I thought I had better clear up some unfinished business, namely the May 2002 Night of the Proms in Antwerp. The trip was great. Picked up a car in Amsterdam and apart from getting lost on the roads around the airport went to Efterling (Hollands largest theme park). Then we drove to Antwerp. A 2 hour drive became a 4 hour drive due to road works and congestion out of the park. Also I got lostin Antwerp. (memo to self - buy a better map of Antwerp). Hotel was pretty good but a bit of a treck from the centre. Managed to get blood blisters on my feet from a) walking around the theme park and b)trekking from our hotel to the city centre for some fast food at midnight for my son!. Next day was Monday, the day of the concert. The plan was to hit the main shopping street and do a little sightseeing. We ended up buying very little as it seemed to be a Monday holiday as very few shops were open. We had some Belgian waffles and bought some Belgian Chocolates. Once we had wandered around some of the lovely squares and down to the front we caught a tram. This did not appear to be going our way so we got off. After a little investigation we found out that it was the correct one so a little embarrassingly we waited on the next one. After a little refreshment we drove to the Sportpaleis which was very easy to find. We had intended buying real Belgian fries from the stand outside that I had told my wife and son about but it was closed. There is a "Quick" restaurant at the Sportpaleis (which is like McDonalds) but the queues were massive. We went into the venue and had slices of pizza. Because it was a company evening the venue set-up was a little different. Where there would normally be a standing area, this was now seated and each seat had a programme on it. The show began at a little after 8pm. Carl Huybrechts was the compere as usual. Also as usual I could only pick up the odd word as he spoke in Flemish(?) and French. He initially came on wearing a bag over his head. I think was in disguise perhaps from admirers? The crowd were on good form but perhaps a little less raucous than normal. John was superb playing piano on Music and guitar for Now That the Magic Has Gone. In addition to John, there was Tony Hadley (ex of Spandau Ballet), Sister Sledge who had us dancing (except my son - too young) and headlining was Joe Cocker. John was playing the Hammond with the electric band during these acts. Both Laurie Wisefield and Deric Dyer played solos during Tony and Joe's sessions on Guitar and Sax respectively. The concert finished with everyone singing "with a little help from my friends" though John didn;'t lead as normal. Instead Joe took centre stage (I suppose the track is associated with him). Following the concert I did get to speak to John and his wife for a short time though didn't glean much new information other than John had dedicated "Now that the Magic has Gone" on the Geramn live show to Joey who was the chap who set-up John's guitars in the early days of John's involvement with Tina. I believe that John said he died of cancer. John told me that he was able to take a guitar and give it back to you in showroom condition. My wife and I chatted with John's wife Eileen, who is lovely lady. We were talking about birthday's as it had been my wife Jill's birthday the day before. I met Deric Dyer briefly. It was a bit of a re-union as Laurie, Deric, John and Jack Bruno (who played drums for Joe Cocker) were all part of Tina's band circa 1988. Jack in fact had signed up for Joes tour and so would be unable to go to Tina's party in Nice. That however was where my wife, son and I were off to next. (Nice - not Tina's!!)