Chris Chameleon is one of South Africa’s most progressive stars. He has been on top of the hip and funky music movement as a member of Boo!; he has cracked the contemporary English pop market; and continues to do the same with Afrikaans music, like very few other cross-over musicians have been able to do before him.

With Chris travelling so much over the last few years since going solo, people need to remember what a powerful ambassador this man is to South Africa. Not only does he leave his audiences feeling the elation of having had a musical massage after his shows, but he is also going forth and educating so many people about all the beautifully descriptive elements of the Afrikaans language! A language that has historically been mostly associated with oppression and apartheid.

Chris brings it alive.

We were fortunate enough that he was available a few weeks ago for a corporate gig – something he doesn’t do too often – performing at a Medihelp event, and we received an email the next day to say how brilliantly the evening went down!

I found this little homemade video of a recent performance by Chris at the intimate, and seemily hot, Ekko in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Chris has always drawn appreciative audiences in the Benelux, and although most of his narration is in English, he ends it off with a great version of Klein Klein Jakkalsies. But not before he explains comically about some of the intricacies/simplicity of the Afrikaans language…

Chris is scheduled to kick of a European tour during October and November with 3 performances in London UK, after which he will be heading to Belgium and the Netherlands to perform in some of the most prestigious theatres in the region (including Lenny’s hometown of Huizen!). From the Arenbergschouwburg in Antwerp, to the Koningstheater in Den Bosch, to De Kleine Komedie in Amsterdam - to name but a few. This 15 date theatre tour is going to impress a lot of folks, so check out the dates below!

15-10-2008 Aardvark LONDON, UK
16-10-2008 Aardvark LONDON, UK (www.aardvarkpub.com)
17-10-2008 Halfmoon Putney, London, UK (www.halfmoon.co.uk) ROCK SHOW!

25-10-2008 Arenbergschouwburg ANTWERP, Belgium (www.arenbergschouwburg.be)
26-10-2008 Ledeltheater OOSTBURG, The Netherlands (http://www.ledeltheater.nl/2008/index.php)
27-10-2008 Muziek Centrum Frits Philips EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands (www.muzieksentrum.nl)
29-10-2008 Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie  LEEUWARDEN, The Netherlands (www.harmonie.nl)
01-11-2008 Dorpstheater Wormer WORMER, The Netherlands (http://dorpstheaterwormer.nl )
02-11-2008 Agora Theater DRUTEN, The Netherlands (www.agoratheater.nl)
03-11-2008 Koningstheater DEN BOSCH, The Netherlands (www.koningstheater.nl)
05-11-2008 Theater Het Heerenlogement BEUSICHEM, The Netherlands (www.theaterheerenloement.nl)
06-11-2008 Theatre Zwembad De Regentes DEN HAAG The Netherlands (www.deregentes.nl)
07-11-2008 Theater Aan Het Vrijthof MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands (www.theateraanhetvrijthof.nl)
09-11-2008 Cultureel Podium Roepaen OTTERSUM, The Netherlands (www.cultureelpodium.nl)
12-11-2008 Theater De Maaspoort VENLO, The Netherlands (www.theaterdemaasport.nl)
13-11-2008 De Boerderij HUIZEN, The Netherlands (www.deboerderijhuizen.com) Lenny’s old home town!!
14-11-2008 Theater Junushoff WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands (www.junushoff.nl)
15-11-2008 De Kleine Komedie AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (www.dekleinekomedie.nl) - pictured right.

Enjoy it! (And Toi Toi Chris!)