25 April 2026
Le Tigre, one of riot grrrl queen KATHLEEN HANNA‘s bands,
along with Bikini Kill and The Julie Ruin) reunited for a big tour
in 2023.
In Baltimore, the roof went off when they played their fervid firecracker
Deceptacon, (more than 422 million streams on Spotify) from their
self-titled debut LP (1999)
Experience the euphoric vehemence of live music.
27 December 2025
(photo by Turn Up The Volume!)
All lies, all machos.
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
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
5 June 2023
(photo by Turn Up The Volume)
I get it.
Photo on top: Hanna with The Julie Ruin – photo by Turn Up The Volume
Punk-pop trio LE TIGRE (1998–2007, 2010-2016, 2022-present),
with Bikini Kill‘s heroine Kathleen Hanna, Johanna Faterman and
Sadie Burning return to live action.
They just announced a new tour,
following comeback gigs last year.
New dates 2023.
UK/Europe/US.
Jump, jump, jump.
LE TIGRE: Facebook – Instagram
And what are the reasons for the Bikini Kill reunion tour, Kathleen?
(Photo on top: Hanna with The Julie Ruin – photo by Turn Up The Volume)
All 2022 tour dates here
(photo by Turn Up The Volume – in Brussels with her other band The Julie Ruin)
Hanna is happy to come back with Bikini Kill…
All 2022 tour dates here
