Kittie announces June 2025 European & UK headline tour

Undisputed Queens of Metal Kittie have announced European & UK headline tour dates, taking place in June 2025 alongside their summer festival run.

The highly anticipated shows will be the band’s first on this side of the world in over a decade, providing fans with an opportunity to celebrate their 2022 reunion and the release of last year’s critically acclaimed album “Fire”, their first new album in thirteen years.

Check out the dates below – tickets go on sale Friday 21st February at 10am GMT and will be available here.

Kittie used 2024 to cement their iconic status, never pulling punches whilst boldly exploring the depths of their artistry. The campaign for the new album saw the band release a string of blistering singles as they reclaimed their metal crowns; “Eyes Wide Open”, “We Are Shadows”, which blazed its way through the Active Rock Top 40, “Vultures”, “One Foot in the Grave” and the stunning album title track “Fire”. Upon its release in June, the record received widespread critical acclaim, with Kerrang! calling it “straight, relentless metal” and Metal Hammer declaring the band as having “completed one of modern metal’s great comebacks”.

Having sharpened their teeth on exclusive headline shows across the US and Canada, a truly iconic set at Sick New World festival in Las Vegas and more show-stealing live performances at globally renowned US festivals Welcome To Rockville and Sonic Temple, Kittie have re-established themselves as one of metal’s finest live acts. This run of very special shows will mark a huge moment for the band, with their last UK and European appearances taking place back in 2010.

When you discovered Canadian bashers, Kittie, has a direct influence on how you see them. For those that were on board from the beginning with the “Spit” album, released in 1999, Kittie was considered part of the nu-metal movement. Going into their later albums, “In the Black” (2009) and “I’ve Failed You” (2011), the band had evolved into something far more sinister, and were viewed as a serious full-on metal outfit. Just as they seemed to be hitting their stride six albums into their career, however, Kittie slowly disappeared from the scene in the wake of touring for “I’ve Failed You”. The silence was eventually dubbed an “indefinite hiatus” by the band, broken only by a one-off hometown show in London, Ontario in 2017, and the release of the documentary, “Kittie: Origins/Evolutions”, in 2018. Until now…

Thirteen years later, that silence has been broken in earnest. Vocalist and guitarist, Morgan Lander, drummer Mercedes Lander, guitarist Tara McLeod and bassist Ivy Vujic maintain that Kittie did not break up because it is an ingrained part of their identity. The documentary and the one-off show in London were intended as a cap on everything, leaving a big question mark at what might happen down the road. Offers from promoters to do some shows in 2022 and 2023, including the sell-out, inaugural Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas, were enough to convince Kittie to dust off their instruments, resulting in a renewed interest in the band and a label deal with Sumerian Records.

When they finally did gather as a unit, it was like putting on a pair of comfortable boots, with no need to break things in before getting down to business. It turns out that thirteen years away has seen the band develop growth in songwriting, arranging, lyrical content and vocal melodies, creating something monstrous and volatile. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush, Alice In Chains, Korn), Kittie have finally surfaced and are poised to unleash “Fire”, their first new album in thirteen years via their new label home, Sumerian Records. With renewed fury and unfathomable sonic brutality, the new era of Kittie has begun.

Line-up:
Morgan Lander – Vox/guitar
Mercedes Lander – Drums/backing vox
Tara McLeod – Guitar
Ivy Vujic – Bass

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www.kittie.net
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