Dutch Punk Music Scene Loses an Icon: Tony 'Slug' Leeuwenburgh's Death Marks the End of an Era.Continue Reading
Siouxsie Sioux played her second concert after a ten-year gap on 4 May in Paradiso, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Herman de Tollenaere was there for Punktuation.Continue Reading
OneTwoThree: The Innovative Swiss Punk Band with a Unique Line-Up.Continue Reading
The Siouxsie & The Banshees frontwoman has announced three additional live dates in Europe in the spring taking in Brussels Amsterdam and Milan.Continue Reading
One week after the UK Subs, their younger punk compatriots, Big Joanie, started their 2023 European tour in the Netherlands. Herman de Tollenaere was there!Continue Reading
Punktuation's 'man on the ground' in the Netherlands, Herman de Tollenaere, was at The UK Subs first night of their European tour! Was it any good?Continue Reading
In the spoken tour AABZ ‘22: Rebranding Anarchism, the frontman of Dutch punk band Hang Youth, Abel van Gijlswijk explains to the audience how rotten our capitalist world really is. The Leiden Theatre in the Netherlands opened in 1705. The audience’s average age is beyond decrepit when the theatre hosts a Shakespeare play (which is a […]Continue Reading
A brilliant night was had earlier in the month at the OCCII club in Amsterdam at the book launch of the must-have new book ‘Punks Listen’. The book documents stories from hundreds of people from the world of punk as they discuss what records have impressed them most. Published by the anarchist punk Hope Collective in Ireland, with […]Continue Reading
Herman de Tollenaere, one of the vocalists of late ’70s Dutch punks Cheap ‘n’ Nasty, explored the political as well as the musical during his first time at Rebellion.Continue Reading
The frontwoman of the first all-women punk rock band in France dies. Pamela Popo, the stage name of Odile Paulhac, was cremated on 30 June at Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Many fans and friends have paid their respect to Pamela at the crematory and via social media. Punktuation Magazine’s Dutch correspondent, Herman de Tollenaere (one […]Continue Reading


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