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Reaching the end of the year it’s time to reflect on what happened in 2024, announce our end of the year party and hint at next year’s plans!

Twenty twenty four

It’s been a crazy ride! Starting with getting presented as number 5 Export Product by the Dutch Performance Rights organization BUMA, followed by a media circus that we never thought we’d experience. After that blew over we had a busy live schedule touring through France, Spain and Portugal in March for 2 weeks, followed by a fabulous time at Manchester Punk Fest. In April we had the joy and honor of touring with Pussy Riot and playing Italy. In May we played NOFX’ final Dutch show and we probably did our nicest headline shows ever in Germany! Summer was relatively quiet but playing Pikpop in Groesbeek and a handful of Dutch shows was a nice way to stay in shape live. Meanwhile we were working on new music behind the scenes! To be continued…

Friends First Fest

Traditionally our final show will be Friends First Fest! Happening on December 14 at De Onderbroek in Nijmegen NL. Our friends in The Possible Suspect, Loud Love and Krime will join us! Proceeds going to Minor Operation Donations, pay as you like tickets can be found here! Don’t snooze because traditionally FFF sells out…

Merch

Winter is here, and it is actually getting cold! We have beautiful zipped hoodies available in all sizes, and 2 shirt designs for that extra layer to keep you warm. Bundles with our album for 30 euro, all via our web shop, orders always come with free stickers and more!

2025

Looking ahead we can’t tell you too much yet, but in 2025 we plan to release 3 new singles, with the first one coming this spring. We also have a lot of touring and festivals planned! We’ve got big touring plans for March and April but for now we can give you a sneak peek with 3 awesome February dates (beautiful tour poster by Daggers Design!). Show info and tickets at our website.

That’s it for now, thanks for reading our newsletter! Don’t be shy, hit reply; we love hearing from you… In the next episode you will find out where we’re going in March and April and when to expect new music!

Take care, Ben, Riekus & Willem

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FRIENDS FIRST FEST #7 was a worthy way to end 2023 with our friends, Lodyne, Bellyacher, Third Ego and Sing Along Riot at De Onderbroek! Jay at Moonboy Films made an after movie; check yourself or check what you missed!

Don’t wanna miss FFF 2024? Tickets are already available via our web store. Heads up: this year’s edition will happen on Dec 14 (not between X-mas and NYE!). RSVP via the FB event.

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Our TOGETHER fall run was truly incredible; warm welcomes at all the shows and people singing along to the new songs! 2023 is almost over, but we still have some cool stuff coming, and we’ll unveil our first 2024 plans…

Italy

One of the first countries we ever toured is Italy. Over the last decades we met many people that we still call friends to this day. After not visiting for a couple of years, we now finally get to go back! All shows with LineOut:

Nov 09 IT Rho (Milano), Rock ‘n’ Roll
Nov 10 IT Cantu (Como), Arci Terra E Liberta
Nov 11 IT Livorno, Surfer Joe
Nov 12 IT Carmagnola (Torino), Margot Club

After Italy we get to do three more shows in 2023 and we’ll spoil a couple of 2024 dates:
Nov 18 NL Arnhem, Skeerfest/Seawatch benefit show
Dec 01 DE Köln, Sonic Ballroom
Dec 29 NL Nijmegen, Friends First Fest
Jan 19 NL Eindhoven, The Jack
Mar 29 UK Manchester, Manchester Punk Fest

Info and tickets for all shows (incl FFF!) via our site. Wanna book us? Get in touch!

Early days package

We’re very excited that a lot of people get to know us through our new album TOGETHER! But we have some older releases as well… For everyone interested in our early days we created 25 special discounted bundles containing our first 4 albums. We only have 25 of these packages available, simply because we don’t have more copies of our debut album Silencing Civilization left. The holidays are coming, so don’t miss out! Available in our web store.

Packages include *:

• SILENCING CIVILIZATION – 2005 – White vinyl / Jewel case CD
• TESTIMONY – 2008 – Gray vinyl / Jewel case CD
• START FROM SCRATCH! – 2010 – Green vinyl / digipack CD
• PERSPECTIVES & OBJECTIVES – 2013 – White vinyl in gatefold sleeve(!) / digipack CD

4 CD package: 35 euro – 4 LP package: 45 euro
* cat/band member not included!

France – Spain – Portugal

TOGETHER was released together with labels from many countries. A lot of help and positive feedback came especially from France, Spain and Portugal. So there was only one thing to do: book a tour! More shows and details are coming, but here’s a newsletter exclusive preview of the upcoming dates:

March 06 FR Paris
March 07 FR Lyon
March 08 FR Montpellier
March 09 ES Girona, ATV
March 10 ES Barcelona, La Deskomunal
March 11 ES
March 12 ES Madrid, Wurlitzer Ballroom
March 13 PT Lisboa
March 14 PT Porto
March 15 ES A Coruña, Mardi Gras
March 16 ES Oviedo, Lata de Zinc
March 17 ES
March 18 FR Bordeaux
March 19 FR Nantes

That’s it for now, thanks for reading our newsletter! Don’t be shy, hit reply; we love hearing from you… In the next episode you will find the full lineup for Friends First Fest and details for the FR/ES/PT tour, and maybe some more nice plans for 2024?

Take care, Ben, Riekus & Willem

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As the year is coming to a close, it’s time for our end-of-the-year tradition: Friends First Fest! While we’re at it we’ll also spoil some more news about the upcoming album, including a single before releasing the full record. Lastly you’ll find upcoming shows and a free shipping code at the bottom of this newsletter!

Friends First Fest

All bands have been announced and tickets are on sale starting now! If you wanna join us at De Onderbroek in Nijmegen on Thursday December 29, make sure to get a ticket in presale, as it will probably sell out like previous editions. We’re doing flexible rates and kids get in for free, hoping that everyone can join the fun. Keep an eye on the FB event for surprise updates and check our album Start From Scratch, which we’ll play front-to-back!

New album

We’re working hard on the release of our new record. We can’t wait to share it with the world, but we’ll have to wait until the vinyl is ready. Yet, we wanted to show our loyal newsletter readers the beautiful artwork by Thomas at Dark Roast and present the title: TOGETHER! If you come to a show, you can hear a new song live: From City To City. We’re crowdsourcing footage for the music video, so feel free to film us playing it and send it over! And if you’re a label interested in releasing/distributing, please reply to this email!

Upcoming Shows

Because of the new album, we’re taking it easy with shows in the first months of the new year. But we’ve got sweet stuff planned around the spring release! Wanna book us?

• Dec 02 DE Alfeld, Alfeld Rockt Info / FB event
• Dec 03 DE Glauchau, Cafe Taktlos Info / FB event
• Dec 16 DE Stuttgart, JuHa West Info / FB event
• Dec 17 DE Würzburg, Happy Accidents Fest (Immerhin) Info / FB event
• Dec 29 NL Nijmegen, Friends First Fest #6 FB event
• Jan 20, 2023 BE Liège, La Zone Info / FB event

Free shipping for albums

With a new album coming we need to make some room and get some extra funding, therefore we’re doing free shipping on all album orders! Mention AHOYAHOY in the order comment and we’ll ship it to you for gratis!

That’s it for now, next time we hope to have a new single and album pre-order for you!
Thanks for reading, till next time; Ben, Riekus & Willem

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START FROM SCRATCH is turning 12 years old this week! To celebrate we announce that we’ll play it front to back at Friends First Fest at De Onderbroek in Nijmegen on Thursday December 29. More details like bands, times, tickets coming soon. After cancellations in 2020 and 2021 we keep our fingers crossed for FFF #6 in 2022! See you there?

Friends First Fest Facebook event
All songs from Start From Scratch, lyrics, liner notes and more

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