Category:Music
This summer marks the 30th anniversary of Springsteen’s Born In The U.S.A. As matter of fact the album was originally released on June 4, 1984. The album sold over 30 million copies worldwide—probably Springsteen’s best selling album—and it was also the 1st album I ever bought. It was the summer of 1984—it was a beautiful summer as I remember—and I saved up my allowance to go and buy the album on vinyl at a local record store.
Plenty of reasons thus to be very excited about the release of Dead Man’s Town: A Tribute To Born In The U.S.A., a tribute album that celebrates the 30th anniversary of Born In The U.S.A. According to a press release released earlier by Springsteen’s publishing company Shore Fire Media, the album is due to be released on September 16.
The tribute album is already available for pre-order via iTunes and Amazon.com has a rather intimate feeling to it. It sound a lot more acoustic than Springsteen’s original album.
I discovered Nina Nesbitt, a young Scottish artist, via Twitter and Instagram. After releasing a couple of EPs, Nina released a full album Peroxide. She is currently touring Europe playing acoustic shows to promote that album. Last night she played at Le Botanique.
I wanted to see her show, but I was also fortunate enough to cover the show for Frontview Magazine. I have a full album of pictures up on the Frontview Magazine website.
I’ve been a long time fan of Ilse DeLange. I started following her music back in 1998 when she released World of Hurt. I can remember that very 1st show at Vooruit in Gent: she was hardly known in Belgium and I had a blast at that small show.
So last night was sorta special for me: after all those years of seeing her shows, I got to shoot pictures at her show in 013 in Tilburg on assignment for Frontview Magazine.
See the rest of the album on the site of Frontview Magazine.
I was shooting on assignment for Frontview Magazine at the Heather Nova concert in Eindhoven last night.
An intimate evening with… Heather Nova was a very enjoyable show. And it was so nice to catch up with a couple of friends and colleagues before the show.
You can see the rest of my photos on the Frontview Magazine website.
A long time ago–or at least is seems a long time ago–Jacqueline Govaert was the lead singer of Krezip. When the band decided to quit, Jacqueline decide to pursue a solo career. She released her 1st solo album Good Life in 2010. Since then she’s been writing new songs and is about ready to release a second album.
Last night, she played the 1st of 3 try-out concerts at Leeuwenbergh in Utrecht. I covered the concert as photographer on assignment for Frontview Magazine.
You can see the rest of my pictures on the website of Frontview Magazine.
I’m not a big fan of Paris. I think almost everybody knows that. In fact: even though I know it has some nice restaurants, a couple of museums worth visiting, I hate going to Paris. In part, this has to do with a couple of bad experiences at concerts in Paris. For some strange reason, I was disappointed with every Bruce Springsteen concert I saw in Paris. And there was a few other thingies too. I have vowed never to go see a concert in Paris if the artist does not sing in French.
But when Mylene Farmer plays in Paris, I will head on over… Double time! Her shows are amazing, and whenever she plays in Paris, there is a kind of magic in the air. That’s when I love Paris. She’s playing a series of shows at the Bercy Palais Omnisport right now. I have just returned from a fun weekend in Paris: seeing some of the sites, enjoying the last few days of summer and a show of Mylene last Saturday.
Hot of the press: Bruce Springsteen is to release London Calling: Live in Hyde Park DVD on june 22. A 163 minutes, 26 tracks of the best rock music I can imagine. This is how Springsteen’s website describes the release: “London Calling: Live In Hyde Park conveys both the experience of being on-stage and the vast crowd experience of the festival environment. Viewers are able to see Springsteen spontaneously directing the E Street Band and shaping the show as it evolves.”
It was a nice day, great food, sweeeeet cocktails and great music in Hyde Park last year, as I recall it. I’m really lookin’ forward to this release. This is gonna end up on my iPhone for sure. Whiiii… I’m gonna be on TV!
A little sneak peak… Springsteen opened the show with London Calling and that looked like this:
(video courtesy of brucespringsteen.net)
Springsteen & the E-Street Band doin’ Lonesome Day outside the planetarium at the Rose Center in New York City during the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.
Dasm… I miss her so much…
Feels like longer than forever yeah,
My home is now a distant land
If I had one wish, I wish I could be
Back on that rock in the middle of the sea.
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