Golden Earring Live at the Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, Florida, - 1983 (audio only)

Golden Earring Live at the Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, Florida, March 19th, 1983. A King Biscuit Flower Hour recording.
-Lineup:
Rinus Gerritsen: bass, keyboards
Barry Hay: flute, vocals
George Kooymans: guitar, vocals
Cesar Zuiderwijk: drums
-Setlist:
01. Intro
02. The Vanilla Queen
03. Radar Love
04. Twilight Zone
05. The Devil Made Me Do It
06. Heartbeat

This red hot performance by Dutch superstars, Golden Earring, was among several sets recorded for broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour between 1974 and 1984. The group, which had gone more than a decade between their biggest radio hits, was back in action with Cut, a bona fide comeback record that spawned the mega-FM hit, "Twilight Zone." They also lay down a killer version of their biggest hit, "Radar Love." (That song appears here in a 21-minute version, complete with extensive guitar, bass, and drum solos.). Also featured in this show are other tracks from Cut, including "Devil Made Me Do It" and "Heart Beat."
One of the most powerful rock music forces to ever emerge from the Netherlands, Golden Earring is one of the few bands to achieve international chart success in three consecutive decades: First with their cover hit of the Byrds' classic "Eight Miles High" in 1969, followed by "Radar Love" in 1973 and "Twilight Zone" in 1982. The latter two songs remain staples of classic rock radio today. Front man Barry Hay and guitarist George Kooymans show why they were among the few rock stars to emerge from Holland to achieve worldwide success. Hay never got his due as a rock vocalist extraordinaire in the US, but he should have.
A group never content to follow any formula for too long, they approached each album as if they were a new band, even reinventing their own music by redoing songs from earlier albums. In 1973, they released Moontan, their most popular album, which gained them a worldwide audience. In 1973, they toured internationally with acts such as Kiss and Aerosmith opening for them. They came back in 1982 with another huge hit, "Twilight Zone," which gave them a serious commercial push and allowed for them be tour extensively in the U.S. once again. By the time the late 1980s rolled around, however, the group decided to keep their focus on Europe and Japan because they stopped charting hits in the U.S.
They have remained a popular European act, and all the members have released solo albums.

BY KSLX | FEBRUARY 9th, 2021:
Golden Earring breaks up after founding guitarist confirms Lou Gehrig's disease diagnosis.
Veteran Dutch band Golden Earring has broken up after 60 years together, Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad reports.
The rock group, best known in the U.S. for its hits “Radar Love” and “Twilight Zone,” decided to call it quits after founding guitarist George Kooymans revealed to his band mates in late 2020 that he was suffering from the degenerative disease ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Kooymans confirmed his diagnosis to the newspaper in a phone interview.
“It’s a very bad prognosis and I’m not really in the mood to say much about it,” he told the paper. “I am being treated at the university hospital in Leuven [Belgium]. That’s it. It’s a progressive disease. Unfortunately, performing is no longer possible.”
Kooymans co-founded the band, originally called The Golden Earrings, in 1961 with bassist/keyboardist Rinus Gerritsen. Current lead singer Barry Hay joined the group in 1967, and drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk came onboard in 1970 to solidify the band’s longtime lineup.
Speaking about Kooymans’ illness with regard to Golden Earring’s future, Hay told Algemeen Dagblad, “This is a death blow. We always said we would keep going until one of us fell over. I didn’t expect George to be the first. Kooymans was always the toughest of the four of us.”
He added, “You sometimes philosophize about that: Who goes first? And he was always at the back of the line. It sucks, and we would have preferred a farewell tour, but unfortunately it is what it is.”
“Radar Love” and “Twilight Zone” peaked at #13 and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively, in 1973 and 1982. In its Netherlands homeland, Golden Earring scored more than 50 top 40 singles, including five #1 hits.
The group’s last concert took place in November 2019 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
(kslx.com).

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