The
Dusseldorf venue Tor 3 was located at a industrial area somewhere in
Dusseldorf…don’t ask me where exactly because we were lost ….and
found by a nice girl at the Suisse hotel who helped us out......
We
arrived at 4.30 at the entrance. Jan Martin Monster, his wife Thea,
Erik van Loenhout and me meet up with Brian and Lorraine Jones.
We had learn to know eachother from the last Holland and Belgium tour.
We
waited until the band arrived about 5 o’clock. We had a quick hello
and shaked hands. We followed the band into the venue to attend the soundcheck. But no way, we where
forced to get out by a securityguy.
To
bad. But before we went out we heard a tape of Heep with Bernie
singing Sweet Freedom. Charlie the engineer told us the song would
probably end up on the live CD.
No
soundscheck? OK lets go for a beer, chips, 23 nuggets and a chat at a
Holland snackhouse….
In
the meantime we teamed up
with Dirk & Monique, Willy, Sandra and Rinus. All diehard
Heepfollowers .They 'chased' the band already a few
days and would stay for more then 10 days on this tour. They told us the
tour was doing well, most of the venues where packed.
We
were back at 7. Right in time to buy a ticket. The security was a
serious matter. No camera was allowed, No pictures on the web on this
one?? Well Rinus and
Willy had all area passes and your webmaster had not, so they could
bring in their camera. Willy was so friendly to let me make the
pictures and take the film home with me. Many thanks to them.
