SKATE-O-PHOBIA

In October 2009 the dutch band Antillectual went on a short tour (together with american After The Fall, who played the first time in europe) through all middle-european countries.

This month, they sent out a newsletter, where it says, that they have from now on a new bassplayer, and that they also plan to record a new album next year:

Maybe you already read it somewhere but Yvo has decided to leave Antillectual to focus on his family. You can read his statement on our website. We are very sorry for this loss and we respect and understand Yvo’s decision. But in the mean time we haven’t sit still. Therefore we are happy to announce our new bass player: Tom. He is a long time friend of the band and better known as the singer/guitarist of the late Smash the Statues. Yvo’s farewell show, which will coincide with the Smash the Statues farewell show, will take place at the Onderbroek in Nijmegen (NL) on January 23, 2010
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Hehe, before they went on tour, I ordered some Antillectual-merch from their bandsite. You can see my new T-Shirt and Hoodie on the left and on the right of this posting. ;-) Now they have designed some nice T-Shirts, Girlies and Hoodie/Zippers again. You can see them on the following link: http://www.antillectual.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/merch-newsletter2.jpg

And last but not least, here are the next tourdates:

* Dec 4 Bel Antwerpen, de Koevoet w/ Kingterror, Bitedown, GBO
* Dec 5 NL Tilburg, Little Devil Shield recordings 5 year anniversary party. w/ Smash the Statues, The Real Danger, Argetti
* Dec 19 NL Emmen, Huize Spoorloos w/ Barley Wine
* Dec 24 NL Meppel, Cafe Clouso Xodus Kerstpunk. w/ Smash the Statues, Ravens, Omission, The Hunger, The Arrangement, Knekelput
* Jan 16 NL Barneveld, Villa / Stedsj
* Jan 23 NL Nijmegen, De Onderbroek Yvo & Smash the Statues Farewell show w/ Smash the Statues, In-sane, The Acoustic Alarm

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* Jan 29 Fr Valenciennes, Available
* Jan 30 Fr Lyon, Available
* Jan 31 Fr Toulouse, Les Pavillons Sauvages w/ Ivan Rebroff’s Armpits, Messieurs de Fursac
* Feb 1 Sp Barcelona, Available
* Feb 2 Sp Zaragoza, Available
* Feb 3 Sp Madrid, Sala Barracudas
* Feb 4 Sp Burgos, TBC
* Feb 5 Por Lisboa, Available
* Feb 6 Por Porto, Available
* Feb 7 Sp Vigo, Available (or Por)
* Feb 8 Sp Giyon / Oviedo, Available (or Por)
* Feb 9 Sp Bilbao, Available (or Fr)
* Feb 10 Sp San Sebastian, Available (or Fr)
* Feb 11 Fr Bayonne, TBC
* Feb 12 Fr La Rochelle, La Barbarella
* Feb 13 Fr Paris, Available
* Feb 14 Fr Lille, La Chimère

You see that they still need some shows, so if you know some promoters, or locations, let them know.


Antillectual's website and merchshop:
http://www.antillectual.com
Listen to their songs:
http://www.myspace.com/antillectual