Today, the legendary Dutch Heavy Metal band PICTURE has released the following statement " Today, we announce, that PICTURE and Rob van Enkhuizen have jointly decided to go their separate ways. This decision has been made on friendly terms and because of the long history that Rob has with Picture, we will play one more gig with Rob in our line-up at June 5th in Winkel (NL). On that day, we will say goodbye than to Rob officially, but for now we also want to wish him already all the very best for everything he will do in the future.
Beyond The Labyrinth ("BTL", Classic Melodic Rock, BE) has always been a band out of the ordinary. For their upcoming 3rd album "Chapter III - Stories", the band decided to approach it from a "Work In Progress" point of view, releasing new songs single by single through iTunes and as limited editions hard copies, only finalising it the album after all the singles have been released. In this "Work In Progress" approach, BTL now releases a 3rd single "Ocean Apart", a powerful ballad written by singer Jo De Boeck and guitar player Geert Fieuw. The second song on the single, "Where Kindred Spirits Meet" is a mid tempo Hard Rock anthem. Previously released singles under this approach are "Saturation Point/Hypersensitive" (September 2009) and "Hidden Agenda/Stories Waiting To Be Told" (December 2009)
The band just received the current chart placements for their album 'Manufactum II' and is as astounded as happy they accomplished something that no other band did before: Entering for instance the German Single Charts on #25 with a simple live acoustic CD. The band of course thanks all their fans, collaborators and their label.
Berlin duo 2RAUMWOHNUNG, celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, are travelling as musical ambassadors for Germany to 2 of this summer's most recognized events. On 19th May, they're travelling to Shanghai, where the German nations day is going to take place within the scopes of Expo 2010, and on 21st June they'll be at the German embassy in Pretoria, South Africa on invitation of the Goethe institute. Within the scopes of "Football meets Culture" they'll be doing a show together with Reggae musician Frank Dellé for instance. July, then will see the release of the album 'Lasso Remixe' with new interpretations of artists like PAUL KALKBRENNER, WESTBAM, THOMAS SCHUMACHER, BLAKE BAXTER and MORITZ VON OSWALD. The album's coming out on 2nd July 2010.
Hurricane Festival is proud to announce MARINA & THE DIAMONDS as new act on the bill. 24 years old Marina Diamandis excites the internet community for a few years already with her singer/songwriter electro pop and now, after 3 EPs and her first album 'The Family Jewels', gains more and more recognition for her sound, sometimes reminding of KATE BUSH, the other moment of LENE LOVICH without copying the attitudes right away. Next good news concerns "Uncle Emma", which is not another band, but the new festival supermarket, so you won't have to bring tons of beer anymore. There you'll get everything for fair prices, including toiletries by the way.