A day at the Concents…. in Assen!

Yesterday I have been with my friend Patrick to a concert in the city of Assen. The main act was Iron Maiden, but personally I was there more for one of the supporting acting: Within Temptation.

We made it early there (and as a side note: In the town of Beilen there is fishshop that sells baked fish of a rare quality. Patrick said that the same goes for the herring he had). The weather was very nice, so the waiting for the beginning of the event was not too bad.

We were lucky here, an colleague from the company where I stopped working last month (also with the name Patrick) arrived very late. This was caused by busy traffic and traffic jams.

As said, Iron Maiden was the main act and as supporting acts there were Lauren Harris (daughter of the guitarist of Iron Maiden), Kamelot and Within Temptation.
I liked Lauren Harris (and not only because she is a good looking woman), but she has to fight up against her famous father and I am convinced that when the quality of the sound equipment was better fitted to her voice, all would have sounded a lot better.
Kamelot was a new name for me, but I do admit that this will be a name I will be keeping an eye on.
As said, I was there for Within Temptation. And no matter what Patrick says, I liked their performance a lot. Yes, even better as Iron Maiden!
But I do have to say, that the show Iron Maiden placed was a good one. But then again, they were the main act. I kinda liked it, but they are not just what I really like. But that is okay, to each their one taste.

All with all a wonderful day again…. even when it took us ages to leave the parking-place in Assen again. The moon eclipse during the evening gave an extra effect to it all. I tried to make a picture of the eclipse, but with the simple compact camera I had with me that was doomed to fail. Sadly they mostly don’t allow better photo equipment as an SLR at such events.