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Posted at 03:26 PM on November 20, 2008
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Matt writes
The end of the tour is nearing, only a week and a half to go, five concerts.
Yesterday we had a great night in Zoetermeer.
Linda went back with Elrieke to spend some time with her. Chris and I came back to Soest and decided to have a nightcap, which lasted us until 5 o'clock. By that time I got a text by someone telling me she was off to work! We do make different hours in this business.
Even though we weren't in bed early, we still got up in reasonable time and a wonderful day ahead of us!
I made some breakfast for us and then it was time to go to Arnhem, to do a radio interview for Omroep Gelderland with Eric van den Berg. The trip towards it was very enjoyable.
We were really looking forward to meet our 'liquorices-all-sorts' friend Elly again (for more information, read our previous write ups about Omroep Gelderland).
Unfortunately she wasn't there today, neither was there the big jar of sweets! That was quite a blow...
Ah well, it happens. Marlena, the girl who was behind the desk, called Eric for us. We quickly figured out how the coffee machine worked, just in time to have our cups of steaming coffee before Eric came into the waiting area and welcomed us.
It was great to see him again. Eric is such a easy person to be with and always smiling.
We had a short tour through the station, as it was all renovated and they had some very fancy new gadgets in there!
When we got to the studio, we settled ourselves and chatted a while.
Then came the interview, again a very nice one. Not only talking about the history and the achievements, but also very much concentrated the situation now and the future (up to the Carre and beyond that).
It was very nice. We hung about until about 16.15. Then we had to be gone again, as we didn't want to be caught in traffic if we could help it and... we were to go to a concert that night! Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry did a show in the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam.
We got ourselves back, after saying goodbye to the lovely Marlena and Eric. Just in time before the motorways got stuck.
A little shopping and a quick bite and of we were again!
The show itself was great! Both Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry had an excellent band behind them. Also the Southern USA humor got very funny. Looking at the concert professionally, I'd say that the way Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry played wasn't as good as I had hoped for. But that doesn't take away the things they have created and achieved and, as Linda rightly said, that we were standing in the same hall as two true rock legends!
