Bonaparte take their Circus Show to Netherland & Belgium
The madcap Swiss combo take off for their first-ever BeNeLux tour this September! Here are the complete dates:
Mañana tours Germany in September
Basel rock/pop Band Mañana is on tour in Germany, with dates as follows:
Pierre Lautomne: French dates & release
Pierre Lautomne pays tribute to his name when he takes his boys on the road this September for a brilliant autumn of concerts in France and French-speaking Switzerland, complete with new songs, a new album, a French distributor and some surprise guests.
IVO wins Baltic Song Contest!
We can scarcely believe it ourselves: IVO beat out the competition to take first place at this year’s Baltic Song Contest in Karlshamn, Sweden! Related Links http://www.ivo.cd http://www.myspace.com/ivoonline
PLASMA to play Baraka Conspiracy Festival in Austria
With their synthetic tones, sweet melancholy, catchy disco beats, cheeky effects and vocals reminiscent of Muse and Radiohead, electro-rockers PLASMA will release Teenage Drug, their first CD-EP, with a launch party to be held at Selig-Live in Chur (Switzerland) on 11 September, and go on to do a club show at Stadel, Höchst/Austria on 17 […]
The Young Gods tour France
Swiss digital pioneers The Young Gods will be appearing twice in France this year:
Mich Gerber: web distribution in France
Bern-based Swiss bassist and composer Mich Gerber is now distributed online in France. Related Links http://www.michgerber.ch
Open Season: dates all over Europe
Keep My Fire Burning…the crew from Switzerland doesn’t let the fire go out! In just a few years, the band has emerged from the suburbs of Bern to the best clubs in Switzerland, to Europe’s big cities and to the rotation of the national radio stations.
And the winner is … Junior Tshaka!
Junior Tshaka, Neuchâtel’s reggae sensation, beat out 445 contenders in Internet voting and won over a jury of ten with his performance at the Rototom Sunsplash in Udine, Italy, to be named 2009 victor in the European Reggae Contest.
Gurtenfestival
This year’s Gurtenfestival, to be held in Bern from 16 to 19 July, boasts an impressive programme, with Kings of Leon, Oasis, Franz Ferdinand and Peter Fox as headliners and a slew of top Swiss acts, including Stress, Seven, Heidi Happy, Bonaparte, Solange La Frange, Electric Blanket, Da Cruz, The Delilahs, Eluveitie and The Gamebois, to name just a few.
