Vooruit
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Vooruit Arts Center is a historic complex in the Belgian city of Ghent. Vooruit was originally the festival and art center of the Ghent labor movement, with a ballroom, cinema, theater, etc. It is now mainly used for concerts and other cultural events.
History
Vooruit was designed by Ferdinand Dierkens and built between 1911 and 1914 and became a symbol of the socialist movement in the interwar period. The building is named after the socialist consumer organization (or cooperative) Vooruit (in English: forward) (1891-1970), supported by Edward Anseele, to protect workers against the instability of capitalism. There workers could eat, drink and enjoy culture at low rates.
As festival and art center Vooruit was part of the compartmentalized Flemish Society until the Second World War. After the Second World War the building deteriorated until the re-launch in 1982 in its present form as a cultural center. In 1983 Vooruit was recognized as a listed monument. The building continued operating during the restoration process, from 1990 to 2000. In 2000, a fully restored Vooruit was awarded the Flemish Monument of the year Prize.
Presently the rooms are used for parties and concerts, but also for cultural events or debates.
Concerts
During the last decades, several international artists performed at the concert hall of Vooruit, including Alice In Chains, Beck, Black Keys, Black Sabbath, The Corrs, Counting Crows, Cranberries, The Cure, Daft Punk, David Byrne, Dinosaur Jr., Dio, Donovan, Dr. John, Dream Theater, Editors, Eels, Elliot Smith, Faith No More, Florence + the Machine, Frank Black, Garbage, Grandaddy, Happy Mondays, Hole, INXS, Jane’s Addiction, Jeff Healey Band, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Joanna Newsom, Joe Jackson, Joe Satriani, John Cale, John Hiatt, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Killing Joke, Kraftwerk, Kula Shaker, Kyuss, LCD Soundsystem, Lenny Kravitz, Life of Agony, Living Colour, Luka Bloom, Manic Street Preachers, Marianne Faithfull, Mercury Rev, Method Man, MGMT, Midnight Oil, Moby, Monster Magnet, Morphine, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, OMD, Pantera, Paradise Lost, Patti Smith, PJ Harvey, The Pogues, Primal Scream, The Prodigy, R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robbie Williams, Rollins Band, Rory Gallagher, Sepultura, Sheryl Crow, Sigur Rós, Sinéad O’Connor, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Slade, Slipknot, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Spandau Ballet, Sparks, Suede, Sufjan Stevens, Sugar, The Sugarcubes, Ten Years After, Texas, Therapy?, Thin Lizzy, Throwing Muses, Tool, Tragically Hip, The Undertones, Uriah Heep, Warren Zevon, The Waterboys, Ween, White Zombie, Wilco and Wu‐Tang Clan.
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