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111. Story today on the Dutch newspaper site Ad.nl about a tribute concert for

Golden Earring from their fans and a filmmaker, with the proceeds to go to the ALS Foundation.

The story is at https://www.ad.nl/show/eerbetoon-in-de-maak-voor-golden-earring-duizend-fans-treden-op-als-afscheidsconcert~ad306707/
Archive page at https://archive.ph/c0pj3

But the Postsen.com website has the entire story in English, at https://netherlands.postsen.com/news/155050/Tribute-in-the-making-for-Golden-Earring-a-thousand-fans-perform-as-a-farewell-concert--show.html .

Tribute in the making for Golden Earring: a thousand fans perform as a farewell concert

The rock band Golden Earring from The Hague was never able to give a farewell concert due to the muscle disease of guitarist George Kooymans. That is a great pity, says documentary maker Yaël Vinckx. That is why she took the initiative for a farewell concert for the band, in which about a thousand amateur musicians will play Ahoy Earring songs.

Vinckx appeals to Earring-loving amateur musicians through the ALS Foundation. “Imagine about a thousand people playing a number of Earring songs live in a monumental location, in the presence of thousands of fans. The aim is to raise the highest possible proceeds for the ALS Netherlands Foundation.” This foundation raises funds for scientific research into the cause and treatment of the deadly nerve and muscle disease.

Vinckx, documentary maker and active in the band circuit, came up with the idea after seeing the documentary We are the thousandin which five Italian friends and a thousand musicians sing the song Learn to fly of the Foo Fighters playing in hopes of bringing that band to their village. That works. “I was so moved by the connecting power of music,” says Vinckx. ,,When the news came that the Earring had to stop because of George’s illness, I came up with this idea. I immediately started calling around, also with the Earring members, and they thought it was a very sympathetic initiative.”

The concert is scheduled for Wednesday, October 18 in Ahoy in Rotterdam, about four yea after the rock band gave its last concert there. The thousand amateurs form the main act and the organization is aiming as support act for a number of well-known artists who either have a connection with the Earring or with the ALS disease. The stands can seat 7,000 people.

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The documentary maker plans to follow five of these amateur musicians as they prepare for the concert and to broadcast their stories as fans, along with the concert, on Dutch public television around Christmas.

The article says that "Kooymans and his illness are also discussed" but it doesn't say exactly how it will be done.

Golden Earring has done appearances with 1,000 and then 2,000 drummers in the past

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181636968#post1

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with those events arranged by drummer Cesar.Zuiderwijk. But this will have singers, guitarists and bassists as well.