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2024, 17-19 mAY
THE DARE
Nobody was prepared for this. One artist and his microphone turning the entire venue upside down. The Dare pulls out one banger after another and manages to draw a peak of energy from the audience even at 1 AM after a long day with no fewer than 20 acts. Our eyes are tired, but we can’t seem to take them off The Dare. Seductive, energetic, irresistible. I don’t know if it was because it was the closing act of Saturday and we all already had a happy glow on our cheeks after a whole weekend, or if it was because the short set (only half an hour!) exploded from start to finish – but for those 30 minutes, Paradiso was a nightclub in New York in the 2010s, the heyday of indiesleaze. What a time to be alive.
Photo: Sabrine Baakman
Words: Charlie Rombach
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17 + 18 May in Paradiso
Abby Sage – Adwaith – Allegra Krieger – Angélica Garcia – Been Stellar – Being Dead – C.O.F.F.I.N • The Dare – Divorce – Do Nothing – Eaves Wilder – Florry – Gut Health – HotWax – Jack Valero – King Isis – Mali Velasquez – Malice K – Mali Velasquez – Mary In The Junkyard – Miss Tiny – Mock Media – The Mysterines – Night Beats – Psymon Spine – Radio Free Alice – Sam Akpro – UCHE YARA – Upchuck • Vacations – Viji – Willie J Healey
19 MAY IN TOLHUISTUIN
ELEPHANT STONE – Frost Children – SWEEPING PROMISES – THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS