20/07/10 - 4th single from 'No Surrender' announced and there's more!

 

The 4th single to be released from 'No Surrender' will be 'SCREAM'. The news of this single release came with an exciting announcment for a competition where the main prize will be Kane playing in your lounge! People outside of Holland and Belgium don't get to excited as you can't win this main prize but you can win something.

 

To enter the competition you have to submit a video that you've made to go with the single release of 'Scream'. So get your thinking caps on and see what you can come up with, after all you could always temporary move to Holland to claim your prize ;) Closing date for this is 20th August 2010. For more information you can view a video of Dennis here.

 

You can download the single from here.

 

 

19/06/10 - The day after 'Back to Java'

 

Hard to believe this time yesterday I was enjoying the company of Kane on Java Eiland and now I'm home reliving the memories. It was a fantastic show with a setlist of 22 songs opening with Heartbeat. There was a mixture of songs and as always so much energy and effort put into the performance. My review of the show can be found here and pictures here.

 

For youtube videos of the show the visit here where you will find a great selection.

 

 

 

15/04/10 - Best Single and Best Band at the 3FM Awards

 

Kane was nominated for 6 3FM awards which set a record being the first artist to be nominationed for so many awards and tonight they proved they are the best band in Holland by winning 2 of them awards for Best Single 'No Surrender' and BEST BAND; Best Band beinng the ultimate award to win.

 

Congratulations to Kane, well deserverd although we already knew they were the best band hey! Hope the partying goes well into the early hours to celebrate.

 

 

 

10/04/10 - New Video online for 'In Over My Head!

 

You can now catch the new video for 'In Over My Head' Kane's official youtube channel. The single is already released on Dutch itunes if you are fortunate enough to be able to download it.

 

 

 

07/04/10 - 6 Years online today for Kane Rocks!

 

Today marks another anniversary for Kane Rocks. It was 6 years ago today that I put together my first ever website and launched it into the cyberworld. It was a step that made a huge impact on my life and one that I still enjoy and get great pleasure from. Not sure my web skills have improved since then but I'm still learning!!! Kane are a band for the fans and regardless whether they will return to UK or not to perform/release their music, we can still dream and I will continue to keep trying!

 

Thanks to everyone that still visit and support Kane Rocks, it is greatly appreciated. Why don't you drop by the guestbook and say hello whilst you are here? Let's get a party started :)

 

I've decided not to create a new layout this year to celebrate as the saying goes 'Don't fix what ain't broke'. But as you can see the colours have changed, missing reviews are online and some minor changes have been made. I hope you like!

 

Cheers!

 

 

06/04/10 - Making of 'In Over My Head' video

 

Tomorrow (7th April) check Kane's website for an exclusive showing of the making of 'In Over My Head' video. This was filmed on 2 locations so will be interesting to see.

 

 

 

04/04/10 - The Last Mohican R.I.P. - New blog from Dinand - Updated translation

 

Dinand has wrote a new blog on Hyves regarding the ending of singles in Netherlands:

 

And that's how it happened, it was that simple. The official death of `the single' was coming for a long time. The only question was how long it was going to take. But they are in fact separate issues. Singles have been widely sold around the world since the rock'n roll era of the late 50s. Let's take Bill Haley as a starting point in 1956. Vinyl, cassettes and cd…The singles survived all the new technological storms, but the last digital tsunami concerning the internet and digital downloads was what really did it. For us at home, the last survivor of this way of life is an old jukebox from 1956…

 

Last week ‘Free Record' announced they are to end the sale of singles in their shops. A number of months before that they had already decided to sell only three of the top 100 singles in the singles chart. Now ‘Free Record', who always had the major singles market share, holds the singles market in their hands. The decision ultimately signifies the end of ‘the single' in the Netherlands .

 

That leaves only the inferior ‘download single'. I say inferior because we always found it great to bring out singles that were ‘physical' i.e. a single that you could hold. A single that sounds as it did when the artist in the studio made it. A single where you can really examine the artwork instead of having to strain to see an ITunes cover the size of a postage stamp. And then of course you have the issue of ‘legal downloads'…

 

It appears that we have brought out our last physical single with `Love Over Healing'. 1000 copies; that was it. In fact we knew it already. So Dennis and I have signed 1000 singles. A type of last ritual for something that has kept us so busy over the years. From ‘Where do I go now?' to `Love Over Healing' in 11 years. In our case we've had quite a lot of success from singles, but actually the end of the singles was already there when we started.

 

You hear it often and definitely in pop & rock music that ‘everything has already been done'. This is true with singles. They lost their last magic in 2010. Except in our kitchen at home. There is a shiny Wurlitzer jukebox from 1956 that looks as good as new, and each vinyl singles which spins with 45 rpm.

 

Call me old fashioned, call me ‘like to live in the week before last', but not everything about broadband-2010 is an improvement. Certainly not for recording artists. It remains noticeably quiet in the music industry. Of course you can't say that things were better or sounded better in the days of political correctness, especially against the word ‘musicbizznizz'. Freedom, happiness right? Illegal, legal, who cares? Long live the digital revolution!

 

But luckily it's all getter faster…

 

And of more rapid to more brief,

 

Before you know it's gone.

 

THE SINGLES R.I.P.

 

1949 - 2010

 

 

 

Sadly this will also mark the day that anyone outside of Netherlands won't be able to purchase any singles unless the songs are released Internationally on itunes.

 

 

 

30/03/10 - Acoustic Theatre Tour Announced for October 2010

 

To continue with the No Surrender tour, Kane today announced that they will be playing a special acoustic tour around the Theatres in Netherlands. The tour will consist of 19 dates right through the month of October. It sounds to be very cool, exciting and special. The tickets go onsale at 9am UK time Saturday 3rd April.

 

Dates are as follows (more info can be found on the tour page):

 

01 october Stadsschouwburg Middelburg
04 october Fortis Circustheater, s-Gravenhage
06 october Odeon Zwolle, Zwolle
07 october Oosterpoort, Groningen
09 october Vredenburg, Utrecht
10 october Nieuwe Luxor, Rotterdam
12 october Chassé, Breda
13 october Philharmonie, Haarlem
14 october Stadsschouwburg Enschede, Enschede
15 october Schouwburg Almere, Almere
17 october Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven
18 october Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven
19 october Parkstad Heerlen, Heerlen
22 october Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, Nijmegen
23 october De Harmonie, Leeuwarden
26 october Schouwburg Orpheus, Apeldoorn
28 october Park Schouwburg, Hoorn NH
29 october Theaters Tilburg, Tilburg
31 october Carré, Amsterdam

 

 

 

14/03/10 - Kane win Rembrandt Award

 

Kane have won the prize for best movie track in the Dutch Rembrandt Awards for their song 'Love over Healing'. Congratulations, we all knew it was a winner!

 

 

 

*Pics from KaneOfficial Twitter

 

 

14/03/10 - Kane nominated for 6 3FM Awards!

 

Kane have set a record of being the first artist to have so many nominations in the yearly Dutch radio awards. They have been nominated for 6 catergories: Best Band, Best Singer (Dinand), Best Rock Artist, Best Single (No Surrender), Best Album (No Surrender) and Best Live Act.

 

They need your vote to win these awards so lets help them set another record to achieve winning all 6 nominations. Head over to the 3FM website, click on 'STEMMEN' and vote, vote, vote!

 

 

 

9/03/10 - JFK Interview!

 

Better late than never as they say! A few weeks back there was a very interesting interview with Kane in the Dutch magazine JFK. Well with the help of Leoni once more she has translated the interview for us all to enjoy. Click here to read and learn!

 

 

22/02/10 - In Over My Head 3rd single to be released!

 

If you was at the show at Paradiso then you will already know that Dinand announced that the 3rd single to be released from 'No Surrender' is 'In Over My Head'. No date as yet but I will let you know where you can purchase to get the single shipped once I have the info.

 

 

22/02/10 - No Surrender tour is well in swing!

 

The No Surrender tour kicked off on Thursday and already there are some amazing pictures to be seen and videos to watch. Some sites to watch out for over the next few weeks are KaneJunkies and Addicted2Kane. You can also catch up with blogs and stuff from Kane themselves on the Kane Hyves profile. They have been feeding my Kane addiction and hopefully they will feed yours too!

 

 

Kane & Bon Jovi on Royal Beach

This has been confirmed and tickets are onsale here.

 

 

 

16/02/10 - News, news and more news!

 

UK Fan Reunion

Due to the success of the UK reunion back in November last year and by demands of when's the next one?! I am looking to organise another event in April. Again it will be London and may very well be in the same place but watch this space soon for more information and what the night will hold.

 

Sky Radio secret showcase

Sunday Kane played a secret showcase at Sky radio where people had to win to attend so it was a very special occassion. With thanks to some of the people that went who again has filmed some of the songs to share with those that didn't go we can get the feel of how special and amazing this performance was. You can find some amazing videos here and here.

 

Breda

Kane have been announced to play at another festival in Holland this time in Breda. This event will take place 10th July and more information about the festival and tickets can be found on the festival website.

 

Kane & Bon Jovi on Royal Beach

Still no news on whether Bon Jovi will play at Scheveningen and when the tickets will go onsale. As soon as I hear anything I will let you know but for now it all seems very quiet on the announcing side of things so hopefully no news is good news!

 

No Surrender tour kicks of Thursday

Thursday will see the No Surrender tour kick of. If you haven't got your ticket now then it's to late as the whole tour is sold out. The tour is spread over February & March and will see the guys weave around the country from town to town. But don't worry if you still want to see them there are still a small handful of Java Eiland tickets available but get them quick as they are sure to go soon to.

 

 

 

 

22/01/10 - Kane on the same program as Bon Jovi on a glorious beach!

 

Kane will be joining Bon Jovi along with another Dutch band Di-rect at a concert on Royal, Beach,Scheveningen. The show is set for 5th June starting early afternoon. Tickets are being given away by Bank Giro as a lottery with 100,000 visitors expected to turn up for this amazing line up.

 

Ticket information:

 

Majority of the tickets will be given away by registering with Bank Giro lottery.

 

Some tickets will be available to be purchased with a starting price of € 55 ranging up to € 190. These tickets go on sale 6th February 9am UK time here.

 

 

 

24/01/10 - Happy Birthday Dennis!

 

Today is the birthday of Dennis. So from across the waters I just want to wish a big Happy Birthday to you. Hope you have a day filled with plenty of fun, surprises and a big party!

 

 

 

 

22/01/10 - Kane & Carice van Houten support for Haiti

 

Kane sang 'No Surrender' with Carice van Houten on Dutch TV and the version of the song is available for download here. All proceeds from the download will go to support the people in Haiti. So far 83 million euros have been raised in Holland, with thanks to artists like Kane. If you haven't already done your bit to help support these poor people in the tragic event in Haiti then now is the time you can and you gain a beautiful version of 'No Surrender'.

 

You can see the video of the performance on Kane's youtube channel.

 

 

 

14/01/10 - Kane return to Java Island - 18th June

 

Kane will be returning to Java Island on Friday 18th June 2010. They last played here in 2004 and I have to say it is still one of my best/favourite shows yet that I've seen Kane perform. The show will start at 8pm and tickets cost 35 euros.

 

If you want tickets for this show then you will need to be ready on the button at 9am UK time 23rd January. You can get them online from here.

 

Maybe see you there?

 

 

 

8/01/10 - Happy New Year on behalf of Kane from Dinand!

 

Dinand posted a new blog on Kane's Website early this morning. He is wishing everyone a Happy New Year and lets us in to almost everything that is going on for Kane 2010. There is the release of 'Love Over Healing' today, the No Surrender tour through Holland Feb/March which is almost sold out, some festival dates being worked on and something he can't tell us right now! You can read the whole interview on their website here.

 

 

8/01/10 - Love Over Healing

 

Just a reminder that today see's the release of the 2nd single 'Love Over Healing' from Kane's latest album 'No Surrender'. The single is the song track to a newly released film in Holland and has a B side of 'No Surrender' live from Belgium. You can get it shipped to UK from the Free Record Shop or Bol.

 

 

31/12/09 - Happy New Year & Love Over Healing

 

Just want to take this opportunity and thank everyone that still continues to visit and support my site. I wish you all good health for the New Year and hope that maybe the turn of this decade we may just see Kane on our side of the waters once more.

 

Also a reminder that 'Love Over Healing' the 2nd single to be released from 'No Surrender' is the 8th January and you can get it shipped to UK from the Free Record Shop or Bol.

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

 

 

22/12/09 - Love Over Healing to be 2nd single from No Surrender

 

8th January will see the release of Kane's 2nd single from the album No Surrender. This song is the song track to a Dutch film called ' Komt Een Vrouw Bij De Dokter'. The video can been seen on Kane's official youtube channel which is of clips of the film with never seen before footage. The B side to the single will be 'No Surrender' live. If you are quick and lucky there will be a limited edition of 1000 singles signed by both Dinand and Dennis available. Nice way to start the New Year.

 

You'll be able to get the single shipped to UK from the Free Record Shop or Bol.

 

 

 

3/12/09 - Catwalk Criminal now on UK itunes...

 

Fantastic news and yes you are reading right, it is through this video on youtube filmed at Oxford Circus in London that 'Catwalk Criminal' is now available to download in UK from itunes. The video is an ad campaign for a UK designer outlet called BrandAlley and the song is very appropriate for the video.

 

So watch the video on youtube, comment on the song, then head over to itunes and download it. You could even download it as a single album and get 'Killer on the Catwalk' for a few pennies more.

 

This can only lead to good things so head over now and show your support

 

 

 

 

 

28/11/09 - No Surrender & UK album listening party

 

Yesterday saw the official release of 'No Surrender' in NL. Kane have been doing promotion for the album on 3FM radio station in NL all week and you can see some of the news songs performed live on Kane's official youtube channel. Tomorrow they are doing an album signing in Bijenkorf, Amsterdam and a secret gig on 30th November for some very lucky fans who have won via 3FM.

 

Still need to order your copy of 'No Surrender'? then head to freerecordshop or bol who both will deliver outside of NL. Any problems give me a shout.

 

Here in Uk so not to feel so alone and left out some of us got together and with 6 hours or Kane music with the New album having plenty of plays we go to hear and experience the first listen as a group and we all loved the album as I'm sure everyone agrees. There some pictures of the night here in the UK gallery.

 

 

 

20/11/09 - Listen to the new album now!

 

Thanks to Kaylee for the heads up, you can now listen to the new album from Kane online via a Dutch radio website. You may have them talking over the songs now and again but still you get an idea of what is to come next week which makes it more and more exciting!

 

To have a listen go to the 3FM website.

 

 

17/11/09 - Tryout at Paard van Troje -15th November 2009

 

I was fortunate enough to be back in Netherlands for the 4th time this year and got to witness the first show of the tryout gigs which Kane performed to give people a taster of some of the new album tracks. First and only listen so far to say I was impressed was an understatement. The new songs they played are very upbeat, full of energy and very much rocking. I'm looking more and more forward to 27th November to hear the whole album.

 

I have added my pictures taken from the balcony here and will add my review hopefully later today here.

 

 

13/11/09 - The tracklist of 'No Surrender' album

 

The tracklist for the album 'No Surrender' was announced today via itunes. Don't forget this is being released 27th November. The tracklist is as follows:

 

1 No Surrender
2 A Little Something
3 Point Black
4 Devil In Me
5 In Over My Head
6 Heartbeat
7 Dogma 2.0
8 Scream
9 Love Over Healing
10 Here Comes The End
11 High Places

 

Getting the official tracklist always brings the excitment of getting the album one step closer, so make sure if you haven't already to pre-order your album from freerecordshop or bol.

 

 

13/11/09 - The Making of 'No Surrender' free podcast

 

You can get a free podcast from itunes of the making of 'No Surrender' at the ICP studios in Brussels. This is available to anyone so yeah for being able to download it in UK, sadly though the album isn't available to us from itunes. To get your free podcast visit itunes.

 

 

06/11/09 - 'No Surrender' single out today & tickets onsale tomorrow

 

Today saw the first single to be released from the forth coming album 'No Surrender'. You can purchase it from itunes and all good record stores in NL but for those in UK FreeRecordShop and BOL are your friends for delivery outside of Netherlands.

 

Reminder that tomorrow (7th Nov) the tickets go onsale for the 'No Surrender' tour. 10 o'clock NL is the start of the sale which means 9am for UK people, so make sure you are there ready to go as they are going to be gone quick! You can get them from ticketmaster.

 

 

04/11/09 - 'No Surrender' tour 2010

 

Today the tour in support of the forth coming album 'No Surrender' has been announced. This will range over various dates and cities of the Netherlands in February and March 2010. Check the tour diary for more information on each date. All tickets go onsale 7th November at 10 o'clock.

 

 

 

30/10/09 - 'No Surrender' is ready to roll!

 

Dinand has written a blog on kane.nl from L.A. where Kane have been the past few days finalising the new album. Good news is it is ready to rock n roll to our ears, well almost we still have to wait till 27th November for the release date.

 

You can pre-order you copy of the single (release date 6th November) and the album from FreeRecordShop or Bol for shipping outside of UK.

 

 

 

 

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