11/11/2008


Last night we received a pretty exciting e-mail, saying that Cloon is a finalist for the 8th Independent Music Awards in the category of best Hardrock/Metal song. We have no idea how big a deal this is, but with people like Peter Gabriel, Zakk Wylde, Suzanne Vega, Ice T & Roger Daltrey (and lots more) in the jury this has to be of some importance, right? :-)
Anyway. We'll keep you posted. USA, here we come!


12/09/2008


We are happy to announce that, as of TODAY, all previously released CLOON tracks will be FREE FOR DOWNLOAD! That's right. Absolutely free. But, and there is always a "but", if you would feel like donating us something for those free downloads, you are more than welcome to do so. Or if you just feel like supporting your favourite band, you can do that aswell! Just click on the moneyhat on top of this page. It will take you to our "donations" page, where you can donate ANY amount you want, and pay with credit card or paypal. If you would just like to download and pay nothing, that's fine too. All free downloads available on our LAST.FM page.

13/06/2008

So, we had some nice summer gigs. The Power Festival in La Louviere was nice. Always happy to play in Wallonië. Somehow they always make us feel very welcome there ... Kinky Star Olympics @ the Gentse Feesten was awesome. You can check out the whole live show on the Kinky Star Podcast right here. Fonnefeesten was cool too. Not too many people out there when we started, but by the end of the show there was a pretty good crowd. And now we just got back from Hellevoetsluis, where we headlined the second stage. The rain caused some technical problems on the main stage, so we were quite happy to play on the small one ...

We're not planning too many gigs anymore. At least not until the new album is finished. So if you'd still care to see us in 2008, you better get your ass to Torhout (25/10) or Brussels (15/11).


13/06/2008

Worrrrking hard. You can see Cloon a couple of times this summer. After that, all our time and energy will go to our new album. So get ready for World Domination!


11/03/2008

Hitting the studio this week to start with the preproduction of our debut full-album. Hopefully we'll get some labels excited, so we can release our first full lenght baby by the end of this year. Your perfect X-mas present for 2008 ...


24/01/2008

A late happy 2008 to all of our Cloonville-residents. We are happy to announce that 2008 will be an amazing Cloon-year. We'll be hitting the studio in march to start with the pre-production of what will be our first full-lenght, which should be released somewhere after the summer. In the meantime, we'll be releasing one hell of a kickass video of "Phantom Days", directed by Fredy Polania. More updates coming soon ...


19/12/2007

Support Music for Life, and request "Phantom Days" on www.stubru.be !!! Yes we are in the list, so if you vote, and pay a lot of money for the good cause, they will play our stuff! Your money goes directly to the drinkin-water-program of the Red Cross.


06/11/2007

By the way, for those of you that have missed it ... Studio Brussel called us on tour with Clawfinger, a couple of minutes before hitting the stage of the first show. You can listen to it by clicking here.


03/11/2007

Back home from an amazing tour with the Claws! We had the time of our life, gigs we only could dream about and the best band we could ever imagine touring with. Thanx a million to the guys from Clawfinger for the support and friendship they've given us the past 2 weeks. If you want to check some cool tourpics, check out our myspace page .

Lots of thanx to Tim and Ward aswell, for coming along and being the greatest crew to work with. We owe you guys bigtime!


13/10/2007

Yepyep. We're packed, set and ready to go kick some German, Swiss and Austrian ass. Only 2 days left until we hit the road with Clawfinger. Be sure to listen to Studio Brussel's VOLT next monday. If all goes well, they'll give us a call right before we get on stage (around 20h45), and if you want to read more about our touring adventures, be sure to check our blog on myspace (www.myspace.com/cloonband). If we can find the time and internet connections we'll post some cool stories there (if there are any to tell ofcourse).

See you all back in November! That is if none of us fall asleep while they are driving, ofcourse. ;-)


17/09/2007

We had 2 great gigs in our home-area this week. Last Wednesday in Ghent, and this Saturday in Deinze. Both were really cool. Thanx to everyone that showed up. Next stop : Muziekodroom Hasselt. Our very first gig in Limburg (we know, it' a shame). Again, a show with free entrance, so no excuse to stay home.


08/08/2007

We told you we had big news coming up. Well, it has finally been confirmed : CLOON will be the main support act for CLAWFINGER during their European tour. 12 Shows in October, touring in Germany, Austria and Switserland. No need to say we are extremely happy with this. Hopefully this will open some doors for us ...


27/07/2007

Both shows on "De Gentse Feesten" were fun ... loads of fun. Thanx to everyone that showed up. You can find some very cool pictures on Genthology's website. Check 'em out. Next gig in Hove, by Antwerp ... other bands playing : Radio Infinity, El Guapo Stuntteam, ... be there! It's gonna be great.

We will also be shooting our very first video in August. Fredy Polania has selected us to appear on the soundtrack of his upcoming movie "CABRAS". If all goes well we'll start shooting on August 15th ... song for the video is Phantom Days!

We also might have some pretty cool news coming up. But until we're 100% sure we'd rather not say much about it. But expect news somewhere after the weekend.


19/06/2007

We're very happy to announce that we will be playing twice on this years GENTSE FEESTEN. You can see Cloon on july 14th in Café De Nauwe Zak, and on monday july 16th in the Charlatan.


13/06/2007

People, we really need your help! Cloon is one of the 10 nominees to play at the CONCERT @ SEA festival in Holland! This is an opportunity to play in front of 60.000 people, but we really need your vote to win this thing! So please, ALL OF YOU, go to this website and vote for Cloon! No registration required, so it's no big effort to do so. Don't hesitate to spread the word and convince all your friends to do the same. We REALLY want to win this ...


12/06/2007

Great news : we've been selected by Jim Maniacs to play in the Charlatan during "De Gentse Feesten"! Check out our gigs-page. And more great news : next week, American director Fredy Polania is flying over to shoot a video with Cloon! Really looking forward to that. We will also be playing our first German gig in 2 weeks. World domination, baby! :-)


26/05/2007

Hi folks. For all of you living in The Netherlands ... we're invited by our friends Luuk & Sas to play at the Stompin' Festival in Hellevoetsluis! It'll be our second time around there, and we're really looking forward to this one! Check out the Stompin' Myspace for more info on location and other bands.


25/04/2007

Cloon has signed up with SELLABAND, a new website/concept which allows people to "invest" in bands they believe in. Believers pay $ 10,00 for a "share" , and when a band succeeds in finding 5.000 believers , the money will be used to record a professional CD with a top producer... every "Believer" receives a special limited edition CD. We know, 5.000 is a lot, but it's worth a shot ...


cloon on SellaBand
 


24/04/2007

We finally did it! The new Cloon-website has arrived. Lots of news since our latest update on our previous website. Let us give you a short summary :

Our debut EP was released on november 30th, with a kickass release concert in The Charlatan Club in Ghent. The place was packed and we sold over 100 copies of a special limited edition EP - box that same night. In the meantime, those special editions are almost sold out (5 or 6 still available) and we're thinking about re-releasing it as a "normal" CD.


Apart from our special edition EP, you can also download our album through iTunes ... WORLDWIDE! So if you can't get your copy on a show before they're all gone, there's still a way to get those fantastic-cloon sounds in your CD / MP3 player. Just click your way to the iTunes store and look for Cloon. Digital release by The Wack Attack Barrack, Belgium's finest digital label!


Our myspace page is alive and kicking. Feel free to be our friend and post some nice words in the comment-section. Apart from the Cloon - myspace page you can also see all Cloon - members in our top - friends. So if you want to contact them personally, that's the way to go! Gotta love the internet ...


Almost one month ago, we went on our first UK - tour, together with our buddies from Bulls on Parade. Five kickass shows in very cool clubs ... and we've met some very cool people over there. We're pretty sure this wasn't the last of us they heared over there. The last show of the tour was recorded on DVD, and we've put some new tracks (LIVE) on the video page! Also check some really cool tourpics on the Genthology website

That's about it for now ... be sure to come back soon for more news and Cloon - updates!