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August 19th  2000

Uriah Heep

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Find Pete Wharton explaining a sugarplum, Bernie with The Sweets Drummer & Singer? Mick And Brian Jones, Lee reading Mindview with Geert Ryssen? Patrick Broekmans praying for a signature from Mick?

It's all here..........

Bernie And Trevor in full Swing   Bernie 2 Sweet ( Bruce Bisland & Jeff Brown)

We had a great day  at the Kortenaken festival. Dominic, the festival boss arranged two press cards for me and my friend Marcel ,  for Brian & Lorraine Jones and Pete and Jeanine   Wharton he was so friendly to arrange backstage passes. Our UK friends arrived at noon on the festivalground after a quiet boottrip.
We met up with Patrick Voermans, who runs a the guitarpic website, and Geert Ryssen from the Mindviewmagazine. I can say Heep did a exciting show for about 2000 people.

The setlist:

 
Between two worlds
I can hear voices
Stealin
Sunrise
Bird of Prey
July morning
Gypsy
Easy Livin
Look at yourself
Lady in black
 
I might be wrong but I heard some changes in Micks guitar playing in LAY and Gypsy. I forgot to ask him about it after the show....does anybody know anything? New guitar?
Trevor did a very nice duet with Phil in the midsection of LAY.I'm not sure if that was new...I thought it was..
Anyway looking over my shoulder from time to time was a joy for every Heepster. From the frontrow to the back everybody was clapping and yelling.
 
Afterwards Rinus told me ( He, Sandra and Willy) arrived with the band at 20.30 ( 22.00 on stage) the mood in the band is better then ever We all had the same feeling. The fact there was no chanse for a proper soundcheck made no one really nervous. Lee looked very relaxed.
 
As usual Mick& co were jumped on by press and fans. I've seen a few fantastic old posters signed.
 
 
 
Louis Rentrop
 
ps Thanks to Pete Wharton  we now know what a sugarplum is: A 60 years old red haired sunglassed leathergirl....:-))