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7 unusual facts about HUMO


Day Old Belgian Blues

The EP was later available together with the Belgian magazine HUMO.

Freaky Age

Singer Lenny Crabbe, guitarist Mathias Declercq and drummer Jonas Pauwels got into the finals of the prestigious Belgian music contest Humo's Rock Rally in 2006.

Herman de Coninck

In 1970 he left teaching to become an editor of the weekly magazine HUMO, a post he held until 1983.

Humo's Rock Rally

Many notable Belgian bands and musicians, such as dEUS, The Black Box Revelation, Evil Superstars, Novastar, Milow, Arid, An Pierlé, Das Pop, Admiral Freebee and Goose, launched their career in the Rock Rally.

Intergalactic Lovers

A couple of its members already participated in the Humos' Rock Rally 2008 under the name "Free Zamunda!" without success.

Noordkaap

In 1990 Stijn Meuris, Lars Van Bambost, Eric Sterckx, Wim De Wilde, Nico Van Calster founded Noordkaap and won "Humo's Rock Rally" that same year.

Sportpaleis

It also hosts the Nekka-Nacht, the Proximus Diamond Games tennis tournament for women and Pop Poll De Luxe, organised by the magazine HUMO.


Joost Swarte

He is however more famous for his numerous drawings, stamps, posters, cards, LP and CD covers, and for his magazine covers (most noteworthy the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland, the Belgian magazine HUMO and the Italian architecture magazine Abitare.)

School is Cool

Only four months later, 28 March 2010, the band was declared winner of Humo's Rock Rally, an important Belgian Rock contest that previously introduced dEUS, Das Pop and The Black Box Revelation, among others.


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