Amanda Palmer Single And Video Shunned

Dresden Dolls singer Amanda Palmer has toured Britain routinely throughout the years, but her new "Oasis" single and video aren't getting much play due to their content.

Palmer says Roadrunner Records contacted her regarding "fierce opposition on the Oasis track" in a lengthy blog entry she recently posted on her website.

"All our TV outlets have refused to play the video due to it 'making light of rape, religion and abortion,'" Palmer was told by the label. "This is the audio as well as visual. Many of the stations like the track, and even the video but are bound by strict broadcasting rules."

NME.tv and websites for MTV and Kerrang! and Q magazines are some of the sites and channels refusing to air the video in Britain, which Palmer sees as quite ridiculous.

"i sat down one day in or around 2002 and wrote a tongue-in-cheek, ironic up-tempo pop song," she wrote. "a song about a girl who got drunk, was date raped, and had an abortion.

"she sings about these things lightly and joyfully and says that she doesn't care that these things have happened to her because oasis, (her favorite band) has sent her an autographed photo in the mail. and to make things even better (!!), her bitchy friend melissa, who told the whole school about the abortion, is really jealous.

"if you cannot sense the irony in this song, you're about two intelligence points above a kumquat."

Palmer is touring in support of last year's Who Killed Amanda Palmer solo album. Here are her dates:

Feb. 17 Dublin, Ireland @ Chapters Bookstore w/Neil Gaiman (free in-store performance)
Feb. 21 Melbourne, Australia @ TBA
Feb. 25-27 Sydney, Australia @ Sydney Opera House/The Studio w/Zoe Keating and Lyndon Chester
March 1 Brisbane, Australia @ The Tivoli w/Zoe Keating and Lyndon Chester
March 3 Melbourne, Australia @ The Corner Hotel w/Zoe Keating and Lyndon Chester
March 4 Adelaide, Australia @ The Gov w/Zoe Keating and Lyndon Chester
March 6-7 Perth, Australia @ The Fly By Night Musicians Club w/Zoe Keating and Lyndon Chester
March 10 Auckland, New Zealand @ The Studio w/Battle Circus
March 12 Wellington, New Zealand @ Bodega Bar
March 14 Hobart, Australia @ The Brisbane Hotel
March 19 Austin, TX @ First Presbyterian Church w/Girls, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Grizzly Bear, Hurray For The Riff Raff and Elvis Perkins In Dearland (SXSW)
March 21 Houston, TX @ Bronze Peacock Room at House Of Blues w/Vermillion Lies
March 22 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks w/Vermillion Lies
March 24 Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay Theatre w/Vermillion Lies
March 25 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds w/Vermillion Lies
March 26 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre w/Vermillion Lies
March 28 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room w/Vermillion Lies
March 29 Carrboro, NC @ Arts Center
April 18 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival

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