Svinkels Family & friends

Svinkels return in Tour d’Honneur mode and stop at L’Usine, Istres, on November 20, 2026. Gérard Baste, Mr Xavier and DJ Pone fire the machine back up with this pub‑style hip hop fed on punk energy, cheeky ego trips and razor‑tight scratching. On stage the trio mixes corner‑bar rhymes with shout‑along choruses, runs through the classics that forged their legend and throws out new tracks tuned for the live show. An expected nod to Nikus Pokus, a tutelary presence in the band’s history, creates a moment that’s part tribute, part communal release.

As befits the Family & Friends edition, the inner circle comes to set the place alight: road companions, MCs and musicians drop by to lay down a verse, a riff or tear up a break, thickening the sound and spicing up the party. There’s no frozen nostalgia here — rather a head‑on, stage‑ready set where everything hinges on energy and camaraderie. Svinkels do what they do best: blend rap and punk with a grin, dish out barroom anthems and remind, once again, that their farewells taste like reunions.