Bikini Kill Reschedule Tour Due to Coronavirus — Again
UPDATE (4/2): Bikini Kill previously rescheduled their March tour to May due to the spread of COVID-19, but now they have moved those dates yet again. The tour will now kick off in November. Newly announced tour dates are below.
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Bikini Kill have announced that they’ll be rescheduling their March tour run due to concerns over coronavirus.
“We take the health and safety of our supporters, crew and opening bands very seriously, and given the situation in Seattle as well as the lack of information about the actual infection rate of the surrounding areas, it doesn’t make sense for us to go forward with any of the shows in the region,” the band wrote on Twitter. Bikini Kill urged fans to donate to the Interfaith Works Emergency Overnight Shelter as well, since their shows in Olympia were to benefit that charity. They plan to reschedule shows and offer refunds.
Important update: pic.twitter.com/YbN07wpFZo
— Bikini Kill (@theebikinikill) March 11, 2020
More than a decade after formally disbanding in 1997, Bikini Kill released their music to streaming services for the first time in 2018 and announced their first string of reunion shows last year, playing gigs in New York, Los Angeles and London in 2019. The group also headlined Riot Fest in Chicago this past September.
“I hope that for some people, it’s the gateway drug to feminism,” lead singer Kathleen Hanna told TIDAL. “I hope they listen to the music and have feelings that they’ve already felt reinforced. Like, ‘These things are happening to me and I don’t know why and I’m not alone.'”
Bikini Kill Tour Dates
October 23 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre TICKETS
October 25 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre TICKETS
October 26 – Olympia, WA @ Capitol Theater (Interfaith Works Benefit) TICKETS
October 27 – Olympia, WA @ Capitol Theater (Interfaith Works Benefit) TICKETS
October 30 – Victoria, BC @ Distrikt TICKETS
October 31 – Oakland, CA @ Burger Boogaloo TICKETS
November 2 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom TICKETS
November 3 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom TICKETS
November 19 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore TICKETS
November 20 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore TICKETS
November 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall TICKETS
November 23 – Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre TICKETS
November 24 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground TICKETS
November 27 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre TICKETS
November 28 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater TICKETS
November 29 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre TICKETS
December 1 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall TICKETS
December 2 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall TICKETS
December 3 – Montreal, QB @ M Telus TICKETS