Status Quo, also colloquially known as The Quo or just Quo, are an English rock band whose music is characterized by their distinctive brand of boogie rock. They are celebrating their 50yrs maneuverer and played a great show at Amsterdam HMH.
Status Quo (Click for gallery)
On the same evening as Barry Hay’s Flying V Formation another great Dutch band entered the stage.
Di-rect a The Hague based band played at their hometown celebrating the venues 40th anniversary.
Di-rect (Click for gallery)
In 2012 Barry Hay decided to start a new project. It is a band consisting of a group of young musicians with a lot of talent and ambition.
During a showcase I took these pictures.
Barry Hay Flying V formation (click for gallery)
Finally a new update!
The last few months I’ve been so busy with my regular job and family (our second child was born a few weeks ago) there hasn’t been any time left to photograph some shows.
You can always connect with me via Twitter or Instagram.
With Festyland 2012, the Dutch summer festival season came to an end.
Festyland has to be one of the most insane festivals in the Netherlands.
It’s well known as thé closing festival of the season, but the cold and rain never stopped 30.000 people to have a great time!
Festyland 2012 (click for gallery)
Some people won’t ring a bell when you say their names, but you probably know several songs written by them. John Fogerty is one of them.
Best known for his time with Creedence Clearwater Revival. He’s responsible for songs like “Proud Mary”, “Down On The Corner”, “Suzie Q” and “Have You Ever Seen The Rain”.
Friday July 13, A night with John Fogerty at Ziggo Dome Amsterdam and I took these pictures.
John Fogerty (Click for gallery)
The Bospop rock festival, which will be held for the 32th time on 7 and 8 July 2012, has made a name for itself thanks to its easy-going atmosphere. This festival, which was started as a small-scale festival for mainly regional amateur bands in 1980 on a DIY stage has now grown into a big musical event with bands of international fame which has won itself a permanent listing on the festival calendar.
This years headliners include Beth Hart, Tom Jones, Patti Smith, Alanis Morissette, The Cult, The Waterboys, Ed Kowalczyk and Lenny Kravitz.
Bospop 2012 (click for gallery)
Guus Meeuwis is a Dutch singer who mostly sings pop songs in Dutch.
In June 2012, Guus Meeuwis performed his “Groots met een zachte G”-tour in the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven for the 7th year in a row.
This year dutch rapper Gers Pardoel and Rock-icons Golden Earring entered the stage as special guests.
Groots met een zacht G (Click for gallery)
Golden Earring latest album “Tits ‘n Ass” entered the Dutch Album top 100 on number 1.
The same evening the band played at Egopop 2012.
Take a look at the pictures.
Golden Earring (Click for gallery)
Golden Earring released a new album called Tits ‘n Ass.
To celebrate the release the band played a showcase in the world famous club Paradiso Amsterdam.
You can find the pictures in the gallery.
Golden Earring (Click for gallery)
Easter is called “Pasen” in dutch, this means the festival-season opens with “Paaspop”.
A great small festival and altough the weather wasn’t that great, the shows where.
I was there all 3 days and made these pictures.
Paaspop Day 1 (click for gallery)
Paaspop Day 2 (click for gallery)
Paaspop Day 3 (click for gallery)
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