Lewsberg + Van Zon

Lewsberg Brighton

Lewsberg play Brighton at The Hope & Ruin on Friday 14th June 2024! Sold out. Returns will go up on Seetickets.

Stage times:

Van Zon: 8.30pm

Lewsberg: 9.30pm

Lewsberg from Rotterdam are a four-piece rock group, named after writer and fellow Rotterdammer Robert Loesberg, famous for his dangerous novel Enige Defecten from 1974. This is one of the band’s main sources of inspiration: the counterculture and big-city cynicism of the 1960s and 1970s. Yet there is also a softer side to Lewsberg’s music and lyrics.

On their fourth album Out And About, this side is more present than ever. Rudimentary pop and rock songs are deliberately kept bare, only occasionally embellished with a violin or organ part. In the lyrics, the tendency towards existentialism and black humour is nuanced with an almost naive openness and engagement. Lewsberg are: Shalita Dietrich (vocals, bass guitar), Michiel Klein (guitar, keys), Marrit Meinema (vocals, drums) and Arie van Vliet (vocals, guitar, violin). https://lewsberg.bandcamp.com

“Rotterdam Talking Heads/Television enthusiasts jut out with a riveting chugger of blase threat and moral ambivalence.” MOJO

“Sometimes bleak, sometimes emotional and always compelling, Lewsberg are the only new punk band you need in your life.” Music Week

“This is sardonic wit and detachment, delivered in a sing-speak style that reflects Big City melancholy. This is, quite simply, brilliant and unmissable.” Clash

Plus support.

Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour shows:
14062024 – Lewsberg. The Hope & Ruin
15062024 – The Reds, The Pinks, The Purples. The Hope & Ruin
18072024 – Love. Concorde 2
18072024 – The Klittens. The Hope & Ruin
21082024 – Wednesday. Chalk
31082024 – Jake Xerxes Fussell. Lewes Constitutional Club
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05092024 – Palehound. Green Door Store
07092024 – Martha. The Hope & Ruin
12092024 – Tunic. The Prince Albert
14092024 – Mary Lattimore. West Hill Hall
22092024 – Charlie Parr. Lewes Constitutional Club
26092024 – Melt Banana. Concorde 2
28092024 – Los Campesinos! Chalk
01102024 – Douglas Dare. Dust
03102024 – Twen. The Hope & Ruin
05102024 – Parsnip. Komedia Studio
08102024 – The Howlers. The Prince Albert
13102024 – Skating Polly. Green Door Store
13102024 – Frankie Archer. Komedia Studio
19102024 – Maruja. The Hope & Ruin
24102024 – Junior Brother. The Prince Albert
24102024 – The Tom Robinson Band. Concorde 2
25102024 – DZ Deathrays. Green Door Store
26102024 – Old Sea Brigade. Dust
27102024 – Art Brut. Concorde 2
03112024 – John Francis Flynn. Lewes Constitutional Club
05110224 – Dame Area. The Hope & Ruin
06112024 – Lack of Afro. Patterns.
21112024 – Alasdair Roberts & Donald WG Lindsay
22112024 – Getdown Services. Hope & Ruin
23112024 – The Orb + Ozric Tentacles

Accessibility: The venue is only accessible via a flight of stairs however they can offer access via a back door at street level to the venue if mobility is an issue or you use a wheelchair. There are 3 large steps via this route so assistance to gain access and to exit the venue would be required. We can arrange this if you contact us in advance of a show. Please bear in mind that they can only allow access in between bands due to sound issues. Two disabled toilets upstairs, both gender neutral. If you require a carer at the venue, please contact us at info@lovethyneighbourmusic.co.uk for guestlist, with evidence such as a blue badge or access card. If strobe lighting is an issue or if standing for long periods of time is an issue, please contact us in advance. They can provide chairs in the venue although if the event is very busy this will impede visibility. If you wish to make use of a chair to view a gig, we advise arriving early to secure a position. They are happy to accommodate assistance dogs.

Lewsberg Brighton

Lewsberg Brighton