The Alex Experience

INXS Concert

2011-12-09T10:34:00.001+01:00

INXS in concert at the Melkweg in Amsterdam. INXS wiht new boy Ciaran rocked the house with an amazing 2 hour show!!

SET LIST
Communication
Mystify
Heaven Sent
Suicide Blonde
Disappear
Not Enough Time
By My Side
Listen Like Thieves
Beautiful Girl
Tiny Summer
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)
Bitter Tears
Don´t Lose Your Head
Elegantly Wasted
Don't Change
Original Sin
Devil Inside
Need You Tonight
New Sensation
Never Tear Us Apart

Encore:
Drum Opera
What You Need
Don't Change

Another beautiful sunny fall sunday

2011-11-13T16:45:00.000+01:00

The Kooks Concert

2011-11-07T16:36:00.000+01:00

Beautiful sunny fall sunday

2011-11-05T16:39:00.000+01:00

Bokbier Festival

2011-10-29T16:30:00.000+02:00

Nieuwe Meer and Amsterdamse Bos

2011-10-23T16:33:00.000+02:00

Birds

2011-10-14T16:27:00.000+02:00

Destine Concert

2011-10-10T16:31:00.000+02:00

Within Temptation Concert

2011-09-27T16:22:00.000+02:00

Cavalaire with Anouk

2011-09-18T16:16:00.000+02:00

BBQ with family

2011-08-22T13:33:00.003+02:00

Finals at Geuzenveld Tennis Tournament

2011-08-14T18:58:00.000+02:00

Dinner with Mam and Anouk

2011-08-14T13:30:00.001+02:00

Dinner with Mom and Anouk at Gent aan de Schinkel...

Good Charlotte Concert

2011-08-09T16:10:00.000+02:00

Lichtjesavond Bergen

2011-08-04T16:49:00.002+02:00

Dunes and Beach

2011-07-09T16:30:00.000+02:00

Zakynthos, Greece

2011-06-14T16:21:00.002+02:00

Selah Sue concert

2011-05-29T23:15:00.002+02:00

Rock and Run

2011-05-29T13:00:00.003+02:00

Rush in concert

2011-05-27T14:00:00.000+02:00

Rush in concert, need I say more?

Ajax Kampioen

2011-05-16T14:40:00.003+02:00

BBQ in Friesland

2011-05-08T14:28:00.003+02:00

40

2011-05-06T14:10:00.000+02:00

Sander joined the club 40.

FFAF Concert

2011-05-03T16:28:00.005+02:00

So lat night Sander and I went to the Melkweg to see Red Tape Parade, We Are The Ocean, The Blackout and Funeral For A Friend. 4 Great bands for 17 EUR!

Great night with great modern rock music!

Queensday 2011 in Amsterdam

2011-05-01T14:21:00.002+02:00

Wijk Aan Zee beach on a Sunny Sunday in Spring

2011-04-11T10:24:00.003+02:00

Roger Waters Concert

2011-04-09T11:16:00.003+02:00

Hilversum Heath

2011-04-03T11:13:00.001+02:00

Japanese Blossoms in Amsterdamse Bos

2011-03-27T11:03:00.004+02:00

Snow Vibes Koningsleiten

2011-03-15T10:46:00.004+01:00

Arne & Louma's Wedding in Dubai

2011-03-05T10:24:00.004+01:00

Skunk Anansie Concert

2011-02-25T10:20:00.001+01:00

Framing Hanley & Good Charlotte Concert

2011-01-31T10:05:00.000+01:00

Kookfabriek

2011-01-28T09:41:00.002+01:00

We went to the kookfabriek with the management team at work. Great evening, good fun and amazing food!

Thin Lizzy Concert

2011-01-25T09:34:00.002+01:00

Legendary Thin Lizzy in concert!

Amsterdamse Bos

2011-01-16T09:46:00.002+01:00

Ibiza After Afterparty

2011-01-03T09:30:00.000+01:00

Ibiza after after party. Sander cooked an amazing 5 course meal!

Wijk Aan Zee

2011-01-02T09:55:00.002+01:00

New Year's Eve

2011-01-01T11:30:00.003+01:00

Dinner at Bazar and 30 Love Party in Rotterdam

2010-12-12T11:15:00.000+01:00

Funeral For A Friend & Bullet For My Valentine Concert

2010-12-01T10:15:00.002+01:00

Amazing double bill of Welsh Metal Mayhem; Funeral For A Friend and Bullet For My Valentine at the 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Ajax - Real Madrid Championsleague

2010-11-24T12:15:00.001+01:00

Alexisonfire Concert

2010-10-28T11:00:00.001+02:00

Ajax - Auxerre Champions League

2010-10-20T12:30:00.000+02:00

Ibiza Afterparty!

2010-10-04T12:00:00.002+02:00

Ajax - AC Milan Champions League

2010-09-28T12:07:00.002+02:00

Ibiza!

2010-09-28T11:21:00.002+02:00

Ibiza! Tennis, Pool, Beach, Pacha, Cafe Del Mar, Club Savannah, Hed Kandi, Fun!

U2 live at Stade de France

2010-09-20T09:18:00.004+02:00

Paris Set List

Return of the Stingray Guitar

Beautiful Day

I Will Follow

Get On Your Boots

Magnificent

Mysterious Ways

Elevation

Until The End Of The World

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

North Star (An Acoustic Version)

Mercy

In A Little While

Miss Sarajevo

City Of Blinding Lights

Vertigo

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix)

Sunday Bloody Sunday

MLK

Walk On
Encore

One

Where The Streets Have No Name
Encore 2

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

With Or Without You

Moment Of Surrender

Thrice Concert

2010-08-26T10:30:00.003+02:00

Last night Sander and I went to see Thrice at the Melkweg. They rocked the house. Here are some pictures of the show:

BBQ for a good cause in the Beatrix Park

2010-07-18T17:00:00.000+02:00

This past weekend Babs & Jordi held a BBQ for a good cause (to pay for the studies for an African girl) in the Beatrix park. It was a beautiful day with lots of food, drinks and I met some great people... what a perfect day!

Homecoming celebrations for Dutch Football Team

2010-07-13T20:44:00.000+02:00

The homecoming celebrations after the Dutch Football team became runner up at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Wieneke's birthday & World Cup Final

2010-07-12T13:21:00.004+02:00

So on the day of the World Cup final Sander and I first stopped by at Cafe Woestduin to celebrate Wieneke's birhtday. We then headed over to the Heineken square to watch the final at Kale de 3e. We were dissapointed we lost the final but very proud we were the runner up ate the 2010 World Cup!

Good Charlotte Concert

2010-07-09T13:03:00.003+02:00

Last night Michael, Dominik, Sander and I went to see Good Charlotte in 013, Tilburg. Great show, although it was sooo hot in the concert hall.... but we had a good time and Bob Marley tunes to keep us company while we cooled down on the way back to Amsterdam.

Anouk Live in Westerpark

2010-07-05T15:19:00.002+02:00

Last night Sander, Michael and I went to see Anouk live in Westerpark. What an amazing concert; Anouk was clearly in good form and enjoying herself. She put on an amazing show that lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes. Here are a few photographs of the show.

Alain Clark concert in Vondelpark

2010-06-13T12:28:00.002+02:00

We Are The Fallen Concert

2010-06-12T12:41:00.003+02:00

We Are The Fallen is Evanescence - Amy Lee but + Carly Smithson... They played an amazing set (including very cool Covers) at the Melkweg in Amsterdam and of course Sander & I were there.

Setlist:
Intro
Burn

Without You
Like A Prayer (Madonna cover)
Don't Leave Me Behind
St. John
Samhain
I Am Only One
Separate Ways (Journey cover)
I Will Stay
Through Hell
Bury Me Alive
Paradigm
Interlude
Sleep Well, My Angel
Flight Of Incarus (Iron Maiden cover)
Tear The World Down

Snow Patrol Concert

2010-05-31T14:41:00.002+02:00

Office

2010-05-25T14:48:00.002+02:00

Cavalaire

2010-05-24T14:35:00.002+02:00

90th birthday

2010-05-23T14:00:00.003+02:00

On the 23rd of May we celebrated my French grandmothers' 90th birthday in Cavalaire in the South of France. We had a great lunch in the garden with lots of champagne and lots of food.

Queen's Day

2010-04-30T14:16:00.002+02:00

This year I celebrated Queens Day with Anouschka and Marieke and other friends. We mostly hung out in the Jordaan listening to live music and having fun.

Tennis Competition

2010-04-24T14:11:00.000+02:00

Snow Vibes 2010

2010-03-14T13:55:00.000+01:00

Another Winter, another Snow Vibes. This time Sander and I ended up going to Austria. After 2 years France it was time for a change. We had an amazing time and here are just a few photos of this trip.

Opening Renovated Vondelpark

2010-02-28T13:49:00.000+01:00

I entered a photo competition for the opening of the renovated Vondelpark and I was selected as one of the 20 winners who got their photograph exposed on a massive billboard in the Vondelpark for several months. This was my entry:

Cobra Starship Concert

2010-02-22T19:10:00.003+01:00

Destine & All Time Low Concert at Melkweg

2010-02-10T18:45:00.006+01:00

Gisteravond stond eerst de Nederlandse band Destine in het voorprogramma. Destine heeft vorige keer in de Oude Zaal met All Time Low ook in het voorprogramma gestaan, ook dit keer mochten ze de fans van All Time Low opwarmen. Ook Destine heeft een behoorlijke aanhang, ook niet zo gek met de hits die ze hebben. 'In Your Arms' was al populair en 'Stars' heeft nog een groter publiek bereikt. De energieke bandleden benutten het gehele podium en weten het hele publiek mee te krijgen op hun muziek.

De band opent met 'Where Are You Now'. Deze track staat op hun gloednieuwe album 'Lightspeed'. Het is dezelfde sound als dat we al van hen gewend zijn. Maar het is zeker een mooi begin van de show. Het warmt iedereen meteen op. Denk je dat 'Stars' wel een rustig nummer is om even op adem te komen, vergeet het maar. Ook tijdens deze track weet de band het publiek warm te maken. Fans schreeuwen de longen uit hun lijf en dansen erop los. De band toont altijd een hoop enthousiasme, ze steken het publiek daarmee aan. Van 'In Your Arms' maakt Destine een grote finale. Compleet met een wasmand vol kleding uit de clip van de single op het podium.

Amerikaanse Pop/Punk band All Time Low kwam gisteren weer naar de Amsterdamse Melkweg. De vorige keer stonden ze in een uitverkochte Oude Zaal, dit keer verkochten ze makkelijk The Max uit. De aanhang van de band wordt steeds groter, dat is ook wel te merken aan het gegil.

All Time Low is een vierkoppige band uit Maryland (Verenigde Staten). De band bestaat uit leadzanger/gitarist Alex Gaskarth, gitarist Jack Barackat, bassist Zacharry Merrick en drummer Rian Dawson. All Time Low is met hun derde album, Nothing Personal, doorgebroken in Nederland.

Met een opgewarmde zaal neemt All Time Low het stokje over. All Time Low komt stuk voor stuk op na een korte intro en begint direct met 'Lost in Stereo'. Ook de band is blijkbaar al opgewarmd want ze beginnen meteen goed. De bassist springt in het rond, gitarist Jack gaat op een aantal plekken op het podium door z`n knieën voor persoonlijk contact met zijn fans. Zanger Alex komt in zijn uppie op met een akoestische gitaar. Hij gaat de track 'Remembering Sunday' spelen. Hoe onmogelijk het lijkt, de zaal wordt er stil van. Hij speelt het erg mooi. Halverwege stopt Alex en heeft zin in dansers op de achtergrond. Niet een getraind ballet, maar 4 jongens en 4 meiden uit het publiek. Na een lange zoektocht staan er 4 koppels op het podium om samen te dansen op 'Remembering Sunday'. Direct nadat Alex de vier koppels nog even een kus/hand heeft gegeven gaat hij direct door op dezelfde akoestische gitaar in zijn uppie met 'Therapy'. Ook tijdens deze track blijft het publiek muisstil.

Als toegift speelt de band 'Damned If I Do Ya'. Deze track komt van hun meeste recente album 'Nothing Personal'. Deze track is op dit moment hot in Nederland, niet zo gek want het refrein blijft in je hoofd hangen als je het hebt gehoord. Zo ook bij het publiek want dat zingt hem luidkeels mee. Een jongen uit het publiek krijgt de belangrijke opdracht om een grote moshpitt te maken. Dit is hem zeker gelukt, de gehele breedte van The Max was beschikbaar gekomen hier. Tot slot speelt de band nog 'Dear Maria, Count Me In'. Natuurlijk kent een beetje All Time Low-liefhebber deze track. Er komen steeds meer crowdsurfers bij en mensen die het podium op klimmen. De band stemt ermee in en laat de mensen op het podium dansen. All Time Low heeft een geweldige show weggegeven. De tracks die ze hadden gespeeld waren perfect ten gehore gebracht. Een hoop interactie met het publiek en zo nu en dan wat humor tussendoor maakt het geheel compleet.

Long Weekend Paris

2010-01-25T15:30:00.007+01:00

Europe in Concert

2010-01-20T13:45:00.002+01:00

Europe in concert at the Paradiso. They sure rock a lot harder than they did in the 80's... they put on a good show and rocked the night!

More Snow in January

2010-01-19T13:00:00.001+01:00

New Years in Amsterdam

2010-01-02T11:00:00.003+01:00

Happy New Year and a very healthy and happy 2010!!

Christmas in France

2009-12-28T10:30:00.001+01:00

Snow in Amsterdam

2009-12-22T10:40:00.000+01:00

The view from my place in Amsterdam in winter.

Anouk in Concert

2009-12-05T13:20:00.005+01:00

Another Anouk concert. Last year's show at the HMH was great and last night was very different but equally great! This year's show was more soulful, with horns and soul backup vocals... Sander and I really enjoyed the show... what a way to end the concert year ;-)

Set list:

01 For Bitter Or Worse

02 8 Years

03 In This World

04 One Word

05 Lay It Down

06 If I Go

07 Modern World

08 Three Days In A Row

09 Falling Sun

10 Walk To The Bay

11 Nobody’s Wife

12 Michel

13 Faith In My Moon

14 I Spy

15 Hold On

16 Whatever You Say

17 Woman

18 R U Kiddin’ Me

19 I Don’t Wanna Hurt

20 My Shoes

21 Heaven Knows

22 Lovedrunk

23 Lost

24 Girl

25 Good God

Depeche Mode Concert

2009-12-01T10:00:00.003+01:00

So on Monday I went to see Depeche Mode with Sander, Laurette and Yaelle. Last time I saw DM was in 1992 during the Violator tour, which was an amazing concert at the same venue they played on Monday; the Ahoy.

Openign act was Soulsavers and then Depeche Mode played for 2 hours! They ended the amazing show with Personal Jesus and the crowd was totally into it...

Setlist:

In Chains
Wrong
Hole To Feed
Walking In My Shoes
It's No Good
A Question Of Time
Precious
World In My Eyes
Insight (sung by Martin)
Home
Miles Away / The Truth Is
Policy Of Truth
In Your Room
I Feel You
Enjoy The Silence
Never Let Me Down Again

Encore
One Caress
Stripped
Behind The Wheel
Personal Jesus

Simple Minds Concert

2009-11-27T16:15:00.005+01:00

In 1986 I saw the Simple Minds at an open air concert in the Amsterdamse Bos. Opening act was Simply Red and even though it was pouring rain it was not cold and the concert was unbelievable.

Now in 2009 I got a chance to see the Simple Minds again. Sander and I went to the concert at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. Opening act was another 80's band: OMD.

Simple Minds put on a great show and after the concert you could buy the concert on a USB stick and a day later you could download the encores... so I now I can listen to the concert I attended at the HMH as well as enjoy photographs taken that night by a photographer close to the stage. Amazing!

Intwine Acoustic Rumshop Sessions Concert

2009-11-21T15:12:00.006+01:00

So Michael and I went to see Intwine play an acoustic concert at the Schouwburg Almere (amazing building by the way)... Michael is from Aruba and the singer of Intwine Roger was a classmate of Michael's... Intwine threw a party and played for 2 hours and 15 minutes!! Amazing show and great musicians.... we had a great time!

The wall of the Schouwburg...

30 Seconds to Mars Concert

2009-11-20T14:30:00.004+01:00

Sander and I went to see 30 Seconds to Mars at the Paradiso. I love the album but live Jared Leto's voice had trouble against the guitars. It did not matter to all the young girls at the front of the Stage. The atmosphere was amazing, just wish his voice had been as well...

Richie Kotzen Concert

2009-11-15T14:00:00.004+01:00

Sander and I went to see Richie Kotzen live in concert at the Boederij in Zoetermeer. We both were not too impressed with opening act Michael Lee Firkins but we loved Richie's set. Richie Kotzen many instruments but excels on the guitar. He has been a member of Poison and Mr. Big and he has opened up for The Rolling Stones on a recent Japan tour. He gave a very good show in Zoetermeer.

Skunk Anansie Concert

2009-11-09T16:27:00.002+01:00

Skunk Anansie in the Paradiso!!! Wow, what a show; they were tight, rockin' hard and very energetic... they tore the place down... amazing gig!!!

Setlist:

Intro (Yes, It's F*cking Political)

Selling Jesus

Charlie Big Potato

Because of You

Charity

100 Ways to Be a Good Girl

I Can Dream

I Don't Want To Kill You

Weak

Brazen (Weep)

Twisted (Everyday Hurts)

Cheap Honesty

On My Hotel TV

Tear The Place Up

The Skank Heads

Encore:
Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)

Squander

Little Baby Swastikkka

Encore 2:
Secretly

Aruba

2009-10-30T15:20:00.001+01:00

October 2009, rain and wind in The Netherlands... summer is truly gone... so Sander and I went to Aruba for 2 weeks for Sun, Beach, Balashi and some diving....

The Hotel...complete with dock for the boat that takes us to the private Island.... ;-)

The Island... what an amazing location...

The walkway to Flamingo beach...

With Salamander, Iguanas and Komodo dragons...

The Blue cocktail bar... with drinks from Rafi..

The beautiful aquamarine waters of Aruba...

Local Flora...

California Lighthouse...

The Jeep Wrangler we rented....

Casibari rock formation...

De hooiberg...

Baby Natural Bridge...

Sunset at Flying Fishbone...

Diving with Mermaid Divers....

Hotel pool...

Dinner at Yamanja...

Hmm, now back to Rain and Wind in Amsterdam....

My new houseguest

2009-09-25T10:44:00.003+02:00

Meet Suki... my new houseguest...

Posing for the camera...

she is very curious...

Loves chasing her tail....

Loves to take naps during the day.... and then she thinks after a few hours sleep at 5 am it is play time and that I should get up...

Her little hideway...

Beef

2009-09-19T10:37:00.002+02:00

Sander and I went to see Beef in concert. Beef is a Dutch reggae band that mixes reggae with ska and rock, really cool stuff. They are about to go on a sabattical and this was their last concert for a year. They rocked the house!!!

Coldplay Open Air Concert

2009-09-11T17:14:00.005+02:00

Fran and I went to see Coldplay in the Goffert Park in Nijmegen. A fantastic location; Open Air concert in the park and it was a beautiful day!

Opening acts were Miss Montreal and White Lies. Then Coldplay gave an amazing 2 hour concert. There was an acoustic intermezzo which they played in the middle of the crowd, with Chris Martin making up lyrics on the spot in honor of Jonny's birthday...

Here are some pictures of the show.

Here is the setlist:

Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Yellow
Glass of Water
Cemeteries of London
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing

B-stage on catwalk
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
Talk
The Hardest Part (Chris solo on piano)
Postcards From Far Away (Chris solo on piano)
Viva La Vida
Lost!

C-stage in crowd
Green Eyes
Happy Birthday (to Jonny)

Death Will Never Conquer (sung by Will)
Rhyming Song
Billie Jean (MJ cover)

Viva La Vida (Remix)
Politik
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends

Encore:
The Scientist
Life In Technicolor ii
The Escapist outro

De Mannentester

2009-09-08T14:37:00.004+02:00

Mariette invited me to the book premiere of Heleen van Royen's latest novel de Mannentester (the tester of men) at the Tuschinsky Theater.

There were free drinks courtesy of Coubergh and Amaretto di Saronno, dark chocolate courtesy of Cote d'Or and music entertainment courtesy of Babette van Veen.

The presentation was done by Albert Verlinde, with special guests Kluun, Ronald Giphart, Saskia Noort, Isa Hoes en Marc Klein-Essink.

Oh yeah, and we got a signed copy of the novel...

Macy Gray Concert

2009-09-01T15:27:00.003+02:00

Macy Gray in concert in the Paradiso in Amsterdam - what a party that was!

Dinner with Tennis Team

2009-08-21T15:29:00.000+02:00

So to finish off the Tennis season we went to dinner at Blauw, amazing Indonesian restaurant in Amsterdam..

Canal Parade 2009

2009-08-02T16:23:00.007+02:00

So this weekend was Gay Pride weekend again and that means a large Canal Parade of floats....and lots of people watching...

I went with Sander and we had a blast. I also met up with Koca who was visiting Amsterdam again with her husband Ari and some friends.

Summer Tennis Tournament

2009-07-28T15:00:00.000+02:00

July 25/26 we (the Events Committee at DDV tennis club) organized a tennis tournament for those members of the club who were not away on Summer holiday. Together with Anouschka I created all the schedules for the event. The weekend itself was perfect, great weather, lots of great tennis, good food and drinks afterwards...

Circle of Light

2009-07-22T11:50:00.001+02:00

Taken at the U2 360° Tour

THE U2 360° TOUR

2009-07-21T12:45:00.007+02:00

Crazy Night in Amsterdam 20 July 2009...

* Ninth show of the tour and the first time that 360 has come indoors. The Dutch were some of the earliest fans of the band outside Ireland and the UK and have always been some of the loudest. Louder still when there's a roof overhead.

* 'See the world in green and blue/ Larry Mullen right in front of you'.

* 'Some funky stuff please..' Nothing is funkier than Mysterious Ways and as the groove gets going and a stadium gets moving, Bono pays thanks to this city and country. 'Thank you for so many nights in this city, the mysterious and magical port of Amsterdam. We've a lot of history here...' Some of that history, like photographer Anton Corbijn, is here for the show.

* It's the fortieth anniversary of Neil Armstrong's walk on the face of the moon, a moment that impressed itself on a 9 year old future rock star. 'I remember it so well, an image of making the impossible possible and I've held on to that with more earthly problems...' Fittingly the astronauts from the International Space Station make a brief cameo on screen, holding up signs reading, 'The Future Needs A Big Kiss.'

* 'Keep On With The Force Don't Stop/Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough.' Angel of Harlem, first written for Billie Holliday, is back in the set tonight, a playful acoustic interlude and a tender tribute to the late, great Michael Jackson.

* 'We were teenagers when we first played the Paradiso, Larry still is a teenager. Apart from that everything's changed. Still got a long way to go, Adam, Larry, Edge and myself...' Bono's Auntie Eileen is not a teenager. She is in fact 80 years old and at the show. 'All the Hewsons in the house tonight!'

* What's the betting that with the down and dirty dub remix of 'I Know I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight' we are witnessing the birth of a stand-out track in the pantheon of great U2 songs. When Larry arrives on the b-stage with the djemba, it's the cue for all four band members to perform to all four quarters of the house. While Larry and Adam and Bono complete a lap of the b-stage, Edge goes one better, completing a double lap.

* Something of the Vertigo Tour about One, when the lights go down and 50,000 people take out their phones. 'There's planet earth... and here's the Milky Way...'

Here's the set list -

Breathe
No Line On The Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Mysterious Ways
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Angel of Harlem
In A Little While
Unknown Caller
Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding LIghts
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride (In The Name of Love)
MLK
Walk On
Where The Streets Have No Name
One
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Ultraviolet
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender

Tesla Concert

2009-07-12T16:30:00.001+02:00

Saturday July 11th I went to see Tesla live in concert. Tesla plays a bluesy Hard Rock and they really know how to put on a great show! I have liked Tesla since I got my hands on Mechanical Resonance (their first album) in Hong Kong and I played it repeatedly during the holida in Hong Kong wiht Stephane. So after many years Tesla is still going strong and their latest album Forever More is excellent. The show was excellent, they rocked the hosue and I even got a Tesla Guitar pick at the end of the show!

Queensryche Concert

2009-07-10T11:50:00.008+02:00

For the 3rd time in my life I went to see Queensryche in concert. I first saw them in 1984 as opening act for Kiss in San Francisco. I was amazed how many fans at the Kiss gig were Queensryche fans. After the gig I was hooked, they were bettter than Kiss that night and I went out and bought their first EP and the first album "The Warning".

I got another chance to see them in 1990 in The Netherlands during the Empire Tour. This time they were the headliner (opening act was Lynch Mob - the band created by Ex-Dokken guitarist George Lynch) and Queensryche was amazing. They played their concept album "Operation Mindcrime" from beginning to end...

After the album "The Promised Land" they changed musical direction and I did not really like the music anymore. Each album I hoped they would return to form but they never did for me.

So a little while ago I noticed that they had a new album out called "American Soldier", an album about war from the soldiers' perspective. I did not expect much but they album was great. The amazing melodies and melodic guitar solos were back and they had finally created another good album.

So I started looking if they would play concerts in the Netherlands and got tickets to the show in Zoetermeer. Queensryche would do a solo show, no openign act and they would only play songs from 3 albums; the new album American Soldier, Rage For Order and Empire. Wow, those are 3 amazing albums so that garanteed an amazing setlist!

Setlist:
Neue Regel
Whisper
Screaming in Digital
I Dream in Infrared
Walk in the Shadows
I Will Remember

Sliver
Killer
If I Were KingMan
Down
Dead Man's Word

Best I Can
Thin Line
One & Only
Jet City Woman
Silent Lucidity
Anybody Listening
Empire

They played for 2 hours and it was obvious they had a lot of fun on stage. Sander and I were only about 5 meters away from the stage and we rocked out!

Long live the Ryche!

Child's Play

2009-07-08T10:39:00.004+02:00

Lenny Kravitz Live at Westerpark

2009-07-05T13:17:00.012+02:00

On the 4th of July I went to see Lenny Kravitz open air concert in the Westerpark. This is an amazing open air venue and Lenny was unbelievable. He was really enjoying himself and it was an amazing concert.

I was there with Marieke, Sander, Cynthia, Marc, Claudia, Simon, Lara, Nadege, Max and a number of others...

Photos:

Below you can find a video impression of the gig:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHNlEt7bgpM&feature=related

Kings of Leon Concert

2009-07-03T12:52:00.010+02:00

Thursday July 2nd Fran and I went to see Kings Of Leon at the Ahoy. They played a great set with lots of energy and the place was boiling.

Setlist:

Notion
Be Somebody
Taper Jean Girl
My Party
Molly's Chambers
Red Morning Light
Fans
California Waiting
Closer
Crawl
Four Kicks
Charmer
Sex On Fire
The Bucket
On Call
Cold Desert
Use Somebody