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Babes In Toyland announce LA reunion gig
Kat Bjelland, Maureen Herman and Lori Barbero will play The Roxy in February.
Babes In Toyland have announced details of a reunion gig early next year.
The ‘Fontanelle’ line-up - that’s Kat Bjelland, Maureen Herman and Lori Barbero - will perform at The Roxy in LA on 12th February, as Bjelland explains in a statement.
“It was brought to my attention that not only do we have a lot of diehard fans from back in the day, but also a whole new generation of kids—my son Henry included— that were eager to see us live….I felt some kind of obligation for them to see us, too. But mainly, I just missed my girls and the feeling that comes from playing with them—visceral live therapy.”
Herman originally left the group, who disbanded in 2001, in 1996, stated “The first time we played together again, we weren’t sure what it would be like. After knocking the hell out of ‘He’s My Thing’ on the first try, we knew this was going to be fun—and it was going to rock like a motherf***er.”
Tickets for the gig, the band’s first in 18 years, go on sale on Friday.
Babes in Toyland released three albums: ‘Spanking Machine’, ‘Fontanelle’ and ‘Nemesisters’, with a best-of following in 2004 also including Kat Bjelland’s more recent work.
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