Matheus Johannes “Thé” Lau, born 17 July 1952 was a Dutch musician and writer. Besides his solo career, he was the lead singer of the Dutch band The Scene. He was born in Bergen, North Holland.

Lau played guitar in several bands and was a member of the Dutch band Neerlands Hoop Express. In 1979 he founded the band The Scene with Lau as lead singer and guitarist. The band’s most well-known songs are “Blauw” and “Iedereen is van de wereld”.
Lau left The Scene in 2003 and got touring with keyboardist Jan-Peter Bast in Dutch theaters. In October 2006, he resumed the tour under title Tempel der liefde accompanied by Jan-Peter Bast and tango string quartet Pavadita.

In 2007, The Scene had a reunion with Lau and three former band members. (Jeroen Booy, Emilie Blom van Assendelft and Otto Cooymans) They started touring again, and released a new CD.

In 2010, Thé Lau topped the Dutch charts with a collaboration with Dutch rapper Lange Frans, “Zing voor me”.

Lau was diagnosed with throat cancer in August 2013 and was told he could not be cured in April 2014. His last solo album “Platina Blues (2014), is the story of one night at the hospital (from 1.00-6.00).

He died June 23, 2015 in Amsterdam.