
Fans of virtuoso string work, get ready for an unprecedented guitar trip!
Three absolute masters of the electric guitar will take the stage together during AXE-TRAVAGANZA: Menno Gootjes (Focus), Marcel Singor (Kayak, Ayreon, Plan Nine) and Mark Bogert (Magoria, Knight Area, Arena, Progproms). All three of them are releasing brand new solo albums this year, and they are celebrating this with a unique tour that you simply cannot miss as a guitar fan. Expect an evening full of fireworks, finesse and fingerspeed, in which their own work is alternated with tributes to their heroes: Gary Moore, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Tony MacAlpine and more from the 80s.
During this tour, these musicians will be accompanied by a top-notch band: drummer Koen Herfst (including Vandenberg, Epica, Armin van Buuren). Voted Europe's best hard rock drummer ten years in a row; Jamie van Hek on bass, a musical all-rounder with an impressive live reputation (including Dulfer); Len van der Laak on keys (including Vandenberg, Navarone, Bertolf and Kovacs), a master of atmosphere and sound; and Bob Wijtsma, second guitarist and stage animal, known from Ayreon and Storytellers - Guitar Heroes with Harry Sacksioni.
AXE-TRAVAGANZA is more than just a concert – it’s an experience, an ode to the guitar in all its glory. Passion, technique, emotion and above all: pure enjoyment!