Antillectual

You already know we’re playing Pouzza Fest in Montreal in May. Now it’s time to announce most of the shows we’ll be doing around it! All shows will be with our Czech friends from KRANG. But first we’ll be doing some more shows in our own country. Good times ahead!

Canada

After more than 10 years we’re finally going back! We’re teaming up with KRANG for a 10 day tour hitting Quebec and Ontario around our Pouzza Fest appearance. More dates are coming! Want to help with a date? Contact Steve at Merit Based Bookings. All info and tickets via our website.

May 14 Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti Bar. w/ Krang, No Step Back
May 15 Montreal, QC @ Pouzza Fest. w/ Every band ever
May 16 Warwick, QC @ Wick Station. w/ Krang, Dead Alright
May 17 Gatineau, QC @ Minotaure. w/ Krang, Splintered Fate
May 18 TBA
May 19 TBA
May 20 TBA
May 21 Toronto, ON @ Bovine Sex Club. w/ Krang
May 22 London, ON @ Supply and Demand. w/ Krang
May 23 Barrie, ON @ Queen’s Nightclub. w/ Krang

Antillectueel

Before taking off to Canada we’ll continue to support our Dutch ANTILLECTUEEL EP, and right after the tour we’re returning to one of our favorite German venues!

Mar 13 NL Rotterdam, Voorheen Voigt. w/ Video Store, De Dikke Kees
Mar 26 NL Utrecht, Tivoli. w/ Ramones Alive
Apr 01 NL Arnhem, Willemeen. w/ All Dogs Go To Heaven
Apr 09 NL Hoofddorp, Cpunt. w/ Pussy Riot
Apr 11 NL Zwolle, Skroetfest. w/ Skroetbalg, March, State Power, more
May 30 DE Wermelskirchen, Bahndamm. w/ Authority Zero, Melonball, more
Jun 02 NL Den Haag, PAARD. w/ Nerf Herder

Tix & info via our website.

25 year anniversary

We’re celebrating a quarter century of our band this year. With new music, a lot of shows and even a book! We’ve started sharing throwbacks to the last 25 years and all the things we did, read them on our website.

TL;DR? We’re going to Canada, but first we’re playing more Dutch shows, and make sure to check out our 25y anniversary throwbacks!

That’s it for now, thanks for loyally reading our newsletter in times of unreliable social media! We love hearing from you, so don’t be shy and hit reply! In the next episode we’ll share all dates of our Canadian tour and a “new” release…

Take care! Ben, Riekus & Willem

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Trigger warning! If you’ve been following us for a while, you might feel old reading or watching this:

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Today, January 13, 2026, we are celebrating our 25th birthday! Twenty five years of Antillectual sounds crazy, especially since this band started as some friends with hardly any musical experience, ambition or talent. We will be celebrating our anniversary throughout all of 2026 with a lot of special events like throwbacks, tours, a new album and the publication of an actual book, how intellectual!

Pinpointing the start of this band is very arbitrary. We started rehearsing sometime in 1999, consolidated a lineup sometime in 2000 and even did our first demo that year. Over the years we evolved as a band, changed our approach and had many lineup changes. Nonetheless it’s a fact that we’ve been playing shows for twenty-fucking-five years… time to celebrate!

Play Live

In 25 years we have played 1200 shows, so it only makes sense that we are going to play some more to celebrate our anniversary! Starting with the second part of our Dutch tour promoting the ANTILLECTUEEL EP, followed by playing Pouzza Fest and a Canadian tour around it, which we will announce in the next weeks.

Jan 29 Haarlem, Patronaat. w/ Third Ego, Rites
Feb 13 Dordrecht, Bibelot. w/ Skroetbalg, Bovendanen
Mar 13 Rotterdam, Voigt. w/ Video Store, De Dikke Kees
Apr 01 Arnhem, Willemeen. w/ All Dogs Go To Heaven
Apr 09 Hoofddorp, Cpunt. w/ Pussy Riot
Apr 11 Zwolle, Skroetfest. w/ Skroetbalg, March, State Power a.o.
May 15 CA Montreal, Pouzza Fest. w/ Pup, Buzzcocks, Makewar, Krang, Not Scientists and many others!

Info & tickets via our site. Many more dates to come…

Release Music

In 2026 we will also release a new full length album, featuring previously released singles “Whose Streets? Our Streets!”, “Post Teens” and 8-10 new songs. All in English, maak je geen zorgen! Leading up to the release of the album we will release a handful of new singles.

Publish A Book

Something that we didn’t know was on our bucket list: creating a book! After 25 years of being a band, releasing music and being on the road it’s time to share some stories that aren’t suitable for social media or newsletters. Throughout the year we will publish excerpts – Ox Fanzine already gave a sneaky preview in issue 182 – and we will give you more details on what you can expect before starting the pre-order. Here’s a tiny hint: plenty of words, unseen illustrations and barely heard music.

TL;DR? Happy birthday to us!

That’s it for now, thanks for loyally reading our newsletter in times of unreliable social media! We love hearing from you, so don’t be shy and hit reply! In the next episode we’ll share the dates of our Canadian tour…

Take care! Ben, Riekus & Willem

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A couple of days ago we came home from what is the best tour we ever did in North America! We had incredible shows in a country we never toured before, with people singing and dancing along to our songs and getting more merch from us than we brought. This definitely tastes like more and we hope to return to Canada once our new album is finished!

Last thing we want to say about this tour is a big fucking “THANK YOU!” to all that made this tour possible: the people coming to the shows, the promoters booking those, the other bands playing and last but not least to our tour buddies in Clipwing and Fortune Cookie Club. Without them this wouldn’t have been possible at all … Check both of them out, they’re all great people making amazing music!

Find our news feed from the tour here.

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Tour poster for our Canadian tour! Less than 3 weeks to go.
#europunk #progpunk #politpunk
#Canada #Clipwing #fortunecookieclub

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We shot this little video to announce and promote our upcoming Canada tour. It has all info you need and some live footage. Enjoy!

Dates below, a bientôt! Spread the word

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