Kevin pointed me to a short rockumentary about the Ancienne Belgique. It gives a brief history of the venue and features some dEUS-footage from the Rock Rally-era (1992) around minute 20.

You can watch it here.

Below is a small video I posted earlier on this blog where Tom is also talking about that period.

Tom Barman joined Stef Kamil Carlens with Zita Swoon on stage again tonight. With John Parish on guitar, they first played Great American Nude (again) in front of a packed Ancienne Belgique, followed by a cover of the Velvet Underground's "Temptation Inside Your Heart" (again).

Tickets are still available for the third Zita Swoon gig, this coming Saturday.

Yesterday evening Tom joined Zita Swoon on stage during the first of three gigs in the Ancienne Belgique. And yes, they played a dEUS-song. If you want to see it yourself, tune it at www.standaard.be/zita tonight to catch a livestream of the 2nd gig.

Stef Kamil Carlens is hosting a two day festival at the Ancienne Belgique this weekend called On the Wings of a Rabbit. On the Brusselnieuws.be-website he says he didn't think about asking Tom to perform because he wanted to keep it sober.

The gig in Brussels reviewed by CuttingEdge.be.

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

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

dEUS ended their belgian tour in the Ancienne Belgique. After 5 gigs in "smaller" venues, it was the first gig in Belgium in front of a big crowd. In the afternoon, I heard a rumour that something special was gonna happen, so I was really looking forward to it.

dEUS came on stage a lot earlier than the other gigs (around 20.30h), so I think some people missed the beginning of the show. It seems like they've found the perfect 5 songs to open the gig, since they've opened with the same songs since the gig in Leuven. The sound was a bit messy from time to time, but I was standing close to the speakers. I understand that the sound was really good, elsewhere in the AB.

The band was clearly willing to go 200% for it, just as the audience. The crowd wasn't that good as in Liège, but way better that Leuven and Brugge. From time to time Tom didn't look very happy as he was giving instructions to Wannes (the roadie) and the sound engineer. They messed up the intro for The Architect and Is A Robot too.

Top-songs were Instant Street and the duo Nothing Really Ends / Bad Timing. They kept some suprises for the encores: Lies Lorquet joined them for Eternal Woman during the first encores and they even played a 2nd encore: Popular Culture (with the kids choir).

I had a really good evening and have started the countdown to Maubeuge and Rock Werchter.
C ya there!

1. When She Comes Down
2. Sun Ra
3. Favorite Game
4. Fell Off The Floor, Man
5. The Architect
6. Smokers Reflect
7. Slow
8. Instant Street
9. Theme From Turnpike
10. Is A Robot
11. Nothing Really Ends
12. Bad Timing
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13. Eternal Woman (with Lies Lorquet)
14. Roses
15. Oh Your God
16. Suds & Soda
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17. Popular Culture (with kids choir)

The Ancienne Belgique launches Rewind, a series of concert where Belgian artists play a key-album from their backcatalogue. Gorki and The Scabs have already been scheduled. Worst Case Scenario is also on the wishlist of the organizer.