Kill Hannah ♥ photograph by Vu
Tour Dates
08/23/08 Metro- with The Medic Droid, Innerpartysystem & The White Tie Affair Chicago, Illinois
08/23/08 Kill Hannah After-Show Party @ Sonotheque 21+ Chicago, Illinois
09/22/08 Hope For The Hopeless Headline Tour UK/Europe (See Dates Below) Chicago, Illinois
09/23/08 Cabaret Voltaire w/guests My Passion, Exit Ten & Serpico Edinburgh, Scotland
09/24/08 Academy w/guests My Passion, Exit Ten & Serpico Newcastle
09/25/08 Waterfront w/guests My Passion, Exit Ten & Serpico Norwich
09/26/08 Academy 2 w/guests My Passion, Exit Ten & Serpico Sheffield
09/27/08 Cockpit w/guests My Passion, Exit Ten & Serpico Leeds
09/28/08 Academy w/guests My Passion, Exit Ten & Serpico Bristol
09/29/08 The Phoenix w/guests My Passion, Exit Ten & Serpico Exeter
09/30/08 Concorde 2 w/guests My Passion, Exit Ten & Serpico Brighton
10/02/08 Rock City w/guests My Passion, Exit Ten & Serpico Nottingham
10/03/08 Melkweg with guests My Passion Amsterdam
10/04/08 Lille Vega with guests My Passion Copenhagen
10/05/08 Debaser with guests My Passion Malmö
10/06/08 Brewhouse with guests My Passion Göteborg
10/07/08 Debaser Slussen with guests My Passion Stockholm
10/09/08 Nosturi with guests My Passion Helsinki
10/10/08 Pakkahuone with guests My Passion Tampere
10/12/08 Logo with guests My Passion Hamburg
10/13/08 Knaack with guests My Passion Berlin
10/14/08 Colos-Sal with guests My Passion Aschaffenburg
10/15/08 Underground with guests My Passion Köln
10/16/08 59:1 with guests My Passion Munich
10/17/08 Rohstofflager with guests My Passion Zurich
10/18/08 Szene Wien with guests My Passion Vienna
10/19/08 New Age with guests My Passion Roncade
10/20/08 Sottotetto with guests My Passion Bologna
10/22/08 La Boule Noire with guests My Passion Paris
10/23/08 Mod with guests My Passion Hasselt
10/24/08 Sugarmill with guests My Passion, Gundogs & Serpico Stoke
10/25/08 Whelans with guests My Passion, Gundogs & Serpico Dublin
10/26/08 Limelight with guests My Passion, Gundogs & Serpico Belfast
10/27/08 Garage with guests My Passion, Gundogs & Serpico Glasgow, Scotland
10/28/08 Roadmender with guests My Passion, Gundogs & Serpico Northampton
10/29/08 Astoria 2 with guests My Passion, Gundogs & Serpico London
10/30/08 Wedgewood Rooms with guests My Passion, Gundogs & Serpico Portsmouth
10/31/08 Academy 2 with guests My Passion, Gundogs & Serpico Manchester
11/01/08 Academy 2 with guests My Passion, Gundogs & Serpico Birmingham
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Kill Hannah Set List ♥ Station 4, St Paul, Minnesota (08/22/08) 
Photo Pass ♥ St Paul (08/22/08) |
Chicago, Illinois’ Kill Hannah did not get their name from Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna, instead it’s from singer Mat Devine’s ex-girlfriend. Isn’t it kind of weird that he hates her, but yet, the band name is a tribute to her, in some ways? She must really love it.
They’re currently on their “Hope for the Hopeless” tour, with three solid bands: The Medic Droid, Innerpartysystem & The White Tie Affair. Of the three support, I thought Innerpartysystem was outstanding, they look like a rave and their stage presence is tight. They even brought in their own lighting – as did the other bands, but not as detailed as Innerpartysystem.
The venue they played at is Station 4, a long rectangular bar that’s split in two sections: the bar and the concert area. It’s divided by a wall, with two windows that people in the bar area can watch the show in comfort. It’s been a while since I’ve been to Station 4. The last time it was for a metal band, so I’ve always been under the impression that it was a ‘metal bar’ – but having briefly talked to Steve, the owner, he said that it’s now about only 25%.
This 800 persons capacity venue didn’t sell out, but there was enough young people squeezed together that it was unbearably hot on the dance floor. Kill Hannah kept talking about the heat (which makes it worst if you ask me), and they tried their best squeezing bottled water into the audience. His goal seems to be “Kill Hannah fans looks best when wet” as he puts it.
The crowd was especially receptive to “Kennedy” and “Lips Like Morphine”. “Kennedy”‘s melody kind of reminds me of “I’m Only Happy When It Rains”. I also noted that they changed their song “Chicago” to “St Paul, Minnesota” (I’m certain they do this at different towns). It’s still pretty cool and the audience obviously loved it.
“Acid Rain”, as Devine introduced it, is a brand new song. It starts off like a Faint song, which wasn’t bad at all.
I don’t normally travel to St Paul for concerts, but it looks like the scene here is thriving that I wouldn’t mind travelling a little further to check out more shows in the future.
Also, thanks to a photo badge, I was able to sneak around on the stage to avoid the crowd to take some decent photos. I should remember to request such badges on my next concert. The background image is a weird accident, but I love the hand shadows.
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