Heavens to Betsy, the punk duo of Corin Tucker and Tracy Sawyer whose 1994 cut up led to the formation of Sleater-Kinney, will tour this fall for the primary time because the breakup. After launching the reunion with a shock present in Portland, Oregon, final evening, Tucker and Sawyer have lined up an itinerary that features reveals at New York’s Bowery Ballroom and Chicago’s Empty Bottle. Discover the dates beneath.
Fashioned within the early Nineteen Nineties in Olympia, Washington, Heavens to Betsy was the primary band of Tucker and Sawyer, who had grown up as college pals in Eugene, Oregon. They went on to launch three singles and a sole album, for Kill Rock Stars: 1994’s Calculated. In a retrospective interview with Bandcamp’s Mariana Timony in 2018, Tucker stated of the duo’s legacy, “I’m so happy with us for doing it, trying again. I feel that I’m actually proud to be part of girls who do communicate out and do attempt to change issues. I’ve a 10-year-old daughter now and I take a look at the world that she’s rising up into and I fear about her and I hope towards hope that issues are completely different for her. And that if I’ve achieved something with my musical profession, if I’ve added my voice to folks attempting to make issues higher for girls, then that’s an enormous accomplishment.”
Revisit Pitchfork’s evaluation of the ’90s Olympian and neighboring scenes, The 50 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest.
Heavens to Betsy:
10-17 San Francisco, CA – Backside of the Hill
10-28 Portland, OR – Revolution Corridor *
10-30 Washington, DC – Black Cat
10-31 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
11-01 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
11-05 Seattle, WA – Neumos
11-08 Pasadena, CA – Sid the Cat Auditorium
11-14 Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle
11-21 Athens, GA – 40 Watt
11-22 Durham, NC – Motorco
* supporting Group Dresch
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