When I was in Budapest to see Vampirok Balja I first heard about the plans to stage a Dutch version of Tanz der Vampire in Belgium. That was July 2007. After a false start in 2009 Dans der Vampieren finally made it’s debut at Antwerp’s Stadsschouwburg on September 9th, 2010. So last weekend I went… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Seen live
Long Overdue
A couple of months ago I got an email asking if I fancied coming to England to see (the 2010 tour version of) Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman’s Whistle Down the Wind. As the last time I’d seen that particular musical was over ten years ago, I decided that, what the heck, a trip… Read more »
Seen live: Charlie Dée
Earlier this year, I saw Charlie Dée opening for a balladeer twice. In between the first and second show I had picked up her second album Love Your Life, and while I really liked her voice, I thought that songs were a bit boring. Which is what I told her that after the second show…. Read more »
Concertgebouw: check
For the eight time I saw Wende put on a great show yesterday. It was the opening night of her three-night stand at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the program promised a search for the most beautiful love story, packaged in a theatrical mosaic of music, images, text and song. As I saw her previous… Read more »
Seen live: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
The only Dutch gig on Springsteen’s Working on a Dream World Tour 2009 was at Pinkpop. Since the rest of the bill didn’t quite strike my fancy and I’m not much of a festival guy anyway, I started to explore other options. Two concerts in a weekend, ticket availability, general appeal and rave reviews on… Read more »