Photos by KaH x on Flickr. Click through for more shotsBrief online review by The Sydney Morning HeraldPalmer returned the favour the following day as she played nearby Federation Hall with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. As an artist not unfamiliar with melodrama, Palmer's pop-cabaret is an obvious candidate for the full orchestral treatment, though it's her most intimate moments that work best. The Bed Song, a ballad about lovers distant through their lives, was a standout. A wry duet with Hitchcock on his Queen Elvis also worked a treat, though trading stage verses on a cover of Lou Reed's Perfect Day with husband and author Neil Gaiman was less successful. By the encore Palmer was singing about her Map of Tasmania and stripping near-naked, but even amid the bombast and forced jokes the strings sounded sublime.