2½/5: Gaye Su Akyol in Paradiso – Tolhuistuin on May 11, 2025. A reasonable show containing a few highlights.
Apr 21 2025
The Purple Jam, 04/21/2025
2½/5: Enthusiasm was huge, the performances were not that great, but The Family was outstanding!
Mar 19 2025
Steel Pulse, 03/19/2025
4½/5: Steel Pulse at the Amsterdam Paradiso: a highly entertaining show. The band was filled with energy and drive, So was the audience. A superb combination!
Dec 21 2024
Ibrahim Maalouf, 12/21/2024
2½/5: Ibrahim Maalouf disappoints in Paradiso. On paper Maalouf and electronica is an exciting prospect, not so much so in reality.
Oct 31 2024
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, 10/31/2024
5/5: The Wild God Tour one month in: perfection, emotion, mania and pleasure, from the audience as well as from the band. A concert to remember!
Sep 26 2024
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, 09/26/2024
4½/5: Nick Cave overwhelms at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. Perfect setlist, commitment, emotion, humour, it all checked out. Again!
Sep 23 2024
The The, 09/23/2024
3/5: The The, Paradiso, 09/23/2024. Too long and the build-up too slow, but when it all went well, it really clicked 100%.
Jun 27 2024
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, 06/27/2024
4½/5: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band triumphed yet again. All musical means were used to ensure the maximum result: an ecstatic audience!
Apr 13 2024
Nits, 04/13/2024
4/5: Nits at Carré Amsterdam. Great start, but after the break it wasn’t the climax I was hoping for. Still had a great night!
Mar 21 2024
Pixies, 03/21/2024
3/5: Pixies in Paradiso, Amsterdam. The show lacked dynamics, some great moments, but too little to make the concert really work.
Mar 15 2024
Underworld, 03/15/2024
4½/5: Underworld in Amsterdam: the average age of the men on stage is almost 66 and they play like they’re 18 years old. Stunning!
Mar 08 2024
Róisín Murphy, 03/08/2024
4/5: Róisín Murphy in Amsterdam on March 8, 2024. Barring the middle section it was highlight after highlight. A night to remember!
Dec 08 2023
Ibrahim Maalouf, 12/08/2023
4½/5: An exciting evening at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam: Ibrahim Maalouf came by to present his upcoming album.
Dec 07 2023
Raymond van het Groenewoud, 12/07/2023
4/5: Raymond van het Groenewoud at the Koninklijk Theater Carré. A sublime diptych of Twee Meisjes and Brussels By Night!
Nov 04 2023
Wild Romance, 11/04/2023
3½/5: A fun night out with the Wild Romance on what should have been Herman Brood’s 77th birthday.
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