[POSTPONED: November 22, 2020] Bikini Kill / Alice Bag [rescheduled from May 13; moved to October 2, 2021]
Boy, a band reunites and plans a national tour and then everything blows up on them. I thought surely this show would go on as planned–a bigger venue, possible social distancing. But how do you enforce social distancing at a rock show? I sure hope we can go to live music again.
When Bikini Kill did their short reunion tour a couple years ago, tickets sold out in like ten seconds. When they announced this follow up tour I grabbed a ticket immediately. As far as I can tell it still hadn’t sold out when it was postponed (which is a surprise, I think).
Bikini Kill are foundation for the Riot Grrl movement although I was not a huge fan of them per se. I have their records appreciate them for what they did, but they weren’t my favorite,
Nevertheless, this opportunity to see them live sounded like a great time.
Alice Bag has been cropping up in my periphery for quite some time although I realized I didn’t know much about her. Alicia Armendariz was a co-founder and singer of the 70s punk band The Bags. After they broke up, she was in about a half dozen other bands, although none of them released more than some singles. She finally put out a solo album in 2016.
Her album(s) since have gotten strong reviews and it would be excellent to see this feminist icon in action.
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