Balthazar are pleased to announce details of further touring in support of their acclaimed Fever album release with dates across France and Germany November/December this year.
Revolving around the axis of frontmen and writing partners Jinte Deprez and Maarten Devoldere, the band reconvened last year following a break that saw both release solo albums that ultimately played an integral role in the creative process for the release of Fever earlier this year.
Fever, the band’s fourth album also brings us the new single (and one of its standout tracks) Changes. Along with news of the live dates is a new video, shot using footage from across the Fever tour earlier this year, Changes with it’s infectious ‘on and on and on’ chorus refrain sung with Maarten’s distinct lead vocal is classic Fever-era Balthazar. As Maarten explains; “I was hungover and complaining about it.” Adding that his bandmate Jinte had said something along the lines of “Stop talking about changing if deep down you know you don’t want to.” And consequently “we then wrote this song to celebrate the flaws in our machinery. A celebration that was followed by yet another sweet hangover.”
Released through Play It Again Sam earlier this year, Fever once again saw the band hit the number one spot in their native Belgium bettering the number two of its predecessor Thin Walls in 2015 and accruing yet more plaudits across Europe with one correspondent moved to comment; “Balthazar have been a good rock band for a while, but with Fever it’s shown that it can become a great one.”
The following dates highlighted ** are in addition to previously announced summer / Autumn dates.
Tickets go on sale at 10.00am local time on Thursday 27th June from http://balthazarband.com/#tour
July
05 – Herouville St Clair :Festival Beauregard FR
06 – Ewik : Down The Rabbit Hole NL
13 – Monts : Festival Terras du Son FR
14 – Aix-les-Bains : Musilac Festival FR
18 – Carhaix-Plouguer : Les Vieilles Charrues FR
19 – Arles : Theatre Antique FR
20 – Fribourg : Les Georges Festival CH
30 – Freiburg : ZMF Festival DE
31 – Arbon : Heizwerk Festival CH
August
01 – Port-Grimaud : Plage de Rock FR
02 – Erlangen : E-Werk DE
03 – Diepholz : Appletree Garden Festival DE
09 – Rees-Haldern : Haldern Pop Festival DE
10 – Aranda de Duero : Sonorama Festival ES
16 – Tabuao : Paredes de Coura Festival PT
23 – Paris : Festival Rock en Seine FR
24 – Gueret : Festival des Musiques Independantes FR
25 – Turin : Todays Festival IT
September
08 – Bucharest : Bucharest Street Food Carnival RO
17 – Kiev Belatage Club UA
19 – St Peterburg : Morze Club RU
20 – Moscow : Arbet Hall RU
27 – Istanbul : Zorlu Performing Arts Center, TR
November
08 – Lorient : Festival les Indisciplinés FR
09 – Saint-Lô : les Rendez-Vous Soniques Festival FR
10 – La Rochelle : La Sirena FR **
11 – Biarritz : Atabal FR **
13 – Toulouse : Le Bikini FR **
14 – Grenoble : La Belle Electrique FR **
15 – Besancon : La Rodia FR **
16 – Luxembourg : Sonic Visions Festival
December
09 – Hannover : Kulturzentrum Faust DE **
10 – Hamburg : Docks DE **
11 – Leipzig : Taubchenthal DE **
January 2020
21 – Strasbourg La Laiterie FR **
22 – Orléans : L’Astrolabe FR **
23 – Rennes La Carre Sevigne FR **
24 – Angers : La Chabada FR **
25 – Rouen : Le 106 FR **
PIAS (foto: press)
