December '06 - Amongst the concerts planned for Eastern Europe will be Zagreb at Pauk on February 2nd 2007. This leg of the tour will also include dates in Turkey and Greece.

The Laibach Focus exhibition will run from 9th until 23rd December 2006 at the Stichting Kunstapssage / Ministry of Finance in The Hague, Holland. It features photographs of the Laibach through the years by a number of Slovenian photographers including Vojko Flegar, Antonio Zivkovic, Bojan Salaj, Joze Suhadolnik and Jane Stravs.
More details at: www.artikraak.org

November '06 - Alexei Monroe will present a lecture at Loughborough University on the 6th of December 2006. The title 'States of Performance: State as Material in the work of Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK)' takes place in the Martin Hall Theatre at 3pm.
More details at
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ea/Drama_Studies/Drama_Events.htm
Mina Spiler from Melodrom replaces Boris Benko for the Volk tour.

The French magazine website Premonition recent update features a review of Volk which is their current Record of the Moment.
The link http://www.premonition.fr/premo.php3?chroid=247005
They also have a review of Divided States of America at http://www.premonition.fr/premo.php3?chroid=250203

A new embassy of the NSK State - " NSK.IS: A STATE OF MIND", will open 22.3.07 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
It opens with an exhibition that deals with the social schizophrenia of modern society - the distortions of reality, disturbances of thought and omission of truth. The exhibition is entitled "Homo Consumus", the artwork by Homo Consumus, a representative for the NSK State in Reykjavik, Iceland.
At the opening ceremony the ideas, background, various departments and embassies of NSK will be introduced. The work and history of Neue Slowenische Kunst are a mirror reflecting the history of Europe in the 20th century.
The embassy´s opening will be honoured by a special performance delivered by Peter Mlakar, the representative for the philosophical branch of NSK (Hagnýta, Hreina Heimspekideildin - The Department of Pure and Practical Philosophy) and his visual assistant Ervin Markosek, a collaborator in the musical department of NSK (Laibach, who visited Reykjavik 22.3.06, and a graphic designer for the NSK-State.
The website NSK.IS/ASTATEOFMIND will open early 2007.
Update - See news item for February 2007.

October '06 - Unfortunately the Volk premiere concerts have been cancelled due to illness in the live ensemble. The concerts will be re-organised for the Spring of next year. Meanwhile the traditional Laibach party launching the new album will go ahead at the Kum mountain near Trbovlje on the 27th October at 20:00.

The video for the new Laibach single can now be seen on their MySpace site http://www.myspace.com/laibach
Also on the site are four tracks from Volk.

Order the limited edition CD of ‘Volk’ or the DVD ‘The Divided State Of America’ from Mute Bank and receive a free retro Laibach metal badge.
More details at
www.recordstore.co.uk/mutebank/home.jsp?Search=laibach

Silence will join Laibach on their upcoming world tour promoting the songs from their joint venture album, Volk.

Tickets for Laibach at Mean Fiddler (London) are now available from Ticketweb (UK)
The support band for Laibach's London concert is Client.

September '06 - The venue for London is now likely to be Mean Fiddler.

London will be the only UK date; it's lined up for November 25th though the venue is still to be confirmed. Other UK dates may be possible next year. They will return to La Locomotive in Paris on the 26th of November. Click to see Paris flyer
The full list of dates can be seen in the Live section though they are not completely finalised.

Meanwhile those interested in attending the October concerts in Trboljve, can now register their interest at the following link
http://www.nskstate.com/laibach/disco/volk/volk-premiere.php

NSK passport holders will be ahead of the queue for the free tickets available for the 27th October. The concerts will be held in the Delavski Dom, Trbovlje in Slovenia. There will also be a Laibach Kunst Exhibition - Instrumentality of the State Machine.

August '06 - New single 'Anglia' is lined up for release on 9th October launching the new album. Anglia is inspired by John Bull's 'God Save the Queen' and is part of the album's theme on interpretations of national anthems, which also includes the anthem for NSK. The album will come in a limited edition hardback book format with watercolour artwork by Laibach as well as full sleeve notes explaining each track.
Laibach will soon announce UK dates for later in the year, there will also be European dates in the tour.

New album 'Volk' is expected on October 23rd, the tour will follow starting around the end of November with a number of dates already confirmed.
The likely cover for the album can be seen on Laibach's page at MySpace.com

July '06 - The next Laibach DVD "Divided States of America" is scheduled for release in September 15th. Update - Release date moved to November 13th.

Laibach will make a major appearance at the 'Return of the Repressive' event in Birmingham this September. The 3-day weekend event will take place at the Custard Factory in the heart of the city; opening on Friday September 1st. Laibach will return to it's industrial roots with a live performance titled "Concerto for magnetophone, gramophone, radiophone and megaphone". Centrepiece to the event will be the first ever British Laibach Kunst exhibition "Instrumentality of the State Machine". The event will also include the British premiere of "Divided States of America", an industrial seminar with guest speakers including Alexei Monroe and there be will performances by other industrial DJ’s and live acts.
Tickets will be available from Cold Spring.
More information

June '06 - Some concerts dates have been lined up for the summer in Slovenia.
23.06.06 Koroska Ivecko Jezero, Slovenia
26.06.06 Maribor Lent, Slovenia
05.08.06 Sevnica Park Pri Gradu, Slovenia
26.08.06 Kamnik, Slovenia

The finishing touches to Laibach's new album are underway and it's on schedule to be released in the autumn, possibly October. It involves the heavy collaboration of Silence who is currently one of Slovenia's biggest music groups, they also appear on the recent compilation Trans Slovenia Express Vol 2. The new Laibach album has been mixed in London with P-Dub who has also worked for the likes of Goldfrapp and Madonna.

May '06 - Another performance lined up by 300,000VK on 5th May at Kibla, Maribor.
Some photos of the event.

April '06 - 300,000VK Live - TRANSPLANETARY SYMPHONY: TITAN, 30th April at Channel Zero, Ljubljana.

March '06 - Photographs of Laibach by Antonio Zivkovic from Trbovlje between the period 1987 and 1992 are now on display.

Images of Laibach 1987 - 1992

February '06 - Laibach presents Bach. Laibach is confirmed to appear at the Leipzig Werk II on June 1st.
Tickets - Konzertkarten Online

The CD Neu Konservatiw has recently been repressed and is now available from Cold Spring.

February 6th is the 20th anniversary of the first performance of Krst pod Triglavom. A selection of highlights will be broadcasted on the day.
More details at http://www.intima.org/tv/

300,000VK Live - TRANSPLANETARY SYMPHONY: TITAN, 23rd February at Club K4, Ljubljana. At the same venue shortly before the performance at 8PM there will be an exhibition of paintings by Dejan Knez.
More details at http://www.klubk4.org/

Laibach will perform their first concert in Iceland at Nasa in Reykjavik on 22nd March 2006. At the Grand Rokk in Reykjavik there will a screening the of the Laibach film 'Divided States of America' on 16th of March.

Laibach's sound installation "LAIBACH KUNST: Instrumentality of the State Machine" will be presented on February 10th at the KiBela Gallery of the KIBLA Multimedia centre in Maribor, Slovenia.

January '06 - Titan by Laibach's sub-group 300,000VK is now available at the online shop Emporio. Also available at Emporio is the long awaited "Interrogation Machine" by Alexei Monroe.

Alexei Monroe's first presentation of the book Interrogation Machine will be part of the symposium 'Cultural activism today: strategies of over-identification'. This will take place at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum on Thursday 19th January. Also featuring in the program is a showing of Laibach’s new film 'Divided States of America’.
More details at www.janvaneyck.nl/~culturalactivism

December '05 - For Christmas Laibach have put online a video for Mama Leone at http://www.laibach.nsk.si/mama_leone.htm

Laibach's Focus exhibition will be presented at the SKC gallery in Belgrade, 17th - 31st of December.
More details at www.skc.org.yu/

Laibach are taking part in the "Oscillations - 30 days of sound" exhibition at the Mala Galerija in Ljubljana from December 15th 2005 till January 15th 2006. Their installation "Instrumentality of the State Machine" will be exhibited from the 28th December until January 8th.
More details at http://www.mg-lj.si/oscilacije/

There will be a pre-concert showing of the new Laibach film "Divided States of America" in Belgrade on the 15th December. More details at http://www.lpbgd.com/ which also includes the video trailer.
The videoclip can also be downloaded from here

November '05 - Two additional dates have been added to the Anthems tour in December.
15.12.05 Belgrade - SKC, Serbia & Montenegro
17.12.05 Sarajevo - Sloga, Bosnia & Herzegovina

October '05 - Laibach will premiere their new film "Divided States of America" at the LIFFe film festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on the 18th November 2005. More details at http://www.liffe.si/index.php?menu_item=lifMovieDetail&event=572
At the same event Alexei Monroe will present his new book "Interrogation Machine" at 18.00 supported by members of Laibach.
Laibach also present "Divided States of America" at the Festival of Slovene Film in Portoroz on December 3rd.

The new 300,000VK CD is called Titan and is released by Nika Records.

The European edition of Interrogation Machine by Alexei Monroe is now available, though will probably reach the shops by November 19th.

A couple of dates have been lined up for December. Brno, Czech Republic at Semilasso on Dec 1st. Wroclaw, Poland at WFF(Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych) on Dec 2nd.

The next DVD is expected to be the US road movie, which was filmed during the Anthems tour last year. The DVD should also feature the live performance in Paris last December.

New 300,000VK material has been recorded, the new album is planned for release soon.

Laibach appear to feature on the compilation LOOKING FOR EUROPE "The Neofolk Compendium" with an unreleased track called "Predictions of Fire". The 4 CD compilation available on October 24th can be ordered from Music Non Stop

July '05 - As the book Interrogation Machine nears its publishing date Alexei Monroe has created a site for book news, reviews and anything else that might be related or of interest.
http://pluralmachine.blogspot.com/

A sample from the Trans Slovenia Express 2 compilation in the form of a video can be seen at http://www.mute.de/artists/tse.shtml
The video track is Hall of Mirrors by Silence featuring Anne Clark.

June '05 - New dates have been added to the tour which will now also visit Russia and Estonia.

1st of June 2005 - 25 years of Laibach

May '05 - Laibach will feature in the new Slovene compilation celebrating the work of Kraftwerk. Trans Slovenia Express 2 as in the previous compilation will feature cover versions of Kraftwerk songs by bands from the current music scene in Slovenia. Also appearing will be Siddharta and iTurk. Laibach's track will be Bruderschaft and is due for release in July 25th by Mute Records. A 12" single will be released prior to the album on July 18th with four tracks including Laibach's.

More additions to the Laibach tour and summer festival appearances. 7th of July, EXIT festival in Novi Sad (Serbia and Montenegro) and 26th of August, Helsinki (Finland).

April '05 - Laibach have lined up some festival appearances for the summer. Announced so far: Rock Otocec in Slovenia on July 8th and The Dour Festival in Belgium on July 15th.

A third date has been added to Croatia - Rijeka Hartera Factory on the 6th of May, meanwhile the concert in Split Fortress Gripe has been brought forward to the 5th of May. Update - The concert in Split has been postponed. A new date will be arranged soon. Earlier Neuchatel, Case a Chocs in Switzerland 15th May was added to the tour and the venue for Bern has changed to Reitschule.

Interrogation Machine - Laibach and NSK by Dr. Alexei Monroe will be published on July 31st 2005. The book is an updated English language version of the best-selling Slovene book "Pluralni monolit - Laibach in NSK" (Maska in 2003), supplemented with additional material, colour illustrations and a foreword by Slavoj Zizek.
More details and pre-ordering information can found on the MIT Press's web site
It can also be pre-ordered from Amazon.com

March '05 - A new addition to the tour has been confirmed - 6th May 2005 - Fortress Gripe, Split, Croatia

The RetroFuturistic Universe of NSK. A number of NSK and Slovenia related events will take place at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle USA, between April 16th and July 31st. More details at http://www.fryeart.org/pages/NSK.htm

Here are the early details for Laibach's summer tours, notably visiting Spain and Portugal for the first time, and the Scandinavian tour now scheduled for August. Note at this stage, the list is only a rough guide. Summer 2005
In addition to the main tours Laibach will also perform two nights at the Orto Bar in Ljubljana on April 21st and 22nd. In May 7th, they will be in Zagreb performing at the Boogaloo Club. Click to see Zagreb flyer


Anyone who can read Slovene may be interested in the article 'Laibach tožijo državo' by Ivan Novak. It concerns the dispute over a contract with the Slovene government.

February '05 - Laibach are planning a short tour of Scandinavia next month - March 15th-22nd. Update - The Scandinavia tour has failed to materialise however there will be a tour in May, no dates yet.

January '05 - The UK CD single of Rammstein's 'Keine Lust' will feature Laibach's remix of Ohne Dich. It's the fourth single from their highly rated album Reise Reise.

December '04 - An interesting video made using the Laibach song 'Tanz mit Laibach' has been created by a Laibach fan from Poland. It's around 25mb and can be downloaded from the following address - Note that the video does feature some explicit content.
http://www.b-art.waw.pl/video/tanz_dx.zip

The Venue for Laibach's London concert has been moved to the Electric Ballroom in Camden, as the Ocean has closed down. Tickets for the Ocean show will be valid at the new venue.

November '04 - The papers presented at the International Conference during NSK Dublin have been collected together for a new book. 'Arts & Politics: The Imagination of Opposition in Europe' edited by Noel Kelly should interest keen observers of the NSK.
More details : http://www.artprojectsnetwork.net/art&politics.htm

The Grey Area Film Night. 30 minutes of rarely seen promotional videos by Laibach will be amongst the features presented by Mute Films on the 20th of November, at The Ritzy Cinema in Brixton, South London.

October '04 - Mute Records have re-launched their web site and is now looking very stylish and dynamic. Laibach have their own section within, which also includes a forum.

Laibach have organised a concert in Slovenia on October 31st, taking place in Celje at the Dance Forum. The concert will launch the programme for the upcoming North American and European tour.

Laibach have finished a remix for Rammstein's forthcoming single 'Ohne Dich'. It will be released in December.

The release date for Laibach's DVD 'The Videos' has been moved to the 1st of November.

Tickets for Laibach's Glasgow concert at the Queen Margaret Union (December 15th) are now on sale.
Available from Tickets Scotland, Online via Cathouse Promotion Limited or visit the QMU box office.

Laibach will hold a press conference on the 8th of October for their new album. It takes place at the Vila Podroznik in Ljubljana, at 11 o'clock in the morning. Special guest: Daniel Miller.

September '04 - A photo exhibition by Joze Suhadolink has open at the Galerija Fotografija in Ljubljana, titled "Neue Slowenische Kunst: 1984-1999" presenting rare and exclusive photos of NSK events and portraits of NSK members. The exhibition will run from September 16th until October 13th.
More information info@galerijagt.famul.si

Another major photo exhibition "Laibach - Focus" features photographs of the band from a number of Slovenian photographers. It's being organised by the Photon Gallery Ljubljana and will open on the 18th of October; taking place on two locations: Ljubljana's Castle and in the Gallery Photon. There are plans for the exhibition to go on an international tour, which should include Vienna, Zagreb, Belgrade, London and Berlin.
More details http://www.photon.si/

London has been confirmed for the European tour in December. Laibach will perform at the Ocean on the 16th of December. Tickets are now on sale from www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Direct link to the tickets
Laibach's European Winter 2004 Tour. The full tour list is still being confirmed, early details show over 15 dates across Europe starting at the end of November. The tour is expected to include countries such as Poland, Austria and possibly even Scotland. Winter Tour 2004


Some adjustments to the release dates. The Laibach Anthems CD is now planned for 4th of October and the DVD will follow on the 18th. 'Das Spiel Ist Aus' will keep the original 13th of September release date.

Northwest Film Forum and Scala House Press will present "State of Art: The New Slovene Avant Garde." The weeklong festival from November 18th -20th in Seattle USA will showcase best of a new breed of contemporary Slovenian filmmakers, writers, artists, and musicians. During the festival Laibach will visit Seattle on their American tour.
Extra details

Laibach have announced a concert in Portoroz, Slovenia on the 24th of September. Venue is the Avditorij (Auditorium).

The video for Laibach's new single "Das Spiel Ist Aus" can now be seen at www.mute.de
Direct links for the streaming files:
real hi - real lo
win hi - win lo

August '04 - The European concerts are now expected after the American tour with a return to La Locomotive in Paris already lined up for December 13th. Tickets for the Paris concert are available from http://www.fnac.com/
Direct link to the Laibach tickets

Some interesting Laibach related mp3s can be found at this web page - www.biberpelz.de/~nicfitmashups/. Created by a Laibach fan mixing Laibach music with other artists such as Madonna and Public Enemy.

July '04 - The dates for the North American tour are now confirmed; details in the Live section. Tickets are now available for some dates from the following agents
www.ticketmaster.ca
www.ticketmaster.com
www.ticketweb.com
There is also a strong possibility of some concerts in Europe before the American tour.

Laibach Anthems will be released on September 27th along with a DVD featuring a collection of their promotional videos; this will also include the WAT Electronic Press Kit as bonus material. September 13th is the release date for the single 'Das Spiel Ist Aus.'
A number of other DVDs are lined up for release to form part of a box collection. The first due for release on October 25th 2004 is the re-release of the former videos 'A Film from Slovenia' (aka 'Bravo') and 'NATO Occupied Europe tour.'

Laibach's Best Of album will be titled 'Laibach Anthems' and is scheduled for release around the end of September. Alongside Laibach's main highlights the double CD will also feature many rare and unreleased tracks including a new cover version (Laibach's version of the notorious Euro hit "Mama Leone"). Accompanying this will be a 40-page booklet featuring photos, paintings and text from Alexei Monroe. The second single from the WAT album 'Das Spiel Ist Aus' will herald Laibach Anthems.

July 1999 - July 2004
Five years of The Unofficial Laibach Site

June '04 - Laibach have lined up the following concerts in Slovenia.
June 19th at Medvode (near Ljubljana, birthplace of Tomaz Hostnik) - Motorcycle meeting (outdoor event), cca 23h Medvode flyer
July 10th in Trbovlje - Kipe (outdoor City council event), cca 22,30h

May '04 - There are plans for several Laibach concerts in Slovenia in the next couple of months. Meanwhile details of the next confirmed concert in Velenje on May 29th can be found at www.dmkult.net/DMK-2004

April '04 - Laibach will tour North America in November, early details are in the Live section. Meanwhile Laibach have added Velenje in Slovenia to their European tour. This will take place on May 29th at the Rdeca Dvorana (Red Hall) as part of Days of Youth and Culture 2004.

The NSK-Zizek Connection, Manchester 15th April, 6pm.
Alexei Monroe and Ian Parker, author of "A Critical Introduction to Zizek", will discuss the work of the Slovene thinker Slavoj Zizek in relation to NSK. The event will take place at the Cornerhouse Gallery Manchester where Irwin's Like to Like exhibition is running till 17th April. Besides the talks there will be a slide presentation plus videos and music. All welcome.
This seminar will be repeated in Dublin.
Wednesday 5 May 2004, 4.00-6.00PM
DBS School of Arts, 6/9 Balfe Street, Dublin 2


March '04 - Laibach have cancelled their appearance at the Zillo Festival.

Laibach are due to appear at the "BORN TO BE WILD" festival in Slovenia on 1st of May. This is a massive outdoor festival at Lake Farovec near Slovenska Bistrica. More information at the Born To Be Wild web site.

Alexei Monroe will be giving a talk on the theoretical and ideological contexts of NSK at The Seddon Room, Old College, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Monday March 15th, 7pm. Titled "Barbarians Are Coming!" and will include music, video and slides.

The French concert in Lille has been cancelled, this has now been replaced with a concert in Frankfurt on April 22nd. The concert in Bochum is now confirmed but the date has changed from 23rd April to 25th.

February '04 - Laibach have announced new concert dates for April
20/4/04 - Rome - Circula de la Artisti, Italy
21/4/04 - Venice - Magic Bus, Italy
22/4/04 - Lille - Grand Mix, France Update - CANCELLED
22/4/04 - Frankfurt - Batschkapp - Germany (Replacement for the Lille cancellation)
24/4/04 - Dresden - Reithalle, Germany
25/4/04 - Bochum - Matrix, Germany
26/4/04 - Einthoven - De Effnaar, Holland
27/4/04 - Brüssel - La Botanique, Belgium
28/4/04 - Den Haag - De Paard, Holland

Laibach will appear at the Zillo Festival in Germany 16th - 18th of July. More information can be found at the festival's web site - http://www.zillo.de Update - Laibach have cancelled their appearance.

January '04 - Tickets are now on sale for Noordung's production of 'Supremat' and can be ordered online from The Helix web site.
The performances are part of the NSK event in the city of Dublin celebrating European enlargement.

The Noordung Cosmokinetic Cabinet - Supremat
Venue - The Helix (Theatre section)
Dates - Saturday 01 - Wednesday 05 May 2004
Time - 8.00 PM

New concert dates have been announced
26/02/04 - Belgrade SKC, Serbia   More details
27/02/04 - Belgrade SKC, Serbia
01/03/04 - Sofia Hristo Botev Hall, Bulgaria   More details

A report by RTE for Irish radio news about Slovenia entering the EU features clips from WAT and Ivan Novak talking about Laibach and censorship in the eighties. It can be heard using RealPlayer from the following site http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0109/morningireland.html

The Noordung tickets will go on sale in the next two weeks (beginning of February). The Passport Office and IRWIN event will be open to the general public with a special opening event for each that will be invitation only. The Peter Mlakar event 'Three Forms of the Absolute Evil' is invitation only however if you are interested in attending please contact The Art Projects Network.

The tickets for Laibach's Dublin concert in May are now on sale. They can be ordered online from Ticketmaster Ireland
Alternatively click here for direct link to the Laibach tickets.