Lichtenvoorde, We Are Here...

JUNE 11, 2005
ARROW ROCK FESTIVAL
LICHTENVOORDE, NETHERLANDS
EUROPEAN TOUR


Photo: Jaypo

Hello friends,

We just pulled into the festival grounds. I've asked Jason to go out and take a photo or two of the place so we can all get a glimpse of it before we get suited up and get the game faces on. It's drizzling a little but otherwise the weather feels good and for singers, the moisture is a our friend.

We had a blastt hitting the streets of Amsterdam last night. The center of town is about the most liberal place in the civilized world and the nice thing is, you can participate or just be a member of the sidewalk pedestrian audience and have just as much fun. Our gang was a combination of those and there were lots of laughs as the day turned into night.

Jeanne, Jason and I took the Tram into the city center and walked quite a ways before we found the red light district. At the point we had come to think we were lost, a young woman came up to me and asked "Are you the lead singer of STYX?" in a recognizable accent. She was from Lebanon, Tennessee, here in Holland teaching English. She gave us directions to where we we wanting to go, and within 30 minutesw we ran into all of our traveling companions and caught up on all that they'd experienced since getting there several hours earlier. Charlie, our manager told us about three well lubricated Englishmen who had one after the other fallen into the canal. I saw a group of German football fans who were holding up one of their younger lads who had a very far away look in his eyes. As we walked by i heard one of them say "Space Cakes" and recognized that look. Years ago, in the late 80's I made the mistake of eating, not one, but two of them in the world famous "Bulldog" coffee shop and ended up having to lay down on the floor of my room until it passed. Poor guy.

So today it's STYX, Crosby, Still and Nash, Meat Loaf, Kansas and a variety of others performing. It's not as Metal as the Sweden Rock Festival was. More Classic if you like.

Here's a look at the STYX merch stand. More later!

TS


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Previously published on Styxworld.com on or about the date mentioned.