A Kravitz gig is like meeting the sexy ex

Lenny Kravitz used to be my music hero. When I was seventeen, I had all his albums lined up in my CD rack – knowing them by heart. When I missed a holiday flirt, I used to listen to Again and when high school drove me nuts, Fly Away was the logical choice.

But during the last couple of years, this love has faded a bit. I started listening to music that can be qualified as “less mainstream” and forgot about the rock star.

Yet when I saw an announcement on ticketmaster.nl saying Mr. Kravitz would perform in my country the coming summer, I – without a doubt – bought a ticket. He would rock the Goffert Park in Nijmegen and I was surely gonna be there.

Yesterday was that day. Although his songs had lost their privilege to feature on my iPod and I hadn’t bought any of his latest albums, an old music love did revamp. This guy is a rock star, a real performer, and a musician who knows everybody loves him and isn’t afraid to hide that.

So may I advise you, dear reader, to go and check out the tour dates of the band of your youth. I won’t disappoint you. It’s as running into the ex you still fancy a bit. Really.

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