Phara

Tom Barman will be one of the guests in Phara, a talkshow on Belgian tv-channel Canvas on tuesday. The show starts at 23.05 hour.

When She Comes Down in the charts

The 4th Vantage Point-song in the Ultratop is When She Comes Down on #49. The Architect is still on #2, Eternal Woman is on #36 (last week #35) and Slow on #43 (last week #49).



In the album-chart Vantage Point is now on #2.

Cokemachineglow

Vantage Point reviewed by Cokemachineglow:

Vantage Point will not shock or surprise you with the same exhibitionistic ferocity as their debut but it will engage you with its emotional range and scope.

Other reviews: X-silence, Playlist Society, The Music Magazine and Pinkushion.

Setlist Private Gig Radio Mint (18/05/2008)

1. slow
2. oh your god
3. turnpike
4. the architect
5. favourite game
6. instant street
7. is a robot
8. smokers reflect
9. bad timing
   ---
10. fell off the floor, man
11. suds & soda

(thx to Harry)

Vertpop

Tom will be deejaying at Vertpop on Friday June 13th. More info here.

(thx to Gilles)

Sun Ra (Live at Linzfestival)

(thx to Lovedeus)

De Afrekening

The Architect is no longer at #1 in De Afrekening. It stays on #1 in Humo's Top 20. Vantage Point is still on #1 in Humo's Top 20 Albums. And Slow is on #7 in Humo's Arriba.

First date in Spain

dEUS will play at the European Music Day-festival in Bilbao, Spain on June 21st.
(Source: Popmadrid)

(thx to elviejito on ISR)

Setlist B1, Moscow (14/05/2008)

1. when she comes down
2. sun ra
3. instant street
4. fell of the floor, man
5. slow
6. smokers reflect
7. turnpike
8. the architect
9. favourite game
10. is a robot
11. nothing really ends
12. bad timing
13. eternal woman
    ----
14. roses
15. oh, your god
16. suds and soda

4 songs in the Ultratop

dEUS continues their take-over of the belgian singles chart. Stubru reports that next saturday 4 dEUS-songs will be in the chart. The Architect remains on #2. The other songs are probably Slow, Eternal Woman and ???.

Setlist Linzfestival, Linz, (10/05/2008)

1. slow
2. sun ra
3. instant street
4. fell off the floor, man
5. smoker's reflect
6. theme from turnpike
7. the architect
8. favorite game
9. is a robot
10. suds & soda
    ...
11. bad timing
12. oh your god

(tx to Eva)

Crud Magazine

Crud Magazine about Vantage Point:

Vantage Point is an album that really unwinds with every listen, certainly one of their very best.

The Times review

Vantage Point reviewed by The Times (2 stars out of 5).

Of the 10 tracks, only the beautiful Smokers Reflect invites a wholehearted thumbs-up.

And Inthenews.co.uk gives Vantage Point a 5 (on 10).

Disappointingly, after a good start Vantage Point falls apart like Ledley King gone white water rafting. The blissed out, strings-and-girl-from-the-Knife-laden Eternal Woman is pleasing, if a little plain, but it is the dated electro rock of Favourite Game and the painful stab at appearing relevant that is the synthy punk funk of The Architect that sees dEUS go from innovating to imitating.

Over the top Euro pop tosh

This Is Fake DIY isn't exactly impressed by the double A-side-single The Architect / Slow. Some quotes:

'The Architect' is over the top Euro pop tosh that wouldn't look too out of place on a soundtrack to a 1980s spoof movie.

...an embarrassing mess of a single that washes away all memories of dEUS' earlier (and better) output.

'Slow' sounds like something that dEUS could have mustered up in their sleep.

Unless you are a die hard fan, or are looking to bulk out the 'D' section of your CD collection, this is one to best leave behind.

Latitude Festival

Last.Fm and Uncut are reporting that dEUS will play the Latitude Festival in Henham Park, Suffolk. The festival-website reports dEUS is scheduled for Saturday July 19th. I've updated the tourmap and the tour-overview with the latest info.

Tour podcast part 4

A new episode of the official tour podcast has been published. It was recorded in Munich and Milan and contains a great cover of a dEUS-song by dEUS itself. Check it out over here.

Wanted: setlists

The tour overview is still missing a couple of setlists. If you can complete the list, just drop me a line. Here's what we're missing:

09/04/2008 - Roxy, Saarbrücken, Germany
08/05/2008 - Magazzini Generali, Milan, Italy
09/05/2008 - Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland
10/05/2008 - Linzfestival, Linz, Austria

dEUS plays Vienna in October

According to Last.FM dEUS will play the Arena in Vienna (Austria) on October 7th.

Ultratop

The Architect keeps scoring well in the belgian singles chart. The song has climbed again to #2. Eternal Woman has climbed from 49 to 35 and Slow gained 1 spot (50 to 49). Vantage Point is still topping the album chart.

Setlist Flex, Vienna (10/05/2008)

1. When She Comes Down
2. Sun Ra
3. Instant Street
4. Fell Off The Floor Man
5. Smokers Reflect
6. Slow
7. Turnpike
8. The Architect
9. Favourite Game
10. Is A Robot
11. Nothing Really Ends
12. Bad Timing
    ---
13. The Vanishing of Maria Schneider
14. Roses
15. Oh Your God
16. Suds and Soda

Kwadratuur

Vantage Point reviewed by Kwadratuur.be

De Afrekening

The Architect is still on #1 in De Afrekening and Humo's Top 20. Vantage Point is still leading in Humo's Top 20 album chart.

Filmfestival Oostende

Tom will be the central guest of the Filmfestival Oostende. Tom's favourite 10 movies will be shown. The filmfestival is scheduled from August 28 until September 6.

Cutting Edge review

The gig in Brussels reviewed by CuttingEdge.be.

3voor12 TV

The first hour of the Melkweg-gig has been broadcasted a couple of times on 3voor12 TV this week. Watch this topic on ISR as some people are ripping the file for our continuous pleasure.

Klara video

A nice video from 1994 dugg from the VRT-archive by Klara.be

New tourdates

dEUS.be has confirmed the tourdates I've blogged about the last weeks. Here's the summertour (so far). I've updated the tour-overview and the tourmap with the latest info.

JUNE
28/06/2008 - Les Folies de Maubeuge, Maubeuge, France (tickets)

JULY
04/07/2008 - Les Eurockéennes, Belfort, France (tickets)
06/07/2008 - Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium (tickets)
08/07/2008 - Rockwave, Athens, Greece (tickets)
11/07/2008 - Oxegen, An Nas, Ireland (SOLD OUT)
12/07/2008 - T in the Park, Balado, Kinross-shire, Schotland (SOLD OUT)
14/07/2008 - sPAZIALE Festival, Torino, Italy (tickets)
15/07/2008 - Piazza Castello , Ferrara, Italy (tickets)
16/07/2008 - Cave Auditorium, Roma, Italy (tickets)
18/07/2008 - Melt Festival, Gräfenhainichen, Germany (tickets)
22/07/2008 - Paléo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland (tickets)
25/07/2008 - Au Pont du Rock, Malestroit, France (tickets)

AUGUST
02/08/2008 - Paredes de Coura festival, Portugal (tickets)
04/08/2008 - Les méditerranéennes, Leucate, France (tickets)
14/08/2008 - Stufstock-festival, Vama Veche, Dobrogea, Romania (tickets)

Munich review

A small review of the Munich-gig by Wolfgang Scheinert

It was a great show. Outstanding Highlights for me: Smokers Reflect, The
Vanishing of Maria Schneider and the fantastic Nothing Really Ends/Bad Timing combination. As they left the stage for the first time (after Bad Timing), Alan said "what a perfect night", and it was! I'm sorry, but I can't remember the exact order of the songs, but I think at least I remember them all. The crowd was in a good mood, but not moving too much. The sound was great at my position (in front of the soundboard) and it was loud. I was hoping for Popular Culture (as in Brussels), but dEUS didn't come back after Suds and Soda.

Setlist Elserhalle, Munich (07/05/2008)

1. When She Comes Down
2. Sun Ra
3. Favourite Game
4. The Architect
5. Slow
6. Instant Street
7. Smokers Reflect
8. Fell Off The Floor Man
9. Is A Robot
10. Theme From Turnpike
11. Nothing Really Ends
12. Bad Timing
    ---
13. What We Talk About
14. Roses
15. The Vanishing Of Maria Schneider
16. Oh Your God
17. Suds And Soda

(thx to Wolfgang)

Ultratop

Vantage Point will keeps its #1 position in the Belgian album chart for the 3rd week in a row. According to Niels Dierckx (Universal) they've almost sold 30.000 album in Belgium. Vantage Point has sold about 70.000 copies worldwide so far.

(Source: Het Belang van Limburg)

Oxegen

dEUS will play the Oxegen-festival in An Nás, Ireland on friday July 11th. Other bands performing that day include Kings of Leon, Interpol, Editors, Aphex Twin, Bell X1, Cat Power, Paddy Casey and Groove Armada. Don't bother about going there though: the event is already completely sold out.

TV Brussel video

A small video-item from TV Brussel about the gig in the AB, including an interview with Mauro.

Another AB-review

The gig in Brussels reviewed by LiveXS.

Belgian tour round-up

Some final notes on the belgian tour:

• The gig in Liège was by far the best one from the 5 gigs I've seen. Brussels and Brugge were the 2nd best, followed by Leuven and Hasselt
• Best crowd was Liège, followed by Brussels and Brugge
• The old songs clearly got most crowd reaction, but some VP-songs (apart from The Architect and Slow) like Is A Robot and Favorite Game got massive response too
• The live-version of Slow has changed from dramatically to excellent the last week
• They had some problems with the in-ear monitors, but those problems seem to be under controle since Brugge and Brussels
• Mauro's contribution can't be minimalised, but he lost some of his craziness on stage
• I haven't seen a lot of teenagers at the gigs I've been to. Offcourse the dEUS-audience has grown up together with the band, but during the PR-tour I remember I saw loads of youngsters
• I haven't heard one bad word about Blackbox Revelation. A revelation for all people who hadn't seen them before.
• They seem to have about 13 songs they play every night and complete the setlist with 4 or 5 other songs that can be different from night to night
• They've always played : When She Comes Down , Sun Ra, Favorite Game, Fell Off The Floor, Man, Slow, Nothing Really Ends, Bad Timing, Instant Street, The Architect
  Is A Robot, Theme From Turnpike, Oh Your God, Suds & Soda
• Other songs they played: What We Talk About (Hasselt, Liège, Charleroi) , Smokers Reflect (Hasselt, Leuven, Charleroi and Brussels) Popular Culture (Hasselt and Brussels), Eternal Woman (Charleroi and Brussels), The Vanishing Of Maria Schneider (Hasselt, Liège, Leuven, Brugge), Pocket Revolution (Liège), Roses (Hasselt, Leuven, Charleroi, Brugge and Brussels)

If you want to read all reviews and setlists, here's an overview:

• 29/04/2008 - Muziekodroom, Hasselt, Belgium: setlist - review
• 30/04/2008 - Droixhe, Luik, Belgium: setlist - review
• 01/05/2008 - Het Depot, Leuven, Belgium: setlist - review
• 02/05/2008 - Eden, Charleroi, Belgium: setlist - review
• 03/05/2008 - Cactus at MAZ, Brugge: setlist - review
• 05/05/2008 - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels: setlist - review

If you have pictures, videos or reviews, please post them in the comments, send me an e-mail or add your pictures to the dEUS-Flickr Pool.

Humo charts

Last week The Architect was on #14 in Humo's Arriba!. This week it didn't make it to the list anymore, but it was replaced by Slow, entering at #7. The Architect is still topping Humo's Top 20 and Vantage Point is on #1 in the album chart.

Great news from De Afrekening as well, since The Architect took back the first place it lost to the Blackbox Revelation the week before.

AB reviews

The gig in Brussels reviewed by Mint, MonsieurM and Brussel Blogt.

Vantage Point review

Vantage Point reviewed by Alternative.blog.nl

Private gig on May 18

On May 18, dEUS will play a private concert, along with Arid and Girls in Hawaii, for Belgian radio Mint FM. If you wanna attend, you need to enter a SMS-based competition. More information on the Mint website (in French).

Official podcast

A new episode of the official podcast has been published. It also contains some videofootage. Check it out here.

Les méditerranéennes

dEUS will play the Les méditerranéennes-festival in Leucate, France on August 4th.