Wednesday 11th December 2013
2 For The Road Present
Stromae
7:30 pm until 11:00 pm
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Doors open at 7:30 PM – Event ends at 11:00 PM
Age: You must be 18 years of age or more to attend this event (with or without a guardian) | Photo ID – Please bring ID if you are 25 years of age or less or appear so. | | Access – Standing. There are no seats assigned. The venue is arranged on several floors with many stairs and no lift. Find out more about accessiblity.
About Stromae
First London show for the Belgian Electro-Hip Hop singer-songwriter who is making is UK debut to support the release of his new album out this Fall.
Paul Van Haver, better known as Stromae is a Belgian singer-songwriter. He has distinguished himself in both hip-hop and electronic music. He first became famous with the song ‘Alors on danse’, which remained at number one for several weeks in numerous countries throughout Europe.
He was born in Brussels of a Rwandan father and a Belgian mother. At the age of eleven, Paul Van Haver showed an interest in music and attended ‘l’Académie Musicale de Jette’, where he studied music history and learned to play the drums.
In 2009 Paul worked as a young trainee at the musical radio station NRJ in Brussels. Vincent Verbelen, Music Manager, was impressed by the talent of Stromae’s first single ‘Alors on danse’ and decided to air it for the first time on NRJ. The response from listeners was one of extreme enthusiasm and Stromae’s career was launched. Sales quickly rose to number one in Belgium in just a matter of weeks. Vertigo Records, a label of Mercury Records France (Universal Music Group) signed him for a worldwide licensing deal soon after this.
By May 2010, the track ‘Alors on danse’ had reached number one in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Greece, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Romania and the Czech Republic.
In September of the same year, Stromae collaborated with Kanye West on a remix of his hit ‘Alors on danse’. At the end of 2010, he was nominated for “Best Dutch and Belgian Act” at the MTV Europe Music Awards. Stromae was one of the ten winners of the European Border Breakers Award 2011. And in 2011, his debut album ‘Cheese’ won the award for Best Dance Album at the Victoires de la Musique.
‘Papaoutai’, the first single for his new album, was released on June 1st and has already reached over 6 million views on Youtube.
Watch ‘Papaoutai’ on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiKj0Z_Xnjc
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