Heideroosjes

Heideroosjes grow on barren ground, surviving every season. That applies literally and figuratively because the punk rockers are going on tour again in 2027. “A ritual cleansing, full of energy, amidst like-minded people,” is how singer Marco Roelofs describes their upcoming concerts. Anyone who has ever seen the foursome live can confirm this. Since 1989, the collective has been ploughing through the music landscape. Averse to trends, with three chords and a fistful of ideals. What has that brought them? Eleven albums, countless times at Pinkpop, Lowlands, Werchter, Pukkelpop and all those other festivals. Een Edison, nearly 2000 concerts during tours through Europe, the US, Japan and South Africa with musical kindred spirits like The Misfits, The Offspring, Bad Religion and Pennywise. Collaborations with their childhood heroes, including Lemmy van Motörhead, but also the legendary Flemish comedian Urbanus. Meanwhile, their third album Fifi spent more than half a year in the album charts and they secured—somewhere in the late nineties—a record deal with the biggest American punk label, EPITAPH. Oh yes, the majority of Heideroosjes songs are in English. After their furious show at Lokerse Feesten (2022), the Vlaamse Krant De Morgen reviewed: “Heideroosjes brought buckets of energy... and conquered.” The new tour also brings a new line-up; Jeroen Meeus is the new bassist. “We already knew him from his band, MARCH, with whom we toured together. Jeroen is a super-energetic bassist, plays tight, and his Flemish accent is just as authentic as our dialect.” There is also new energy on the drum stool. Igor Hobus has said goodbye, but a new force was quickly found in Mart Nijen Es. No stranger to the band, as he previously drummed for Marco Roelofs's STAVAST project. During the ‘Blijven Schreeuwen Tour 2027’, by the way, there will be special attention for the albums Kung Fu (1997, thirtieth anniversary!) and Chapter Eight, The Golden State (2007, twentieth anniversary!)