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This is the gig guide of November 11, 2025. Below you can find a list with all planned and confirmed gigs and tours, booked by Paperclip Agency.

Record companies and distributors are correct for the Netherlands, information correct at time compiled.
For inclusion in your gig guides, please contact us. Thanks.

Abbreviations: int. = interest; t.b.a. = to be announced; t.b.c. = to be confirmed.
For our full roster, please visit our website.

Paperclip Agency is official partner in the Keychange campagne, for a better gender balance on stage.

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van den Havestraat 6 A, 6521 JS  Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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festivals
We have amazing artists available for festivals. Via this link you will find a selection of our artists. Maybe some of them will find their way to your festival!

 

Hilde Spille writes:
Busy Business 
The CBS (Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics) announced this week, that 1 in 6 employees has stressful work. Stress is often the result of high demands and little freedom. Pharmacist assistants score highest in stressful professions. I don't know if the statistics paid attention to people working in the live music business.
Working in the live music business can be stressful, as we all know. There are periods when it is extremely busy. If you manage a venue/festival, book artists, handle tours, sounds or lights, you can't escape these periods of long working hours and little leisure time.
Six month ago, in the beginning of my burn-out, I suddenly spent day after day at home, without work. It was hard to handle. I was used to being 'on' all the time, in the office as well as at home. It felt like I didn't know where to find the 'off' button! So I started reading again and doing puzzles, just to keep being busy. 
After several weeks I finally could accept doing nothing. That is when my therapist told me to compare my energy level to a battery. So far it sounds simple: you just feel how much energy you have.Then she also told me, that it's good to have a fully charged spare battery! That was an eye-opener for me.
Taking just enough time to relax so you can get up the next morning to start another day, is not enough. If you don't want to burn yourself, especially when facing very busy periods, you need to relax enough to fill that spare battery too.
My battery and my spare battery feel pretty much filled again now. Finding ways to keep the 'off' button visible at all times, especially in times when it is very busy, that's a continuous challenge.