ASBURYJUKES.NET – 31.OCTOBER 2009 – The trip from Amsterdam’s IBIS Hotel to Den Haag’s IBIS Hotel was as smooth as it could be. Empty Dutch motorways are a real treat for somebody who’s used to the Autobahn… and the rush hour as such. Den Haag, is a place where Johnny has been the last time more than 10 years ago, playing the Koniginnen Naach Festival in 1999 on his semi-acoustic comeback tour. Den Haag has almost the same amount of spectacular museums, the same nice cafes and eateries, as many bicicles, and the same boring IBIS room layouts and furniture as Amsterdam. Just the road-map is much, much easier, since they don’t have that many canals and one-way-streets…

Now, since the IBIS rooms were no highlight at all, it was a real highlight that the Paard was in 2 minutes walking distance, and it’s been a place where I and (to my knowledge) Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes have not been before. So this was Southside Johnny & the conquerors from New Jersey again. A new night, a new place, a new audience… and EDDIE MANION on a Halloween Saturday!

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