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(10/02/2003)
Venus 2002 :
 
Coming this year... [What we know so far] 
 
 
 

Line-Up :
Marc A. Huyghens, guitar & vocals
Christian Schreurs, violin
Pierre Jacqmin, double bass
Jean-Marc Butty, drums & percussion

New Album(s) :
Name - « Vertigone »
Tentative release date - Late february 2003
Produced by Venus
Mixed by Gilles Martin at his Studio Farside
Sound engineer - Duke, as usual
Place - Brussels
Record Company - Capitol (EMI) for Europe.
Guests - Ten or so musicians (Piano, flute, strings' quartet etc...) and singers. Jozef Dumoulin, the gifted musician who accompanied Marc Huyghens on some concerts of his solo tour, plays the electric piano on some tracks.
Tracklist -

  1. Happiness
  2. Beautiful Days
  3. Wanda Wultz
  4. Million Miles Away
  5. Sand Dollar
  6. Asia
  7. Daystar
  8. Kallenovsky
  9. Little Hotel
  10. Vertigone
  11. Running At Full Speed
  12. Navajo Dream
  13. Big Waste Ground

Marc played Daystar and Big Waste Ground during his solo concerts from early 2002 in France and Belgium.
Wanda Wultz is the first single, Beautiful Day will be the second one ; both were heard on radio on early 2003.

Marc A. Huyghens may release, sometime in a near future, a solo album comprising some songs he wrote in Italy, California and Brussels during the year 2001, as well as a few « surprising » covers. These are the same songs he performed during his 2002 solo tour.

Tours 2003
Marc A. Huyghens solo :
February 8th - Mestre, Venezia (I) - with Goodmorningboy, Micevice & Marco Parente (NEW)

Venus :
Scenography by Fred Van Hesse
March 7th - Amiens (F), Lune des Pirates (20h30 - 8/11 €) Cancelled
March 16th - Paris (F), Festival d'Aden, Elysée-Montmartre Cancelled
April 10th & 11th, 2003 - Bruxelles (B), Halles de Schaerbeek

Tours 2002
Marc A. Huyghens solo (+ the setlists) :
March 1st - Botanique, Brussels (B) (20h - 7,5/10/12,5 €) - Support for Morning Star
March 2nd - Café de la Danse, Paris (F) - Support for Flexa Lyndo and Morning Star
March 7th - Centre Culturel Jacques Frank, St Gilles, Bruxelles (B) - see this
March 21st - Botanique, Brussels (B) - Festival "Boutik Rock" (20h45, 5 €)
April 4th - E.M.B., Sannois (F) - Support for Jean-Louis Murat
April 5th - Le Plan, Ris-Orangis (F) - Support for Jean-Louis Murat (20h - 15,40 €)
April 6th - Théâtre, Arras (F) - Festival "Sacrés Belges" (with Moxie, Arno, Starfighter & Daniel Hélin)
April 13th - Soundstation, Liège (B) - (21h, 3 €)
April 22nd - La Cigale, Paris (F) - Support for Jean-Louis Murat (25,30 €)
April 30th - Botanique, Brussels (B) - Support for Joseph Arthur
May 11th - "Volders en fête", Saint-Gilles, Bruxelles (B)
May 18th - Théâtre le Piaf, Bernay (27) (F) - Support for Dominique A (13,25 €)
June 1st - Clos Cacao, Molenbeek, Brussels (B) (21h, 5 €)
June 9th - Botanique, Brussels (B), with Jozef Dumoulin, piano - Support for J.Arthur
June 24th - Paris (F) - White Session recording for France Inter radio, with Jozef Dumoulin, keyboards - (no audience unfortunately)
July 14th - Dour Festival (B), with Jozef Dumoulin, keyboards - www.dourfestival.be
July 28th - Cabaret Frappé, Grenoble (F)
August 12th - Brescia (I), Radio Onda d'Urto Festival
Sept. 19th - Brussels (B), Festival Nuits Botaniques - Support act for 16 Horsepower + Hawksley Workman
October 12th - Mons (B) - Support act for An Pierlé
October 18th - Mouscron (B) - Support act for An Pierlé
October 29th - Brussels (B), Ancienne Belgique - Support for Jean-Louis Murat
November 21st - St-Etienne (F) - Support for Dominique A
November 22nd - St-Jean-de-Ruelle (F) - Support for Dominique A
November 23th - Lignières (F) - Support for Dominique A
November 26th - Trianon, Paris (F) - Support for Dominique A
December 23th - Brussels (B), Forest National - Concert for Médecins Sans Frontières : the Symphonic Alternative


Venus :
December 5th to 7th - Festival Transmusicales de Rennes (F) : Venus is resident band, which means that a) they are playing three concerts during the three days, accompanied at the piano by Michella Manfroi, and b) the band will be working in close collaboration with the venue and the festival organisation, who will support them 100% !

 

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