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Tim Akkerman: The Journey Premiere

On the 21st of December, Tim Akkerman made the start of the dark Dutch winter a bit brighter. The Diligentia theater, in his home town The Hague, was the stage for his premiere show. It’s called The Journey, named after his recently released second a...
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Supermarkt The Hague: Six Years of Legendary Nights

"The Supermarkt is closing its doors!" Suddenly this bad news hit the Grote Markt. The message quickly spread around The Hague, followed by the rest of the country. It was, or actually still is, the musical hotspot of The Hague. Located in the he...

Spread the love with DI-RECT

So imagine this:   You’re part of a successful Dutch rock band with a celebrated last album and loads of fans. On that last album there’s a song, slowbeat, intense, let’s say: romantic. Even the title screams love - ‘You & I’. A song t...

Rockstone @ TodaysArt 2014

Zuidertstrand Theatre Rockstone was on the road again, but this time close to home, where we attended the international festival for contemporary visual and performing arts TodaysArt 2014. This festival has travelled across The Hague for almost n...
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Rockstone @ MTV EMA Pre-Party

Rockstone Sessions attended last week’s pre-party of the MTV European Music Awards. An amazing night, full of nominees, artist and other celebrities. They all got together to find out who’d be awarded the Best Dutch Act. It was a classy, black tie pa...
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Rockstone Presents: JARA – Single Release

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoDiYx4YkYo&feature=youtu.be Last Saturday, the beautiful building of The Barbershop & Co has been the stage for the first ‘Rockstone Presents’ concert. It was definitely one to be proud of. The indie folk b...
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Musical Pub Crawl in The Hague

Rockstone Sessions loves it when you’re having a good time. And what would be the best moment for having a good time? Exactly: Friday night. However, it is often quite predictable. The item below gives you some pointers and directions to guide you to...

Top 5 Moments at PITCH Festival!

During the weekend of July 4th and 5th, I had the pleasure of being at the 3rd edition of PITCH Festival in Amsterdam. PITCH Festival is set in the middle of Amsterdam at the WestergasFabriek, a former gasworks now used as a cultural venue. Consistin...

Rockstone @ Night at the Park

In The Hague everybody knows Parkpop. An annual free festival with cool national and international bands. This year the organisation added a paid festival the night before Parkpop: Night at the Park. With a line-up that makes the heart melt of every ...

Rockstone visits…’Later…with Jools Holland’

(Photo: Clockwise from bottom left -  Nadja with Nick Mulvey, the set at Maidstone Studios, being herded into the studio, backstage with Nick Mulvey and Hurray for the Riff Raff!) Last week I was invited to watch the filming of the BBC’s weekly li...

Rockstone @ Oranje Bitter 2014 – Rotterdam

The undisputed heavyweight of party days in Holland has to be the Royal birthday celebration. This year we celebrated the first Konings dag (Kings Day) which is the annual celebration of the Kings birthday. The country comes out in full force,...

Are you the new face of Rockstone?

ARE you the new face of Rockstone for the summer of 2014? The Rockstone team is expanding and we're looking for  presenter that would like to join us during our summer festival season! Are you: - a music lover? - into music festivals? - co...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO…

  Today Rockstone officially turn 2 years old! We launched Rockstone on the 11th of January in 2012 with our first Rockstone Session, Qeaux Qeaux Joans singing 'Final End'. What followed was lots of exciting new and old artists from al...

Rockstone @ Metropolis festival 2013

Things we learned at Metropolis 2013: hydration is important, there's never enough batteries and sunscreen is gold on a sunny day. The sun is shining, the speakers are blaring and the Rockstone crew is ready. Metropolis festival 2013 is calling: ...

Kris Berry and Perquisite @ Het Perron

“Let’s do that song one more time, ok?” Perquisite wants another take of an acoustic track he’s doing with Kris Berry. But things don’t go according to plan. As he repositions his cello between his legs, they start... only to find his instrument slo...