{"id":51064,"date":"2019-10-28T07:02:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T05:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=51064"},"modified":"2019-10-28T07:02:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T05:02:55","slug":"ks-choice-to-perform-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=51064","title":{"rendered":"K’s Choice to Perform in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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K’s Choice\/Photo courtesy of Live Nation Israel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

K’s Choice, the Belgian rock band, will return to Israel to perform one concert only, on December 16, 2019, at Hangar 11, Tel Aviv Port. Joining them onstage will be special guests Tom Petrover and Orit Shahaf of HaYehudim.<\/p>\n

K’s Choice was founded in 1992 by brothers Gert and Sam Bettens, current band members are: Sam Bettens \u2013 vocals and guitar; Gert Bettens \u2013 guitar, keyboards, vocals; Bart Van Lierde \u2013 bass; Tom Lodewyckx \u2013guitar; Reinout Swinnen \u2013 keyboards; and Wim Van Der Westen \u2013 drums. Originally named The Choice, they changed the band’s name to K’s Choice early on. Having supported the Indigo Girls on tour in 1993, their breakthrough to international fame came in 1995 with their song Not an Addict<\/em>, from the album Paradise in Me.<\/em><\/p>\n

Alanis Morissette heard the band at a European festival and chose them as her support band, opening for her on tour with Jagged Little Pill<\/em> throughout 1996 \u2013 1997. Over the band’s 27 years their albums Paradise in Me<\/em>, Coccon Crash<\/em>, Echo Mountain<\/em>, and The Phantom Cowboy<\/em> have all been successful, placing in the top ten on charts. The band went on hiatus in 2003, with Sam and Gert each pursuing solo projects, and reunited in 2009, releasing their 5th<\/sup> album Echo Mountain<\/em> in 2010.<\/p>\n

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