Edward Reekers 1957 - 2025

 

Johan Slager 1946 - 2025

 

Farewell Tour CD/DVD

Even though this blog has come 'to an end', I thought I should post this news:

February 2025 will see the release of the 2CD/DVD "Back To Shore", recorded during the farewell tour of 2022. The CD will also feature 2 unreleased songs from the "Out Of This World" recording sessions.

Max Werner 1953 - 2024 Bert Veldkamp 1952 - 2024

 

To an end...

 The Farewell Tour ended on a low... After the concert in Gothenburg, singer Bart was not feeling too well. Things got worse, and by the time the band arrived in Norway for the WLR festival, Bart was seriously ill. He tested positive on COVID, as did 2 more band members. Long story short: the very last Kayak concert was canceled.

I was there to see the gig, and unfortunately these are the only pictures I could take...

Posters in Oslo city centre

With this unlucky post, the KayakHistory Blog comes to and end. But of course: if and when anything worth knowing comes up, I will re-open the blog straight away!

Farewell to Holland

The final Kayak concert in Holland was in the town where it all started 50 years ago. A sold out 'Vorstin' in Hilversum witnessed not only a great concert, but also a short speech by Ton Scherpenzeel. He stated that 'the book was not completely closed'... So there still may be more Kayakhistory in the future??? 

Kayak Farewell concert in Zoetermeer

The second gig of the farewell tour was at the wellknown 'Boerderij' in Zoetermeer. Always a good crowd there, and the band presented a nice mix of older and newer work. Here are some pictures, some of which I 'stole' from other people's Facebook pages...