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KATHLEEN HANNA – Memoir ‘REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK’ Out May 15

Posted on by JL

12 April 2024

Legendary Riot Grrrl KATHLEEN HANNA (aged 54) who fronted feminist
punk-noise bands Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and the Julie Ruin is set to release
a memoir, titled Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Read an excerpt here.

It comes out on 14 May 2024. Pre-order info here.

With… Bikini Kill

Press statement: “The memoir traces Hanna’s life from her tumultuous childhood
home to her formative college years in Olympia, Washington, and on to her first years
on tour, fighting hard for gigs and for her band. Hanna makes clear that surviving as a
singer who was a lightning rod for controversy took limitless amounts of determination
as she and her bandmates faced male violence and antagonism at every turn. In an uncut
voice all her own, Hanna reveals the hardest times along with the most joyful — and how
it continues to fuel her revolutionary art and music.

With… The Julie Ruin

The book will also dig into the relationships with various bandmates such as Tobi Vail,
Kathi Wilcox, and Johanna Fateman, the time she spent with Kurt Cobain and Ian MacKaye,
her marriage to Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys, battling Lyme disease, and how the Riot Grrrl movement has evolved over the years. ”

The past 2 years Hanna went on a reunion tour with Bikini Kill and does the same
thing now with Le Tigre. Watch them play Primavera Sound Fest in Barcelona last June.

KATHLEEN HANNA: Instagram


With the Julie Ruin – Brussels 2016 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume

BIKINI KILL To South America/UK/Europe In 2024 – To Warm Up ‘THE 9 SINGLES’

Posted on by JL

17 November 2023


(Kathleen Hanna with The Julie Ruin – Brussels 2016 – photo vy Turn Up The Volume)

Riot Grrl icon KATHLEEN HANNA reunited her band BIKINI KILL
a couple of years ago, started a tour, but had to postpone most of
the dates (Europe 2 x) due to that awful Covid-19 virus.

Last year she brought her other band Le Tigre back to stages around the US.

And to catch up with all the dates BK had to cancel earlier on, it’s
Bikini Kill time again next year with gigs in South-America/UK/Europe.

March 2024

03 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Pabellón Oeste
05 – Sāo Paulo, Brazil @ Audio SOLD OUT
07 – Santiago, Chile @ Blondie
09 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ C Complejo Art Media
12 – Lima, Peru @ Teatro Leguia SOLD OUT

June 2024

02 – Bordeaux, FR @ Grand Park
03 – Paris, FR @ Elysée Montmartre
05 – Antwerp, BE @ De Roma
06 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
08 – Berlin, DE @ Astra Kulturhaus
09 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
10 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
12 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
13 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy Leeds
14 – Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy Glasgow
16 – Birmingham, UK @ The Crossing (early show)

Let’s warm up with THE SINGLES.


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Btw: besides Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Hanna was the driving force of her 3rd band
The Julie Ruin too, who made 2 LPs. I wonder if that band will come back too.

KATHLEEN HANNA Memoir ‘REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK’ Out In 2024

Posted on by JL

1 September 2023

Legendary Riot Grrrl KATHLEEN HANNA (aged 54) who fronted feminist
punk-noise bands Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and the Julie Ruin is set to release
a memoir, titled Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

It comes out on 14 May 2024. Pre-order info here.

With Bikini Kill

Press statement: “The memoir traces Hanna’s life from her tumultuous childhood
home to her formative college years in Olympia, Washington, and on to her first years
on tour, fighting hard for gigs and for her band. Hanna makes clear that surviving as a
singer who was a lightning rod for controversy took limitless amounts of determination
as she and her bandmates faced male violence and antagonism at every turn. In an uncut
voice all her own, Hanna reveals the hardest times along with the most joyful — and how
it continues to fuel her revolutionary art and music.

With The Julie Ruin

The book will also dig into the relationships with various bandmates such as Tobi Vail,
Kathi Wilcox, and Johanna Fateman, the time she spent with Kurt Cobain and Ian MacKaye,
her marriage to Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys, battling Lyme disease, and how the Riot Grrrl movement has evolved over the years. ”

The past 2 years Hanna went on a reunion tour with Bikini Kill and does the same
thing now with Le Tigre. Watch them play Primavera Sound Fest in Barcelona last June.

KATHLEEN HANNA: Instagram