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.
28 January 2026
Heated Irish punk rock turbine released their
smashing 2nd LP titled All That Is Over.
They’re going mental now on tour.
America is the next stop, starting this Thursday in the horribly
ICE attacked Minneapolis. For the occasion they covered a song
by bikini kill shero Katleen Hanna‘s trio Le Tigre (1998-2007).
They picked the awesome single DECEPTACON (more than 386 million
streams on Spotify) from Le Tigre’s self-titled debut LP and gave it their
boiling treatment.
Karla Chubb (singer/guitarist): “”I’m not sure there’s a woman in the world who plays guitar that hasn’t been inspired by Kathleen Hanna. ‘Deceptacon’ is a dance-punk classic, a constant in the tour van, and a cover we used to throw into festival sets for fun. What better way to mark our return to the States and honour our love of US punk than to release our little rendition of ‘Deceptacon.'”
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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
12 September 2023
Riot grrrl queen KATHLEEN HANNA (aged 54 now) is quite busy playing reunion tours.
Three years ago she hit the road with her most famous and iconic punk act Bikini Kill. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 lockdown torpedoed lots of gigs.
This year, Hanna started a sold-out reunion tour with Le Tigre last May. Last week they played in Baltimore Last July. The roof went off when they played Deceptacon, the classic cracker (more than 156 million streams on Spotify) from their 1999 self-titled debut LP.
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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
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
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‘Le Tigre’
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26 October 1999
Debut album
PITCHFORK wrote: “Radical feminist and anarchist Emma Goldman once said, “I don’t want to be part of your revolution if I can’t dance.” Like Fleetwood Mac before them (but with more politically relevant lyrics than, “All I want is to see you smile/ If it takes just a little while”), Le Tigre’s debut will provide anthems for their target demographic. Fleetwood Mac reached out to hippies and people who liked to look at Mick Fleetwood’s faux-testicles. Le Tigre aims for anyone interested in an addictive pastiche that could ultimately lead to metaphorical “voting-booths” for the cultural and political issues they’re singing about.”
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