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A short update to remind you of our summer tour throughout all of Europe. On most dates we will support Boysetsfire on their reunion tour together with Letlive. Please come early, we will play first! Get in touch for the “availables” through info@antillectual.com. Check our new album and all other music at http://music.antillectual.com.

European tour with Boysetsfire

JUN 9 DE Ulm, Panda Bar
JUN 10 DE Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Youth Club Hängematte. w/ Tim Vantol
JUN 11 DE Weimar, Gerber 3. w/ the Toyotas, The Detectors
JUN 12 AVAILABLE!
JUN 13 AT Wiener Neustadt, Bandhouse
JUN 14 HU Budapest, A38. w/ Boysetsfire, Letlive
JUN 15 PL Bielsko-Biala, Backstage. w/ Boysetsfire, Letlive
JUN 16 CZ Prague, Akropolis. w/ Boysetsfire, Letlive
JUN 17 CZ Sedlcany, Rosa Festival w/ Queens of Everything, Just For Being (show time: 18h)
JUN 17 DE Zwiesel, Jugendcafé. w/ BHF (show time: 23h)
JUN 18 DE Leipzig, Conne Island. w/ Boysetsfire, Letlive
JUN 19 AVAILABLE!
JUN 20 DE Nürnberg, Hirsch. w/ Boysetsfire, Letlive
JUN 21 AT Innsbruck, Weekender. w/ Boysetsfire, Letlive
JUN 22 IT Gorizia, Pieffe Factory. w/ Boysetsfire, Letlive
JUN 23 IT Milano, Magnolia. w/ Boysetsfire, Letlive
JUN 24 DE Saarbrucken, Rites of Summer Festival /Garage. w/ Boysetsfire, Filter, Caliban, Parachutes
JUN 25 DE Frankfurt, Batschkapp. w/ Boysetsfire Letlive – SOLD OUT
JUN 26 NL Amsterdam, Melkweg. w/ Boysetsfire Letlive
JUN 27 UK London, Islington Academy. w/ Boysetsfire
JUN 28 UK Manchester, Moho Live. w/ Boysetsfire, Failsafe
JUN 29 BE Antwerpen, Trix. w/ Boysetsfire, Valient Thorr
JUN 30 NL Breda, Mezz. w/ Boysetsfire
JUL 1 DE Frankfurt, Batschkapp. w/ Boysetsfire – SOLD OUT

Check the Facebook event for updates about this tour.

Other tours/shows/festivals

Of course we have more plans and shows scheduled. We have some really awesome shows/festivals coming this summer. In October we will tour Europe with our old buddies in Static Radio and we will tour the UK around our first ever Scottish show in December. Get in touch for bookings!

Jul 30 DE Bausendorf, Riez Open Air Festival. w/ Bouncing Souls, Strung Out, Polar Bear Club, Stick to Your Guns, Man Overboard, The Blackout Argument, Tim Vantol, A Traitor Like Judas, more
Aug 8 NL Uden, De Pul. W/ A Wilhelm Scream
Aug 12 DE Hillentrup, Hillentroopers Festival (Papiermühle)
Aug 13 DE Dusseldorf, Philipshalle. w/ Rise Against, Templeton Pek
Aug 27 DE Trier, Jupitair (Exhaus). w/ Jupiter Jones, Bakkushan, Ghost of Tom Joad
Sept 29-Oct 16 Euro tour with Static Radio
Dec 1 Available UK
Dec 2 Available UK
Dec 3 UK Dundee (Scotland), Book Yer Ane Fest (Kage Nightclub). w/ Leatherface, Franz Nicolay, The Cut Ups, more tba
Dec 4 Available UK
Dec 5 Available UK

Fall tour with Static Radio NJ

We’ve already played a lot of shows together with New Jersey’s Static Radio, but we figured we should do some more. From September 29th to October 16th we will hit the Snelwegen, Autobahns, Motorways and Autoroutes with them. We’re very happy to work with No Decline bookings for this tour. For further booking information please get in touch with george@nodeclinebooking.com.

That’s it for now. All our music, more detailed info and our webstore including new T-shirt designs can be found at www.antillectual.com. Talk to you soon, see you at one of our shows! The next newsletter might involve more touring, even transcontinental to places we have never been before! Who knows …

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Since our last update from the back of the van, we’ve played a bunch of more shows in Italy, some in very impressive places (l’Aquila – struck by an earthquake only 2 years ago) and returned home. Sadly, the show in Vicenza had to be cancelled due to the venue having trouble with the local police. We are very sorry and insist that one day we WILL play Vicenza, fingers crossed. The last show in Oberburg (SWI) was one that will probably remain in memory for a while: take a small town outside Bern, add two punkrock bands and a bunch of enthousiastic local kids in a farm’s basement, and you’re bound to have a great night!

Coming home was nice though, and playing our headquarter De Onderbroek with long time friends Astpai, In-sane and One Win Choice was very heartwarming!

For now, we have one show added to our schedule that we feel you should know about: on August 13th, we will be the ‘special guest’ with Rise Against in Düsseldorf’s Philipshalle. We’ve played with them before in Groningen’s Oosterpoort, and we’re very happy to share the stage again. Our friends Yvo and Etjen were recently on tour with them selling books for the Typewriter Distro and Yvo has been writing some blogs about it, pretty interesting!

That’s all for now. Tickets for the Rise Against show go on sale on Friday, 15th of April 10:00am CET via www.x-why-z.eu

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As we promised before, we are gonna play our asses off in support of the release of “Start From Scratch!”. We are going to Italy and Russia on our own and we will tour across Europe with Boy Sets Fire, over 50 shows in total. But first: have you checked our new album yet? Stream or download (pay-what-you-like) it here or buy a CD or LP from our webstore.

• Italian tour
• Russian tour
• Support for Boy Sets Fire across Europe
• More shows

Italian tour

We have been to Italy before, but never this extended. The guys at No Reason Records really did an awesome job getting us shows all over Italy:

24-03 SWI, Basel / Sommercasino
25-03 ITA, Torino / United
26-03 ITA, Castiglione delle Stiviere / Arcidallò
27-03 ITA, Bologna / Lazzaretto
28-03 ITA, Bologna / Acoustic (TBA)
29-03 ITA, Rome / Closer
30-03 ITA, Maddaloni (CA) / New Dream
31-03 ITA, Rende (CS) / B-Side
01-04 ITA, Molfetta (BA) / Macerie
02-04 ITA, L’aquila / Casematte!
03-04 ITA, Vicenza / Jack Hole
04-04 GER, Regensburg / Zimmer 4
05-04 SWI, Oberburg / Müllers `Place w/ Your All Time Favourites
06-04 GER, AVAILABLE!

Russian tour

Since our new album was released in Russia by Angry Chuck Records, that seemed a good excuse to go there. Neither one of us has ever been there, so we are excited as little kids:

27-04 RU, Ramenskoe / Slam
28-04 RU, Tula / Wekino
29-04 RU, Moscow / Democracy
30-04 RU, Vladimir / CB
01-05 RU, Ryazan’ / Dom Kul’tury
02-05 RU, St. Petersburg / Vegan Club
03-05 RU, TBA

Support for Boy Sets Fire across Europe

Speaking of little kids: when we were young(er) we grew up on Boy Sets Fire‘s music and now we are extremely happy to announce we will be doing the support for their reunion tour. There are still some dates (without Boy Sets Fire) to be filled, so please get in touch if you can help us out:

08-06 AVAILABLE
09-06 GER, Ulm / Panda Bar
10-06 GER, Sulzbach-Rosenberg / Youth Club Hängematte w/ Tim Vantol
11-06 GER, Weimar / Gerber 3 w/ the Toyotas, The Detectors
12-06 AVAILABLE
13-06 AVAILABLE
14-06 HUN, Budapest / A38 w/ Boy Sets Fire
15-06 PL, Bielsko-Biala / Backstage w/ Boy Sets Fire
16-06 CZ, Prague / Akropolis w/ Boy Sets Fire
17-06 AVAILABLE
18-06 GER, Leipzig / Conne Island w/ Boy Sets Fire
19-06 AVAILABLE
20-06 GER, Nürnberg / Löwesaal w/ Boy Sets Fire
21-06 A, Innsbruck / Weekender w/ Boy Sets Fire
22-06 ITA, Gorizia / Pieffe Factory w/ Boy Sets Fire
23-06 ITA, Milano / Magnolia w/ Boy Sets Fire
24-06 TBC w/ Boy Sets Fire
25-06 GER, Frankfurt / Batschkapp w/ Boy Sets Fire
26-06 NL, Amsterdam / Melkweg w/ Boy Sets Fire
27-06 UK, London / Islington Academy w/ Boy Sets Fire
28-06 UK, Manchester / Moho Live w/ Boy Sets Fire
29-06 TBA / TBA w/ Boy Sets Fire
30-06 NL, Breda / Mezz w/ Boy Sets Fire
01-07 GER, Frankfurt / Batschkapp w/ Boy Sets Fire – SOLD OUT

More shows

Is that enough shows for you? Not for us. We have some more:

09-04 NL, Nijmegen / Onderbroek w/ Astpai, One Win Choice
06-05 GER, Bielefeld / AJZ w/ Iron Chic, Underparts
07-05 BEL, Itterbeek / JK De Zomaar w/ Iron Chic, The Real Danger, Underparts, Off The Charts
29-05 NL, Harlingen / de Lichtboei / Rock de Boei w/ Midnight Menace / Cold Blooded / So Called Celeste
30-07 GER, Bausendorf / Riez Open Air w/ Bouncing Souls, Strung Out, Stick to Your Guns, the Blackout Argument, Polar Bear Club, A Traitor Like Judas, Man Overboard, Tim Vantol

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Even though there are already some rumors out there, you read it here first. Yes it is true, we are very excited to announce it: we will be doing the support for the European Boy Sets Fire reunion tour in June. Boy Sets Fire is one of our all time favorite bands and touring with them is a dream come true. Below you can find the dates. We will be looking for shows on our own on the “available” dates:

6/8 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/9 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/10 Sulzbach-Rosenberg (GER)- Youth Club Hängematte w/ Tim Vantol *
6/11 Weimar (GER) – Gerber 3 *
6/12 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/13 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/14 Budapest (HUN) – A38
6/15 Bielsko-Biala (PL) – Backstage
6/16 Prague (CZ) – Akropolis
6/17 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/18 Leipzig (GER) – Conne Island
6/19 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/20 Nürnberg (GER) – Löwesaal
6/21 Innsbruck (A) – Weekender
6/22 Gorizia (ITA) – Pieffe Factory
6/23 Milan (ITA) – Magnolia
6/24 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/25 Frankfurt (GER) – Batschkapp
6/26 Amsterdam (NL) – Melkweg
6/27 London (UK) – Islington Academy
6/28 Manchester (UK) – Moho Live
6/29 TBC
6/30 Breda (NL) – Mezz
7/1 Frankfurt (GER) – Batschkapp – SOLD OUT

* single show, without Boysetsfire

For tickets to these shows, please check out the Destiny website

We’re looking forward to seeing you on this tour, and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you can book us a show on one (or more?) of the Availables.

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First of all we want to wish you a happy new year! We welcome the new year by new tours and a new bass player. All this to promote our new album “Start From Scratch!”.

Germany and United Kingdom tours

To promote “Start From Scratch!” we will be touring our asses off as much as possible. Starting smoothly with 2 weekend trips through Germany (with Red Tape Parade) and the United Kingdom.

Germany:

• Jan 5 GER Köln Sonic Ballroom w/ Red Tape Parade
• Jan 6 GER Augsburg Ballonfabrik w/ Red Tape Parade
• Jan 7 GER Finsterwalde L 86 w/ The Red Tape Parade
• Jan 8 GER Berlin Scherer8 w/ Red Tape Parade + Man the Change
• Jan 9 GER Available!

United Kingdom:

• Jan 26 BE / FR / UK Available!
• Jan 27 UK London The Gaff w/ The Human Project, Code Blue
• Jan 28 UK Bath The Green Park Tavern w/ The Human Project
• Jan 29 UK Hull Hollywood and Vine
• Jan 30 UK Leeds Royal Park Cellars

In February we will go back to France (get in touch for dates!), and in April we will head to Russia for the first time ever!

New album

For those living under a rock: we have a new album out, “Start From Scratch!”. You can order an LP/CD through us or stream or download it together with all our music (for free or for a donation) at music.antillectual.com. When you are at our webshop, check out our new shirts, zippers and girlies!

New bass player

A month ago we brought the news that Tom leaves our band and Tim replaces him. Some of you might know Tim from his solo work as Tim Vantol. You can read Tom’s statement here. His farewell show will be at the ACU in Utrecht on February 4, including a solo set by Tim Vantol and other TBA bands.

Eurosonic/Noorderslag & other shows

We are very proud to announce that we will be playing the Eurosonic/Noorderslag Festival in Groningen (NL). The festival is a showcase for hip and happening bands from Europe. And us. We will play a regular set and an acoustic set for Live In Your Living Room. See below for details. Do you want to hear our songs in your town? Email!

Eurosonic/Noorderslag shows:

• Jan 13 NL Groningen, Eurosonic/Noorderslag: Shadrak, Main w/ The Picturebooks, Waines, Thee Attacks. Starts 20:00 sharp!
• Jan 15 NL Groningen, Eurosonic/Noorderslag: Live in Your Living Room (Hoekstraat 42a) *Acoustic!* w/ Klerkx & The Secret, Awkward I

Other shows:

• Jan 22 NL Arnhem, Mallemoere (Yvo’s Vegan Cafe!). w/ DJ Santina Runaway
• Feb 4 NL Utrecht ACU Tom’s farewell show w/ Tim Vantol, Break Character, more
• Feb 22 FR Bordeaux, Hold’em Saloon
• Feb 25 SWI Geneva, Le Tiki’s
• Mar 12 BEL Ecaussinnes, Festival Arc-en-Musique, Maison du Peuple
• Mar 17 NL Nijmegen, De Bijstand. *Acoustic!* w/ PJ Bond
• Mar 18 NL Castricum, De Bakkerij. *Acoustic!* w/ PJ Bond, Tes
• Mar 19 BEL Mechelen, Metteko. w/ Straightaway, The Octopussy’s, Not So Much
• April 27 – May 3 RUSSIAN tour!
• Jun 17 SK Cadca, Bagdad Mosh Festival
• Jun 24 CZ Prague, Dejvická Klubovna
• Jun 25 CZ Hradek nad Nisou Hradek, Rock Summer Festival. Projekt Parabellum, Atari, Terror

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