Gruppo Sportivo

Name: Gruppo Sportivo
Start: 2026-09-10T19:45:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-10T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Luxor Live

took place · 10 Sep 2026

Luxor Live, Arnhem

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Gruppo Sportivo performs on Thursday, 10 September at Luxor Live, one of Gelderland's largest music venues. The Hague-based band takes the stage in the converted cinema building in Arnhem as part of their farewell tour across nine Dutch cities. After fifty years, Gruppo Sportivo is calling it a day, with frontman Hans Vandenburg leading the final run. Luxor Live hosts a diverse programme spanning indie and metal to hip-hop and electronic music, providing a fitting setting for this milestone in the band's history.

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About: Gruppo Sportivo

Celebrating half a century since their founding, The Hague's Gruppo Sportivo bids farewell to the stage with their Stop Motion - The 50th Anniversary Tour, mixing classic hits like 'Beep Beep Love' and 'Hey Girl' with new material from the EP Talkshow.

#11

Highest chart position 'Disco Really Made It' in the Dutch Top 40 (1978)

9.5K

Followers on Facebook (official page)

Studio albums released

25+

Cities visited during The Spotify Tour (2022)

What's new

2026-05
NPO Plus broadcast the documentary 'Gruppo Sportivo: Too Late To Stop Now' on 12 May, followed by the live programme 'Gruppo Sportivo - That's Live'.
2026-04
On 10 April 2026, the biography 'Typisch Sportivo' by Leo Oldenburger was presented at P60 in Amstelveen; OOR called it a 'beautiful monument to fifty years of Dutch pop'.
2026-04
On 3 April 2026, the single and music video 'Talkshow' was released, followed by the vinyl EP of the same name on Record Store Day (18 April), featuring among others a tribute to George Kooymans.

Tour

AmstelveenOssApeldoornBredaGoesSneekHilversumNijmegenUlftZoetermeerHoornVlaardingenZwolleUtrechtHaarlemEnschede

Tracks

Beep Beep LoveBiggest international hit, from the debut album '10 Mistakes' (1978)

Hey GirlDutch pop classic, included in the NPO Radio 2 Top 2000 in 2025

Disco Really Made ItBiggest Dutch hit, reached number 11 in the Top 40 (1978)

Tokyo (I'm On My Way)Internationally known song, covered by Japanese band PUFFY in 2006

TalkshowTitle track of the farewell EP (April 2026), with tribute to George Kooymans

Recent shows

Sep 12, 2026 De Piek, Flushing
Sep 10, 2026 Luxor Live, Arnhem
Sep 1, 2026 Grote Zaal, Amsterdam

About: Hans Vandenburg

Fifty years after forming, Gruppo Sportivo bids farewell to the stage with the 'Stop Motion - The 50th Anniversary Tour'. Frontman Hans Vandenburg and the band run through the Dutch pop classics that shaped generations of fans - from 'Hey Girl' to 'Disco Really Made It'.

29.2K

monthly listeners on Spotify

945

subscribers on YouTube Music

147K

streams of 'Rock 'n Roll' on YouTube Music

113K

streams of 'Disco Really Made It' on YouTube Music

What's new

apr 2026
On 3 April 2026, Gruppo Sportivo released the single and video 'Talkshow' as a preview of the eponymous vinyl EP, which also contains a tribute to George Kooymans: 'That Day'.
apr 2026
On 10 April 2026, the biography 'Typisch Sportivo' by Leo Oldenburger was presented at P60 in Amstelveen, coinciding with the kick-off of the anniversary tour.
2026
In 2026, Gruppo Sportivo celebrates fifty years; the anniversary also marks the end of the band, which this year tours Dutch pop venues and festivals for the last time.

Tour

AmstelveenOssApeldoornBredaGoesSneekHilversumNijmegenUlftZoetermeerHoornVlaardingenHaarlemGroningenUtrechtDen Haag

Tracks

Hey GirlDutch pop classic, included in the NPO Radio 2 Top 2000

Beep Beep LoveOne of the band's biggest hits, late seventies

Disco Really Made ItHeavily streamed favorite, 113K+ plays on YouTube Music

Rock 'n RollMost streamed track on YouTube Music, 147K+ plays

TalkshowSingle and vinyl EP from April 2026, released on the occasion of the 50th anniversary

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