DE JEUGD VAN TEGENWOORDIG

We remember exactly when we first saw THE YOUTH OF TODAY live. ‘One hit wonder?’ we wrote in our notebook afterwards.  By now, you understand that we are the type who didn't want to offer The Beatles a record deal because they sounded rather ordinary. Billie Eilish? Bad Bunny?  Oh, we don't, there's no market for that. Led Zeppelin?  Guitars are out, the sitar is in!  Fortunately, we never gave up our day job. As you know, everything turned out fine for De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig. And we know that you may have seen them live a few times, as have we, for that matter. But you also know that they are damn good musicians who get us off the dance floor when De Jeugd is on stage.  You won't get there with 6 horsepower, believe me. Another certainty after a De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig concert: a sea of smiling faces, a high mass of waving hands and bodies that refuse to stop dancing.  The last few times we saw the group, we had to send our calves, soles of our feet, knees and vocal cords on a three-week retreat to recover. Somewhere in the Ardennes, come to the bar to the left of the stage after the concert and we'll give you the address.  Well, the last time Willie Wartaal, Vieze Fur and Faberyayo played with us must have been in 2023. What's been happening since then, you ask? Well, around the same time as that concert in Lokeren, they released a highly acclaimed album: “Moderne manieren” (2023), from which a few hits received airplay. And also: a film was released! It's called “The Making of De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig” (2026). Now, it might be a bit early to book your trip to Los Angeles for the Oscars, as we're not at all sure that the old bleached teeth of The Academy Award can handle the chaos, madness and dirty talk of the – and we don't use that word every day – legendary group.  So, conclusion: the musical Arcadehal-meets-madhouse DE JEUGD VAN TEGENWOORDIG is coming to Lokeren for the fifth time on Thursday 6 August. We can already smell your euphoria, your grins and your urge to party from here. And now, if you'll excuse us, there's another silly young English band here politely asking us to listen to their cassette. The Rolling Stones or something like that. Not interested, it won't work anyway.