Singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer most known for her role as the lead vocalist and pianist in the duo The Dresden Dolls, has just released a music video to her lead single from her second solo album There Will be no intermission. This patron-funded music video was mostly just a single dance move that highlighted the turmoil within. The crude and in your face lyrics paint pictures of a sad but realistic portrait of what our society deals with on a daily basis. Tackling tough and uncomfortable topics such as climate change, abortion, and the ever changing and always corrupt political whirlwind society is caught in.
The music video is a perfect representation of what the song is about. The beautiful, ballet like dance moves represent the delicate balance that society needs in order to maintain a structural solidarity throughout. The sharp sudden jerking moves that crashes the water shows how these difficulties that we deal with on a day to day basis resemble that of a beautiful ecosystem threatened by people thrashing and waves crashing. “You worship the sun and you’re aching for change But you keep starving your heart” shows how there is so many people who want to help, who want to stand for change, but they don’t know how to help. They prey for help and hurt when nothing happens, and instead of filling their heart with love and human generosity they continually prey for something.
She is also taking her emotionally rich sound around the world to continue her 2019 world tour. The four-month world tour will start in Amsterdam, Netherlands and will make its way through Germany, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, The Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom. Amanda Palmer’s outgoing and explosive framework of her music is an effective way to deliver her world changing messages.
September
4 – Meervaart – Amsterdam, Netherlands
6 – Admiralspalast – Berlin, Germany
11 – Alte Kongressaal – Munich, Germany
13 – Capitol – Offenbach, Germany
14 – Konzerthaus – Vienna, Austria
15 – Stefaniensaal – Graz, Austria
18 – Theaterhaus – Stuttgart, Germany
19 – Colosseum – Essen, Germany
20 – De Roma – Antwerp, Belgium
24 – Laeiszhalle – Hamburg, Germany
25 – Haus Auensee – Leipzig, Germany
26 – Hybernia – Prague, Czech Republic
27 – Conservatoire – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
October
11 – Bremen Teater – Copenhagen, Denmark
12 – Södra Teatern – Stockholm, Sweden – SOLD OUT
16 – De La Warr Pavilion – Bexhill, UK
19 – St. David’s Hall – Cardiff, UK
20 – Corn Exchange – Cambridge, UK
23 – Opera House – Cork, Ireland
24 – National Concert Hall – Dublin, Ireland
26 – Ulster Hall – Belfast, Northern Ireland
27 – University Concert Hall – Limerick, Ireland
November
1 – Carnegie Hall – Dunfermline, UK
2 – City Halls – Glasgow, UK
3 – Royal Albert Hall – Manchester, UK
4 – Opera House – York, UK
7 – Tyne Theatre – Newcastle, UK
24 – Theatro Circo – Braga, Portugal
December
5 – Union Chapel – London, UK – SOLD OUT
6 – Union Chapel – London, UK – SOLD OUT
13 – Union Chapel – London, UK
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat
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