small>(with The Grand Theft Orchestra)</small>
* ''[[There Will Be No Intermission]]'' (2019)

===Collaborative studio albums===
* ''[[You Got Me Singing]]'' (2016) <small>(with Jack Palmer)</small>
* ''[[I Can Spin a Rainbow]]'' (2017) <small>(with Edward Ka-Spel)</small>
* ''[[Forty-Five Degrees - A Bushfire Charity Flash Record]]'' (2020) <small>(with various artists)</small>

===Other albums===
* ''[[Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on Her Magical Ukulele]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under]]'' (2011)
* ''An Evening With Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer'' (2013) <small>(with Neil Gaiman)</small>
* ''[[Theatre Is Evil#Piano Is Evil|Piano Is Evil]]'' (2016)

==Tours==
* ''[[True Colors (concert tour)|True Colors Tour]]'' (2007)
*Who Killed Amanda Palmer Tour (2008–2009)
*Amanda Palmer: Live in Australia (2010)
*Evelyn Evelyn Tour (2010)<ref name="auto3"/>
*Dresden Dolls 10th Anniversary Tour (2010–2011)<ref name="auto2"/>
*Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra: Theatre Is Evil Tour (2012)
*An Evening with Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer (2013)
*The Music of David Byrne & The Talking Heads (2014–2015)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://amandapalmer.net/shows/|title=Shows The official website of Amanda Fucking Palmer. Yes it is – Amanda Palmer|date=March 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303215143/https://amandapalmer.net/shows/|access-date=September 17, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref>
*An Evening with Amanda Fucking Palmer (2015)<ref name="auto"/>
*The Art of Asking Book Tour (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amandapalmer.net/shows/|title=Shows The official website of Amanda Fucking Palmer. Yes it is – Amanda Palmer|date=May 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506013815/https://amandapalmer.net/shows/|access-date=September 17, 2020|archive-date=May 6, 2015}}</ref>
*You Got Me Singing Tour (with Jack Palmer) (2016)
*I Can Spin a Rainbow Tour (with Edward Ka-Spel) (2017)
*Dresden Dolls Reunion Tour (2017–2018)<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[There Will Be No Intermission#Tour|There Will Be No Intermission World Tour]] (2019–2020)
*An Evening with Amanda Palmer: New Zealand Tour (2020)

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Artifact (film)|Artifact]]''
| interviewee<ref>{{Citation |title=Artifact (2012) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2370718/fullcredits |access-date=October 4, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Temple of Art]]''
| co-producer<ref>{{Citation |title=Temple of Art (2018) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3890144/fullcredits |access-date=October 4, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Lennon or McCartney]]''
| Short documentary film; interview clip<ref>{{cite news |last=Falkner |first=Scott |date=December 22, 2014 |title=Lennon or McCartney? New Documentary Asks 550 Celebrities Their Preference — See Their Answers |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/1697375/lennon-or-mccartney-new-documentary-asks-550-celebrities-their-preference-see-their-answers/ |publisher=[[Inquisitr]] |access-date=November 11, 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Happy! (TV series)|Happy!]]''
| |Leader of the Blue Feather (1 episode)
|}

==Podcasts==

===''The Art of Asking Everything''===
In fall 2020, Palmer announced she would be releasing a podcast called ''The Art of Asking Everything''.<ref name="nme.com"/>

===Other===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Episode
|-
|May 22, 2018
|''Love and Courage''
|"Amanda Palmer"
|-
|April 11, 2016
|''Design Matters''
|"Amanda Palmer"
|-
|June 14, 2018
|''Róisín Meets''
|"Amanda Palmer"
|-
|January 27, 2019
|''Conversations with People Who Hate Me''
|"I Hate Amanda Palmer"
|-
|April 17, 2019
|''The Tim Ferriss Show''
|"Amanda Palmer on Creativity, Pain, and Art"
|-
|April 2019
|''The Working Songwriter''
|"Amanda Palmer"
|-
|July 23, 2019
|''[[KEXP]] Live Room''
|"Amanda Palmer"
|-
|November 15, 2019
|''Against Everyone with [[Conner Habib]]''
|"AEWCH 90: Amanda Palmer or We Are All Here For Each Other"
|-
|January 17, 2020
|''<nowiki/>'Creative Rebels' with Adam Brazier & David Speed''
|"The Art of Asking with Amanda Palmer"
|-
|}

==Bibliography==
Some of the books written in full, or collaboratively, by Amanda Palmer:
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* {{cite book |last=Palmer |first=Amanda |author-link=Amanda Palmer |year=2006 |title=[[The Dresden Dolls Companion]] |publisher=Eight Foot Music |location=New York |isbn=978-1-57560-888-4}}
* {{cite book | last1 = Palmer | first1 = Amanda |author1-link= Amanda Palmer | last2 = Viglione | first2 = Brian | author2-link = Brian Viglione | year = 2008 | title = The Dresden Dolls: The Virginia Companion | publisher = Cherry Lane Music Company | isbn = 978-1-60378-079-7 }}
* {{cite book | last1 = Palmer | first1 = Amanda |author1-link= Amanda Palmer | last2 = Gaiman | first2 = Neil | author2-link = Neil Gaiman | last3 = Cassidy | first3 = Kyle | author3-link = Kyle Cassidy | first4 = Beth | last4 = Hommel | year = 2009 | title = Who Killed Amanda Palmer: A Collection of Photographic Evidence | publisher = Eight Foot Books | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-615-23439-7 }}
* {{cite book|last=Palmer |first=Amanda |author-link= Amanda Palmer |title=Amanda Palmer: Who Killed Amanda Palmer?|year=2009|publisher=Cherry Lane Music Company|isbn=978-1-60378-123-7|page=112|quote=A songbook with the chords and lyrics to the album ''[[Who Killed Amanda Palmer]]''}}
* {{cite book|title=[[Evelyn Evelyn]] |year=2011|publisher=Diamond Comic Distributors |isbn=978-1-59582-578-0|page=144|edition=illustrated|first1=Cynthia |last1= Von Buhler |author1-link=Cynthia von Buhler|first2=Amanda| last2=Palmer |author2-link=Amanda Palmer |first3=Jason |last3=Webley |author3-link=Jason Webley}}
* {{cite book | last = Palmer | first = Amanda |author-link= Amanda Palmer | date= November 11, 2014 | title = [[The Art of Asking|The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help]] | publisher = [[Grand Central Publishing]] | location = New York | isbn = 978-1455581085 }}

Palmer also has a chapter giving advice in [[Tim Ferriss]]' book ''[[Tools of Titans]]''.{{ISBN_needed}}

==See also==
* [[List of TED speakers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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