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We’re not even halfway 2024 and we’ve been all over the place already! And we’ve still got many visits left! France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and the United Kingdom were great, Germany and The Netherlands are looking extremely promising!

Done

Our 2 week tour to France, Spain and Portugal was really something! It had been a while since we last visited, but it was incredible seeing our friends there, playing our new tunes for them and making new friends at that! We finally made it back to the UK for Manchester Punk Fest, and we were pleasantly surprised following up our recent little Italy trip! We took some photos of our adventures and posted them on the news feed of our website.

From shots of the tour with Pussy Riot we created a nice lyric video for “Support Bands” together with Bram Bergs. It felt fitting: a song about bands supporting people and movements under pressure. Let them know that they’re not alone, people across the world are rooting for them!

To do

Coming up next is the very last NOFX show that will happen in the Netherlands, in Eindhoven on May 19. Also featuring Circle Jerks, Heideroosjes, Negative Approach, Itchy and the Last Gang. We can’t even comprehend what this event is going to be like, but we’re more than ready to give our all singing them farewell!

After recovering from the NOFX hangover, we’ve got 4 shows in Germany, including guaranteed fun times in some of our favorite cities Berlin and Hannover:

22.05 Krefeld, Kulturrampe w/ Molly Punch
23.05 Hannover, Stumpf w/ Chester Park, Couchdivers
24.05 Berlin, Badehaus w/ Good Views, Bad News
25.05 Bielefeld, Fairticken w/ Sleepless Nights

And in June we will be hitting our Dutch home turf:

07.06 Den Haag, PAARD w/ Cooper
14.06 Gouda, So What w/ STiCKFiGS
21.06 Uden, De Pul

Info and tickets for all of the shows above can be found on the tour list on our website.

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Take care, Ben, Riekus & Willem

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Tomorrow morning we will load our van with gear and merch, hop in and take off. Playing our new music, being reunited with old friends and meeting new people is why we’re doing this tour, and this band in general. So to say that we’re excited is an understatement! We’re visiting France, Spain and Portugal; wanna stay up to date about what’s happening? Follow us on Instagram!

March 06 FR Reims, Les Vieux de la Vieille w/ Dernière Blonde
March 07 FR Chambery, Brin de Zinc
March 08 FR Montpellier, KJBI w/ Ask Your Mom, Eversione, Coaccion
March 09 ES Girona, ATV w/ Hot Gods, En Brut
March 10 ES Barcelona, La Deskomunal w/ Dalla
March 12 ES Madrid, Wurlitzer Ballroom w/ Early Flights
March 13 PT Lisboa, Tokyo w/ Painting Landscapes, Geracão À Rasca
March 14 PT Porto, Socorro w/ Painting Landscapes
March 15 ES A Coruña, Mardi Gras w/ Less Fortunate Songs
March 16 ES Oviedo, Lata de Zinc w/ Last Titans
March 17 FR Seignosse, Black Flag w/ Assisted Teenage Suicide
March 18 FR Roumazières, Chez Luc
March 19 FR Nantes, Black Shelter w/ NDA

All info and tickets via our website.

More Shows

When we come back from tour we have a lot of other great stuff coming up: at MPF, with Pussy Riot, in Italy, with NOFX and more:

Mar 29 UK Manchester, MPF
Mar 31 DE Vechta, Osterrock
Apr 11 NL Haarlem, Patronaat w/ Pussy Riot
Apr 12 NL Heerlen, Nieuwe Nor w/ Pussy Riot
Apr 13 NL Apeldoorn, Gigant w/ Pussy Riot
Apr 19 IT Milano, Casa di Alex
Apr 20 IT Modena, Teste Ribelli Fest
May 19 NL Eindhoven, NOFX Final Goodbye
May 22 DE Krefeld, Kulturrampe
May 23 DE Hannover, Stumpf
May 24 DE Berlin, Badehaus
May 25 DE Bielefeld, Fairticken
Jun 07 NL Den Haag, PAARD
Jun 14 NL Gouda, So What
Jun 21 NL Uden, De Pul
Dec 14 NL Nijmegen, Friends First Fest

Yup, info and tickets via our website.

New merch

Well, “new”: the pre-order for these kicked off in the previous newsletter. But the TOGETHER artwork patches are 100% new and all merch has arrived at our HQ in the meantime! Pre-orders have been shipped and the rest is ready for tour and also available via our store. Please, take into account that we can’t ship orders while we’re on tour…

Media circus

Last month we found ourselves in the eye of a media storm after BUMA/Stemra, the Dutch performing rights association, released their 2023 music export report. They put us in 5th position as the only band in the top 10. The other 9 were mostly millionaire DJs, so we were sticking out like a sore thumb, which triggered national media to write about this band they had never heard of. We got featured on TV and radio shows, the national news, in the big newspapers; shit escalated quickly! We compiled a 45 minute video with all the (Dutch) interview footage to give you an idea of what hit us!

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 how our tour was!

Take care, Ben, Riekus & Willem

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We’re extremely excited about the next chapter of our TOGETHER tour, which is taking us to France, Spain and Portugal. On top of that we are doing pre-orders for merch with the amazing tour poster artwork!

From Reims to Lisboa and everything in between

For years we’ve been getting requests to return to France, Spain and Portugal. After releasing TOGETHER via awesome labels and getting wonderful feedback, it is about time to make a comeback. We’re extremely excited to jump in the van and hit the road, it’s been way too long since we hit these cities and met our friends there! All info, tickets and FB events via our site.

This poster begs for new merch

Daggers Design created the beautiful tour poster artwork. When we saw it we had to make shirts and zipped hoodies with it! Pre-ordering starts today and is possible until January 31. Packages will be sent out before the tour starts. As usual: the pre-order offers extra sizes, which might not be available in our web store or at shows afterwards.

But that’s not all

Besides the tour we’ve got even more shows coming up:

Jan 19 NL Eindhoven, The Jack
Feb 10 DE Minden, Bunker
Mar 29 UK Manchester, Manchester Punk Fest
Mar 31 DE Vechta, Osterrock
Apr 20 IT Modena, Teste Ribelli Fest
May 22 DE Krefeld, Kulturrampe
May 23 DE Hannover, Stumpf
May 24 DE Berlin, Badehaus
Dec 14 NL Nijmegen, Friends First Fest

All info, tickets and FB events via our site. Respond to this email to let us know where you’d wanna see us, or if you wanna help us out with a show!

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 a bunch of fun summer plans!

Take care, Ben, Riekus & Willem

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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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Now that our new album is out and summer festivals have been a blast, it’s time to hit the clubs! We’ll be playing fun shows in Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands, and we’d love to see you at one (or more!) of them! To spread the word about this TOGETHER tour we made a music video for Action Reaction. And of course you can still check the album physically and digitally.

We’re very excited to play our new music to friends in cities we’ve been to before, and make new friends in places like Retie and Oberhausen. Expect many tunes from the new album on the setlist! For all tour details, tickets and Facebook events, visit the tour section on our website.

As a bonus announcement we have an Italian tour coming up:
Nov 09 Milano
Nov 10 Verona
Nov 11 Livorno
Nov 12 Torino
More news about that soon…

Wanna book us? Get in touch via email!

Action Reaction

Our friend Bram Bergs made a music video for ACTION REACTION to accompany the TOGETHER tour announcement! When releasing TOGETHER this track got a lot of positive feedback even though we never released it as a separate single. Now we’re making up for that with this great video starring your favorite decadent elitist populists! Check the video on our YouTube channel!

Together

We’re still getting a lot of feedback for our new album! Some really love hearing the singles in an album context, others appreciate the theme and coherence of the album. To get an LP/CD/tape or check it at Bandcamp, Spotify and all the usual sources, visit the album page on our website! Find shirts and other albums in our webshop.

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 details for the Italian tour, and maybe a tour announcement with dates in the south-west of Europe?
Take care, Ben, Riekus & Willem

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