It took a while, but finally British prog band The Tirith played in Holland. The Tirith were founded in the 70s and have somehow found themselves transported by time into the 21st Century. The band hail originally from Loughborough Leicestershire, where they played as their previous incarnation "Minas Tirith". The reformed Tirith is a 3 piece. Tim Cox (guitars) and Dick Cory

Dick Cory

(bass and vocals) started the band when they were in secondary school, Carl Nightingale (drums) joined later when the band got together again after a long break. All songs of The Tirith are written by Tim Cox and Dick Cory. They don't care what you call it: Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock, they make the music they like without any concessions to the mainstream.  

The old geezers did very well in 't Blok. They rocked their socks off to give the, I must say small, audience a great time. As Dick Cory said: "we played the longest gig in our entire career". And the crowd loved it! Dick Cory has a clear singing voice with a lot of expression, playing bass guitar and bass pedals at the same time (who says men can't multitask? Progmusicians can!). Tim Cox is a very accomplished guitar player with a beautiful sound and great solo's

The Tirith live on stage

and sometimes switching to keyboards. Drummer Carl Nigthingale is a powerhouse that keeps all together.
The gig started with Farewell Fair Laurien. The band caught the attention not letting it go for the next 8 songs. After a 20 minute break (it was very hot and band and audience needed this) Dick and Tim played some more or less acoustic songs. Then the power came back to play 8 more songs of their big back catalogue. The Tirith is not a prog band with very long epics, but each song flows into another in a great way. The setlist was a brilliant example of how to build a concert. They finished with the beautiful . Of course the Tirith had to come back for an encore: The Tower. The band played for nearly three hours and were able to keep the attentention from the first till the last minute. Those who were not there, you missed something special!

Arne van Os van den Abeelen