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André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (Dutch: [ˈɑndreː riˈjøː], French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁjø]; born 1 October 1949) is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. Rieu and his orchestra have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act. [1] He resides in his native ...
Influenced by 1970s punk rock music, such as that by the Sex Pistols, [3] the quartet developed a straightforward, no-frills sound characterised by speed and aggression. In 1980, the group founded their own independent record label, Exploited Records, and released their debut EP Army Life, which ranked #6 in the Indie/Independent charts for eight weeks and remained in the Top 20 for eighteen ...
In July 2015, Louwerse married her long term boyfriend Youri Wystyrk. The wedding was a much celebrated affair with André Rieu writing a special piece of music and recording a video clip of the pair before their wedding. [8] In December 2017, Louwerse gave birth to the couple's first child, Sascha. [40]
Label: The Exploited Record Company; Formats: 7" — 6 Exploited Barmy Army: Released: October 1980; Label: The Exploited Record Company; Formats: 7" — 4 Dead Cities: Released: October 1981; Label: Secret; Formats: 7" 31 4 Don't Let 'Em Grind You Down: Released: November 1981; Label: Secret; Formats: 7" Split EP with Anti-Pasti; 70 1 Rival ...
Winning a number of awards, including two World Music Awards, their recordings have gone gold and platinum in many countries, including eight-time platinum in the Netherlands. At Rieu's studios in Maastricht, the orchestra has recorded a wide range of classical, popular and folk music, and music from cinema and musical theatre. His lively ...
Rieu can refer to: André Rieu (born 1949), Dutch violinist and conductor; Annette Rieu, a character in Jeanne Galzy's 1929 novel L'Initiatrice aux mains vides (Burnt Offering) Bún riêu, a Vietnamese meat; D. C. H. Rieu (1916–2008), scholar; Charloun Rieu (1846–1924), French farmer and poet; Charles Pierre Henri Rieu (1820–1902), Swiss ...
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The video for the song "U.S.A." starts off with an intro saying "And so... a Pandora's box of rejection and reaction was opened. Today, thousands carry on the greatest anti-movement of our age. Punk rock, the end of our dreams..." (UK/DK: A Film About Punks and Skinheads, 1982).