LIFE OF AGONY will embark on the "Up Close & Unplugged" European tour in December The eight-date trek will kick off on December 6 in Kinrooi Belgium and conclude on December 18 in Wrocław LIFE OF AGONY and BIOHAZARD will share the stage on a monumental international co-headlining tour Two of the heaviest bands to ever call Brooklyn the metal titans launch the 24-city tour on February 25 and will hit 10 countries before the tour wraps March 29 In a recent interview with Ryan of the 97.7 QLZ radio station LIFE OF AGONY guitarist Joseph Zampella (a.k.a Joey Z) was asked if there are any plans for a follow-up to the band's "The Sound Of Scars" album this song [the recently released LIFE OF AGONY single 'The Crow (In Memory Of B.L.)'] I feel like gave us a little bit of a boost We're a band that we really feel out when that writing magic is happening So I'm sure we'll be talking about some new music or sharing some new music with each other He continued: "When it comes to a full record for us it's the timing of our lives that really plays a huge role in that and we have a lot of plans and some big tours being announced soon that we're gonna be doing in 2025 One I could talk about is we're gonna be doing the 'Ugly' album in its entirety We're gonna do an 'Ugly' 30th-anniversary tour We did [an anniversary tour for] 'River Runs Red' [LIFE OF AGONY's debut album] last year 'Ugly' is another fan-favorite record; it was our second record And we've been asked a whole bunch of times by fans and by industry people if we're gonna do a 30-year tour for that album because the 'River Runs Red' tour was so successful so we'll get to spend a lot of time together And we also are doing this really cool co-headlining tour that I can't talk about yet because the artwork's even being created right now I saw a couple of drafts going back and forth the other day Alan [Robert] our bass player is an amazing artist and he does a lot of the art for the band So he's wrapping up a couple of drafts for that tour right now that we'll end up doing some shows also in America with this co-headlining "The Crow (In Memory Of B.L.)" was released in late August which was directed by Derek Soto/Sinestra Studios LIFE OF AGONY has a long history of paying homage to the films that helped shape their teenage years the band covered SIMPLE MINDS' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" on the group's "Ugly" album; the song was made famous by the movie "The Breakfast Club" a music video for the song "Desire" incorporated visuals reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" That tradition continues with "The Crow (In Memory Of B.L.)" which pays tribute to the fallen star Brandon Lee who tragically lost his life during the filming of the cult classic "The Crow" "The Crow (In Memory Of B.L.)" was recorded in New York City at the legendary Sear Sound studio best known for hit albums by David Bowie and John Lennon as well as at The Nest Studio in Long Island and mixed by Zampella (who also co-produced the group's last album "The Sound Of Scars") The song was mastered by Grammy Award winner Howie Weinberg (NIRVANA With 2024 marking the 30th anniversary of Brandon Lee's "The Crow" film and all of the controversy surrounding the new Bill Skarsgård remake LIFE OF AGONY felt inspired to go back and give respect to the '94 film that made such a huge impact on them during their early years "There's something very special about the original 'Crow' that made it timeless and there's a reason that it resonated with us as kids," explained Robert "It was an absolute tragedy… Brandon Lee was killed the year we did our first album 'River Runs Red' and by the time 'The Crow' came out in '94 It was just so incredibly sad and affected us deeply He was such a charismatic character and in the very beginning stages of his career Director Alex Proyas captured lightning in a bottle." Vivian Vlaar Inks With Ole Miss Women's Tennis8/13/2010 | Women's Tennis OXFORD, Miss. - Vivian Vlaar, who hails from Kinrooi, Belgium, has singed a national letter of intent to join the 2010 SEC West Champion Ole Miss women's tennis team beginning this fall, head coach Mark Beyers announced Friday Vlaar reached the quarterfinals of the Dutch 18-under National Indoor Championships "We are really excited to have Vivian join the program," Beyers said "She is a very good young player who undoubtedly will make a big impact on this team." Vlaar joins a program coming off its best season in 10 years the Rebels captured their second ever SEC West title advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999 and finished the year ranked No who return five of their top six from last year 10-12 at the SEC Fall Coaches Classic in Auburn were all kept illegally as pets in Belgium before being rescued and taken into the expert care of our partners at Natuurhulpcentrum – an emergency halfway house for wild animals have become popular in many countries as ‘exotic pets’ and even bred with domestic cats to produce savannah cat hybrids We are excited to announce that we are now making arrangements to move the four servals to a spacious lifetime home they deserve in the Born Free section of Panthera Africa Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa We’ll keep you posted on our progress named after the Belgian cities where they were found Watch out for exciting news and ways to help in the New Year 33-year-old Maarten Truijen (in the middle of the photo above) from Kinrooi in Limburg Province has been elected as the new Mister Gay Belgium The contest for Belgium’s most desirable gay man took place at the Elckerlyck Hall in Antwerp on Saturday evening Maarten Truijen says that his goal is to make the world a bit more beautiful and to spread love The corona pandemic meant that his tenure as the ambassador of the Belgian LGBTQ community was extended by an extra year as no Mr Gay Belgium competition was staged last year while 34-year-old Jonas Defruyt from West Flanders came in third The were 109 participants in the 2020 Mr Gay Belgium competition From these 12 finalists were eventually chosen During the past few months they have followed an intensive programme including a range of workshops They also developed their own personal campaigns that incorporated a theme of their own choice the 12 candidates finally had the chance to show the best of themselves in a dazzling show The jury that selected the winner was made up of well-known Flemish people Speaking after becoming Mr Gay Belgium Maarten Truijen said that he had never expected to win when he applied at the beginning of this year "My main goal was to make the world a bit more beautiful I think the world really needs that after a few gloomy years." Along with this Maarten has devoted the past months promoting suicide prevention something that he intends to continue doing during the coming year “I just think self-love and self-acceptance are the most important values ​​you can have in life And the suicide part because I think there are still too many people taking their own lives because of their sexual orientation."