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Fans to fund Palmer project

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May 3, 2012 Updated May 7, 2012

US alt-rocker Amanda Palmer is calling on fans to help her release her first new studio album in four years.

The album - which was recorded in Melbourne with St Vincent and Modest Mouse producer John Congleton - is part of a package will also include a visual art exhibit featuring 30 visual artists who have created work inspired by the album, plus an 18-month world tour and a swag of remixes and video projects.

Amanada is hoping fans will help bankroll the project via online funding program Kickstarter, with incentives ranging from a digital download of the album for one dollar to a live portrait sitting painted by Amanda herself and including wine and dinner for a mere ten grand.

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Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer (born April 30, 1976), sometimes known as Amanda Fucking Palmer, is an American performer who first rose to prominence as the lead singer, pianist, and lyricist/composer of the duo The Dresden Dolls. She has had a successful solo career, is also one half of the duo Evelyn Evelyn, and most recently is the lead singer and songwriter of Amanda Palmer and the Grand...

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