Back in the NL again

We've had a blast with our tour through the UK! All the 5 shows were a success in our opinions. Hopefully we'll put a review of our tour on here asap. In the meanwhile we'd like to thank every promoter who's put us on, every band we've had the pleasure to share the stage with, every person we staid with on our short but fun tour! Thanks a lot people, this wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for you guys. You're the best.

Take care,

Jort

UK Tour 2009

It's August already!

..and we're up to playing a lot of shows, getting some new merch out, and more!

In about three weeks time we're heading to the UK to play our first "non-Dutch" shows! Five shows in five days.
September 3rd: Hobgoblin, Brighton
4th: Little Wonder, Harrogate
5th: Nag's Head, High Wycombe
6th: Fighting Cocks, Kingston
7th: Bloombury Bowling Lanes, London

Of course we have some Dutch shows as well for all you Dutchies out there:
August 15th: Asgard, Beverwijk
22nd: Panama, Amsterdam (to get on the guestlist: let us know)
September 10th: Sub071, Leiden
15th: Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk
26th: Dolle Tol, Den Bosch
October 7th: Somewhere in Amsterdam

For our UK gigs we'll be having new shirts with a print of the EP layout and possibly some more goodies. Also we'll be bringing the first copies of our EP for you to buy (against a reasonable price). We're still very busy on the design and pressing of the EP so we got to rush it a bit, but it'll be just fine...

We'll that's it for now, no more important news. (as if the previous I've written was important?)

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Jort
Sweet Empire

Summertime

Whilst lots of people go on a holiday these months, we are working hard on getting our debut EP released. We are now looking hard to get a label involved. (If you are interested; let us know!)
Besides that we are still working on a t-shirt-sale-form (or something) to put on our Myspace and.. website! Yes, we are about to launch our website. Rick is going to work on the design. We hope to have this website live by the end of summer.
Also; we are getting ready to get our asses over to the UK in September. The van has been rented, the ferry has been booked, still a few things to work and we're set to go!
Last but certainly not least we have some more shows to share with you:
August
5: Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam w/ The Flatliners (Can), Long Way Down
9: Uit Je Bak Festival, Castricum w/ Go Back To The Zoo, San Andreas (amongst others)
15: Cafe Asgard, Beverwijk 2/ Otis, +1
22: Panama, Amsterdam w/ Ten Threats, +1
September
15: Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk w/ The Arteries (UK), Het Brein DKUDR

UK TOUR:
September 3rd - 7th (check our myspace)

Till the next blog!

Jort
Sweet Empire

Beeckestijn success!

Our show at Beeckestijn Pop 2009 was a big success. We enjoyed playing there a lot and together with the beautiful weather and great crowd it was a perfect day for a festival!

BTW; our t-shirts will be on sale via our Myspace soon!!

Shows, shows, shows!

This weekend will be an exciting one for us!!

We'll be playing the main stage of the Beeckestijn Festival (http://www.beeckestijnpop.nl) @ 16:20h amongst great acts including: De Kift, Drive Like Maria and De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig. To put it in one word: STOKED! If you can please drop by and show us some support that would be great, the festival is free..

We are also playing a bit smaller but just as fun gig this Friday in JC Frats, Bergen, NL. Entrance is also free so feel free to free your mind at our gig that night.

The UK tour is finally coming along pretty well! We probably have all the dates filled, we're waiting on some confirmations... This is how it looks like now:

Thursday September 3rd: Hobgoblin, Brighton (w/The Arteries, The Cut Ups, Serf Combat)

Friday September 4th: TBC, Harrogate

Saturday September 5th: TBC, High Wycombe

Sunday September 6th: Fighting Cocks, Kinston (w/ Down and Outs)

Also we are happy to announce we're playing with The Flatliners (US, Fat Wreck) and Long Way Down in Winston, Amsterdam on Wednesday August 5th! (7 euros) This should be amazing!

The Arteries (UK) will be playing a show with us in Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk on Tuesday September 15th. Our dear friends of Het Brein Dat Kwam Uit De Ruimte will also show us what they've got that night.

Well that's it for now! My head is spinning because of all the different dates, bands, costs, whatsoever... Catch you later!

Jort

Sweet Empire

P.S. all the excitement over the shows forget me to tell you we will be having t-shirts this Friday (on sale at Beeckestijn!) Check it out:

Out of the studio, out of the smell of farts

Finally we're out of the stinking studio! We're done recording and we are very stoked to hear the final mix and master... It's gonna be great! Nico (Smash the Statues) did a hell of a job letting us sound like we can actually play our instruments, respect!

So we'll have an EP out soon, besides that we're now arguing about t-shirt designs. Rick is working on it, we hope to have the t-shirts by June.

Sweet Empire is on the rise so please keep checking this page for all the updates! Thanks for your support!

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SE