Three news tourdates have been added. dEUS will play B1 in Moscow on May 14th and Debaser in Stockholm on May 22nd. The performace at Melt Festival has also been confirmed. I have updated the tourmap with the latest info.
dEUS will headline the Rock Werchter festival on Sunday, July 6. Other acts that day include Beck, Underworld, the Kaiser Chiefs and Justice. Radiohead & Sigur Rós will play the day before. Here's the list so far.
Slow is now playing on the
A complete version of The Architect is now available on the dEUS Myspace player, Last.fm and Facebook. Feel free to embed the Last.FM player in your blog, Myspace or Facebook-profile. And give your opinion in the poll on the right side of this blog.
If you didn't get tickets for the clubtour, you can always score tickets for Rock Werchter. Presale starts on saturday March 1st. They've just added Neil Young, Moby, Beck, Soulwax and Underworld to their line-up. Other bands include R.E.M., Radiohead and Lenny Kravitz. A ticket for 1 day will cost 75 euro.
The upcoming release of Vantage Point has made it to Billboard, Pitchfork, Uncut, Drowned in Sound, Noize Makes Enemies and CMJ Network.
Other online media coverage:
Belgium: De Standaard, Knack, daMusic, De Morgen, Het Belang van Limburg, Musiczine.net, De redactie, RTL
The Netherlands: LiveXS, Alternative Blog
France: RamDam
If you notice other media-coverage, just drop me a line.
Tim translated the speech by Marleen Vanderpoorten at the ceremony in the Flemish Parliament. The original in Dutch is over here.
"Get off get up, you son of pop the light below is bright on top."With this primal scream the flemish rock scene was awoken in 1994. The scream was from a group of youngsters from Antwerp who called themselves "dEUS". They garnered international succes with their single "Suds And Soda".
Dear Tom, your first album "Worst Case Scenario" hit the scene in 1994 like a bomb. The international music press was lacking the superlatives to describe it. The Brittish Q magazine was talking about a unique appeal, thanks to the combination of astonishing songs with fresh, unrestrained arrangements and an unusual combination of the sublime with the bizarre. Others described your music as "cosmopolitan" and "freakish", "experimental" and "melodious", "warm" and "surprising". The mainstream audience followed, concert halls filled and albums sold like crazy. The successors of the debut album were also received very warmly. Hits like "Sister Dew" and "Instant Street", what we just heard, are the favorite songs for hundreds of thousands of youngsters.
The wait for your last album "Pocket Revolution" was long. But it has turned out a jewel. We know that you're recording a new album right now and we're looking forward to it anxiously.
You gave us goose bumps, on large stages, "Vorst Nationaal", "Rock Werchter" and the "0110" concerts. But dEUS is more than just a live band. The technicity you put in your studio work is without its equal. Moreover, dEUS is not your only creative project. Together wit Guy Van Nueten you're playing acoustical concerts. Your dj sets, using the name Magnus, prove your musical versatility. Film is your first love and is a constant theme in your work. You directed most of the music clips of dEUS, but also some of Arno and Axelle Red. In 1996 your short film "Turnpike" was played over Europe as an opener for "Trainspotting". With "Any Way The Wind Blows" you have put a successful full-length film on your record.
Since 1998 dEUS is cultural ambassador for Flanders. And rightly so, because your impact on the national and international pop scene is very large. Thanks to dEUS, the Flemish rock scene has started to believe in itself again. A lot of young and innovative talent is sprung up in your lead. Often people with whom you had a collaboration with. Examples are "Zita Swoon", "Vive La Fete" and "Millionaire".
Dear Tom, not a lot of people can say they have a generation named after them. You can, the young adults of this time belong to the "dEUS-generation". As a token of our appreciation i present to you, in the name of the Flemish Parliament, the golden medallion 2008.
Next Friday Dutch radio 3FM will premiere 'Slow', the first single from Vantage Point outside of Belgium. The song, which features Karin Dreijer from The Knife, will get aired in the show MoveYourAss, which starts at 22h CET and will also feature a short interview with Tom.
(thx to Kevin)
Big up to Tom! He posted a video of Patrick Riguelle playing Instant Street at the Flemish Parliament yesterday.
Update: another video
An article in Uncut reveals some info on the UK-release. Apparently Vantage Point will be released on April 28th by V2.
It looks like all Belgian gigs have sold out in about 30 minutes. If you have tickets, be happy. There are probably thousands of other people out there who'd commit a murder for a ticket.
Tom witnessed the ceremony in the Flemish Parliament where Tom received the Gouden Erepenning for his merits in music. Here's his account:
Als je goed kijkt zie je Tom staan terwijl hij de erepenning krijgt van Marleen Vanderpoorten. Op de ministerbanken à Raymond, Dirk Brossé en Will Tura. Weinig volk in het parlement: de lege vleugel is die van het Vlaams Belang, ook Lijst De Decker was niet aanwezig.
Patrick Riguelle speelde Instant Street. Heel grappig was de doventolk van Helga Stevens die Instant Street simultaan vertaalden.
Marleen Vanderpoorten opende haar speech met de opening van WCS, verwees naar dEUS en soloprojecten met Guy Van Nueten en Bolland. Ze keek uit naar de nieuwe cd die dEUS ‘aan het opnemen is’ en ze besloot met de stellen dat een hele generatie naar hem is genoemd: de dEUS-generatie. Marleen Vanderpoorten verwees ook naar 0110 waarop de aanwezige parlementairen applaudisseerden.
Here's the press release and the transcript of the speech. A couple of pics over here.
Later today, at 2 PM, ticketsale for the Belgian dEUS-gigs will start. Below you'll find straight links to the ticketpages where you can order. If you want tickets for Luik or Hasselt, you better make sure you have a Sherpa.be-account.
29/04 Muziekodroom, Hasselt - buy tickets
30/04 Droixhe, Luik - buy tickets
01/05 Het Depot, Leuven - buy tickets
02/05 Eden, Charleroi - buy tickets
03/05 Cactus at MAZ, Brugge - buy tickets
05/05 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels - buy tickets