Jill Sobule Announces 'F*ck 7th Grade' Original Cast Recording & Rhino Reissue Of Self-Titled LP

Award-winning singer-songwriter Jill Sobule announced the cast recording of her New York Times Critic’s Pick, Drama Desk-nominated autobiographical musical F*ck 7th Grade, to be released on June 6. An adolescent queer romance cascading into a brief rise to pop stardom, the acclaimed musical is a memoir examining how we never really get out of middle school.

Jill is currently touring her one-woman show “Jill Sobule presents: Songs from F*ck 7th Grade & More” throughout 2025 & beyond, with dates continuing through the summer including supporting slots for The Fixx and The Mekons. Tickets and more information here.

Also on June 6, coinciding with Pride Month and its 30th Anniversary, Rhino Records will re-release Sobule’s 1995 landmark self-titled album, Jill Sobule featuring the iconic hits “I Kissed A Girl”—the first openly gay-themed song ever to crack the Billboard Top 20—and the alt-rock anthem “Supermodel” featured in the film Clueless. The reissue will be available on vinyl for the first time ever, in a special translucent red colorway.

Jill Sobule’s work is at once deeply personal and socially conscious, seriously funny and derisively tragic. In a dozen albums spanning three decades of recording, the Denver-born songwriter/guitarist/singer has tackled such topics as the death penalty, anorexia nervosa, shoplifting, reproduction, the French Resistance, adolescent malaise, LGBTQ issues, and the Christian Right. Sobule was one half of The Jill & Julia Show, providing music while actor Julia Sweeney contributed storytelling.

Jill is considered a pioneer in crowdfunding and is constantly exploring and creating new models for artists in an ever-changing music industry. Her latest record, Nostalgia Kills – was produced by Ben Lee and released on her own Pinko Records label. Jill’s theater credits include a musical adaptation of the Broadway classic Yentl,Prozak and the Platypus, and Times Square. In November 2019, Jill sang a song as herself on an episode of The Simpsons.

Tour Dates:
*= (Jill Sobule presents: Songs from F*ck 7th Grade & More)
& = (Full F*ck 7th Grade performance)
#= (Opening for The Fixx)
^= (Opening for Mekons)
+= (A Pride Month event)

Tour Dates:
April 10         Newton, NJ @ The Newton Theater #
April 11         Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation 27 #
April 13         Franklin, TN @ The Franklin Theatre #
April 14         Durham, NC @ Carolina Theatre – Fletcher Hall #
April 15         Vienna, VA @ The Barns at Wolf Trap #
April 16         Vienna, VA @ The Barns at Wolf Trap #
April 18         East Greenwich, RI @ Greenwich Odeum #
April 19         Beverly, MA @ The Cabot Theater #
April 21         Kent, OH @ The Kent Stage #
April 23         Cincinnati, OH @ The Ludlow Garage #
April 24         Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue #
April 25         Chicago, IL @ The Arcadia Theatre #
May 2    Denver, CO @ Swallow Hall/Tufts Theatre(105.5 The Colorado Sound & The Colorado Playlist Present) *
May 3 Basalt, CO @ The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) *
May 4 Ft. Collins, CO @ The Armory(105.5 The Colorado Sound & The Colorado Playlist Present) *
May 31          Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse *+
June 1 Cambridge, MA @ The Club Passim (8pm) *+
June 3 Pittsburgh, PA @ City Winery (Full Band Show) *+
June 4           Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark *+
June 5           Cleveland, OH @ Music Box Supper Club *+
June 7 Evanston, IL @ SPACE *+
June 8           St. Louis, MO @ City Winery *+
June 11         Minneapolis, MN @ The Parkway Theater &+
June 14         Oyster Bay, NY @ Planting Fields Festival +
June 16         Vienna, VA @ Jammin’ Java *+
June 20         Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live + WXPN Live at Noon &
July 19          Rehobath Beach, DE @ Rehoboth Beach Convention Center w/ Karen Williams *
July 20 New York, NY @ Joe’s Pub – Jill Sobule Rhino Re-issue 30th Anniversary Show
July 26          Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room ^
July 29          Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley ^
July 30 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall ^
August 1       Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios ^
August 2       Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern ^
Sept 12         Belmont, MA @ First Church Belmont UU (Second Friday Concerts at First Church Belmont presents) *
October 15   Los Angeles, CA @ The Ebell of Los Angeles Live in the Lounge *
October 25-Nov 1   Playa, DR @ Dreams Onyx Punta Cana Resort & Spa *