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Bikini Kill Sells Out Reunion Shows in Minutes<\/h2>\n
Girls to the front! Earlier this week, Bikini Kill’s original members – Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, and Kathi Wilcox – announced three reunion shows: 4\/25 at the Hollywood Palladium; 5\/31 at Brooklyn Steel; and 6\/1 at Terminal 5. The band has been officially broken up since 1997 (they played “For Tammy Rae” at a book release party for Jenn Pelly’s 33 1\/3 Raincoats tribute in 2017) though Wilcox and Hanna still play together as 2\/4ths of The Julie Ruin. Bikini Kill have been steadily releasing vinyl reissues of their back catalog via their own eponymous imprint, as well as archiving materials – zines, flyers, demos, artwork, merch, personal photos – from the dawn of riot grrl, a movement they basically invented. But the “tour” announcement was definitely a pleasant surprise.<\/p>\n
The punk band drew criticism, however, because tickets were only available through AES’s ticketing platform AXS, which of course left some fans out in the cold, even as scalpers began posting tickets via secondary markets\u00a0in excess of $900<\/a> (face value was just under $50 with service fees). The band immediately announced a second L.A. show for April 26th; it sold out just as quickly.\u00a0It’s certainly possible that more shows could be announced (particularly in New York, Hanna’s homebase) but it’s always a bummer to have to hit refresh dozens of times to no avail. At least there are plenty of YouTube clips from Bikini Kill’s heyday.<\/p>\n