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BLACK BOX REVELATION

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HIGHLIGHTS & DATA

2021

’Kitty Kitty’ in trailer ”I Care A Lot

2020

Larger than Live – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

2019

Headlining Lowlands Festival (replacing The Prodigy)

2019

AFAS Live sold out

 

2017

supporting The Rolling Stones in Amsterdam Arena
 

2017

Gouden Notekraker award in the category music.,
 

2016

21 shows with Muse in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland
 

2016

3FM Award for Best Album, 3V12 Award for Best Album, 3V12 Award for Song of the Year “Make The Call, Leave It All”.
 

2016

SKY Germany features the song “Input Source Select” for a whole year in their ad campaign.
 

2015

De Staat releases their amazing video for “Witch Doctor” which goes viral instantly, all over the world. (5.8 million views on YT)

 

2014

Torre Florim’s Firestarter is Prodigy’s favourite cover version and featured in the Just Cause 3 trailer and game

2014

I_CON is rewarded with the Dutch industry award “Edison” and three 3FM Awards: Best Band, Best Rock Band, Best Album

 

“Down Town” is included in Electronic Arts game FIFA 2014.
 

2011

Festivals include SXSW, Pinkpop, Lowlands, Exit Festival (Serbia), Iceland Airwaves, CMJ and Culture Collide
 

2010

Appearances include Glastonbury, Eurosonic, The Great Escape, Popkomm, Berlin Music Week, NXNE
 

2009

Festivals include Pinkpop, Lowlands, Dour, Sziget
 

Sept 09 international release of Codemasters’ GRID2, including “The Fantastic Journey of the Underground Man” of De Staat. 

De Staat voted Best Album of 2009 in Live XS magazine and won the prestigious 3VOOR12 AWARD 2009 for best album in the Netherlands
 

De Staat’s singer has won a “Duiveltje” for best vocalist 2009 – Drummer is rewarded as best drummer 2010

Tattooed smiles

Watch the music video for ‘Tattooed Smiles’ the band shot with about 150 adventurous fans who got free matching tattoos in the graphic style of the album artwork.

Black Box Revelation made all tattoos come alive in this incredible stop motion video.

releases

Tattooed Smiles

Release: 26 October 2018

 

Tattooed Smiles is the album that Jan Paternoster & Dries Van Dijck could only have written at this point and place. A powerful and emotional record, embracing the raw beauty of their cradle Brussels, and brutal esthetics of a lost generation looking for ways to survive in their homestead. This cultural richness shows itself in the collaborations with the infamous Belgian Hip Hop artist Roméo Elvis, but Black Box Revelation hasn’t lost touch with their original sound. The old school American blues rock atmosphere still lingers around on the title track of the album and through the haunting vocals of Seasick Steve himself on “Built to Last”.

 

Studio Brussel Album of the Week

Spotify 

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SINGLE RELEASES
 

Kitty Kitty -  August 2018

 

I’m Out of Your Mind – November 2018 (3FM MEGAHIT)

 

Mona Lisa – December 2018

 

Phoenix  – January 2019 (New Music Friday Brasil)

 

Tie Me Down – June 2019 (3FM MEGAHIT)

BUBBLE GUM Live 2019
 

Feb – March EU tour

30 dates // 8 countries
 

HIGHLIGHT

16 March – AFAS, Amsterdam // SOLD OUT 

(capacity of 6.000)   

 

Summer festivals

including Rock Werchter (BE)

Deichbrand (DE)

Down The Rabbit Hole (NL)

Lowlands  (headliner) (NL)

and more...

 

Fall tour 

29 dates // 11 countries

NL shows sold-out (11.000 tickets)

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Lowlands FESTIVAL 2019

“Dutch rock band De Staat start their set by giving their take on 'Firestarter' by The Prodigy as the crowd flood into the main stage to see them. De Staat does this because Prodigy was going to take this headline slot before the tragic death of Keith Flint. 

“De Staat create a spectacle at Lowlands day one”

“The crowd spiralling around in the thousands, it is incredible; a spectacle. Ultimately, De Staat earns the headline slot, and hats off to them for rising to the occasion and collaborating with Lowlands to create something that will go down in Dutch music history.”

(GIGWISE)

“DE STAAT rises above their own reputation in Alpha tent…historical…”

VOLKSKRANT - Menno Pot

“A worthy replacement for The Prodigy. And the firestarter of Lowlands”

TROUW

“Best show of the day”

AD.NL - Stefan Raatgever

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OOR MAGAZINE

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DE STAAT was featured in the Netherlands' biggest music magazine

30.000 readers
 

Cover

9-page interview

Review of Bubble Gum

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Spotify 30k followers
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Youtube 6k followers

team

Management worldwide:   Musickness  - Arjo Klingens, Christian Pierre

Agent worldwide:    K2 Agency, Yerry Stetter

Label EU/LATAM:   Caroline International

Publishing worldwide:  Red Smoke/CTM

Promoter NL:    Friendly Fire

Promoter BE:    Live Nation

Promoter DE:    FKP Scorpio

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