Veteran all-female rock band Girlschool are currently on tour in North American tour with Swedish hard rockers Crucified Barbara.
Considered to be the longest established active all-female rockers, with 40 years under their belts, the band has not been to these shores in over twenty years.
Girlschool originally formed in 1975 as Painted Lady by Kim McAuliffe and Dinah “Enid” Williams who were neighbors in South London. The current band formed in 1978 with the addition of Kelly Johnson and Denise Dufort and released their first single, Take It All Way, in December of that year. Their first full album, Demolition, was released in 1980 and, to date, they’ve released twelve studio albums with a thirteenth, Guilty as Sin, due out this summer.
McAuliffe, Williams and Dufort remain a part of the band along with Jackie Chambers who joined in 2000.
A special edition EP, Propaganda!, will be on sale at shows which will include two songs from the new album, Take It Like a Band and The Revolution, along with two from their album Hit and Run (Kick and Run and Watch Your Step) and a cover of the Bee Gees Stayin’ Alive.
Over the last three nights, the bands played in Ramona and Los Angeles, CA and Las Vegas, NV. The remainder of the dates:
05/24 – San Francisco, CA – Slims
05/27 – Portland, OR – Bossanova Ballroom
05/28 – Seattle, WA – Studio 7
05/29 – Vancouver, BC – Venue
05/31 – Bozeman, MT – The Fault Line
06/03 – Kansas City, MO – The Scene
06/04 – Fridley, MN – GB Leighton’s Pickle Park
06/05 – Chicago, IL – Reggies
06/06 – Weston, MI – Token Lounge
06/07 – Toronto, ON – The Hard Luck
06/09 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
06/11 – Ottawa, ON – Mavericks
06/12 – Montreal, QC – Katacombs
06/13 – Londonderry, NH – Tupelo Music Hall
06/14 – Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitusc
The set list from Thursday night’s show at Count’s Vamp’d in Las Vegas:
Main Set
Demolition Boys (from Demolition, 1980)
C’mon Let’s Go (from Hit and Run, 1981)
The Hunter (from Hit and Run, 1981)
Hit and Run (from Hit and Run, 1981)
I Spy (from Legacy, 2008)
The Revolution (from Propaganda!, 2015)
Never Say Never (from Believe, 2004)
Take It Like a Band (from Propaganda!, 2015)
Screaming Blue Murder (from Screaming Blue Murder, 1982)
Future Flash (from Hit and Run, 1981)
Kick It Down (from Hit and Run, 1981)
Watch Your Step (from Hit and Run, 1981)
Yeah Right (from Hit and Run, 1981)
Race with the Devil (from Demolition, 1980)
Emergency (from Demolition, 1980)
Encore
Take It All Away (from Demolition, 1980)
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