Saturday 25^th December

'Disco!' has entered the 'Tijdloze 150' at Studio Brussel at 47. It is the highest new single of 1999 in these charts.

Tuesday 21^st December

Stef is featured in a poll in HUMO. He mentions 'I see a Darkness' (Bonnie Prince Billy) as his favourite record. His most memorable concerts are include Tom Waits. Thanks Nathalie

Tuesday 21^st December

Stef appeared in the background of a newsflash on Portugese TV highlighting alcoholism among youths

Thursday 16^th December

Rumours are abound that there will be a special guest DJ at the aftershow for the Zita Swoon concert in Athens.

Thursday 9^th December

Lawrence (Bourgeois) has told Pedro that the Plage Tattoo CD will be available in Jan/Feb 2000 from their official site.

Sunday 5^th December

Stef confirms that he is working on 'Glittering the Millennium'. He records the track in his home studio on the night following a Plage Tattoo performance in Antwerp. Marie who was originally going to appear in Plage Tattoo with her actor father, Dirk is rumoured to be singing on it

She also sings on the upcoming Plage Tattoo CD

Zita Swoon will perform with Kiss My Jazz on New Year's Eve

Wednesday 1^st December

Zita Swoon announce a Greek date. They will play on 8^th January, preceded by a 'tribute party' (thanks Rick) on 14^th December at Club Decadence

Sunday 28^th November

Dirk brings us news that Stef will be working with Rudy Trouve, among other Belgian artists, on a Slade cover track for a glamrock compilation album 'Glittering the Millennium.' It is scheduled for release at the start of 2000 on PIAS

Friday 26^th November

At the Kort Film Festival, Kortenburg (Belgium), 'Maria' and 'Disco' are awarded 4^th and 5^th place respectively in the videoclips section

Tuesday 9^th November

SKC is on Trendspotting (CANVAS), talking about fashion. He says that if a man wears a dress or a skirt it doesn't necessarily mean that you're gay

Monday 8^th November

'Our Daily Reminders' hits the Belgian radio waves

Wednesday 3^rd November

On 18^th and 19^th November, Plage Tattoo will do two shows at the Teatro da Trinidade in Lisbon, Portugal. Tickets are available from CCB or from the theatre box office

Saturday 30^th October

More information on the next ZS CD. This is what the Belgian Pop and Rock Archives have to say, " The group (or at least Stef, Bjorn & Aarich) are currently gearing up for "Plage Tattoo", a music & dance & theater play in association with Les Ballets C de la B. There will be a cd of this project that will be sold at the Zita Swoon "merchandising booth" (not in the regular shops)." Dirk Houbrechts of the Archives says "I don't know about the current state of that CD, but the plan was to sell the CD only at the gigs of 'Plage Tattoo'. My guess is that the fuss and success of 'My Bond with You and your Planet, Disco!' got in the way." A new label, Chikaree, has been formed for the release of this album and other Zita Swoon side-projects.

Thursday 28^th October

Pictures and videoclips from Ellewoutsdijk has been put online http://hiostu.ftn.hsbrabant.nl/~ries/zita/index.htm

Friday 8^th October

'I Paint Pictures on a Wedding Dress' has sold 25,000 copies in the year since its release which means that it has reached gold!

 Saturday 2^nd October

ZS will play in Luxembourg in November

Thursday 30^th September

Laura has heard from Stef that there will be a record out soon with the music

from the Plage/Tattoo show.

Friday 24^th September

An item on Plage Tattoo will be featured on Canvas (Belgian TV) around 2050hrs. See media pages.

Wednesday 15 September

Bertil has written an 8-page review of last month's Lowland's festival. He has put it online at http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~agzweede/lowlands.txt

Wednesday 8^th September

Louis Hardin AKA Moondog died Wednesday night at his home in Germany. Aged 83 years. Zita Swoon will not revert to the name Moondog Jr.

 Friday 24^th September

A Swiss date has been announced. Zita Swoon will play 29^th October at the Theatre de la chaux-de-fonds.

Monday 20^th September

Another tourdate - 16 October Nighttown @ Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Monday 30^th August

It is reported that ZS are teaming up with St Lucas in Brussels for their official website. They also worked together on the video for Maria. Thanks to Elisabeth

Friday 27^th - Sunday 29^th August

Zita Swoon are playing this weekend at 'A Camping Flight to Lowlands Paradise 1999' Festival

 Monday 23^rd August

Stef says that they will tour England next year.

 Saturday 21^st August

Elaine reports that Zita Swoon will tour France in October and play at La Clef (St Germain en Laye) on 9^th October.

 Sunday 15^th August

Thanks to Andre who has the following to report after seeing the open air festival at Haldern (link to Andre's review). ZS will play in Berlin in October - There will be an official ZS website - Stef has been writing with Tom for a couple of days but no releases are planned - The new CD will be again a soundtrack along the lines of Sunrise

 Tuesday 10^th August

Stef is featured in HUMO on the 7 sins. He talks about work, Bukowski, Jommeke, drinking and a little bit about Plage Tattoo.

Monday 9^th August

Zita Swoon invite Urbanus to perform two songs with them at Dranouter (link to Tine's review) the upcoming weekend. Het Laatste Nieuws gave it a thumbs up saying Zita Swoon was the best act at Dranouter. A videoclip is put online at http://www.folkdranouter.be/. Part of the Zita Swoon set will be screened the following Saturday at 23h15 on Belgian TV (Canvas).

July 23^rd

The Disco! link to discography remix ep is released. There are mixes by Soulwax, Rudy Trouve, Daan Stuyven and Starflam, Tom Pintens, Mac Bart, a homerecording by Stef, a live version and the video

July 4^th

Stef works as a dresser for Belgian designer, Walter Van Beirendonck. He was also one of fifty models showcasing Van Beirendonck's Summer 2000 collection in Paris

This reflects Stef's interest in clothes. He has said in several interviews that he makes his many of his own clothes because of his dissatisfaction otherwise

July

Rumours about a renewed cooperation between Stef and Tom Barman are confirmed in a French TV interview

June 22^nd

Plage Tattoo/Circumstances premiered at the Holland Festival, Amsterdam in the Netherlands today.

June 10^th

In Belgium, the new Kiss My Jazz album, 'In A Service Station' ("a collection of service station truckdriving songs") is released. Although Stef was a major contributor to this album, he's too busy to tour with Kiss My Jazz to promote the album.

June

The single and video 'My Bond with you and your Planet: Disco!' are released. This may be followed up in October with a limited edition 8-track remix CD including mixes by Rudy Trouve and Soulwax. This release will include the video as a bonus-track.

May 29/30^th

Zita Swoon go to jail! Not as 'clients', but they perform together with Seatsniffers in the Antwerp jail, during 'Jailrock happening'

May

Zita Swoon have asked Charles Bukowski's widow's permission to cover one of his poems. She claims she likes Zita Swoon's music, 'cause it reminds her of 'hippie music'

April 5^th

'I Paint Pictures on a Wedding Dress' is released in the UK today

April 3^rd

The video shoot for Disco took place today. Test shoots took place in the Monty in Antwerpen. The original concept for the video was to have younger looking versions of Zita Swoon who could also dance. This idea was abandoned.

February 6^th

Today Zita Swoon are playing a mini-gig in the FNAC store, Antwerp as well as recording a 2 Meter Session.

January 29^th

'Maria' the first single from IPPOAWD is released today. The limited edition release contains three unreleased songs, whilst the video is part-animation, part-film

January 26^th

Zita Swoon have been awarded a first-time grant of 1,5 million BEF under the Flemish music bill.

January 1^st

She=Like Meeting Jesus had reached No 33 in the VPRO 'Song Van Het Jaar top 100'

January

Stef, Aarich and Bjorn are working on an experimental theatre/dance project that will premiere at the Holland Festival this year (1999). A tour will follow around October. The working title is 'Plage Tattoo/Circumstances'