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We’re still excited about the premiere of the Night of the Proms in Antwerp, but we managed to make a review of the show: Click here!

	Now that all artists are known, the plans for the next NOTP shows are getting more clear.
	On youtube, the organization posted a few clips, like a review of the press conference and the trailer for the shows in Antwerp.
Here you can see a review of the press conference in Hamburg (Germany) with an interview of Alison Moyet and Stanfour. But there is also an other review with host Markus Othmer, where you can see and hear Seal through a satellite connection from Los Angeles.
Not many extra shows were announced for Antwerp, only Friday the 11 and Saturday the 12th of November. The problem seems to be the crowded schedule of the Sportpaleis and the Ahoy. Take a look into the schedule of the Sportpaleis! For Rotterdam there is an extra show on the 17th of November, besides this on the 18th and the 19th of November. The days before, there is still some space left in the Ahoy; after that is will be hard since the premiere of the German tour is planned for the 25th of November. Even if there would be a big demand for tickets, it looks a bit like trying but not being able to do it.
For the shows in Antwerp and Germany, none of the arrangements of Seal’s participation in Rotterdam 2005 are taken again; everything will be re-written!
James Blunt will perform three songs in Rotterdam, amongst them You’re Beautriful.
The two surprise acts in Antwerp are known for the organizers and they don’t want to tell anything about them. So neither do we!
During the fall shows, some classical pieces are dusted off and will be played again after many years. One piece will last for about 6:30, while the other, more humoristic, will not last for more than 2 minutes.
	Tickets for the show in Luxembourg on the 15th of December are between 54 and 112 euro and can be ordered here or here. The arena, d’Cocque, can hosts up to 8000 people. In Luxembourg, the full German show will be played. There even seems to be a Luxembourg fan club on Facebook.
Organizer Jan shares that the music from the movies could be played from The Lion King. The Circle Of Life with Seal, I Just Can’t Wait To Be A King with Mick Hucknall, Hakuna Matata with Angie Stone, Can You Feel The Love Tonight with DIV4s, and John Miles will acts as Scar???? Grrrr!

We’re starting to count down to the first show on the 28th of October 2011 in Antwerp!

The full line-up for the German tour was announced on the press conference of the 13th of September in Hamburg. World star Chic with Nile Rodgers and the German group Stanfour are making the German program complete.
You can read our full preview for the German line-up here.

Denise, Isabelle, Vittoria and Sofia from DIV4S were present for a successful little concert in the Stadsschouwburg on Saturday the 10th of September 2011, the most beautiful shopping centre in the centre of Antwerp.



The shoppers listened with pleasure to the following songs:

• Habanera (Carmen)
• Woman in love
• Canto Bella Terra
• Self Control
• The Prayer

A perfect start of the publicity campaign for Night of the Proms!

It was a totally atypical press conference in Antwerp, without seats and a nice chat on a stage. Discobar A Moeder is added to the program om the Proms, and ‘de Schele’ and ‘de Rad’ are playing records from all artists (with exception of Div4s) who they briefly presented with their own typical comment. From an hour before the show, they will start bringing the mood into the arena, but they didn’t exclude that it wouldn’t happen after the show, during the break or even during the show…

There are many thoughts going around but still not concrete. To our question who would compose the opening tune, we got the answer: “Opening tune? Why would that have to be written? Maybe it has already been written?” Will Night of the Proms be opened like Roger Daltrey did it in 2005? Some mystireous glances were following…

The next question was an easy one, we thought: “Which classical pieces will be played?” and we got the following answer: “That will be decided next week since we want to bring the classical pieces in a totally different way towards the audience”. Yes, classical music remains classical, but the way it is presented will change. It will be never seen before, they assured. And besides, Patric De Smet it thinking about to get two persons from the audience to test their musical knowledge.

Let’s relax a bit with Geert Vanhout, master of light: “Geert, everything ok with your preparation? Will it be something special?” Answer: “Of course, the stage remains the same but for the rest, the light spectacle will be unseen before”. “Innovate, Geert?” “Indeed!” was the reply.

Briefly, all who tought that Night of the Proms would become corny, or bring the same every year, will be proven wrong. NOTP is renovating and will be innovative!



And then Div4s performed. With Robert Groslot at the piano, they brought their opera medley and also sang the beautiful The Prayer (seen and hear them here at ATV). For us they will be one of the big starts of the fall shows, no doubt about that and we’re looking forward to the release of their CD which will be presented soon. Prepare yourself, dear NOTP fan, for some pleasure for the ears and the eyes!



When we listend around, we heard some other interesting facts.

Angie Stone will, most probably, bring four songs. Amongst them a duet. With John Miles?
Look into the soundtracks she helped to produce!
Two years ago, the brothers Katona brought an ode to Michael Jackson; this year John Miles will bring a song of Amy Whinehouse!

Night of the Proms is changing this year, the artists have beautiful voices and it looks to us that it will be a whirling night.

You want to enjoy already before or after? The fifth DVD will be released soon. You can find the playlist here.

The last new fact, was that NOTP will also be performing in Luxemburg on the 15th of December 2011.

The last names were announced for the shows in Antwerp and Rotterdam:
Mick Hucknall (the voice of Simply Red) and Angie Stone for Antwerp and Rotterdam, and James Blunt in Rotterdam.

Jan is not very good for the neuropaths. But the fans are welcomed (even with some delay) to some quality and exiting expectations.

Here, you can find our previews for the shows in Antwerp and Rotterdam.

To avoid some wrong expectations with our German Night of the Proms pals, we would like to point out that Mick Hucknall, Angie Stone or James Blunt, as far as we know, won’t be announced on the 13th of September for the German tour.

	The press conference with the announcement of the complete fall program is scheduled for Friday, 9th of September 2011! Maybe (and hopefully) there will be some names announced before. But on that day, the NOTP fan is finally relieved from his misery! The German fan still has to wait for the press conference on the 13th of September in Hamburg.
	Until then, we’d like to inform you about the latest news we could gather.

In September, there will be a new DVD released. This fifth NOTP DVD will mainly contain material from the latest shows, amongst that will be Seal, Chic and Sharleen Spiteri (Texa). In Germany, the annual CD will be for sale from the first show, containing mainly recordings from before in Antwerp.

In the Electric Band, there will be a big change. Trevor Murell, for many years the sympathetic drummer, will step down but keeps involed with the Night of the Proms. At the shows in Fredrikshavn and Kiel in the spring of 2011, he was already replaced by Simon Ferry (drummer of The Urge, the band with John Miles jr.). In the fall, the drums will be played by Hans van den Hurk.

Here, you can see Hans playing the drums with Geert Keysers. The guitar player of the Electric Band remains Leendert Haaksma; in Kiel and Frederikshavn he was replaced by Tom Van Stiphout.