Arrow Rock Festival was a rock festival that took place on a yearly basis since 2003 in the Netherlands . This festival presented mostly classic rock bands. The original location for the festival was Lichtenvoorde ; until 2007 when the venue changed to Biddinghuizen . 2008 saw another location change, this time to Goffertpark , Nijmegen 51°49′26″N 5°50′3″E / 51.82389°N 5.83417°E / 51.82389; 5.83417 . In 2009 the festival was cancelled, because of difficulties with the line-up. In 2010 the festival was cancelled because Aerosmith organised their own event in Goffertpark.
28-624: On 27 June 2003 was the first edition of the Arrow Rock Festival. The line-up was: 2004's line-up (after the performances of Anouk & David Bowie were moved to the Amsterdam Arena and White Lion , Herbert Grönemeyer & Porcupine Tree cancelled): On 11 June the 2005 edition took place, with: Pré Party Thursday 8 June: Rock Palace: Friday 9 June: Rock Palace: Rock Garden: Saturday 10 June: Rock Palace: Rock Garden: Roger Waters gave
56-682: A 3-hour show with quadraphonic sound . The first half he played songs from Pink Floyd and his solo albums, the second half he performed the complete Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon . Friday 30 June: Rock Garden: Rock Palace: Open Airrow Rockstage: Sunday 15 June Goffertpark, Nijmegen Rock Garden Open Airrow Rock Stage 3 Doors Down cancelled but was supposed to play open Arrow Rock Stage after Twisted Sister. Anouk (singer) Anouk Schemmekes ( née Teeuwe , Dutch: [aːˈnuk ˈsxɛməkəs ˈteːu.ə] ; born 8 April 1975), professionally known by
84-617: A Row ", "Birds", and "Woman". Anouk had released thirteen studio albums by 2022, a mix of anglophonic rock , pop and adult contemporary ; one of which was recorded in the U.S. , produced by Glen Ballard . In recent years, she has expanded into Dutch, more folky lyrics. Her 2022 album, was titled Trails of Fails . Anouk represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö , Sweden , with
112-645: A huge success. In 1998, Anouk won two awards from Dutch music channel TMF in addition to an Edison Award . During the summer, she played at various festivals. Her second album Urban Solitude was released in November 1999, and included the single "R U Kiddin' Me". This song reached the Dutch Top 100. Shortly afterwards, Anouk went to the United States to pursue a record deal. Negotiations with her American label (Sony) ended badly, causing her to return to
140-484: A loss". In 2006, Dutch singer Marco Borsato joined Anouk in announcing their withdrawal from future TMF Awards-nominations. "Every year the same faces can get boring". The Music Factory The Music Factory (TMF) was an originally Dutch brand of television and radio channels operated focusing on pop music . It was similar to the American MTV which took over TMF in 2002. TMF operated channels in
168-566: A more live band feeling than most of her previous work, most of the parts are recorded in either one or two takes. Her latest album, Deena & Jim , was released in 2023. Anouk's musical style has been described as a combination of Joan Osborne , Melissa Etheridge and Alanis Morissette . She is known for explosive rock songs like " Nobody's Wife " and " R U kiddin' me" , but has also made small and fragile songs like "Lost" and "Michel". In addition to her pop/rock sound she also experiments with soul, funk and hip hop. Anouk has six children. She
196-421: A post on Facebook, after negotiations with broadcaster TROS . Her song was officially revealed on 11 March 2013. Anouk performed "Birds" in the first semi-final on 14 May, where she progressed to the final on 18 May and eventually reached 9th place there with her song " Birds ". The Dutch broadly perceived her result to be a major achievement, as it was the best Eurovision result for the Netherlands in 14 years and
224-501: A result of sexual misconduct allegations beleaguering the show. In 2016, Anouk released two albums: Queen for a Day , which included the lead single "Run Away Together", in March and Fake It Till We Die in late October. In 2018, Anouk released her first Dutch-language album Wen d'r maar aan . A few years later in 2022, she released Trails of Fails Anouk's first mini album. It features seven calm singer-songwriter tracks. The songs have
252-600: The Belgian region of Flanders . TMF Flanders first day on air was October 3, 1998. TMF Flanders was the first Flemish-specific channel that was dedicated to video clip broadcast. VJs at the beginning included Stijn Smets, Yasmine, Inge Moerenhout and Katja Retsin. In the early few years, the broadcasts of TMF Flanders were conducted from the same Dutch studio facility that operated TMF Netherlands. Until 2010 its broadcast were entirely in Dutch with local Flemish presenters. From
280-794: The Netherlands (TMF Nederland) as well as in the UK with TMF UK and Australia with ( TMF Australia ). The brand is owned by MTV Networks International (part of the Viacom conglomerate). It shows only pop videos and locally produced live programming in Belgium. Likewise, with TMF Netherlands before its closure, the British TMF aired some of MTV's and VH1's programmes like Cribs , Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica , Hogan Knows Best and Run's House . The channel operated until 26 October 2009 in
308-504: The Zwarte Piet holiday tradition, describing it as "racist" and " blackface ". In February 2024, Anouk posted a photo of toilet paper with menstrual blood on Threads with the caption "Chopping ur peepee off doesn't make you a woman. But this will." The post was criticized by many as transphobic and trans-exclusionary feminist . Anouk refused to apologise for the remark, stating that "anyone you lose by speaking facts isn't
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#1732790781302336-482: The mononym Anouk , is a Dutch singer and songwriter. After her 1997 breakthrough rock single " Nobody's Wife ", she had additional hit records in the Dutch and Belgian charts. Many of her albums topped the Dutch album charts, most of them going Platinum and several debuting in the number 1 position. Her most famous singles include "Michel", "It's So Hard", "R U Kiddin' Me", "Girl", "Lost", "Modern World", " Three Days in
364-513: The Netherlands without a deal. She released a new song, "Don't", and began touring the Netherlands in February 2001. In March 2001, she released, Lost Tracks , which contained acoustic versions and B-sides from older songs, and various duets with K's Choice singer Sam Bettens and The Anonymous Mis . She was awarded the Popprijs award in 2001. In November 2002, the album Graduated Fool
392-727: The UK and Ireland, 1 September 2011 in the Netherlands and 1 November 2015 in Belgium . Viacom International Media Networks , the international arm of Viacom , owns the brand. TMF Nederland was launched on 1 May 1995 as the only local pop station in the Netherlands. It was founded by Lex Harding and the Arcade company. The station gradually began to get better viewer figures than MTV, so in 2002, MTV bought shares in TMF. Since 1996 headquartered in Bussum ,
420-614: The album is called "Down & Dirty" and came out in April. On 27 June, Anouk released her single "I'm a Cliché". On 17 September 2011 "Save Me" was released as third single from the album. The fourth single is "What Have You Done". Anouk performed at the GelreDome in Arnhem for her To Get Her Together Tour on 8 and 11 March 2012. Anouk first revealed that she would be taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 on 17 October 2012 via
448-421: The channel was notable for its dance music mixes. In 2005, three new channels, plus a radio station began broadcasting in the Netherlands under the TMF brand: On 1 September 2011, TMF Nederland ceased broadcasting in the Netherlands entirely, and on 31 December 2011 all digital channels ceased operations. TMF Flanders (TMF Vlaanderen) was the first international extension of the TMF brand, broadcast to viewers in
476-673: The connectivity between the platforms, TMF was the first music channel in Australia to seamlessly connect all platforms as well as simulcast to mobile 24 a day via the Optus Zoo mobile portal launched in September 2007. However, in November 2010, TMF Australia was replaced with an Australian version of MTV Hits . The channel organized an annual music award show, the TMF Awards, in the Netherlands and Belgium. In addition, there were
504-496: The first time in 9 years that any Dutch entrant had qualified for the final of the contest. Her backing singer, Shirma Rouse , was named best backing singer by The Eurovision Times. Anouk wrote the 2015 Dutch entry " Walk Along ", performed by Trijntje Oosterhuis , along with Swedish songwriter Tobias Karlsson . Anouk was a coach on The Voice of Holland for seasons 6 and 8 through 12, before resigning in January 2022 as
532-565: The singles of the previous week and charts their position in terms of record sales. On 26 October 2009, TMF UK & Ireland was replaced with the UK version of VIVA . MTV Networks Australia launched a local version of TMF as a fully integrated, multi-platform 24-hour music channel in May 2007. TMF focused on the interactive playground and along with a selection of music video clips including programming and viewer-generated content including images, videos, text-based applications and graphics. Furthering
560-491: The song " Birds ". Her song made it to the final – the first time since 2004 for the Netherlands, finished 9th with 114 points, and scored her another big domestic hit. Anouk Teeuwe was born on 8 April 1975, in The Hague , Netherlands. As a teenager, she used drugs and ended up living in several care homes after she ran away from her family at the age of fourteen. Anouk's interest in music was triggered through her mother, who
588-598: The start, TMF Flanders is being distributed via cable-TV (analog and/or digital ) and IPTV . Founded in 1998, its headquarters were in Mechelen but moved to Lint and later (after the re-alignment of VIMN Northern Europe) to Antwerp (local office) and Stockholm (channel operations). It is the sole TMF channel that is currently still in operation, but it has dropped all its presented programs in 2012. Since 2014 Comedy Central airs on its channel after 10pm. On November 1, 2015 TMF Vlaanderen ceased broadcasting. The channel
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#1732790781302616-457: Was "Mood Indigo"; written in collaboration with fellow Golden Earring member George Kooymans . After she met Bart van Veen, her co-writer, the pair wrote a few songs. On 5 September 1997, she released her second single, " Nobody's Wife ", which remained at the top of the Dutch music charts for a number of weeks and was a hit in Norway and Sweden. Her debut album Together Alone turned out to be
644-562: Was a blues singer. Anouk gave her first performance at fifteen and sang at weddings and parties with the band Shotgun Wedding. She started attending the Rotterdam Conservatory in 1994, but dropped out two years later. In the same period, her then-husband and manager Edwin Jansen introduced Anouk to Golden Earring frontman Barry Hay . Hay believed her to have talent and offered to write some songs for her. One of those songs
672-423: Was a success, and became a playable song in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour in 2008. In 2009, she released her album For Bitter or Worse . The song " Three Days in a Row " reached the first place in the Dutch charts. Anouk's album To Get Her Together was released in the Netherlands in May 2011. On 28 February 2011 Anouk placed one of the new tracks on YouTube named "Killer Bee". The first single of
700-488: Was also available on Sky Digital and Virgin Media . The channel, alongside its music output, showed reruns of successful MTV and VH1 shows such as Pimp My Ride , Jackass and Cribs . There was also a Noggin strand in the morning for pre-school children. On Mondays, TMF used to broadcast The Official UK Top 40 narrated by Phil Clifton , a day after it was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 . The show featured videos of
728-636: Was married to her manager Edwin Jansen until 1998. She married Remon Stotijn (aka The Anonymous Mis), frontman of the reggae/rap band Postmen , on 16 March 2004. Stotijn is the father of three of her children. In May 2008, Anouk and Remon announced a "harmonious" mutual separation. Anouk has two other children, born in 2010 and 2014. In June 2016, she gave birth to her sixth child, a baby girl, Jelizah Rose, with mixed martial artist and former basketball player Dominique Schemmekes, whom she married in June 2022. In November 2019, Anouk publicly spoke out against
756-495: Was released. This was the heaviest rock album in Anouk's career so far. Anouk received a Golden Harp in 2003. The following full-length release is called Hotel New York (2004) and yielded a total of four singles: "Girl", "Lost", "Jerusalem" and "One Word". In 2006, she won the 3FM award for best Dutch female singer. In 2007, Anouk released Who's Your Momma , recorded with producer Glen Ballard . The first single, " Good God "
784-495: Was replaced by Comedy Central Vlaanderen, ending the TMF-era. In 2007, a second channel was launched and began broadcasting under the TMF brand: On 31 July 2010, TMF Live HD ceased operations. On 1 November 2015, TMF Flanders ceased broadcasting in Belgium entirely, making Comedy Central a 24 hours channel. TMF launched on 30 October 2002 as a counter against EMAP 's The Hits request music channel on Freeview . The channel
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