Josie Cotton Announces “In A Town Near You” US Tour

“It feels like several lifetimes ago…” Josie Cotton says with a laugh, about the early 80’s when Johnny Are You Queer? hit the airwaves and appeared on the Valley Girl soundtrack, the 1983 cult classic film that is celebrating it’s forty year release anniversary. Josie Cotton will be celebrating the movie that featured her on screen debut on her In A Town Near You Fall tour that will also feature Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, The Plimsouls and Kurt Baker.

Josie Cotton has been busy the last few years reissuing her entire catalogue on her new label, Kitten Robot Records, the process of doing so brought up a lot of emotions. “I was relieved and excited that these records I had made and lost track of would finally get their day in the sun. But it also brought up a lot of war wounds from the music business which I had to process. Mostly I found it extremely life-affirming… that I was doing the work.”