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A TBEAT UNION MAGAZINE

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Beat union Interview

Special edition from Hans Boodt.

The Band

Shop

Great interview with

Europe’s most popular

rockband.

Introducing all band

members, who are they?

Support your favorite band

and buy the new cd and

shirts of the band.

Contents

In this special edition of the Hans Boodt Magazine you can read everything you always wanted to know about Beat Union, one of Europe’s most popular (and most discussed!) rock bands. We are proud to introduce the members of the band and even prouder to welcome all of them to our team of man-nequins. We offer you an exclusive interview with the whole crew as well as a personal profile of each band member. Also don’t miss the absolute must haves from the Beat Union Shop and - of course - the program of their Avenger Europe Tour. Don’t miss it! Hans Boodt

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Beat unionHans Boodt’s exclusive interview with one of Europe’s most popular and most discussed rockbands!

“We just want to say: Express yourself in any way you like and be all you can be”

“First of all; congratulations on your new album! Is it going to be another hit record?”

“Sounds logical. So what ex-actly is the message you want to send out to your fans?”

Interviewna

How many Beat Union fans

are there in the world to-

day? The number grows every

day as more and more people

discover this unique British

underground band that not only

has a massive effect on to-

day’s music business, but also

managed to create a whole new

fashion scene. Their statement

is clear: ‘be free of judgment and

rules and ignore all clichés!’

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“We want to challenge young

people to be pure in an im-

pure world. Don’t just follow

the crowd, but dare to be dif-

ferent. Music is a great way

to create your own world and

that also involves creating

an identity in life. We just

want to say: express yourself

in any way you like and be all

you can be. If your next door

neighbour doesn’t approve of

your lifestyle, so be it. It’s

YOUR life!”

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“How does it feel to be such an inspiration for young people?”

“Well, it’s sort of a mixed

feeling really. It’s obviously

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very exciting but it’s also

terrifying at the same time.

We stimulate freedom of ex-

pression but we’re also aware

of the fact that we’re sort of

creating a new scene. There’s

a danger in that, because it’s

been proven that people usu-

ally just want to fit in some-

where. On the other hand, we

represent a group of people

that hasn’t found an outlet

to relate to or identify with

so from that point of view

we’re sort of a safety net for

certain people. And of course,

that’s a good thing!”

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“Well, we’ll just have to

wait and see. This album is

very different from our pre-

vious one, so we have no idea

what the effect will be on our

fans. The thing about suc-

cess is there’s always a por-

tion of people who don’t want

you to chance. That puts you

in a strange position because

we’re always hungry to try new

things. That’s what we do!

We do our own thing and send

out the message we believe

in. If people don’t like it,

that’s part of the game. Our

game! But we think it’s our

best album so far, so we have

our hopes up (laughs).”

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KATE:

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“We want to get better rather than to get bigger!”

“True. People sometimes need a helping hand to find their identity. What inspires you guys?”

“Do fashion and style play a role in your success?”

“London has a fantastic underground world where you’ll find us as much as we can”

“That’s a difficult one to

explain. We try to cre-

ate our own identity and our

style is definitely a huge

part of that. It’s not just

what you wear though, it’s

also how you wear it. As we

said before: we don’t follow

the crowd and we dare to be

different. People seem to like

that about us so you may con-

clude that our style is part

of our success. But we nev-

er expected to create a whole

new fashion scene (laughs).

I guess it’s the world we

live in. When do you become

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“That’s difficult to express

in words, because our inspi-

ration comes from all the

little things. London has a

fantastic underground world

where you’ll find us as much

as we can. But we also like to

watch a good fashion show. We

obviously don’t copy styles,

on the contrary even. But we

do want to see what drives

people: the bars they go to,

the music they listen to, the

clothes they wear... With-

out even knowing, that’s the

best inspiration you can get!”

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a fashion icon? There’s no

straight answer to that. Look

at Gaga: the crazier she does,

the more people adore her. I

meana, come on... If wearing

a meat dress is fashion, then

everything is possible. And

maybe that’s exactly the mes-

sage people want to hear.”

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“Good point. Doesn’t that

massive influence scare you

sometimes?”

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right. It’s not about look-

ing good, it’s about feeling

good and if looking good makes

you feel better then my advise

would be: choose your outfit

wisely (laughs again)!”

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“Not really. Gaga’s message

had nothing to do with en-

couraging people to wear a

meat dress. She wants to shock

people and by doing that she

points out that “Not really.

Gaga’s message had nothing to

do with encouraging people to

wear a meat dress. She wants

to shock people and by do-

ing that she points out that

the only style you can cre-

ate is your own style. Don’t

get us wrong; we don’t feel

the urge of shocking people

and we definitely don’t want

to be remembered by our cra-

zy clothing. We just want to

make great music and for that,

you need to feel good about

yourself and I think that

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“So what can we expect from

you guys in the future?”

“Tricky one. Never try to pre-

dict the future! Let’s put it

like this: we will keep on do-

ing what we love and we’ll try

to get better every day. For

us, it’s not about the fame

or about getting bigger. It´s

about getting better and we´ll

just have to see where that

leaves us in the next couple

of years. We try not to forget

to enjoy every minute of our s

uccess because we realize how

lucky we are. But we also won’t

adjust to what people expect

from us, because then we would

simply betray ourselves. So

let’s just hope that standing

out from the crowd will be the

new ‘normal’ standard from now

on.”

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“It´s about getting better and we´ll just have to see where that leaves us in the next couple of years.”

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BeatUnionThe Band

John Bright,(Born April 2nd, 1985) is the lead

singer and guitarist of British rock band Beat

Union. He was born in Forest Hill in London. His

father, John Sr., was also a musician, but he

died when John was young.

He has had a relationship with Katy Perry and

many of the songs on the album butterfly, he

wrote for her or their relationship.

Kate Red (Born September 19th, 1987) is the

lead guitarist of British indie band and lives

in Brighton. She plays a Gibson ES 335 and a

Fender.

During 2007-2009 she was lead guitarist in Funk

Clothing known as Solid Soul. She joined the

indie rock band Beat Union fairly young. When

Kate was little, she put her passion in ballet.

Peter Jean (Born January 18th, 1985) temporarily

replaced Dean Hillow at Beat Union. When Dean came

back, Peter Jean left the band to become vocal-

ist and guitarist at the band “New York Spring”.

After Dean permanently left the band late 2008,

Peter joined Beat Union again, this time as a

base player.

Ann Louis (Born March 26th, 1988), better known

by her stage name Anny, is a British singer

songwriter and a fashion designer. She is a for-

mer member of the girl group Wild Rose.

After leaving Wild Rose in 2008 because of per-

sonal problems, Anny joined Beat Union. With

Beat Union, she enjoyed a series of hits and

albums before releasing her debut album to

success. She enjoyed further success with the

release of their third album with Anny, The

Avenger; they attained their first string of Top

of the pops Hot 100 number one songs. She began

touring in 2009/2010 with Beat Union and she

launched her debut The real ME, May 2010.

She continued success with Beat Union and they

released the album The Avenger in November 2011.

Sammy Trouper (Born June 31th, 1986) is a

British drummer of the British band Beat Union.

Her father William teaches at the University

of Southampton. When Sammy was young, she was

musically influenced by Tom Waits and tradi-

tional Irish folk music. Sammy played guitar,

but she’s also experienced on the piano, bass

and flute. Before she joined Beat Union, she

played in the band Fat Dog.

After finishing Physics at the University Col-

lege London - where she met her future band

mates and formed Beat Union - them but the prob-

lem that there were no drummer, so Sammy decided

to play drums ... and with success!!

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BEAT UNIONTHE AVENGER EUROPE TOUR

20-08 - Moscow22-08 - Kracow24-08 - Berlin26-08 - Hamburg28-08 - Frankfurt30-08 - Amsterdam31-08 - Eindhoven02-09 - Rotterdam03-09 - Liege05-09 - Paris07-09 - Lyon10-09 - Barcelona11-09 - Madrid12-09 - Valencia15-09 - London16-09 - Manchester17-09 - Glascow

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