March 11, 2008
Mini k's Choice reunion
For the first time in 4 years, Sarah and Gert will reunite as k’s Choice for a series of 4 acoustic duo concerts in the US.
More details on our tour page. For more details on Sarah and Gert’s solo careers, please vist www.sarahbettens.com and www.woodface.com
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August 07th, 2005
Sarah and Gert travel to South Africa as k's Choice
Although both Sarah and Gert are working on their respective solo careers (Sarah released two solo albums "Go" in 2004 and "Scream" in 2005 and Gert's first solo album with his new band "Woodface" will be released on September 19th) they are both joining forces to embark on a small South African tour to support the release of k's compilation album "10". You can find all confirmed dates on the tour page. |
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| September 28th, 2004 Jan replaces Gert in Venus in Flames As k's Choice is starting their US tour next week and both Sarah and Gert will pursue their solo careers after this tour, Gert decided to leave Venus in Flames, the band he toured with since they released their first album "Notes of Tenderness" (which album he also produced). Of course that means Venus in Flames had to find a new guitar player and the new man for the job is no less a person than... Jan Van Sichem Jr. !!!! First rehearsals have been great, the first show with Jan will be next saturday! |
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September 27th, 2004
Venus In Flames in Palm Live Café
On October 2nd you can see Gert with Venus In Flames on Belgian TV channel TV4 in "Palm Live Café". Other Guests are Danaë and Gorki. Don't miss it! |
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 September 24th, 2004
Autographed k's Choice guitar available for auction for charity
Supporting the positive work of Nuci's Space (a non-profit organization dedicated to providing health and occupational services for musicians) Sarah and Gert autographed a stunning Gibson guitar which is available for bid via auction as we speak. Just go to www.nuci.org, then click the "Charity Rock Auction" box in the upper righthand corner. |
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September 2, 2004
Sarah and Gert team up with Koen Renders and Herman Acke
Once again Sarah and Gert lent their voices to another very promising young Belgian band which goes by the name of “Spencer the Rover”. Their second album “Spencer is your friend” will be released in the fall.
The very first single “Pretty Young Girl” features Gert and Jan de Campenaere (Venus in Flames) on backing vocals and the second single “One Step”, due to be released very soon, features Gert AND Sarah on backing vocals.
And if you take a look at their website www.spencertherover.com (and the single’s artwork) you will definitely recognize... Gert’s little buddy!! |
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August 20, 2004
K’s Choice to tour US in the fall
Great news for all US k’s Choice fans : as 10 (CD and DVD) has been released in the US last week, k’s Choice will tour in the United States during October and November.
As Jan and Koen have other obligations during this period they will be replaced by Brady Blade on drums and a new guitar player (TBA). The first dates have already been confirmed (see tour page). More details about the US tour will follow as soon as possible. |
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July 25, 2004
10 DVD and CD official US release - Joining efforts to promote K's Choice in the States
On August 10th K's DVD and CD "10" will be officially released in the US. Of course we all want the band to have to biggest exposure possible... that's why we'd like to build a bridge between k's Choice, their fans and Vanguard Records, the company which will release both CD and DVD in the States.
By joining the K's Choice/Vanguard Records Street Team, you will have the opportunity to ensure that quality music is heard by an even wider audience. You will receive direct access to special promotional material (such as K's Choice posters, flyers, radio singles, and more) to spread the joys of K's Choice. Plus, you'll be able to enter special contests for limited edition K's Choice items as well as help at live shows. To be a part of all this, just sign-up at www.welkmg.com/streetteam!
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|  June 17, 2004
Gert draws for charity
Fans of Gert’s artwork might like the drawing Gert made for the official poster for charity event "Iedereen is van de wereld" (Everyone belongs to the world) which will take place on June 19th in the Ancienne Belgique (Brussels).
More info : Ebay Belgium & www.ociv.org |
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April 06, 2004
Tour dates confirmed
More dates will be confirmed soon, but here are the dates of Sarah's first solo concerts
June 08, Paris, Elysee Montmartre
June 10, Caribana Festival - Switzerland
June 12 Music In My Head Festival - Holland
June 13 Brussels, Ancienne Belgique
June 14 Luxembourg, Den Atelier
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March 27, 2004
Sarah almost ready for new start
Patience is a great virtue, but the waiting is almost over... In the month of May Sarah will release her very first solo CD of the post k's Choice era. Schedule and record company issues have delayed this long-awaited release, but with five new songs Sarah's first mini album will confirm her undisputable talent as singer-songwriter. In the company of producer and multi-instrumentalist Greg Wells, Sarah will prove that there is life after k's Choice! With two ballads (Grey, Don't Stop) and three up-tempo pop/rock songs (Go, Fine, Follow me) the new CD is not just a CD-single with a couple of b-sides or extra tracks, but an exciting collection of 5 brand new radio-ready songs.
At this point, summer concerts are in the pipeline, but no dates have been confirmed yet. Confirmations will follow very soon.
This is also one of the last updates regarding Sarah's solo career on www.kschoice.com as we will launch Sarah's own website very soon. The address... so obvious: www.sarahbettens.com
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March 19, 2004
  Sarah’s guest appearances on DVD
Sarah’s guest appearence at the Nekka Nacht in Antwerp with Frank Boeijen last year has been recently released on DVD (Frank Boeijen – « Live in Antwerp ») and also Sarah’s duet with Anouk (which already featured on K’s DVD) is part of Anouk’s latest DVD « Close up ». The duet with Frank Boeijen is « Kan er niets aan doen », the one with Anouk is of course the well-known Live cover « I Alone ».
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February 12, 2004
Sarah at COMcerts
As already announced on this page in november (see below), Sarah will perform two nights in a row at the "Colours of Music concerts" in Ghent next month. Sarah is one of the special guests and will perform 4 songs, being 2 k's Choice songs (one in duet with Joost Zweegers), a duet with Raymond van het Groenewoud and one cover.
Part of the benefits of these two concerts will be donated to humanitarian organisations. The COMcerts will take place on March 19th and 20th in "t Kuipke in Ghent. For more info: www.comcerts.com . For tickets: www.kbc.be/ticketshop or www.sherpa.be . |
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January 20, 2004
Sarah on upcoming Frank Boeijen DVD and Jan on tour with Monza very soon
While Sarah will feature in the new Frank Boeijen DVD (i.e. their duet in Antwerp during Nekka Nacht - DVD still in production and no release date known as we speak), Jan's new band Monza has just released their first single "Naar men zegt". Although it's not commercially released yet, you can listen to it via Monza's official site www.monza.be. Jan, who co-wrote the song, will be on tour with Monza in February, March and April. Dates and other details can be found on the band's website. |
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| December 16, 2003
K's Choice only beaten by mega websites
Our website did very well in the annual "Best Site of the Year" competition . In the Top 100 of nominated websites we ended on the 23th spot and got only beaten by the biggest national websites such as Radio and TV stations, national papers, providers and search engines (although we left the two biggest Belgian papers far behind us!) The award was won by Google... we guess this says it all.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who voted for us and gave us a spot amongst the biggest websites in the band's home country!! See ya next year?
Final results: 1. Google - 2. Telenet- 3. RSCA - 4. Kinepolis - 5. Humo - 6. MSN - 7. Games Telenet - 8. Digitale sportkrant - 9. Studio Brussel - 10. Radio Donna - 11. De Standaard - 12. VDAB - 13. Skynet - 14. TMF - 15. VRT - 16. K etnet - 17. 50jaartv / VRT - 18. Flair - 19. Ebay - 20. De Tuingids - 21. Gazet van Antwerpen - 22. Belang v. Limburg - 23. k's Choice - 24. Kom op tegen Kanker - 25. ZD Net ...
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November 11, 2003
Gert and Sarah to perform separately
A last minute news flash from Gert’s management informs us that Gert will perform 2 nights in a row with the Belgian Scala Youth Choir in the coming week. On Friday November 14th Gert will be special guest in Mechelen and on Saturday November 15th in Ieper.
Even though the Scala On the Rocks tour is known to be completely sold out for quite a while, there are few tickets left for the Ieper show. (Ticket info Ieper: 0032.57.22.69.22). For more info on Scala: www.scala-the-best.be
Sarah on her side will participate in the first edition of “Comcerts” in March of 2004. Comcerts is a new yearly event which will combine different styles of music (performed by different artists) and different art forms such as dance, poetry, film, literature, ...
Sarah’s participation has been confirmed for March 20, 2004. More dates might be added to the list later on. Tickets for this event, which will take place in Ghent (‘t Kuipke), are already available at www.sherpa.be. For more info on the event www.comcerts.com
And to complete the list... don’t forget Gert will play the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels next Monday (November 17th) with Venus in Flames: www.venusinflames.com
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October 20, 2003
Venus in Flames plays Notes of Tenderness
Gert’s very first album as a producer is on the shelves as we speak. The very first album by Venus in Flames, fronted by singer-songwriter Jan de Campenaere, « Notes of Tenderness » has been released in Belgian today ! And… as mentioned at earlier occasions, be prepared to find a couple of other familiar names on this album as Koen is playing drums, Bart Delacourt (ex-k’s Choice) is playing bass and Sarah is singing backing vocals on 3 tracks (Notes of Tenderness, Cynthia’s gone, Heart & Bones). Gert will also join Jan de Campenaere and his band on tour, so mark your agenda as Gert will play his very first post- k’s Choice concert on November 17th in the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels! Be there !
Tickets VIF, November 17th 2003 : www.abconcerts.be
More info on VIF: www.venusinflames.com
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September 19, 2003
K's in Flames
After having produced the new Venus in Flames album (release planned in October, title yet unknown), Gert will also join the band on tour! And... Koen, who played drums on the album, will also hit the drums on the road.
But, not everything has been said about this album yet... As a matter of fact, on bass we find Bart Delacourt who played bass for k's during the Alanis Morrissette tour back in 1997 and... (you're not gonna believe this)... there is another original k's Choice member involved in this project... Sarah! Sarah joined Jan De Campenaere and his band in the studio to do some backing vocals. So, this is definitely an album and a tour to look forward to.
The first single "Better Man" is out as we speak. More details will follow soon. More news on Venus in Flames: www.venusinflames.com (and to make the story complete... the Venus in Flames website was built by our webmaster, Pascal... it's a small world). |
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September 02, 2003
K's at TMF Awards Ceremony
To promote their brand new CD and DVD "10" (release date September 29th) K's Choice will perform at the TMF Awards in Antwerp (Sportpaleis) on October 4th.
Tickets and info: www.nokiatmfawards.be (where you can also vote for Sarah as Best Belgian Female Singer). |
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August 27, 2003
Sarah at Nekka-Nacht with Frank Boeijen
On October 10th and 11th, Sarah will be one of the special guests at the 10th edition of Nekka-Nacht in Antwerp.
Sarah is expected to sing a couple of duets with main artist of the evening, the Dutch singer-songwriter Frank Boeijen.
Info: www.nekka.be
Tickets: 070/345.345 (Belgium); 0900/45.000.45 (Holland). |
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August 4, 2003
Running Backwards – third fan club CD available
"Unreleased songs, b-sides and exclusive live tracks released by k's fan club, TGSC."
"Running Backwards – a unique collection of songs. "
TGSC celebrates the band's 10th anniversary with the release of the club's third CD, Running Backwards, a unique collection of songs packaged in a stylish limited collector's edition digipack.
Running Backwards is a collection of very exclusive songs. Some are from the early years of the band, while others have only been released in a few countries or never released at all!
One of the most catchy tracks, Sail You, is an unreleased demo that was written for Almost Happy . The song was cut from the album because it didn't fit the album's concept, but every fan will agree that, if slightly revamped, Sail You might have been a k's Choice classic. The song grabs you from the very first note, and the driven tempo certainly has hit-song potential.
Besides a series of older b-sides such as The Day, For All This, Basically the Same, I Fall Asleep and a sumptuous live version of Little Man, Running Backwards also features Until I'm Fine, one of Gert's favourite k's Choice songs. The track was featured on a very limited edition of the Cocoon Crash album and was only released in Germany back in 1998.
To top off an already impressive setlist, Running Backwards features another previously unreleased track, Liquid Waltz, which was specially written for the concerts k's Choice did with Ensemble Polyfoon in January 2003. This live recording captures Sarah's voice carried by the sounds of the 40-piece classical choir. The flowing melody and haunting harmonies will give you goosebumps.
The CD ends on a beautiful note with Someone to Say Hi To, the song Sarah wrote for the Dutch movie Zus en Zo. As the track was only released in Belgium and Holland, it is a special gift to k's many foreign fans who were never able to get hold of the single.
This is a collection of exclusive k's Choice songs that simply could not be forgotten. Running Backwards is a must for every k's addict!
Track list: The Day, Basically the Same, I Fall Asleep, Until I'm Fine, For All This, Sail You (unreleased demo), Little Man (live), Liquid Waltz (live), Someone to Say Hi To.
Cover illustration by Gert.
Running Backwards comes in a classy collector's edition digipack (limited stock).
This CD is not available in any shop and can only be purchased via the fan club. Please use the downloadable order form. No e-mail orders. All other details on order form. |
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July 29, 2003
Jan Van Sichem Jr. becomes new Monza guitarist
As we speak, Jan is rehearsing for the upcoming tours of Belgian band Monza, fronted by ex-Noordkaap singer Stijn Meuris. But, no worries... "Jakke" will definitely remain k's guitarist for the upcoming gigs and band activities. On the other hand, in contrast to earlier statements, Jan will not be involved in Sarah's solo career. |
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July 28, 2003
New single, DVD, compilation and fan club CD mark K's 10th anniversary
To celebrate a decade of recording, very soon the band will release their brand new single "Losing You", a new compilation CD "10" and a double DVD "10" chronicling the band's rise to international stardom. For the same occasion, k's official fan club The Great Subconscious Club will also release a special, limited edition anniversary CD "Running Backwards" featuring a couple of unreleased and rare tracks from the last decade. More details about the separate releases will follow soon, but here are the official release dates.
- Running Backwards (fan club CD): August 4th
- Losing You (single): August 18th (Belgian radio date July 28th)
- 10 (DVD and CD): September 29th
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