I spent last night with my big sister at the last concert of Golden Earring‘s current tour. This was an electric gig (as opposed to an acoustic, they mix them up on tours), and it completely R-O-C-K-E-D!

The support act was The New Shining, a Dutch band that was actually very good (can you tell support acts have often disappointed me in the past?), so the warmup was very effective…but no support act can beat the ‘Earring’. Once they stepped on stage they went from zero to 100 MPH in zero point zero seconds. Excellent as always, but on top of that it was kinda ‘extra special’. Not sure why, but these guys flew! Amazing guitar solos by George Kooymans, an electrifying bass+synth solo/intro by Rinus Gerritsen and Cesar Zuiderwijk completely rocked the hall with a truly mindblowing drum solo. And how Barry Hay still belts out the songs like that after all these years I really don’t know.

All in all one really great night out. It’s been way too long since I did this, and being there with my ‘big sis’ made it extra cool. Thanks sis!