This past March, AFP crossed paths with filmmaker/documentarian Ondi Timoner (“DIG!”, “We Live in Public”) at Austin’s SXSW. The two became allies quickly, and Ondi shot some concert and interview footage of Amanda while they began brainstorming a collaborative effort (more on that here in the blog, “HOW TO CROWDSOURCE A SXSW SHOWCASE & PANEL IN… Read more »
On February 27th, Amanda Palmer took the TED stage in Long Beach, California. Today, we are proud the present Amanda’s inspirational “TED Talk” in its entirety! In the words of TED curator Chris Anderson, it’s “absolutely awesome”. Watch below to see her open a beautiful dialog on art, the state of the music industry, connection, and… Read more »
The 2013 MTVu Woodie Awards have nominated Amanda for a “Branching Out” Woodie, for “using her talents in unexpected and innovative ways, creating stronger relationships with their fan base using modern technology, social media, and other creative connections.” Wanna get in on the action? Cast your vote here , and tune in to see who wins when… Read more »
On Tuesday, March 5th Amanda Palmer will reading at the Women Of Letters event at The Echoplex in Los Angeles, CA. Women Of Letters is a best-selling Australian literary salon that will be making its American debut in Los Angeles as a benefit to the Edgar’s Mission animal rescue shelter. Amanda will be joining special guests: author… Read more »
Amanda & Neil recently stopped by one of our favorite record stores, Amoeba Records in Los Angeles. Wanna see what they bought? Amoeba’s AV Team captured the afternoon in this video clip . While they were there, Amanda & the Grand Theft Orchestra also performed live — check out the performance here !
As announced today via Amanda’s blog , we are thrilled to confirm that the previously postponed tour of Australia and New Zealand is BACK ON for September 2013! Kicking things off in Brisbane, AFP & The Grand Theft Orchestra will return down under for the first time since recording “Theatre Is Evil” in early 2012 with producer John Congleton…. Read more »
On December 31st Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra will be performing Prince’s Purple Rain album in its entirety + their own original songs at their New Year’s Eve show at Terminal 5 in New York, NY. This show is all ages, persons under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult…. Read more »
AFP and The Grand Theft Orchestra are thrilled to debut “Do It With a Rockstar” – the third video from Theatre is Evil . Filmed over two 105-degree days in Oklahoma City this summer, it’s a chaotic-force to be reckoned with that you’ll just have to see to believe. (No, really, if we tried to explain, you’d probably… Read more »
We’re giving away single tickets to see Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra on their Fall tour at Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA on November 15th and 16th. Enter to win through the widgets below by Tweeting about the show. Please ONLY enter the contest if you are able to make the concert…. Read more »
Comrades! this train is bound for glory and its not slowing down. happy to say we are announcing another round of tour dates for Europe and the UK- but we’re doing it a little differently this time around. why? ’cause we can! WE ARE THE MEDIA! shows on pre-sale friday the 19th: march 21- dublin,… Read more »
MailChimp Presents Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra LIVE from NYC this Tuesday, September 11 on YouTube! It’s PARTY ON THE INTERNET time and you’re all invited. We’ll be streaming our concert live from Webster Hall at 10pm EDT on YouTube.com/AmandaPalmer to celebrate the ‘Theatre Is Evil’ album release and kickoff our tour. Get ‘Theatre… Read more »
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra have revealed two more songs today from the upcoming album, Theatre is Evil. First, NPR‘s “All Things Considered” is featuring “Smile (Pictures or It Didn’t Happen)”, the opening track from what they are calling “a surprising new album”. The Gothamist also posted clips today from a live acoustic performance the… Read more »
hola comrades! first of all….thank you all SO so very much for all the positive response to the “polly” video . holy shit. it had more impact than i’d imagined, for real. thank you all, deeply, for sharing the link and tweeting it around and generally helping us spread it far and wide….it’s getting tons of views and… Read more »
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