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Goldband is a Dutch pop band from The Hague. The band consists of Boaz Kok, Karel Gerlach, and Milo Driessen in collaboration with producer Wieger Hoogendorp and was founded in 2019.

History
Gerlach studied music production and primarily made techno music. Afterwards, he continued with Driessen and transformed the music into the pop genre for which the group later became known. Kok joined the group last. The name of the pop group comes from the eponymous brand of plaster and refers to the trade in which the band members' fathers work (plastering) and in which the band members themselves were employed.

On June 19, 2020, Goldband was named 3FM Talent (Best Group and Best Album, Betaalbare Romantiek). In 2022, the band performed at the Lowlands festival, which was considered by attendees and critics as one of the best performances of the festival that year. After the performance, two previous singles by the band, "Witte was" and "Noodgeval," entered the Single Top 100, and "Noodgeval" also entered the Top 40. Additionally, "Noodgeval" made it to the Radio 2 Top 2000 in 2022, entering at position 55 and becoming the highest new entry on the list that year. "Noodgeval" also became a hit in Flanders, charting in the Ultratop 50. With this, the band achieved their first radio hit. The album "Betaalbare romantiek" also rose in the Album Top 100 after the performance and re-entered the Ultratop 200 Albums of Flanders. In November 2022, the band released a new song titled "Stiekem" in collaboration with singer Maan. The song was named Alarmschijf by Qmusic and 3FM Megahit by NPO 3FM.

On January 20, 2023, Goldband made headlines due to possible open cocaine use during a concert on stage. Driessen addressed the issue on the television program Khalid & Sophie, stating that he believed the media reacted narrow-mindedly. He acknowledged that the action was not smart and advised against drug use, but he also mentioned that people have been using mind-altering substances for centuries and it is not strange for him to do it now. He explained that it was precisely the media's attention that made it into a bigger thing and that young people saw them doing it because of that, even though he was at the party with only adults.

In 2023, the group will receive the Popprijs 2022 at Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen.

In the same year, they performed at Pinkpop in Landgraaf, Limburg.